2007 Nissan Altima Engine Problems

The contact owns a 2007 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled, causing another vehicle to swipe the driver's side and the driver's side mirror off the vehicle. The contact was injured but did not receive medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 146,000.

THE WHOLE ENGINE IS JERKING WHEN PLACED ON REVERSE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE SEIZED AND SMOKE APPEARED UNDER THE HOOD. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT OPENED THE HOOD AND DOUSED THE ENGINE WITH WATER TO CLEAR THE SMOKE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 146,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE MADE AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE HOOD ON THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE THEN CAUGHT FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT EXTINGUISHED THE FIRE AND A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE CAUSE OF THE FIRE WAS UNKNOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, BUT WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THERE WERE NO INJURIES. IT WAS NOT CONFIRMED WHETHER THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER AND DEALER WERE NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 153,405.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE, STALLED, AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE LOCAL DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 173,281. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD HAS A HOLE AND CRACK PRIOR TO THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER. THIS HAS ALLOWED CARBON MONOXIDE TO BE SUCKED INTO THE CABIN OF THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE HVAC SYSTEM OF THE VEHICLE WHILE IT IS STOPPED OR PARKED AND RUNNING. IT HAS ALSO INCREASED THE LEVELS OF CARBON MONOXIDE EMITTED BY THE VEHICLE WHILE THE ENGINE IS RUNNING AS THE HOLE IS ALLOWING SOME EXHAUST TO EXIT THE EXHAUST SYSTEM PRIOR TO GOING THOUGH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE SERVICE ENGINE WARNING INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A STRONG VIBRATION, A LOUD NOISE NEAR THE ENGINE, AND THE ENGINE MOVED WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TWICE WHERE IT WAS CONFIRMED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE MANUFACTURER'S RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REPLACED TWO OF THE ENGINE MOUNTS. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE, STATED THAT THEY NO LONGER USED THE PROVIDER BEFORE TO THE ENGINE MOUNTS AND HAD A NEW PROVIDER WHO SUPPLIED THE PARTS WHICH PROVIDED NO SOLUTION FOR THE CONTACT BECAUSE THEY ALSO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS EXCLUDED FROM THE MANUFACTURER RECALL. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED A LOSS OF ENGINE POWER. THE ENGINE STILL OPERATED, BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE PAST 5 MPH. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL SULFUR SMELL ONCE THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED OVER 5 MPH. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND TRANSMISSION MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 211,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND INDEPENDENTLY ACCELERATED. THE CONTACT HAD TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE PEDAL TO STOP THE VEHICLE FROM MOVING FORWARD. IN ADDITION, UPON INSPECTION, THERE WAS OIL IN THE RADIATOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE MOTOR AND TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

I WAS DRIVING NORTHBOUND ON WESTERN AVENUE BUSY MAIN STREET IN CHICAGO ALL THE SUDDEN MY CAR STARTED SHAKING AND VIBRATING AS I APPROACH THE LIGHTI HAD TO TURN MY CAR OFF PUT IT IN PARK FIRST TURN IT OFF AND THEN TRY TO TURN IT BACK ON TO ACCELERATE IT ONLY WORKS ONCE UNTIL I GOT TO THE SECOND MAIN LIGHT AND MY CAR WOULD NOT MOVE OR ACCELERATE AND I WAS STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY MAIN STREET WITH CARS BEHIND ME BEEPING AND DRIVING PAST ME. NOT TO MENTION MY RPM'S WE'RE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE AND I COULD NOT DRIVE PAST 20 MILES PER HOUR AND THE CAR WOULD SPEED UP AND SLOW DOWN ON ITS OWN AND IT FELT LIKE IT WAS OVER WORKING ITSELF. PRIOR TO THIS IONLY A WEEK AGO THAT I HEARD A RATTLING NOISE AND TOOK IT INTO MY MECHANIC TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND THE COMPUTER TOLD HIM IT WAS A TRANSMISSION ISSUE WHICH AT THIS TIME NISSAN HAD REFUSED TO REPAIR AND REPLACE BASED ON THE WARRANTY BECAUSE I WAS OVER A THOUSAND MILES WHICH AT THAT POINT I NEVER KNEW OR WAS NOTIFIED THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY OTHERWISE I WOULD HAVE TAKEN IN THE CAR A LOT SOONER THOUSAND MILES IS ONLY TWO WEEKS MORE OF DRIVING FOR ME. ALSO MY RPM'S WERE GOING ALL OVER THE PLACE I COULDN'T EVEN DRIVE PAST 20 MILES PER HOUR AND THEN THE CAR WOULD SPEED UP WITH THE RPM'S INCREASING NOT ONLY DOES THIS PRESENT A PROBLEM NEED DRIVING THE CAR BUT IT ALSO CREATED A SAFETY ISSUE I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT FROM BEHIND WITH MY 1 YEAR OLD CHILD IN THE BACKSEAT CRYING HYSTERICALLY AND I COULD HAVE GOTTEN HIT MOVING MY OWN CAR TO SAFETY BECAUSE I HAD TO GET IT OUT OF THE MAIN BUSY STREET AND NO ONE CAME OUT TO HELP ME AND I WAS PUSHING MY CAR BY MYSELF IN 20 BELOW FREEZING WEATHER IN CHICAGO.NOW IT'S GOING TO COST ME $2,000 TO FIX THIS PROBLEM THAT NISSAN ALREADY KNEW WAS AN ISSUE NEVER NOTIFIED ME OF EVEN WITH THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND DID NOT WANT TO COVER IT BECAUSE I WAS OVER THE MILEAGE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE VIBRATED VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT STOPPED ILLUMINATING AND THE FAILURE STOPPED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED ONCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 132,000.

I TOOK MY NIECE TO THIS CRAPPY DEALERSHIP TODAY TO GET HER CAR SERVICED BECAUSE SHE HAS A RECALL TO REPLACE THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD. I SPOKE WITH [XXX] ON FEB 18 AT 0245P TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT. WELL WE ARRIVED TODAY AT 0730HRS THIS MORNING. FIRST OFF SERVICE PERSON [XXX] SPOKE WITH HER(NIECE) AND CONVINCED HER SHE NEEDED TO HAVE DIAGNOSTICS RAN ON HER VEHICLE. I CANCELLED THAT IDEA BECAUSE WE ALREADY HAD ESTABLISHED ON THE 18TH THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD(SULEV EMISSIONS ALT 07-08). THAT WAS $110.00 HE WASN'T MAKING.. AFTER WE SAT FOR 2.5 HRS., THIS JOKER RETURNS TO TELL ME THAT IT TOOK HIS MECHANIC 2 HOURS TO FIND A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE. MIND YOU WE KNEW ABOUT IT AND THAT'S WHY WE WERE THERE TO BEGIN WITH AND TWO IT WAS A BS LINE HE WAS TRYING TO GET AWAY WITH. I SPOKE WITH [XXX] (SHE TOO BRUSHED ME OFF) WHO INFORMED ME TO SPEAK WITH A STAND IN STUPIDVISOR NAMED [XXX]. WELL IT DIDN'T GET ANY BETTER BECAUSE AFTER BEING TOLD BY VICTOR IT WOULD TAKE 4-5 HOURS TO DO BUT ONLY AFTER THEY TOOK CARE OF THE OTHER AFTERNOON CUSTOMERS THAT HAD LATER TIME SLOTS, [XXX] SAID THEY WERE NOT GOING TO DO IT. NOW IM HEATED AFTER BEING JERKED AROUND ALL [XXX] DAY, YOU'RE TELLING ME ITS NOT GOING TO GET DONE??? I TOLD THE TO BRING MY CAR OUT AND I WANTED PAPERWORK. VICTOR [XXX] ATTEMPTED TRIED COVER HIS [XXX] BY SAYING ON THE PAPERWORK THAT WE DECLINED SERVICED AFTER WE WERE TOLD BY HIM AND THE SUPERVISOR [XXX] THAT IT WASN'T GONNA HAPPEN. TACKY TACKY TACKY... IVE PURCHASED 4 CARS FROM THESE CLOWNS AT THIS DEALERSHIP SINCE 2001. WELL THEY JUST LOST MY BUSINESS AND MY LOYALTY TO THE DEALERSHIP. I WONT SEND ANYONE THERE AGAIN.. VERY UNPROFESSIONAL AND THEY ARE LIARS. MY MONEY WILL BE WELL SPENT ELSEWHERE. NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER NISSAN DEALER, SHE IS FORCED TO OPERATE AND UNSAFE VEHICLE WITH A SIX YEAR OLD SON. SHAME ON RT 22 NISSAN.. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE BECAME DISABLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THE RISER ON THE SERPENTINE BELT SNAPPED. AS A RESULT, THE BELT AND RISER NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 78,000.

ON JANUARY 10, 2014, I WENT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE AND WAS TOLD THERE MAY BE AN OIL PAN LEAK BY THE LUBE CENTER IN FREDERICK MD. I DIDN'T REALLY THINK MUCH OF IT DIDN'T HAVE ANY OTHER PROBLEMS. MY CAR NOW IS MAKING A CHAINING LIKE NOISE WHEN DRIVING AND I WENT TO GET AN OIL CHANGE ON 6/20/14 AT SUNOCO IN FREDERICK , MD THEY SAY IT IS A MASSIVE OIL LEAK AND THAT MY CAR WILL CATCH FIRE AT THE ENGINE IF IT IS NOT FIXED, THEY COULD NOT LOCATE THE OIL LEAK AND IT WAS NOT FROM THE OIL PAN BUT IT NEEDS TO BE FIXED RIGHT AWAY. I AM AFRAID THAT THE CAR WILL EXPLODE, I HAVE CHILDREN AND I HAVE ONE ON THE WAY. I SEE THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR THIS PROBLEM AT ONE POINT BUT IT IS CLOSED AND MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH THIS NOW WITH THERE VEHICLE. I STILL HAVE TO PAY 7,000 ON THIS VEHICLE BEFORE IT IS PAID OFF. I TOOK IT TO NISSAN BUT THEY WILL NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THE RECALL IS NO LONGER OPEN. *TR

I CONTACT NISSAN CORP AND FILE A COMPLAINT PERTAINING TO THE ENGINE OIL COOLER. NISSAN HAD A RECALL ON THIS PART BACK IN 2007. THEY CALL IT THE 2007 CAMPAIGN. THE RESULTS WERE GIVING TO ME ON 6/11/2013 STATING THAT THEY WILL NOT PAY FOR THE REPAIRS. I PAID 70 DOLLARS TO GET THE INSPECTION AT NISSAN FOR THEM TO TELL ME THEY WILL NOT REPAIR MY CAR. MY CAR IS DRIPPING MORE OIL THAN USUALLY AND THE ISSUE IS THE SAME ISSUE THEY RECALL MY MODEL CAR BACK IN 2007. MY CAR IS AT GREAT RISK OF CATCHING FIRE BECAUSE OF THE POOR QUALITY ENGINE. *TR

WE WERE DRIVING TO TAMPA AND CAR SUDDENLY STOPPED AND HAD TO GO ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND WILL NOT START. HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE CLOSER TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP. THEY CHECKED THE ENGINE AND HAD A HOLE IN IT AND COULD NOT FIGURE WHAT THE CAUSE OF THE HOLE, IT TOOK TWO WEEKS TO GET THE DIAGNOSIS AND TOLD US WE NEED TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION, WE PAID $5000 FOR IT AND HAD NO CHOICE AS THAT WAS THE ONLY CAR BETWEEN ME AND MY HUSBAND TO GO TO WORK. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND THEY SAID IT WAS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND COULD NOT HELP ME EVEN IF I TOLD THEM THERE WERE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE CAR. EVEN THE REPAIR GUY TOLD US THAT NISSAN HAD SO MANY PROBLEMS. AFTER 2 MONTHS THERE WERE MORE PROBLEMS, SEEMS EVERY FEW MONTHS SOMETHING IS WRONG AND NOW MY CAR IS SITTING AGAIN IN THE REPAIR SHOP JUST AFTER 2 YRS AND THEY SAID I NEED ANOTHER TRANSMISSION!!!!! THIS IS CRAZY, I WISH I HAD TRADE IN THE CAR BEFORE THIS HAPPENED AS THIS IS A PIECE OF JUNK. I WILL NEVER BUY NISSAN BEFORE AND HOPEFULLY I CAN GET THE WORD OUT NOT TO BUY NISSAN. *TR

FIRST, NO PROBLEMS BUT AT REGULAR OIL MAINTENANCE, THEY SAID WE HAD AN OIL LEAK. HAD IT FIXED. ENGINE STARTED STALLING. NO WARNING LIGHTS. SAID HAD AN OIL LEAK OF SOME KIND. FIXED IT AGAIN (SO WE THOUGHT). HAPPENED AGAIN TWO MONTHS LATER - CAR STARTED STALLING. ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON THAT TIME. TOWED IT NISSAN. SAID HAD AN OIL LEAK. FIXED IT (AGAIN WE THOUGHT). TWO MONTHS LATER RIDING DOWN ROAD AT LOW SPEED, CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. GOT IT PUT OUT BEFORE ENGULFED BECAUSE OF A GENTLEMAN PASSING BY HAD A COOLER FULL OF WATER. ENGINE IS NOW TOTALLY NO GOOD AND HAVE ANOTHER YEAR TO PAY ON THIS CAR. *TR

MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN MY 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. I TOOK IT TO A MECHANIC WHO DID A DIAGNOSTIC AND SAID THAT IT WAS MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND I NEEDED TO REPLACE IT. I LOOKED ONLINE AND FOUND OUT THAT NISSAN HAD A RECALL ON THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER BACK IN 2007 BUT I NEVER RECEIVED IT. NOW THAT MY CAR HAS PASSED THE WARRANTY MILEAGE, THEY REFUSE TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS. I FEEL THAT THEY ARE NOT CORRECTLY NOTIFYING CONSUMERS OF THEIR RECALL INFORMATION INTENTIONALLY SO THEY DON'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS AND ALL THE BURDEN WILL THEN BE ON THE CONSUMER. I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS SINCE THEY KNEW THERE WAS A PROBLEM THE YEAR I BOUGHT MY CAR. *TR

SUNDAY OCTOBER 2, 2011 MY CAR BEGAN LEAKING OIL UN-EXPECTEDLY. IMMEDIATELY MY CAR WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHERE HE DIAGNOSED THAT THE OIL COOLER WAS LEAKING AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I WAS ADVISED NOT TO DRIVE MY CAR AS IT WAS LOSING TOO MUCH OIL. I CONTACTED COGGIN NISSAN AT THE AVENUES (904-880-3000), SPOKE WITH [XXX] IN THE PARTS DEPARTMENT, I EXPLAINED WHAT WAS HAPPENING WITH MY VEHICLE AND HE INFORMED ME THAT HE HAS SEEN QUITE A FEW CARS THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL AS MINE WITH THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. I STRONGLY FEEL THERE IS A DEFECT IN THIS PART SINCE SO MANY CARS LIKE MINE ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. I FEEL THIS ISSUE SHOULD BECOME PART OF A RECALL AND NISSAN SHOULD REIMBURSE ME FOR THE PRICE OF THE PART. UP UNTIL NOW I HAVE BEEN VERY HAPPY WITH MY NISSAN. I REALLY APPRECIATE YOU LOOKING INTO THIS MATTER FOR ME. THIS HAS CAUSED ME A GREAT DEAL OF STRESS AND MONEY I DO NOT HAVE AS I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH A YOUNG CHILD TO SUPPORT. THANK YOU. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6).*TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SITTING AT A LIGHT, SHE HEARD A KNOCKING NOISE. THE CONTACT CHECKED THE OIL AND NOTICED THAT IT WAS EMPTY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THEY STATED THAT THE OIL COOLING ASSEMBLY HAD A LEAK AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 76,000.