Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | |||
| 10/08/2012 | 18000 | 15 | |
| My car that i bought in 2011 brand new has cut off while driving every other month . it is very random and no lights come on in the car. the last time my wife was driving 35 mph on a highway and she had to stop in the middle of traffic, put the car in park, and start it back again. i have brought my car to the nearest nissan dealership, but they can not find anything wrong. they have driven it over 140 miles, scanned 4 times for failures in which none came up. i complained to the nissan corporation and they say only wait until it happens again and bring it into the dealership. this has happened a total of 6 times while driving in the past year. my car has also not cranked up for a total 10 minutes at a time. this has occurred at least 15 times in the past year. i do not feel safe driving my car. they leave me with no other option than to drive it and wait. *tr | |||
| 10/04/2011 | 12000 | ||
| While driving at night (with a hertz rental car in kauai hawaii) and switching between high beam and low beam and travelling at 40 mph all the headlights turned off. the stalk mounted switch controls both headlight on/off (rotary motion) and high beam-low beam with back and forth stalk motion. after driving for about an hour and successfully using the high-beam low beam selector often, on the next change between high and low beam the the rotary motion of the knob also engaged and turned the headlights off. i have similar controls on my car at home and this has never happened. the rotary motion of the on / off knob requires just a very light twist and the in-out motion needed to change between high and low beam also twisted the off switch. fortunately i was able to bring the car to a halt with the brakes and stay on the road. it was very scary and very frightening to brake from 40 mph in the pitch dark not knowing if the next instant was to bring a crash. my wife was also very shook up. after i stopped i figured out what happened. it was pitch black outside with no street lights. this can kill someone!! the fluted surface of the on/off knob exacerbates the problem and makes it easier for a light brush with a finger tip to turn the knob and headlights off. the vin i copied from the lihue airport hertz receipt for the rental. license number was kaf 431, hawaii .it was a red color car with automatic shift. | |||