2009 Nissan Altima Engine Problems

1) What component or system failed or malfunctioned, and is it available for inspection upon request? The cylinders are constantly misfiring. 2 )How was your safety or the safety of others put at risk? Yes. 3) Has the problem been reproduced or confirmed by a dealer or independent service center? Yes. 4) Has the vehicle or component been inspected by the manufacturer, police, insurance representatives or others? Yes, by a private auto service center. 5) Were there any warning lamps, messages or other symptoms of the problem prior to the failure, and when did they first appear? No. 6) Problem description: The service technician from the repair shop tried replacing the plug, coil, injector but it still misfires. Later the technician reported that this is a problem listed as recall (Recall Reference number : NTB13-056a, Campaign ID: PC131) for 2007-2008 Nissan Altima, but the same problem exists in 2009 Nissan Altima and is not listed as recall. Links for references are given below. The technician is sure that it is the same problem and NISSAN should fix it by recalling instead of asking the Owners to pay for this known recall issue. Repairing this issue by owners, would cost them several thousand dollars and is definitely not worth for a 2009 car. So I request the authorities to enforce this known issue as a recall to 2009 NISSAN ATLIMA as well as it has been done for 2007 and 2008 NISSAN ALTIMAs. Thanks and Regards. [XXX] [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO ENGINE FAILURE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE AND DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE CONTACT BECAME NAUSEATED WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT A CARBON MONOXIDE TEST WAS PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE WHICH CONFIRMED A CARBON MONOXIDE LEAK FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND THE EXHAUST PIPE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A POLICE DEPARTMENT WHO ALERTED THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DO AN INSPECTION ON THE VEHICLE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT CONFIRMED THAT THERE WAS CARBON MONOXIDE LEAKING FROM THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. A FIRE REPORT WAS FILED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER HAD BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE INTAKE MANIFOLD WAS FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO EDEN PRAIRIE NISSAN (12790 PLAZA DR, EDEN PRAIRIE, MN 55344, (952) 567-2100) AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN AN UNKNOWN RECALL REGARDING THE ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS ASSOCIATED WITH THE VIN. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 171,000.

MY WIFE DRIVES OUR 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S TO WORK ON 3RD SHIFT AND ON HER LUNCH BREAK GOES TO HER CAR AND TAKES A NAP WITH THE CAR RUNNING AND WAS COMPLAINING TO ME FOR A MONTH OR MORE THAT SHE HAS THIS SMELL IN HER CAR LIKE A "GAS SMELL" AND ALSO WAS COMPLAINING OF BEING TIRED AND NAUSEOUS WHEN I SPOKE WITH HER ABOUT IT. I NOTICED HER CAR WAS ABNORMALLY LOUDER WHEN SHE STARTED IT AT HOME AND IT HAD NOT BEEN RUN THAT DAY. I HAVE DETERMINED THAT THIS IS FROM A CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD AND MY WIFE AND I ARE VERY LUCKY SHE WAS NOT KILLED FROM THE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING SHE WAS RECEIVING WHILE SITTING IN HER CAR WHILE IT WAS IDLING ON HER BREAK. THE EXHAUST FUMES WERE BEING BROUGHT INTO THE CAB OF HER CAR FROM THE CRACKED EXHAUST MANIFOLD, THRU THE VENTS FROM THE OUTSIDE HVAC AIR DUCTS UNDER THE HOOD IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. I NEVER COULD SMELL A "GAS SMELL" WHICH I ASSUMED SHE MEANT GASOLINE OR POSSIBLY A COOLANT SMELL FROM A LEAKING HEATER CORE AND SO I BLEW IT OFF UNTIL I MYSELF HAD TO USE THE CAR AND I QUICKLY REALIZED IT WAS AN EXHAUST GAS SMELL SHE WAS SMELLING AND IT NEARLY CAUSED ME TO BECOME UNCONSCIOUS WHILE DRIVING AT WHICH TIME I IMMEDIATELY PULLED OVER AND RETURNED HOME WITH THE CAR. I RESEARCHED THIS SAME EXHAUST GAS LEAK WITH THIS CAR AND IT IS NOT UNCOMMON BUT HAS YET TO TRIGGER A RECALL . MOST LIKELY DUE TO NO ONE BEING KILLED FROM THE CARBON MONOXIDE POISONING AND THANK GOD MY WIFE WAS NOT THE FIRST. I WILL BE ORDERING A COMPLETE EXHAUST SYSTEM NEW FOR REPAIRS AS TO NOT MISS ANY UNSEEN ISSUES WITH THE CAR HAVING 101,000 MILES . I DO EXPECT COMPLETE REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE BILL FROM NISSAN .

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO ACCELERATE AND THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 177,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS TURNED ON, A LOUD HUMMING NOISE AND A TICKING NOISE WAS HEARD AS WELL AS A STRONG ODOR OF FUEL WAS PRESENT. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE HAD BEEN PROGRESSIVELY GETTING WORSE FOR THE PAST SIX MONTHS. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER LE BLANC NISSAN OF GONZALES LOUISIANA IN THE MONTH OF JUNE 2017, THEY DETERMINED IT WAS A BAD IGNITION COIL. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED THEN. THE VEHICLE WAS NOW TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC THAT DIAGNOSED THE VEHICLE AS HAVING A CATALYTIC CONVERTER FRACTURED. THE VEHICLE CATALYTIC CONVERTER WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.

CARBON BUILD-UP ON VALVES CAUSING MISFIRE AND THE BREAK DOWN OF THE CATALYST. CODES P0300 AND P0303 STORED IN ECM. REQUIRED REPLACEMENT OF LONG ENGINE ASSEMBLY AND EXHAUST MANIFOLD. INITIALLY, DEALERSHIP CITED NEED TO REPLACE IGNITION COIL, SOFTWARE UPDATE, FUEL LINE FLUSH. PICKED UP CAR AND IMMEDIATELY THE SERVICE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND CAR BEGAN TO MISFIRE. RETURNED TO DEALERSHIP WHO SURMISED THAT THERE MIGHT BE A LOOSE WIRE. NOT THE ISSUE. DEALER CONTACTED NISSAN CORPORATE FOR DIRECTION WITH DIAGNOSTICS. CAR MILEAGE 59,802.

2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. CONSUMER WRITES SEEKING REIMBURSEMENT FOR VEHICLE REPAIRS. *LD *TR

BURNING TOO MUCH OIL , HAD TO ADD 3 TO 4 QUARTS OF OIL BETWEEN OIL CHANGE...PISTON RING PROBLEM CAUSING MISFIRE WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY EVERY 2 MONTHS CAUSING SPARK PLUGS BURNT OUT.

STARTING IN APRIL 2016 WE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE WHEN MY WIFE WHILE DRIVING THE CAR SUDDENLY LOST THE ABILITY TO DRIVE, THE ENGINE HAD SHUT DOWN ENTIRELY. AT THE TIME THE VEHICLE HAD JUST OVER 100,000 MILES AND SHE WAS DRIVING ON A BUSY EXPRESS WAY BETWEEN CLEVELAND AND AKRON I-77. SHE COSTED INTO A REST AREA AND WE HAD TO LEAVE THE CAR THERE OVER NIGHT UNTIL WE COULD GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY TOLD US IT WAS THE O2 SENSOR AND IT COST US ALMOST 1,200 $ TO REPAIR. A FEW MONTHS LATER IN JUNE OF 2016 ON FATHERS DAY WITH OUR ALMOST 2 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR, MY FAMILY AND I WERE DRIVING DOWN TO VIRGINIA TO SPEND SOME TIME WITH FRIENDS. WE HAD ANOTHER INCIDENT. WHILE DRIVING IN THE DC AREA ON ANOTHER BUSY EXPRESS WAY I-70 IN MARYLAND OUR CAR AGAIN LOST POWER IN THE ENGINE. WE COULDN'T DRIVE IT ANY WHERE. WE HAD IT WOED BY AAA TO FREDERICK MARYLAND, RENTED A CAR, AND DROVE THE 5 HOURS HOME. A FEW DAYS LATER I DROVE BACK DOWN TO PICK THE CAR UP. THIS TIME IT WAS THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR. IT COST US ALMOST 500$ TO HAVE IT REPAIRED. TO MY UNDERSTANDING BOTH SENSORS BELONG TO THE EXHAUST SYSTEM OF A CAR. ON MONDAY OF THIS WEEK OCTOBER 30TH 2017 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING TO WORK ON BACK ROADS. WHEN WE BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A DAMAGED FRONT EXHAUST PIPE AND MANIFOLD. THE PRICE TO FIX IT IS 2,132.74$. I FELT THAT TO HAVE 3 MAJOR COSTS ASSOCIATED WITH THE EXHAUST SYSTEM IN OUR CAR IN A YEAR AND A HALF WAS EXCESSIVE SO I INVESTIGATED IT AND DISCOVERED THAT THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA WAS RECALLED FOR THE EXACT PROBLEM WE HAVE NOW. FOR SOME REASON OUR VEHICLE WASN'T INCLUDED IN THAT RECALL. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH NISSAN AND THEY HAVE TOLD ME THERE IS NOTHING THEY WILL DO TO HELP US OUT WITH THESE REPAIRS. IN ALL 3 SITUATIONS WE WERE DRIVING.

STEERING LOCK FAIL. MANUFACTURE DEFECTIVE PART. CAR WON'T START AND NISSA WON'T PAY FOR IT.

MY CAR WOULD NOT START. APPARENTLY THERE WAS A RECALL ON THIS PROBLEM - ONLY IF THE CAR WAS AFFECTED - AND IT HAPPENED TO MY CAR AFTER THE WARRANTY ON THE RECALL EXPIRED. I AM THE 2ND OWNER AND WAS NEVER NOTIFIED OF THE RECALL DESPITE THE FACT I PURCHASED THE CAR FROM A DEALER. THE NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE REFUSED TO EVEN PAY FOR THE PART - WHICH I COULD NOT PURCHASE OR GET REPAIRED ELSEWHERE. IT WAS VERY EXPENSIVE. I HAVE OWNED MANY OTHER CARS AND HAVE HAD CAR MANUFACTURERS STAND BY THEIR PRODUCTS AND RIGHT WAS WAS WRONG. NOT IN THIS CASE. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST PAID FOR THE PART AS THERE WAS NO OTHER PLACE TO MAKE THE REPAIR. I SPOKE TO SEVERAL PEOPLE AND WENT AS FAR UP THE LADDER AS POSSIBLE AND WAS FINALLY TOLD THEY WOULD NOT ASSIST WITH THE COST IN ANY WAY. THIS IS NOT AN ACCEPTABLE WAY TO RUN A BUSINESS AND STAND BY A PRODUCT. I HAD A 12 YEAR OLD CAR FROM LEXUS REPLACE A CRACKED DASHBOARD FOR FREE! THE CAR IS USED BY MY SON, A COLLEGE STUDENT, WHO NEEDS IT FOR TRANSPORTATION AND SAFETY WHILE AWAY AT SCHOOL. I WAS VERY UPSET AT THE WAY I WAS TREATED AND HOW MY COMPLAINTS WERE NOT ADDRESSED IN ANY WAY.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BECAME DIFFICULT TO CONTROL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE STRUT INSULATOR WAS CRACKED, WHICH CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO BE UNSTABLE. THE MECHANIC ADVISED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL, BUT THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS NOT PROVIDED.

ON JULY 11TH I WENT TO THE STORE TO PICK UP SOME ITEMS. WHEN I LEFT THE STORE TO GET IN MY CAR, IT WOULD NOT START. I DRIVE A TWO DOOR NISSAN ALTIMA COUPE 2009. THE STEERING LOCK HAD MALFUNCTIONED LEAVING ME STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT WHILE IT WAS 95 DEGREES OUTSIDE. I HAD A LOCK SMITH COME AND USE HIS COMPUTER ON MY VEHICLE, UNFORTUNATELY MY CAR IS IN HIJACK MODE AND MY ENGINE WILL NOT ALLOW HIS COMPUTER TO TALK TO IT. ONLY NISSAN HAS A COMPUTER THAT CAN BYPASS THIS AND REPLACE MY STEERING LOCK. WITH THAT, NISSAN KNOWS THE 2009 MODEL HAS A DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK BUT HAS YET TO RECALL IT. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WITH THIS MODEL AND YEAR WHO HAVE HAD THIS SAME ISSUE. NISSAN ALSO WENT AS FAR AS REPLACING THE PART BUT WITH A DIFFERENT PART # AS THEY KNOW THE PART # IN THE 2009'S ARE DEFECTIVE. THE PART # THEY ARE NOW REPLACING IT WITH IS THE PART THEY PUT IN THE 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA'S. NISSAN SAYS IT'S GOING TO COST ME OVER $1200 TO GET THIS FIXED IN MY CAR. I REFUSE TO PAY FOR A PROBLEM THAT IS DEFECTIVE IN MY VEHICLE AND IS KNOWN BY THE COMPANY ITSELF. I AM NOW CARLESS AS I DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I AM APPALLED THAT NISSAN WOULD KNOWINGLY NOT RECALL THE PART IN THE 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA'S. IT POSES A RISK TO PEOPLE'S SAFETY AS IT CAN HAPPEN ANYTIME AND ANYWHERE!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALER (RON MARHOFER NISSAN, 247 HOWE AVE, CUYAHOGA FALLS, OH, 44221) WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THERE WAS DAMAGE TO THE FRONT EXHAUST PIPE MANIFOLD, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE NISSAN MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND PROVIDED CASE NUMBER: 28754357. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO STATED THAT THERE WAS A VOLUNTARY RECALL (PC130), BUT THE VIN WAS EXCLUDED. ON TWO PREVIOUS OCCASIONS, THE VEHICLE STALLED AND WAS TOWED. THE 02 SENSOR AND MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR WERE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 103,000.

MY VEHICLE WAS STOPPED ROADSIDE AND WOULD NOT START DUE TO A FAULTY ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK WHICH IS APPARENTLY AN ANTI THEFT DEVICE. I WAS STUCK IN DANGEROUSLY COLD WEATHER WITH NOBODY AROUND AND THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. THE COMPANY ISSUED A LIMITED WARRANTY IN WHICH I COULD NOT GET THE PART FIXED UNLESS IT WAS ALREADY BROKEN. MY CAR THEN PROCEEDED TO HAVE THE ESCL PART BREAK LESS THAN SIX MONTHS AFTER THE "EXTENDED WARRANTY". THIS IS A DANGEROUS ISSUE AND I FEEL I SHOULD BE COMPENSATED FOR THE $1000 PART REPLACEMENT.

I'M STRANDED. IT WON'T RECOGNIZE MY KEY. THE INTERNET TELLS ME THAT THIS IS HAPPENING TO MANY OTHERS AND THAT NISSAN IS UNRESPONSIVE. UNLESS YOU COUNT BEING WILLING TO TAKE $1000.00 PLUS TO TAKE CARE OF WHAT SEEMS TO BE A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM. *TR

I HAVE A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5L. I'VE HAD THE CAR FOR ABOUT 6 YEARS NOW, AND MY MILEAGE IS ABOUT 81500 KM. IT HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. AFTER DRIVING FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, I HAD SLOWED DOWN TO ENTER A TURNING LANE, AND MY CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND EVERYTHING SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE CAR AFTER. THANK GOODNESS THERE WAS NO CAR BEHIND ME. I BROUGHT MY CAR INTO NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO GET IT CHECKED OUT. THEY TOLD ME THE CRANKSHAFT HAD TO BE REPLACED. I READ ONLINE THAT THERE HAS BEEN THE SAME ISSUE IN MULTIPLE NISSAN ALTIMAS AND THAT THERE HAS BEEN RECALLS FOR IT. I ASKED NISSAN ABOUT IT AND THEY SAID MY CAR YEAR DOES NOT QUALIFY UNDER THE RECALL AND THAT IT WILL NOT BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. IT WILL COST ME ~$400 PLUS FOR PARTS AND LABOR TO GET IT REPLACED AND REPROGRAMMED. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT CANNOT BE COVERED UNDER THE RECALL. THE SAME PROBLEM FULLY DESCRIBED IN THE RECALL IS HAPPENING TO MY CAR AND MY CAR IS ALSO A NISSAN ALTIMA. THE RECALLS WERE SPECIFICALLY FOR 2002-2006 YEARS. MINE IS 2009. MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE REPORTED THE SAME PROBLEM ONLINE WITH THEIR 2009 MODEL. SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO BE DRIVING AND HAVING YOUR CAR SHUT OFF IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD. THEY SHOULD MAKE THIS AN OFFICIAL RECALL FOR THE 2009 MODEL AND GIVE EVERYONE A REFUND FOR THE COSTS THAT WE HAVE HAD TO PAY OUT OF POCKET FOR A RECURRING PROBLEM THAT NISSAN HAS WITH THEIR ALTIMAS. [FROM EDMONTON, ALBERTA, CANADA]. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER, WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE PUSH ROD INSIDE OF THE ENGINE CYLINDER FRACTURED AND PUNCTURED A HOLE IN THE ENGINE BLOCK. AS A RESULT, THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,385.