general problems of the 2005 Nissan Altima

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima with fuzion hri tires, size: 225/60r16. The contact stated that while driving 40 mph, the traction failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage on the vehicle and tires was 50,000.

On installation I immediately noticed shimming, shaking and intense vibrations on my vehicle. I assumed it was the conditions of the highway, however, the following day driving on a different highway the shimming, shaking and intense vibrations continued and even intensified. I called the retailer, and explained the experience and they suggested having the tires rebalanced, I did and the behavior continued. I then took my car to my mechanic and had my front end aligned and the drove the car around, and the same results continued. I set my cruise control set at 69 mph and the car literally "danced" across the highway and I momentarily lost control of my vehicle. It also began raining and the traction of the tires was non-existent. These tires steer on their on and pull very hard to the right.

I was driving north on the muskogee turn pike around mile marker 9 when I heard a noise. I felt shuttering and looked in the rear view mirror and saw a large piece of tire flying through the air. I immediately pulled over and changed the tire. All of the tread was missing and the tire was still inflated. This caused over $1,800 in damage to my car and cause me to have to buy a new set of tires.

I checked my tires and found that 2 of them that I purchased at bj's wholesale club. The dot number was missing the month of manufacture. They had the first 8 characters but the date was missing. I think it might have been removed. It's probably been a year since I bought them.

Vehicle was taken in for front end alignment. It wa making a funny whirring noise. Mechanic rotated and balanced tires. Found cupping tires. Vehicle was still making noise. Had two new tires put on front. Vehicle still makes noise. Continental tires touring contact as p215 160r16 94t.

I replaced the tires on my 2005 Nissan Altima with a new set of bridgestone turanza el-42 tires in July of 2007. Within 3 months the vibration in the steering wheel was so bad the tires had to be rotated and balanced every 45-50 days. I got the run around from the dealer excuses as to why I had to rotate so often which none applied to my driving situations and the car was not out of alignment at all. Finally took a credit from dealer and replaced all 4 tires with new michelin energy series in may 2008 car drives just like it did off the show room floor!!!!! firestone needs to address the issues with these tires. They have flat spots, cupping problems they are out of round. I finally took it to another dealer(not firestone)who confirmed that they could not get them to balance out properly because of all the problems with the tires and the vibration was still there.

Dealer rotated tires for normal maintenance. Returned home with the car and the next day noticed a vibration. Assumed dealer did not balance, so called and made appointment to return car. Dealer checked car and found the tires to be "feathering". Was not told this when tires were rotated. Dealer found maintenance bulletin on the same continental 16 in tires on 2005 Altima's, but the VIN number of my car was not included in the bulletin. Dealer told me the problem was with the tires to go to a tire dealer and the company would pro-rate new tires. The tire dealer said the problem was with the car, not the tires and refused to take any action. Nissan dealer then referred me to the Nissan CO. Talked to Nissan consumer affair's, they also refused to take any action, stating again that it was a tire problem, not a car problem. Then called continental tire CO and they refuse to take any action, sating again, it was a mechanical problem with the car. . . As evidenced by the maintenance notification published by Nissan. Based on the fact that Nissan has documented the same problem exists with 2005 Altima's regarding feathering of tires, I feel they should be responsible for replacing these tires. Because I don't know for sure if it is a tire problem or a mechanical problem with the car, I have no confidence that if I buy new tires for the car that I won't have the same problem with tire feathering in the near future. What are my options?.

Please see the following excerpt from a letter addressed to Nissan USA concerning the general tires on my 2005 Nissan Altima 2. 5s. Nissan USA is unresponsive. I asked the service advisor what the failure was regarding the wheel bearing but, he did not produce the part. Nissan USA reference # 4966952, general tire file # 00157, 2005 Nissan Altima 2. 5s, VIN # 1n4al11d15c121523, Nissan member # rcnf02140126, continental p215/60r16 94t touring contact as 51720/060457, 51720/060458, 51720/060463, 51720/060469 my initial trip to thornhill Nissan (fort worth) on June 09, 2005, was for a vibration in the steering and a grinding / humming noise in the front suspension. As a transmission repair had previously been done by Nissan, I was not sure if these two events were related or not. I told the service advisor, ron abrahmson (3193) that it sounded like a driver's side bearing to me. Indeed, that was what was found to be the problem and it was subsequently repaired. The service technician, who did the repair, noted that my Altima should have an alignment done. Ron called me and I told him to go ahead and have it done while it was there. When I went in to pick up the car, I was told the front driver's side wheel bearing haupon heading out for home, I noticed the grinding noise and vibration were immediately gone but, there was still a very noticeable hum or drone while driving. I turned around and went back to the dealership. I spoke with ron, told him of my concerns and asked him to take a ride with me. We drove several miles and at various speeds. His conclusion, there is a problem with the tires. He said this has been a common issue/complaint from other Altima owners with this brand of tire and suggested that maybe rotating them would help. I told ron that I would rotate the tires and see if it helped. On, Saturday, June 11th, I did just that. Driving the car over the weekend showed no improvement.

I have a 2005 Altima 3. 5 sl. I started noticing problems with the tires within the first 6 months. I had the car aligned and the tires rotated around 9,000 miles. This did not fixed the vibration issue. The car feels like I'm driving on marbles at highway speeds and the right front fender is rattling. I called the dealer and they looked at the car. They did not find anything wrong with the tires. I took it to a tire dealer, one by one had each of the 4 tires replaced. I am still having issues at highway speeds-car still feels like riding on marbles. I am contacting the service director at the dealership again on this problem not sure what the problem is-I suspect is it something mechanical.

Contact stated: on 2/4/05, dealer lowered the tire pressure from 41 psi to 34 psi and the car still ran very rough. Took back to dealer on 3/4/05 for a test drive, but could not duplicate problem, so he lowered psi to 27. It felt like the tires were rolling over marbles, very rough and unsafe.