Nissan Altima Change Vehicle

"Leaking"

"needed new brake pads & adjustment"

"Brakes lasted over 80000 miles given 95% highway driving"

"Brakes were too low"

"made noise when applying brake when backing up"

"Many miles on auto, brakes need replacement."

"Nothing out of ordinary."

"replaced pads,calipers and rotors"

"In a routine maintenance service, I was informed that it was time I relined my brakes. I did so as it was highly recommended. Did not feel any issues."

"needed new brakes"

"Rear brake pads don't retract correctly due to rust & binding of the pad backing plate in the anti-rattle clips on the caliper"

"At 30000 miles, was told by Nissan service dept. that rear brakes needed replacement. At 49000 miles, was told front brakes needed replacement, AND rear brakes had so much rust they also should be replaced. The front and rear brakes were replaced"

"At less than 100000 kms, the brakes should not need replacement pads and rotors"

"Need new brakes too soon"

"in reverse the car vibrates as the engine runs. It echos in the garage very loudly. It isn't as loud out in the open."

"Rotors and calipars were replaced less than two year ago. New rotors had to be re surfaced last month because they were warped causing vibration in the front end"

"At least one rotor warped and needed replacement"

"Front end and brakes"

"Began to squeal"

"Brakes wear unevenly, had a system flush and now appears fine. However brakes continue to squeak"

"No matter what the repair people do we continue to have squeals from the front end with every reverse direction. It is loud and disconcerting."

"AC would not function. Replaced all components"

"stopped cooling, condenser replaced for $900. AC is almost a necessity in Arizona in the summer"

"A/C didn't work - replaced the compressor"

"Failure of the compressor clutch. Replaced didn't sole issue. Replaced entire unit work for approximately 6 months. Continues to be a problem consistently over the last two years"

"AC compressor failed; Nissan was very helpful in assuming the repair cost"

"just died and needed a costly replacement"

"Was making a noise and mechanic suggested replacement before complete failure"

"When used, it is fine, but when A/C is turned off and then I run the fan only, it smells like a swamp. There was also white liquid that spewed from under the dashboard onto the carpet."

"AC stopped working had to replace the compressor"

"i havent confirmed it is broken down or that it is just freon leaking."

"Air compressor was about to fail and had to be replaced"

"Sudden failure - open coil was the diagnosis.Replaced compressor $1200"

"Quite working, bring to the dealer soon"

"AC compressor went out at 100K miles"

"A/C only worked intermittently. Nissan told me the compressor was not working"

"Works intermittently, also having dealer look at"

"Swampy smell coming from vents after using and then turning off the A/C. Took car in twice for service; first time dealer supposedly installed new pad. When problem persisted, dealer admitted they hadn't installed a new pad. Still smells stinky after running A/C."

"Had problems with AC shortly after purchase from Enterprise car sales. Last year the compressor was replaced due to leaks. It was covered by warranty insurance I purchased"

"One of the hoses had a leak and had to be replaced. Cost $1200."

"mechanic has filled system with freon a couple times and several months later the a/c is not blowing cold or dehumidifying"

"Without the display screen, I was unable to determine which radio station I was listening to. It caused me to replace the radio."

"The navigation system will no longer read my map DVD. I don't use it anyway as I prefer Waze on my phone."

"It will no longer read my navigation DVD. I think the DVD player is no longer working."

"Blue tooth pairing does not work"

"dashboard lights and controls do not work reliably"

"The radio control buttons do not work sometimes."

"The Electronic Steering Column Lock failed and wouldn't allow my car to start. This is a commonly known problem with 2009 Altima's but there has been no recall. It was out of their warrant by time, but Nissan agreed to pay $250 towards repair + tow"

"Couldn't start car due to faulty electronic steering lock.This is a problem that Nissan knows about & refuses to issue a recall.Check out the internet for the tremendous amount of complaints about this issue.Please call them out about this problem"

"Start button suddenly wouldn't work. Ignition switch had to be replaced"

"steering wheel anti theft locking mechanism broke. Car would not start. repair cost $800.00"

"Anti theft locking mech locked up for no reason. Nissan stuck me with the repair cost. There web site sad they had a manufactuing issue. They suck"

"Because the steering wheel would not unlock, the car refused to start. It had to be towed to the dealer who replaced a faulty part. Later, I was reimbursed because there was a recall."

"Steering Lock failed. Could not start engine and could not turn steering wheel. This is a common problem in this model/year. Nissan issued a recall on this failure and replaced the steering lock at no cost to me."

"Due to the mileage of the auto, brakes need to be replaced. My main problem in the last year was a failure of my windshields that stopped working during a rain."

"The computer in the dash that has something to do with how the car is operated stopped working, and had to be replaced with a new one"

"The hood and roof of the car has significant paint fading"

"The roof paint faded to the point that it is hard to tell the original color on the roof. In fact I had someone once place a funeral flag on the roof of the car and as they did so they hesitated, then when the magnet caught, they remarked, Oh it is metal. Paint on the hood and trunk is also scratched though the trunk is worse, but the roof paint completely disappeared."

"peels off plastic bumper."

"paint faded on front bumper"

"Paint fading off roof and trunk lid. Started 5 or more years ago. I didn’t do anything about it then because I thought my husband scratched it with broom, snow shovel etc. We recently took vehicle to body shop to see about repainting and were told that the car that I bought brand new-and paid close to $30,000 had been repainted. Overspray in the trunk and a poor quality clear coat, which faded right down to base medal were discussed. I called Nissan USA and took car to local dealer and was told they would call us when their district representative was at the dealership. It’s been at least 6 weeks and we have heard nothing. I will continue to pursue this issue."

"the paint on the top of the car had started cracking and looking bad. Had the top repainted this year."

"Paint pealing off of the window separators of the rear 2 windows. Each rear door has 2 side windows with a metal divider between the large window and small window at the back of the window. The metal divider's black paint is pealing off on both sides of the rear window. It looks horrible."

"Paint in roof and hood fading even though car is typically parked in a garage or other covered area"

"Clear coat on roof and hood cracked and chipped"

"hThere are a couple of rust patches in the roof"

"Rear passenger wheel well was rusting. Dealer repaired it under their "Goodwill" policy"

"Rear pass. door panel is completely rusted out, caused paint to peel, within 5 yr warranty, Nissan and warranty refused the issue was a manufacture defect. Other side door is fine, along with front doors, so it's not environmental"

"Had to replace the ignition coils"

"The pushbutton start failed to start the vehicle. It was towed to the nearest NISSAN dealership. They advised that the warranty on this part had been extended for 5 years. So replacement and all related expenses including a rental vehicle were pai"

"car would not start - happened several times - was in shop several times - finally replaced engine computer module and it resolved the problem"

"Car wouldn't start"

"Electronic steering lock failed, leaving me stranded. Nothing could be done to start the car. Car had to be towed, repairs at $933 to replace part. Part was later recalled and change to another newer updated part and was reimbursed for the initial failure"

"Engine would not crank, hooked up 3 different code readers to read engine code problem, no code reader would work on this car. Cam Position Sensor went bad"

"I went to start the car one day and got absolutely zero from the car. It appeared to be a dead battery but would not take a jump.Zero response even while hooked up. I had it towed to the dealer and did some research which found the ignition switch on the push button start sometimes becomes stuck and will not engage. At the dealer they confirmed this was the problem and luckily t had recently, as in months ago, been finally covered under a Service Advisory. The dealer repaired it for free."

"Car would not start"

"In early 2014, I had a standard maintenance check on my Altima, during which I paid for the spark plugs to be replaced and the wires to be checked. Upon having some trouble with my engine at the beginning of 2015, I was told that the plugs looked as"

"coils expensive at dealership cheap online. Replaced and fixed"

"Dealer replaced transmission. Still had a problem. Dealer said 1st transmission was defective. Replaced again"

"Abnormal wear in transmission housing. Replacement only repair option"

"after a battery failure, mechanics were unable to get the car to shift without 5 to 10 second delay. battery was normal wear"

"Very noisey...slipping"

"Transmission disintegrated while driving. Nissan replaced it under warranty"

"Auto Xmission went completely out at 70000 miles. Nissan had extended the warranty and it was replaced but ruined our trip"

"The transmission gave out on the highway and a valve was replaced under warranty and the entire transmission had to be replaced, again under warranty within 8 months"

"Actually it was 24 months ago ... it happened just under the 120K warranty expiration for the CVT."

"Without warning,going through a traffic intersection,car would not move.police almost impounded car for impeding traffic.some men pushed car to get rolling, it finally started to move, barely.it was in limp mode.at 20mph i got 4 blocks and it wasnt moving.it sat on side of road for months as im disabled and social security dont cover $3200 transmission replacement plus towing of $200.the car was vandalized, attempted grand thieft by prying doors, starter wires cut, and window tint and paint bubbled up and flaked some.ALL this was shortly after nissan dealership did my oil change."

"Continuously Variable Transmission replaced just prior to expiration of warranty (120,000 miles) due to diagnostic failure"

"cracked design flaw replacement manifold different heat shield"

"Exhaust manifold is leaking. Smelling exhaust in car. Dealer could not find the leak."

"two muffler shields have fallen off"

"Lost some screws and rattling heard at startup"

"The heat shields for the exhaust system rotted had to take it off"

"Oil engine leak from the bottom of the engine requires $800 repair"

"Transmission cooler leaked. Bad seal"

"Oil Cooler plate warps. Expensive part to replace."

"Mild oil leak"

"The Altma had recall on transmission issues. The transmission was fixed for free under this recall"

"original transmission had a leak and failed repair so used transmission installed at 134000 miles in 2016. i have changed transmission fluid at 160000 miles, and recently at 217000 miles. i noticed slight occasional slipping with cold start at lower speeds. it had grown worse as the car needed more time to warm up before it would stop slipping. so 217000 miles transmission change was after i noticed slipping. it had not got any better with that fluid change. car is still operable. i would say after several minutes of driving it can be normal and accelerate fine. after most of a day not driving it i start it up, it may need several minutes of very light driving before i can try and accelerate onto a highway for example. car now is at 220000+ miles and transmission is work well enough to keep driving it. reverse works fine. its just cold starts that i need either a couple minutes of stationary warm up or several minutes of casual/light driving before i can accelerate moderately."

"hair line crack below radiator cap"

"Sunroof leaks to the Drivers side A pillar and onto the Drivers seat."

"Mechanism broke so that I could wind down the rear windows from driver's seat but had to wind them up using controls on each individual rear door"

"Engine rod put a hole in engine block. Dealer performed all maintenance over the years owned"

"Losing anit-freeze at 29,000 miles, Dealer could not find any issues or leaks. Independent mechanic found issue of head gasket leaking. Covered under warranty at 57,000 miles"

"Some coil that controlled the emissions - would not uncoil. So the car Would not start and had to be towed to the dealer, who replaced the part."

"check engine light indicated a problem. therefore the vehicle could not pass NYS vehicle inspection. There was no problem operating the vehicle. Repair was expensive."