Bulletins
| Bulletin | Bulletin date | Replacement Bulletin | Item no. | Summary | Added |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||||
| NTB-09-030 | 04/06/2009 | 10030165 | Nissan: the 12 volt battery is an important part of the vehicle electrical system and is required to stay connected when the engine is running. to prevent damage to vehicle electronic components follow the instructions/cautions. no mod | 08/12/2009 | |
| NTB01007 | 02/09/2001 | 618796 | On some vehicles, the multi remote controller (key fob) does not lock or unlock the doors or, has reduced range, or operates intermittently when the radiator fans are operating after turning the engine off. *tt | 04/30/2001 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||||
| NTB-09-030 | 04/06/2009 | 10030165 | Nissan: the 12 volt battery is an important part of the vehicle electrical system and is required to stay connected when the engine is running. to prevent damage to vehicle electronic components follow the instructions/cautions. no mod | 08/12/2009 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY - CABLES | |||||
| NTB-09-030 | 04/06/2009 | 10030165 | Nissan: the 12 volt battery is an important part of the vehicle electrical system and is required to stay connected when the engine is running. to prevent damage to vehicle electronic components follow the instructions/cautions. no mod | 08/12/2009 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION - ANTI-THEFT CONTROLLER | |||||
| NTB99063B | 08/25/2000 | NTB98078 | 613972 | A condition may exist where the nissan vehicle immobilizer system / nissan anti-theft system will not allow the engine to start without the use of a registered ignition key. *tt | 09/22/2000 |
| NTB99063A | 02/08/2000 | NTB98078 | 610982 | This bulletin describes and introduces new features of the nissan vehicle immobilizer system / nissan anti-theft system (nvis / nats). *tt | 05/23/2000 |
| NTB99063 | 09/16/1999 | 608050 | On some vehicles, the nissan vehicles immobilizer system / nissan anti-theft system (nvis / nats) will now allow the engine to start without the use of a registered ignition key. *tt | 10/28/1999 | |
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - FRONT UNDERHOOD | |||||
| NTB00032 | 05/16/2000 | 613469 | Some vehciles require that an adapter harness be used to connect srs modules or seat belt pre-tensioners to the deployment tool. *tt | 07/19/2000 | |
Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 12/11/2011 | 178000 | ||
| While going 75mph on cruise control all of a sudden all the gauges (rpm, mph, fuel, engine temp) dropped down to zero. only the cruise control lights remained on. all while a combination of #'s and letters came up on the odometer (even the odometer went blank). it was a shock and i did not know how to react to this. my first reaction was to turn off the cruise control via the buttons on the steering wheel, as soon as i did it this caused all the gauges to come back to life including the odometer. very weird issue. | |||
| 05/21/2010 | 170000 | ||
| The fuel level is not accurate. it first started doing this telling me i had a 1/4 tank left, when i ran out of gas in the middle of an interstate. i then put gas in it and sure enough that's what it was. ever since then the car never gives accurate readings, i can fill all the way up and it will only show that it is 3/4 full or such but never is precise. this can be a very big issue for someone that does not have a gas station nearby like it happened to me. | |||
| 12/11/2011 | 178000 | ||
| While going 75mph on cruise control all of a sudden all the gauges (rpm, mph, fuel, engine temp) dropped down to zero. only the cruise control lights remained on. all while a combination of #'s and letters came up on the odometer (even the odometer went blank). it was a shock and i did not know how to react to this. my first reaction was to turn off the cruise control via the buttons on the steering wheel, as soon as i did it this caused all the gauges to come back to life including the odometer. very weird issue. | |||
| 05/21/2010 | 170000 | ||
| The fuel level is not accurate. it first started doing this telling me i had a 1/4 tank left, when i ran out of gas in the middle of an interstate. i then put gas in it and sure enough that's what it was. ever since then the car never gives accurate readings, i can fill all the way up and it will only show that it is 3/4 full or such but never is precise. this can be a very big issue for someone that does not have a gas station nearby like it happened to me. | |||
| 12/11/2011 | 178000 | ||
| While going 75mph on cruise control all of a sudden all the gauges (rpm, mph, fuel, engine temp) dropped down to zero. only the cruise control lights remained on. all while a combination of #'s and letters came up on the odometer (even the odometer went blank). it was a shock and i did not know how to react to this. my first reaction was to turn off the cruise control via the buttons on the steering wheel, as soon as i did it this caused all the gauges to come back to life including the odometer. very weird issue. | |||
| 05/21/2010 | 170000 | ||
| The fuel level is not accurate. it first started doing this telling me i had a 1/4 tank left, when i ran out of gas in the middle of an interstate. i then put gas in it and sure enough that's what it was. ever since then the car never gives accurate readings, i can fill all the way up and it will only show that it is 3/4 full or such but never is precise. this can be a very big issue for someone that does not have a gas station nearby like it happened to me. | |||
| 12/11/2011 | 178000 | ||
| While going 75mph on cruise control all of a sudden all the gauges (rpm, mph, fuel, engine temp) dropped down to zero. only the cruise control lights remained on. all while a combination of #'s and letters came up on the odometer (even the odometer went blank). it was a shock and i did not know how to react to this. my first reaction was to turn off the cruise control via the buttons on the steering wheel, as soon as i did it this caused all the gauges to come back to life including the odometer. very weird issue. | |||
| 05/21/2010 | 170000 | ||
| The fuel level is not accurate. it first started doing this telling me i had a 1/4 tank left, when i ran out of gas in the middle of an interstate. i then put gas in it and sure enough that's what it was. ever since then the car never gives accurate readings, i can fill all the way up and it will only show that it is 3/4 full or such but never is precise. this can be a very big issue for someone that does not have a gas station nearby like it happened to me. | |||
| 12/11/2011 | 178000 | ||
| While going 75mph on cruise control all of a sudden all the gauges (rpm, mph, fuel, engine temp) dropped down to zero. only the cruise control lights remained on. all while a combination of #'s and letters came up on the odometer (even the odometer went blank). it was a shock and i did not know how to react to this. my first reaction was to turn off the cruise control via the buttons on the steering wheel, as soon as i did it this caused all the gauges to come back to life including the odometer. very weird issue. | |||
| 05/21/2010 | 170000 | ||
| The fuel level is not accurate. it first started doing this telling me i had a 1/4 tank left, when i ran out of gas in the middle of an interstate. i then put gas in it and sure enough that's what it was. ever since then the car never gives accurate readings, i can fill all the way up and it will only show that it is 3/4 full or such but never is precise. this can be a very big issue for someone that does not have a gas station nearby like it happened to me. | |||
| 02/01/2011 | 130000 | ||
| Tl* the contact owns a 2000 nissan altima. the contact stated that the gauges in the instrument panel would fail intermittently. also, whenever the gauges did work, the vehicle would lose power abnormally. neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. the failure mileage was 130,000 and the current mileage was 150,000. | |||
| 02/01/2011 | 130000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2000 nissan altima. the contact stated that the gauges in the instrument panel would fail intermittently. also, whenever the gauges did work, the vehicle would lose power abnormally. neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. the vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. the failure mileage was 130,000 and the current mileage was 150,000. kmj | |||
| 02/01/2011 | 130000 | ||
| Tl- the contact owns a 2000 nissan altima. the contact stated that the gages in the instrument panel would work intermittently. also, whenever the gauges would work the vehicle would start to loose power. the dealer nor manufacturere were notified of the defect. the vehicle was repaired, but the failure recurred. the failure mileage was 130,000 and the current mileage was 150,000. nw | |||
| 06/17/2010 | 115000 | ||
| While driving the dashboard goes out completely. you can not tell how fast you're going or what the rpm is or anything, including the gas gauge. when this happens, sometimes the car begins to lose power as if the gas pedal isn't working and then all of a sudden it comes back and you get propelled forward. this happens very frequently and i'm afraid that i am going to get a speeding ticket one day because there is no way for me to tell how fast i am going when the dashboard goes dead and even worse i'm afraid i'm either going to lose speed and get rear-ended or gain speed and be propelled into the vehicle in front of me. i have researched this, and this is a very common problem with this year, make, and model vehicle. in all the other complaints that i have found online, they all go to the mechanics and they can not figure out the problem. i believe this is a vehicle defect and the electrical unit on the dashboard needs to be recalled and fixed before someone gets injured or killed due to this malfunction. also, this electrical issue causes the service engine light to turn on and gives a misread when you take it in to be diagnosed. | |||
| 07/01/2007 | 120000 | ||
| Tl-the contact owns a 2000 nissan altima. while driving approximately 60 mph all of the gauges except for the fuel gauge stopped functioning and continued to display whatever reading they were previously displaying. after approximately 5 minutes all of the gauges dropped to a reading of 0 except for the fuel gauge. the contact completed her drive and shut off the vehicle. after allowing the vehicle to cool off for a few hours all of the gauges began to function as normal. the failure began to recur intermittently while driving for extended periods of time. the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where they were unable to diagnose the failure. the vehicle was not repaired. during the final occurrence the fuel gauge also failed along with the other gauges. the failure mileage was 120,000 and the current mileage was 182,000. the vin was unavailable. sm. | |||
| 07/20/2008 | 1 | ||
| The dashboard display on my 2000 nissan altima gxe freezes intermittently. the odometer goes blank and the tachometer, speedometer, heat sensors, etc either freeze in place or drop to zero. there has been no damage, but the shop cannot seem to diagnose the issue. *tr | |||
| 05/12/2007 | 85412 | 1 | |
| The gauges all go dead in the dash on my 2000 nissan altima. this is really very scary as i have really no idea how fast i'm going and just try and go with the flow of traffic when this happens. living in a very busy city and taking the expressway when necessary poses a threat to myself and other drivers. i have had to pull over and let the car cool and then complete my trip so as to have working gauges. no nissan dealer or mechanic has been able to offer a solution to the problem and based on my research this seems to be a widespread issue with nissan. also, the o2 sensors and the gaskets are bad on this car. *tr | |||
| 03/03/2008 | 96000 | 1 | |
| My car stalls while driving. it sputters, meaning i will have my foot on the gas, the rpms will drop to 500, then with my foot off the gas the rpms jump all the way to 2500! this sudden acceleration can plow me right into a car, pole, busy intersection, etc. it happens often. it has happened to me while driving on the freeway at 60 mph, and on local streets at 25 mph. this is very dangerous! if the car suddenly loses acceleration and my foot is still on the gas, the guy behind me is going to hit me. and when the car accelerates on its own all of a sudden, im going to rear end the guy in front of me. this is horrible! *tr | |||
| 09/06/2005 | 48000 | 20 | 06/10/2005 |
| My 20000 nissan altima speedometer, odometer, tachometer and temp gauge all will quit working simultaneously while driving leaving me with no way to know if i am driving at a safe ,legal speed. after diagnostic tests the speed sensor was replaced which did not fix the problem. i am afraid this will cause a wreck and after visiting several auto forums online have found this is a common problem with this make of car. *nm | |||
| 10/30/2005 | 1 | 10/28/2005 | |
| While driving on i880 at the speed of 65 mph, the car completely shut down and spun in the middle of the road without any reason or warning. the shut down was instantaneous and included the electrical system. once the car came to a halt, i was able to put the gear in park and restart it. the car then continued to function normally. *nm | |||
| 07/04/2004 | 52000 | 1 | 04/15/2000 |
| The instrument panel/gauges would intermittently go out while driving at any speed. the vehicle was taken to the dealer. the dealer was unable to locate the problem.*jb | |||
| 04/20/2003 | 4 | 08/18/2000 | |
| First, my altinator died at 37000 miles, and the dealer replaced it with a re-ferbished one. this was last summer, and now my car is just not starting at all sometimes. also, one dealer said that my motor mounts were broken, and a different dealer said nothing about the motor mounts. i take the car in for it's inspections, and have not been in any kind of an accident. because my warrenty is expired, i have to take care of it all out of pocket. this is the worst car i have ever bought! | |||
| 01/15/2003 | 41000 | 1 | 06/02/2001 |
| My odometer, heat gauge, rmp, and gas gauge goes out while driving and nissan headquarters will do nothing about. there also has been other cases reported to nissan. *jb | |||
| 09/01/2005 | 5 | 10/01/2000 | |
| Heat dispay, speedometer/odometer/rpm meter fade out intermittently. ts | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR | |||
| 07/16/2003 | 49464 | 1 | 10/11/1999 |
| 2000 nissan altima - alternator 'overcharged' the battery, causing the battery to explode. luckily the hood was down and the engine was cold, otherwise there could have been physical injury or death and/or a car fire, due to the acid content of the battery.no 'warning' was given of the alternator overcharging. this should be the case, as it is with the warning of the alternator undercharging the battery.*ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - BATTERY | |||
| 08/08/2004 | 1 | ||
| Tried to start car in garage. battery exploded, spilling acid and water on garage floor. damage to hood, pressure of explosure causing two dents and cracking paint. *ak | |||
| 07/16/2003 | 49464 | 1 | 10/11/1999 |
| 2000 nissan altima - alternator 'overcharged' the battery, causing the battery to explode. luckily the hood was down and the engine was cold, otherwise there could have been physical injury or death and/or a car fire, due to the acid content of the battery.no 'warning' was given of the alternator overcharging. this should be the case, as it is with the warning of the alternator undercharging the battery.*ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - IGNITION | |||
| 01/31/2001 | 1 | 03/17/2000 | |
| Consumer states that without any indication vehicle would stall. consumer is able to restart.*ak | |||
| 11/10/2000 | |||
| While traveling at 55-60 mph on a declining road vehicle just shut down for no known reason, causing vehicle to lose all functions while still coaching down the road. had to use emergeny brakes to stop vehicle. had vehicle towed to house that firday, and vehicle started up on monday. taken to dealer for insepection. please fill free to provide any further details on this matter. *ak | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING | |||
| 12/31/2003 | 51134 | 150 | 02/19/2000 |
| I bought this 2000 nissan altima new. since approximately december of '03 the instrument cluster has repeatedly (too many times to keep track of) malfunctioned at arbitrary times giving either no info (gauges all go to 0) or incorrect info (130 mph at 1k rpm w/no water temp and suddenly full tank of gas). problem can last any where from minutes to 24 hours+. the cruise control also malfunctions whenever this occurs. first took to dealer on 12/31/03, they could not diagnose problem, told me to bring it back while malfunctioning. finally was able to get the car while malfunctioning to same dealership on 8/1/05. problem has started to increase in frequency and duration. the second they hooked diagnostic equip to it the cluster corrected. they kept for 2 days, did not malfunction again so they could not diagnose 100%. they want to try replacing the speedometer head at $320, but 1) can't guarantee it will solve problem and 2) can't get part. they estimate 6-8 wks minimum to get part. when i went to leave dealership cluster malfunctioned showing no information, but no technician was available to diagnose. showed zero on all gauges except gas which arbitrarily read 3/4 tank for entire 20-25 mile trip home. this car is an accident, or worse, waiting to happen. *nm | |||
| 02/21/2003 | 63000 | 100 | 02/21/2003 |
| My vehicle is a 2000 nissan altima se. (also i have heard there are other nissans with this problem not just altima) the problem is the guages on the instrument panel failing during operation, ie. speedometer, tachometer, gas guage, and temp guage. the first time it happened and just like every other time it happens there is nothing different the guages will just shut off and normally fall to the zero postion. sometimes the will freeze in place. after the first month i owned the car (bought as a preowned vehicle) the check engine light came on during the guage failures i had the code checked and it was determined the speed sensor was bad. i bought and replaced the speed sensor with an oem part. however the guage failure was not fixed it still happens. the incident date started 21feb2003 and still persists and the numbers of failures i haven't kept count but about average of everyother day it goes out. | |||
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM - WIRING - INTERIOR/UNDER DASH | |||
| 10/15/2000 | 1 | 04/01/2000 | |
| Received burns when dashboard burst in to flames while i was driving vehicle.*ak | |||