Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL | |||
| 05/06/2010 | 83000 | ||
| My service engine lights comes on, call stalls, and cuts off while driving | |||
| 03/17/2009 | 37210 | 1 | |
| My wife was driving on the interstate when the car sputtered almost stalling. the check engine light appeared and stayed on. i took the car to a car parts store and borrowed their computer diagnosis device and found out the crankshaft sensor malfunctioned. there has been a recall on the esm, but nothing going to the root of the problem (the crankshaft sensor). through my research i found the problems attributed to this part are not starting, sputtering while driving and/or shutting-off while driving. i took the car to nissan on two previous occasions for not starting, but no diagnosis could be attained by nissan. after speaking with different local nissan dealer, the service tech admitted the problem is the crankshaft sensor failing. i feel nissan is putting a band-aid on the real problem disguising it with the esm reprogram. the failure of this part can be very dangerous if you are driving and the car shuts off. after doing some research on forums, there have been a lot of complaints and apparently nissan has had this problem with the altima as far back as the '03 model year. it was also stated on the forums that multiple sensors have been replaced over and over. i am now worried about myself and my young child's safety as this car is our main source of transportation. *tr | |||
| 07/28/2008 | 40000 | 1 | |
| The car stop in the middle of the route while operating the car. *tr | |||
| 09/07/2007 | 1 | 06/05/2005 | |
| Around sept 7, 2007 i was driving my care and it stalled then stopped on me while driving. i was able to coast into a parking lot and had a toe truck come and pick the car up and take it to w.o. bankston nissan dallas. they performed the consult diag and found dtc for crank sensor had to be replaced. i had the crankshaft repair done. i received a recall letter for 2005 altima stating there is a possibility that the engine might stop running while being driven due to the program in the electronic control module (engine computer). and this could result in a crash without warning. this is exactly what happen to my car and i am trying to see how i can get a refund on the previous service. i did take my car in for the recall and was told by my service advisor that nissan would have to give me my refund. please let me know if this is correct or not. *tr | |||
| 07/01/2004 | 1 | 05/05/2004 | |
| I purchased a new 2005 2.5s in may 04'...i've been having ignition/sensor problems for quite some time. the problem: when i try to crank the engine using the keys provided (at purchase) the car will hesitate (sounds like the engine is not getting enough fuel) i even thought it was a battery related issue and changed the battery...on several occasions i had to crank it nearly 5 times before it would start. i addressed my issues with the nissan service department on many occasions but they will only attempt to fix the problem if/when it happens there. recently, i was informed that a similar recall had taken place on the 2003-2004 models but that the 2005-2006 did not have the same issue...not!...i'm extremely disappointed in nissan's approach to this problem. in fact, after an attempt to find out when the problem would be fixed i was informed that it would be several more weeks (december 10,2007). *tr | |||