Engine Stall problems of the 2005 Nissan Altima

12 problems related to engine stall have been reported for the 2005 Nissan Altima. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2005 Nissan Altima based on all problems reported for the 2005 Altima.

1 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 04/14/2017

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. While driving 15 mph, the engine stalled without warning and the vehicle lost power. The contact was able to restart the vehicle, but it failed to accelerate. The failure recurred multiple times. The service engine indicator also illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the crankshaft sensor and cam shaft sensor failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the issue and stated that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 07v527000 (engine and engine cooling). The approximate failure mileage was 87,000.

2 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 02/03/2016

Tl-the contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while pulling over the vehicle, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer or diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 07v527000 (engine, engine cooling). The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 240,000. Ak.

3 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 05/08/2015

The engine started to stall and the car won't move. There was smoke coming out from under the hood. Finally, the car simply stopped, and had to be pushed to a safe place to park. Dharm.

4 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 02/26/2015

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. While driving at approximately 15 mph, the engine stalled. In addition, the battery and the engine warning lights continuously illuminated. The vehicle restarted but the failure recurred multiple times. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed that both cam shaft position sensors and the vias swirl control valves needed to be replaced. The dealer informed that the VIN was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 07v527000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 44,500. The VIN was unavailable.

5 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 09/30/2014

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 mph, the temperature gauge illuminated and the engine stalled without warning. The failure recurred once. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for a diagnosis. The technician stated that the crankshaft position sensor had overheated and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was taken to another mechanic who stated that the sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired and the manufacturer had not been notified of the failure. The VIN was not included in recall NHTSA campaign number: 07v527000 (engine and engine cooling). The approximate failure mileage was 200,000.

6 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 08/18/2014

On August 18, 2014, after dropping my son off at school. I came to stop at a traffic light and when the light changed, I started to take off and noticed the car has shut down. I eventually made it home with the car going a very low speed and then speed up, but when car to a start the engine stalls. The vehicle was put on a computer to see what the diagnosis were and it was the camshaft sensors and crankshaft sensor costing $80 dollars for two and $70 for another, however these items has been changed along with a tune up and the car is doing the same. After doing some research on the computer, I noticed there were recalls on the crankshaft sensors and the ecm. I contacted Nissan dealer, an appointment was made and I was told that my VIN number is not showing so the problem had to been done, because I'm the second owner. It's funny how this problem comes about after 4 1/2 years of having this vehicle and the recall suppose to have been taking care of with the first owner. This is an inconvenience and it's frustrating. There is also rusting of the floor under the car, you can see the floor coming down from under the car on the passenger side. This is an outrage and something needs to be done at the cost of the dealers and not the owners. This is dangerous, you can be driving at a speed and the car just stop, which can cause a very bad accident.

7 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 07/24/2014

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 12 mph, the engine stalled without warning. The vehicle was restarted and was able to resume to normal. The failure recurred five times. The contact stated that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 07v527000 (engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 107,000.

8 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 02/23/2010

On the 2005 Nissan ultima 2. 5 liter engines the crank shaft positioning sensor fails prematurely resulting in loss of power to the engine. The engine stalls out at speeds above 65 mph placing the driver and passengers in grave danger of a rear end collision which could result in the death or injury to the occupants. This was extremely dangerous in louisville, kentucky on interstate 65 with a huge population of tractor trailers moving north and south on i65. Nissan has failed to acknowledged this safety issue. I challenge you to conduct a google search and find numerous consumer complaints about this safety issue. Many consumers have contacted Nissan but it appears they are unwilling to acknowledge this potential deadly safety issue. I would ask you asthe agency responsible for safety to force Nissan to do the right thing and make this a mandatory recall. Its unfortunate Nissan is playing the same game as Toyota and someone must act on this safety issue now before someone is killed!!!.

9 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 06/08/2009

While driving in traffic yesterday; engine stalled twice nearly causing and accident. Auto will be taken to dealer today for inspection.

10 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 05/13/2008

Was driving at about 45mph when the engine stalled as I was about to take a turn. The steering locked up, and I had to brake hard to avoid going off the road. Luckily there was no fatal injury. Had to get car towed to dealer where they replaced the crankshaft, cam sensor.

11 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 05/07/2008

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 mph, the engine stalled and the warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the road. The engine restarted after several attempts and resumed normally. The failure occurred on two separate occasions. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for diagnosis. The crank shaft position sensor and cam shaft position sensor were both replaced. There was a recall associated with NHTSA campaign id number 07v527000 (engine and engine cooling) but the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 75,000.

12 Engine Stall problem

Failure Date: 09/20/2007

I lost power from 65mph to 40mph without warning on a hwy with the speed limit of 65mph> I took to dealership and they replaced throttle body assy. I received a recall notice "that the engine might stop running while being driven due to the program in the electronic control module. They said this wasn't a problem. 9/04/2008 the engine stalled after started this time a faulty crankshaft position sensor. Please look into related dangers. Thanks.



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