general problems of the 2005 Nissan Altima

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 mph and depressing the accelerator pedal, the vehicle made an abnormal grinding and whining sound. The check engine warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where an unknown diagnosis was made, and the contact was referred to the dealer for assistance. The vehicle was taken to a local dealer, where it was diagnosed and determined that the power steering pump needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired; however, the failure recurred, and the vehicle stalled while driving at various speeds and while at a complete stop at the red traffic light. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, where it was diagnosed and determined that the crankshaft position sensor had failed and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact related the failure to NHTSA campaign number: 07v527000(engine and engine cooling); however, the VIN was not included. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 120,000.

Car engine cuts off. After that I have no power steering, no acceleration, brakes need to be pumped. The first years of me owning the car I had the sensors replaced by auto shop and dealership under extended car warranty. Pretty much been replacing the sensors ever since for the past 8 years. I believe I replaced over 10 sensors of the time I owned my Nissan. I can be on the hallway, streets anywhere with out any warnings my car engine will stop. It has to do with turning back on the car while it's warm. That's when I seen the problem the most.

Nissan has recalled my car under recall campaign # 3213-3192, for rotted rear subframe due to north eastern north american winter climate and use of salt. Nissan replaced the subframe . The recall should and must include the front subframe also. The exact problem with rotted subframe occurred with the front subframe that supports the front wheels, steering & braking. Please investigate into Nissan reason for not extending the recall campaign for the both subframes not one for identical conditions. At the minimum , Nissan should have provided undercoating to protect the rest of the frame & submembers to this vehicle. I have already paid for the passenger side floor replacement & undercoating. It is obvious the car was not prepared for use in new england states at time of purchase.

Takata recall my car keeps dying out of no where. The battery light is on, the oil light is on, the service engine light is on. I went to oreillys and said it was the crankshaft position sensor:.

Front sub-fame severely rusted out, which supports engine and control arms, must be replaced. Safety is compromised.

My daughter was driving her 2005 Nissan Altima and over corrected in a curve. She hit a tree and the air bag in the steering wheel deployed. She was wearing her seat belt and was held back by the seat belt her head impacting the center or the steering wheel. The cover over the air bag blew out hinging itself at the top and making two very pointed and sharp edges on each bottom corner. The right bottom point pierced the skin between her nose and the corner of her left eye missing it by less than a sixteenth of an inch and breaking her nose. The dangerous part is the two sharp points on the flap where the air big deployed should be considered a design flaw.

First thing I noticed the rusting of the floor underneath the screw bolts holding down the driver seat to be completely rusted, my concern is that if that screw bolt snaps or pull away from the floor board there could possibly be a serious accident while making a turn and the seat slips out of place while turning. I questioned this at the Nissan dealership this past December 2014 when I took my car in for the 61,000 mile check up. Then I also was told that my steering had contamination in it, which from January of 2005 Nissan is the only company that performs maintenance on my car. I came home and looked this up on the internet about any recalls on Nissan concerning steering problems. I had read where there have been car wrecks concerning the steer going out while driving.

I recently experienced my vehicle stalling as I was driving. It took several minutes for me to restart leaving me venerable to a vehicle crash. The same evening I learned of recall# 07v527000. The following day I brought my vehicle to a Nissan dealership to have the recall resolved. They advised the recall only covers reprogramming computer not replacing defective crank sensor. I feel that reprogramming computer will not resolve safety issue as the sensor is defective and could fail even with reprogramming computer. I was charged 96. 00 dollars to have problem diagnosed. Dealer refused to replace defective part. To my understanding many other Altima owners experience this same problem and are forced to pay for defective parts that fail. Dealer did not offer to reprogram computer they insisted that only replacing the defective part would resolve my issue which was not covered by recall.

The first time car stopped running while driving 35 mph. The second time it stopped running while turning and the steer got real stiff. Thank god there was no accident but it was real scary!!!.

I was driving home from work and my steering got very hard to steer to the left and right.

The vehicle steering binds when turning left or right and fails to recoverto the neutral position without significant manual assist. Replacement of lower steering joint assembly and front end alignment was required.

The vehicle steering binds when turning and fails to return to the neutral position without manually returning it to the neutral (straight) position.

The driver owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact, on behalf of the driver, stated that the driver was involved in a crash in which the steering wheel became extremely hot and burned the driver's hands. A police report was filed and no other injuries were reported other than the driver. The vehicle was towed by the contact's insurance company. The failure was not diagnosed and the vehicle was in the process of being repaired for body damages. The failure and current mileage was 120,000.

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact was driving 35 mph when steering wheel locked up abnormally causing a loss of steering capabilities. The contact stated that he would spray wd-40 on the steering knuckle to correct the failure. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where he was advised that the steering knuckle would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was concerned of the possibility of the failure causing a crash. The failure mileage was 108,000.

2005 Altima became very difficult to steer. Took the car to my mechanic and he discovered that the steering shaft u-joint had rusted and seized. (he felt the seals on the shaft are defective. ) he had to backorder the part, so there appears to be a nationwide problem with this part. (one dealer had fourteen in stock and all were accounted for.

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.

: the contact stated the vehicle pulls to the right at speeds above 35 mph. The dealership replaced the transfer links, spindles, and bushings, in an attempt to remedy the problem. The vehicle has been aligned by 2 dealerships. The district manager determined it to be a problem with the steering, but an engineer for the manufacturer determined this is normal operating conditions.

I was driving about 10-15 mph. I was approaching a stop sign and I tried to apply the brakes. My brakes and steering wheel locked up and my car swerved to the left and hit a parked vehicle. My car was towed to the dealer and still remains there.

New 2005 Altima 3. 5 se bought August 2005 1st month I had noticed a vibration in the steering at high speeds, and the vehicle pulling/drifting from left to right. This concern makes the vehicle unsafe to drive because you do not have a sense of control when driving, in addition when driving on a highway for a long period of time the vibration in the wheel makes your hands and arms fall asleep. It is always necessary after an hour or hour and a half to pull over and give your arms/ hands a rest. The dealer addressed this concern by balancing the wheels by road force balance (corrected specs - 21lbs road force down to 7lbs) no alignment issues were noticed. After 3 tips to the dealership for the vibrations I had noticed a clunk in the front end, it ended up being a strut that needed to be replaced. With the next trip the dealership the vibration in the steering was now evident at all speeds, it was still drifting, and a new "hum" had developed at random times while driving. The dealer unable to verify any of my concerns suggested that I go for a ride with the service manger. After that ride he suggested that I have my tires swapped for new ones of another brand. On my next trip to the dealer they swapped all 4 of my tires for another brand name and re-aligned the front suspension and front end. Throughout the winter the car ran ok other than some electrical problems that would kill my battery and the rear pillar airbags coming out. It was not until the spring that I was forced to bring my car down again for the vibration in the steering wheel and the clunk in the front end. The dealer could not verify any clunk in the front end but agreed that there is again a vibration and remedied the problem by adjusting the steering rack pre-load. Initially the vibration was reduced, but within a month it was back. The service manager admitted that adjusting the steering rack pre-load was only a "temporary fix" a "bandaid for the problem".

Car pulls to right and left hard to control steering. . . Took to dealer four times,they say its the road.

Ooo.