Clutch Pedal/linkage problems of the 2005 Nissan Altima

1. Precat failure which led to needing of a complete long block replacement. @ 49875 miles 2. Clutch pedal assembly caused premature clutch failure and replacement of manual transmission. @ 94571 miles 3. Passenger side floor has completely rotted thru!!!! @ 100000 miles, this cuts the cake! car is junk!.

The clutch pedal lost pressure after idling for over thirty minutes, while in traffic, and after the engine has gotten hot and being driven for a couple of hours. The pedal will fall to the floor and you cannot switch gears. The stick shift won't even move into neutral and the car jerks really hard. It will sometimes cut off in the middle of driving if you don't reach down and pull the pedal up with your hand. This has cause me to run off the road because I could not down shift or go into neutral, I recently ended up tapping the rear of someone elses vehicle at which my daughter is still complaining her neck hurts. This is a defective part dealing with the hydraulics and is very dangerous. A lawsuit is sure to be on the way now that I have wen to several dealerships only for them to tell me nothing is wrong with the car because it won't do it for them. All Nissan forums are filled with customers having the same issues with these year model cars. Nissan is about to kill somebody.

While driving the clutch pedal will loose all pressure and will fall to the floor. The vehicle must be shut off and left prior the pressure building back up in the clutch. This is extremely dangerous as the driver is unable to shift gears or put the vehicle in neutral. This is a notorious problem with all Nissan Altima se-r with manual gear boxes. This problem will cause an accident and get someone killed. Tt.

Clutch pedal began to creak when depressed and would begin to engage very close to the floor when car was driven in town and reached normal operating temperature. First failure was shortly after that when returning from a family trip to missouri to colorado. Clutch pedal fell to floor and remained there, preventing a downshift or to neutral. "floated" the transmission into neutral and pulled pedal back up with my foot. Was able to get the car home by lifting the pedal after every shift. Replacement of the clutch master and slave cylinders, and welding the housing of the clutch pedal due to (stress fractures) resolved the issue for about 11 months/15,000 miles, when the issue began again. After a few more months the entire clutch system; clutch plate (not worn out), clutch cover, flywheel assembly, master and slave cylinder, pedal assembly and rubber hydraulic line were replaced. The system was thoroughly flushed and bled for trapped air. Issue was resolved until a few weeks ago (6 months after replacing the system) when the problem resurfaced. Bleeding of the system was again performed with no change: pedal will fall to the floor and stay there if held for 1-2 seconds. If the pedal is depressed about 1-2 inches and help for a few seconds, it will begin to pull itself to the floor with no assistance from the driver at all. I am planning to replace the entire hydraulic system once again.

Clutch pedal loses pressures and stays down.

2005 Nissan Altima se-r man transmission. The clutch pedal sticks to the floor. This has happened twice in a one year period. I had the clutch replaced once and the slave cylinder once. The pedal is starting to stick again. It happens when your driving. I drove to a movie, went to leave and the pedal stuck to the floor. When the pedal sticks it will not come out or go into gear. I had to pull over, slam it in neutral and ended up driving home in fourth gear. I have been on several Nissan forum sites and there are a lot of se-r owners having the same issue.

Clutch pedal loses pressure and car cannot be put into gear. Happens while car is in motion.

After driving in stop and go traffic on a very hot day, the clutch pedal lost pressure and was very difficult to use and shift gears. The pedal lost all but the last amount of pressure. This has happened multiple times since the first incident. Always occurs in warm, humid weather and heavy usage. Could be very dangerous if all pressure is lost and shifting is impossible. This must be corrected!.

This issue has actually happened several times since I've had the car. The issue is with the clutch pedal bracket assembly and the clutch master cylinder in the 3. 5 se-r model of the car. The clutch pedal bracket since 2009 when I bought the car has broken 8 times. The clutch master cylinder has needed replacing 5 times. The most recent incident (may 2014) the master cylinder failed 2 months after getting it fixed and then again 3 days later after that. The last 2 times, it was replaced by the dealership, and when it failed I was in heavy traffic on the highway. When it fails it's impossible to put the car into gear. Honestly, I'm actually surprised I wasn't killed in traffic.

Dear sir, I purchased a 2005 Nissan Altima ser with a 6 spd. Manual transmission approximately 14 months ago used with 33,000 mile and factory drivetrain warranty until 60,000 miles. My car currently has 59,000 miles. About two weeks ago, I brought my car to ira Nissan in woburn MA for a re-occurring clutch issue ; clutch pedal sinks to the floor making the car undrivable and grinding in the transmission shifting into third gear. Under warranty, Nissan replaced the transmission and clutch assembly. Last Monday, a week after getting my car back, the clutch is once again sinking to the floor just as before, and the Nissan dealer is saying because the can't replicate the problem, there is nothing more they can do, leaving me with a car that is unreliable and unsafe. The clutch fails intermittently and usually returns within an hour or so, making the car difficult at best to drive in traffic and making it hard to replicate on cue. The clutch appears to fail after an hour or so of driving or after it gets warm, with no warning. The dealer drove it for 7 mile and says it can't duplicate the issue. . Nissan customer service says they know nothing of the issue even though the internet lists over 60 incidents of clutch pedal sinks to floor on 02-06 Nissans with standard transmission, especially 05-06 Nissan ser"s. - but they have never heard of it? my case number with Nissan is 6600267. I use my car primarily for commuting gloucester to woburn and back and I typically don't have an issue, but it has happened 6 or seven time now and I know for a fact this wasn't mentioned in the sales brochure for this model Nissan. This is problemdangerous, as you can imagine being stuck in traffic and not being able to move. And not knowing when you can rely on your car, and when you can't? please assist me in making Nissan do the right thing and simply fix the car- they replaced the transmission, replaced the clutch and a week later, still under factory warranty won' t do it right.

Car: 2005 Nissan Altima se-r 6 speed manual transmission 3. 5l v6. Problem: clutch pedal fell to floor during normal use. This is the second time that this has happened to me. I had the first incident investigated by the dealership with no results. I have reported that incident to NHTSA separately. I had been using my car for a 1500 mile family trip. I was nearly halfway through my 12 hour one day return trip. I got hung up in stopped traffic in NY for about one hour fifteen minutes. We pulled off the highway to a rest stop and had dinner for about 30 minutes. I returned to the car, spent another five minutes in traffic and was moving along at highway speeds again. The car was loaded with 2 adults and 3 children and about 125 pounds of vacation stuff. Upon approaching a toll booth on the NY "expressway" I depressed the clutch to begin downshifting and decelerating from roughly 60 mph. The clutch pedal fell to the floor. Since this had happened before I was not caught completely by surprise. I put the transmission in neutral and began pumping the clutch as the car coasted in towards the toll booth. I was able to pump the clutch because it did have some small degree of return, but it did not reach the height of the typical pickup point which I estimate to be 6-8 inches off the floorboard. Pumping the pedal had no effect. I placed my foot under the pedal and lifted it all the way up. Pressing again had the same result. Very little friction. On the other side of the toll was dead stopped traffic. There was enough friction in the pedal to engage the clutch plates and to shift between gears. The traffic speed increased and after a few hundred yards the clutch recuperated on its own. I always double declutch and have never had to replace clutch plates in my cars. . Read more...

Nissan Altima 2005 3. 5 v6 clutch pedal that sinks to the floor while being driven.

1. Nissan Altima s 2005 manual. Was driving in a heavy traffic for about 30 min with a/c working. Clutch pedal became very light and then stuck to the floor. The car was left on a gear. Hardly avoided accident by braking with working engine and then shutting down with key. 2. It occurs again when the car was left in hot sun after driving in a traffic. 3. Did not do anything yet. But will go to mechanic if it occurs again.

I own a 2005 Nissan Altima ser with a known clutch pedal issue, it was fixed under warranty 2 times and the 3rd time they refused because I was a few miles past the 35k mile warranty even though the repaid was within the 12k miles that it is warrantied for, I had to go elsewhere to fix it because I need my car. I thas happened 2 times since than where I have to keep purchasing pedals because the welds on the pedal do not hold, it is a safety hazard because I will lost my clutch and cant' shift fears in the middle of intersections. This pedal has been replaced 5times and now needs to be replaced for the 6th times and it has damaged my clutch, my mechanic said do to the stress from the bad pedal the forced shift on my clutch have cause it to "slip" and now I need to purchase and have installed a brand new clutch that Nissan will not warranty either. This is a known issue with the 2005 and 2006 ser models and Nissan will not do a recall or fix the problems that come with it. My mechanic has told me that it is bad engineering and the issue will continue to happen so I have a spare pedal with him at all times.

Car: 2005 Nissan Altima se-r w/ 6 speed manual transmission and 3. 5l v6. The problem is that my clutch pedal bottoms out to the floor board. This has been reported over and over in the Nissan forum. Unfortunately, only a few people have reported to NHTSA. I used my car on a Sunday morning for a short run to the grocery store (approximately 8 miles round trip). I left the car in the direct sunlight on my blacktop driveway all day (about 85 degree f). In the late afternoon I started my car to put it in the garage. Before I turned the ignition I depressed the clutch and immediately noticed that there was no pickup point. The pedal was easily depressed to the floorboard and the typical resistance in the pedal throw was nonexistent. The car was already in gear and when I let the clutch out there was barely enough resistance to engage the clutch plates and pull the car into the garage. The pickup point was just a couple of inches off the floorboard, whereas the usual pickup point is anywhere from 6-8 inches. I left the car in the garage and made an appointment on Monday. When I started my car on Tuesday to bring it in to the dealership, there was no issue at all. I paid my $46. 50 to get this on record with the dealer. They of course could not reproduce the error (as with nearly every other person that has had this problem) and saw no clear defects under the hood. I have the complete paperwork from the dealership if the NHTSA odi investigator would like to contact me for additional information. . Read more...

Clutch pedal will fall to the floor, resulting in an inability to shift gears. Extremely dangerous considering that I was in the passing lane when it happened and had cars behind me.

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. While driving approximately 5 mph, the clutch pedal extended to the floor when it was depressed. Suddenly, the transmission brake engaged and caused the engine to stall. The vehicle was able to be restarted. The contact experienced difficulty shifting gears and heard a grinding noise. The failures occurred on five separate occasions. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 45,000 and current mileage was 50,000.

Buy 2005 Nissan Altima ser 02/05, at 4,000 miles the clutch pedal begins to continuously fall to floor, requiring operator to lift with foot, take to dealership they are unable to duplicate, this goes on for months. Then driving home from work one morning it sticks to floor and does not recover. Limp to dealership. Dealer replaces clutch pedal and spring to correct, shortly after fails again, dealer replaces slave cylinder, fails again dealer replaces pressure plate and clutch throw out bearing, fails again, dealer replaces master cylinder for clutch, by this time car has 38,700 miles on it. Seems to work fine for about 12 months 20k and down shifting on and expressway exit ramp clutch pedal sticks to floor and clutch explodes. Currently waiting to see if Nissan is going to fix or I am going to have to pay. So far I have been lucky with the clutch failures and no one has been injured as a result.

I have a 2005 Altima and after driving for awhile or when it is hot outside the clutch pedal goes to the floor. When I took the car into redlands Nissan they replaced the throw out bearing but, the car still does the same thing. When I traffic the car will not shift - it is extremely scary!! but, the dealer says that I have to pay to replace the unit. Why that part should last a long time? there must be a defect and I want it changed by Nissan. The car is awesome but this is just plain stupid and very dangerous! help!!!.

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that when depressing the clutch while shifting gears, the clutch would drop too quickly to the floor making it difficult to change gears. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer approximately six times and they were unable to duplicate the failure. Approximately three years later, the contact experienced trouble trying to shift into neutral gear when the clutch pedal moved too quickly to the floor. After repeated attempts she was able to shift into second gear. The vehicle was taken directly to an authorized dealer where the spring retainer was replaced. A bearing-clutch and limited slip were also installed. Approximately 2 months later the failure began to recur. The vehicle was again taken to an authorized dealer where it was in the process of having the failure diagnosed. The failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 40,200.

On random occasions, the clutch pedal looses pressure. It engages and disengages very close to floor. Pressing the clutch pedal is very soft until it is almost completely depressed. The situation is random and typically last 5 to 10 minutes and then corrects itself. I have taken the car to the Nissan dealer to have it inspected, but it was not acting faulty at the time and they claimed there was no problem, no TSB or recalls. I have called to notify them again that it still occurs and they suggest that I bring it in when it happens, but since it comes and goes, this is not practical. It does seem to be related to when the car is hot from either city traffic or idling for an extended period of time. . Read more...

My clutch pedal gets stuck to the floor at times.

When the weather gets hot, my clutch medal becomes very lose (or perhaps loses the hydraulic pressure?) and drops, such that I can only change gears with the last inch or so of the pedal. Sometimes it gets so bad that the pedal drops all of the way to the floor and the clutch cannot be used to change gears. This often happens in stop and go traffic on hot days and is very dangerous, as it seems to happen spontaneously. It has happened every summer that I have owned the car, but have never been able to replicate it for a mechanic or the dealership and was thus not able to get it fixed while it was still under warranty.

The clutch pedal will sink to the floor during driving. Sometimes the clutch pedal will sink so low that it lays on the floor. When this happens I am unable to switch gears at all. I will have to pull the car to the side of the road and wait for about 10-15 minutes. The problem occurs at random times and doesn't seem to be associated with any particular event during driving. It occurs during different times of day, different weather types and at different traveling speeds. The issue has been ongoing for about 3-4 years on my car. It was first reported to the dealership while the car was still under full warranty with about 15,000 miles on the car. The dealership claims they have been unable to re-create the problem and have not replaced any parts. The last visit I took it in the technician topped off the clutch fluid, but this did nothing to resolve the problem. I have spoken to other Nissan Altima owners with manual transmissions and many are experiencing the same problem with no resolution.

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the gears were grinding and the clutch pedal fell down which made it impossible to shift gears. He had to drive onto the emergency lane or apply extreme pressure to the brake pedal until it began to function normally while driving approximately 25 mph. The failure occurred more frequent during the summer. The engines oil pressure decreased to 10 psi. He took the vehicle to the dealer who stated that the required oil pressure was 14 psi. The dealer also stated that they could not offer any assistance after they replaced the oil pressure sensor. The dealer replaced the master cylinder clutch in 2008 but the failure continued to occur. The vehicle had not been repaired when the complaint was filed. He had not called the manufacturer to-date. The current mileage was approximately 36,200. The failure mileage was approximately 160.