general problems of the 2003 Nissan Altima

Engine overheats while driving. . When heater is on car power fails when driving at high and low speeds. Battery dies and battery drains when car is off.

I had to replace the steering at 84000 miles because the steering had a knocking sound everytime you turn it left or right,or when you go over a bump,,,,it was very slack and eventually it felt as though it would fall out at anytime. . . . . Was advised at the dealership that it needed to be replaced no explanation could have been given . This was done yesterday 08/22/2013. Now there is a very huge rust hole on the passenger side under the car . . . This car is 10yrs old with 84000 miles and I take very good care of my car. . I bought it in 2006 with about 25000 miles. The hole is about twelve inches by six inches. The lighting is so poor most times at night I always have to use myhigh beam . . . . Worst car I ever had. . . There were so many other problems I have had with it . This car spent many weeks at the dealership. . .

My car shut of on me while driving at night which was hard to see because the headlamps didn't give much light and both airbags deployed and my seat belts don't work either. . . I own a 2003 Nissan Altima. . . The car would usually turn of on me like that but not a higher speeds. . . The car's engine has been making a loud noise it had 3 recalls for it( headlamp recall, engine exhaust recall, & engine cooling recall) before I had this done I had a service engine light on which came out as p0420, p0240, and had 3 p0335. . . After I had the "recall done". . . A week later my car "blew a head gasket" and I had a code p0300. . . I immediately got it fixed for like $1300. . . After that. . . 2 weeks later I got a service engine light on which came out as p0335, p0240, & p0420. . . I've also been in contact with Nissan consumer affairs. . . I've been in touch with a regional specialist which can't really help me at all. . . Nissan dealer like to take money for diagnosis and tells me the car is unsafe to drive. . . My car still shuts off and sometimes it doesn't even start. . . When the car start up it makes a loud engine noise. . . So right now my car shuts off at any speed rate now just low speeds, I don't have airbags in the car, engine makes a loud noise, sounds like there's something like a rock in the catalytic converter, and my car's seat belts don't work.

The car seems to not start once it ran for a short time. Example I drive to the supermarket turns on fine, once I leave it is hard to start. Almost seem to be flooded. It use to do it once a week know its doing it everyday. Just recently I was driving and it turned off on me. From the Nissan blogs it looks like this year has been giving problems. Another complain is the exterior lights they are faded or stain from inside, this could cause a visibility issue.

The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the intelligent power distribution module (ipdm) failed several times. The contact also experienced failures with the head lamp housing unit. The manufacturer denied assistance with any repairs because the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 10v517000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was unavailable and the current mileage was 129,556.