general problems of the 2006 Nissan Altima

Cvtc transmission stalls almost got my kids and my pregnant daughter hit I bought the car only 2 months ago.

I started my vehicle, as usual, and when driving at a very slow speed (neighborhood speed limits) I approached a very busy intersection and the car just stopped. Not only did it stop, it would not steer and a bunch of warning lights came on the dashboard. Tav I believe, oil, check engine light. Even with the key in the acc mode, the power steering was not functioning. Everything just stopped functioning. I know this vehicle was recalled for the same exact thing back in 2008, but obviously it wasn't permanently fixed. Recall #07v-527. If I would have been in the middle of an intersection and this happened I could have been killed.

Unknown: while driving the car will stall. After restarting it, the car will then be stuck in fifth (highest) gear. The ses (service engine soon) light comes on. The first time this happened, after the next trip, the ses light went out. Then the same thing happened. This is a danger because if this happens in heavy traffic, it could lead to a collision.

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at low speeds, the clutch ceased depressed to the floor. In addition, the vehicle was unable to shift gears. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the clutch and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, a year and a half later the failure recurred. The dealer was not made aware of the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage 150,000.

Discovered antifreeze to be milky white in the reservoir and radiator it's self. Will need to replace radiator and flush transmission fluid.

Vehicle was being drove down major highway when all of the sudden it loses all power, get off highway on edge put it in park, turn key completely off and try to restart car fails to start check engine light comes on and stays. Get code pulled shows crankshaft position sensor a. Get the crankshaft position sensor replaced and code cleared. Head home with car, does same exact thing that happened while on the highway in town. Have had everything else looked at and no one knows what to do to fix the problem. Car acts as if it's hard to start ever since this happened. Definitely won't be taking it out of town until something is done. Car will sit and crank and crank then eventually decides to start. Starter isn't issue it was previously replaced not even 2 months ago due to it going out.

Newly purchased used car. . . . A slight hesitation and then sudden surge type feel under light acceleration at low speeds.

Jerking transmission. Transmission jerks randomly when accelerating. Occurs in city driving. This is continuous event.

Was leaving store and when pulled out onto road, I was involved in a crash! left the scene and then was taken by private vehicle to local emergency room and from there, airlifted with brain injury! was almost across the road and vehicle stalled and wouldn't accelerate and stalled and caused a horrible accident. The vehicle that hit me got me in passenger rear as he was traveling up highway and threw me and went air borne and knocked a telephone pole in half and done damage to front as well. Air bags didn't deflate at all. I am making attempt to make Nissan aware and opportunity to make right. I have researched what could cause this and recalls are effective while I'm going to state unknown to cause, as there are several reasons on forum as to what could cause this. Takata recall for air bags but unknown on other.

"takata recall" automatic transmission: while driving, it shutters when shifting from 1st to 2nd gear (aprox 20 mph). Sounds and feels awful! parked it, and haven't driven it since.

Crankshaft sensor is bad causing the car to stall at any time - even at high speeds. It has happened while driving slowly through a neighborhood as well as on an interstate causing the car to be difficult to steer to get off the road. This is very dangerous! check engine light came and computer says that its the crankshaft/camshaft sensor that needs replacing.

Just like with other Nissan recalls. My can shaft position sensor is bad and is causing my car to die/quit in the middle of traffic while driving it.

Purchased this car used from a dealership 3 weeks ago. Within 1 week the car stalled while driving. Started it back up with no problems. Took car on a 750 mi. Road trip and while driving 75mph on cruise control the car bucked. After reaching our destination and turning the car off we had trouble restarting it. When it finally started the service engine soon light came on. Took it to a mechanic and codes came up for the cam and crank shaft sensors. Replaced these sensors and cleared codes. Drove car away and within 5miles the check engine light came on again and again excessive cranking when trying to start the car. Brought it back to mechanic and the brand new cam sensor that was replaced less than 24hrs before tested out bad. Replaced sensor again and cleared code and code came up for high speed input sensor along with the same codes for cam shaft and crank shaft sensors. Again trouble starting vehicle. Drove car 750mi. Back home without turning the car off for fear of not being able to start again. Dealing with a Nissan dealership to try and get this fixed. This issue was under recall before. The bucking of the car while driving at 75mph was terrifying and seriously dangerous!.

This vehicle has given me a lot of problems from steering to brakes took the boots transmission. It was hard shifting going through an intersection all the sudden it popped and the transmission gave out.

I just bought the car used. Felt vibration in engine was told it was a motor mount. Checked on line because car shifting hard 3 days after purchase to find out it has transmission issues that cause motor mount wear and tear and replacement and may need transmission replaced. Nissan needs to fix this issue.

Vehicle is violently shifting into second gear. Transmission is starting to fail. Vehicle has only 91,000 miles.

Consuming or burning a lot of oil. Had to add about a quart of oil every 300 miles. It takes longer to shift and does not have power going uphill. Hard 1-2 shift.

Transmission problems rpm going out and them down and don't gear well.

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving approximately 55 mph, the transmission down shifted violently with extreme hesitation. The failure recurred whenever the vehicle was being driven. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, who informed that the transmission would need to be rebuilt. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 106,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Driving on dry road at speed engine suddenly stopped. Pulled over to side and before car fully stopped put into neutral and engine restarted. Then placed back in drive and continued 50 miles with no further problem that day. On 12/15 while on interstate the engine stopped again with much more danger as traffic was coming up on our rear. Managed to get into breakdown lane and while going 15/20 mph placed the transmission into neutral and engine restarted and proceeded 50 miles to home. Brought into Nissan dealer on 12/18 and they claimed they checked it out and could find no problems. Nissan customer service opened a case #[xxx] but has not returned calls after the Nissan dealer diagnostics. The car is a danger to ourselves and others but it is our only vehicle. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u. S. C. 552(b)(6).

Traveling at 15 miles per hour and started to stop at stop sign, vehicle went dead and I could no stop in time and went through the stop sign. Hard to steer also. Luckily no other vehicle was approaching or an accident could have occurred. Service engine soon light came on afterwards and gave code p0335.

Driving on I-4 transmission heard a "pop" sound, car had a hard time going from a stopped position to moving. Added transmission fluid, worked fine until the next day when the same thing happened. Car once accelerated seemed to accelerate faster without me pushing on the accelerator. Purchased car 2 yrs ago and noticed a random hard shift either when accelerating or decelerating, no major problems to take it anywhere. Had transmission fluid changed and flushed seemed to help problem until now. I have 3 kids and with the problems of this nature could have a serious impact on us financially not to mention if something were to happen while driving. Our safety as well as others could be at jeopardy.

I have a 2006 Nissan Altima, that is constantly 5-7 mph off. I am getting concerned because this is a hazard as I have been asked by the local city police for me to pick up my speed a little as I am restraining the flow of traffic by driving at or below what I believe is the speed limit. Also, I am really concerned since the factory tells you to use a certain size of tire, with me using their recommendation, this will cause the wheels to spin faster than what I am actually really going, thus saying I am traveling farther (mileage) than what I truly am. This, I believe is effecting my gas mileage as my tires are having to spin faster than what is needed and thus causing me to use more fuel. Please help me consider my options or do you know if there is a recall on the speed sensor, drive/powertrain, wheels, etc. Someone who drives 10 mph on the interstate is a hazard, I believe. I am having all kinds of vehicles and semi-trucks pass me on the interstate and I feel the safety of my family is at risk in driving this vehicle. (my current mileage (supposedly 43500 miles) I may have traveled less than that. . Read more...

Clutch falls to the floor, leaving you with the inability to disengage the transmission from the engine, causing you to fly to the shoulder as fast as possible, stepping on the brakes hard enough to shut off the engine. There are thousands of Nissan forums describing this problem. The car has 80,000 miles on it now, and it happened again tonight, causing my wife to run the car off of the road when she began to panic because she couldn't stop the car at a busy intersection. The clutch will resume normal function in a matter of minutes, and wont have a problem for months. Very, very dangerous!.

On cruise control, traveling in a 50 mph going 45 suddenly the transmisson went into a high pitch the engine went to nearly 6000 rpm, reversed the cruise and it restored, the gears on the auto transmission has been messed up ever since.

I purchased my Nissan Altima se-r in June of 2007. During that summer the clutch would stick on few occasions and I wouldn't be able to change gears. On one occasion I had to pull off the freeway and pump the clutch petal multiple times until it became free and I was able to change gears successfully. I took the vehicle to the Nissan dealership to which they told me to bring it in when the problem was actually occurring, which was virtually impossible since it was sporadic. I have noticed that during winter on occasion the clutch and brakes would need to be pumped before driving otherwise the clutch would stick and the brakes just wouldn't work. This morning I got in my Nissan which had been parking in the garage all night, and the clutch petal was sunk to the floor. I was able to turn the car on, but couldn't switch gears. I tried pulling up on the clutch petal with my foot and nothing. It took multiple times of trying to pick it up with my foot and trying to un-stick it by pressing down hard on it before it finally came up and I was able to put it in reverse to drive.

2006 certified used Nissan Altima will not come in and out of "park", or into "reverse" while trying to go into "park". Shifter and related parts have been replaced with no success in September 2010. Problem has been ongoing since February 2009. Car has been to dealers multiple times to diagnose problem with no success. Shifter and electronic module replaced later September 2010. Problem came back within 48 hours of getting car from dealership. Owned car for only 8 months before problem arose.

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan maxima. The contact stated that while attempting to accelerate from a stop, there was an increase in engine rpms but the vehicle was extremely resistant to acceleration attempts. After a few moments the vehicle jerked and shifted into gear. The failure intermittently recurred while accelerating from complete stops. The contact also stated that the vehicle would intermittently jerk while braking from any speed. The vehicle was taken to an independent repair shop where they were unable to diagnose the failure. The failure continued and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 86,000 and the current mileage was 87,000. Updated 05/04/11.

The vehicle is slow in changing gears.

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Altima. The contact could not shift the vehicle into reverse, park, or neutral. The dealer stated that there was a silver switch near the gear shifter that could be used to manually change gears. Later, the vehicle became non-responsive when the manual gear shifter switch was used. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for repair. The VIN was unknown. The current and failure mileages were less than 18,000.

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the gear shift box was not working properly and the lever remains stuck when shifting. The dealer stated that something was spilled in the gear box. They pulled the gear box apart and found no spill. The contact believed that the dealer did not reassemble the vehicle correctly. The dealer is charging $800-900 to repair the gear shift. The contact was informed to find another dealer to repair the vehicle. The Nissan manufacturer is not assisting. The vehicle is under warranty, but is not being repaired as such. The failure mileage was 23,000.

Had to replace engine on Nissan Altima 06 with only 33,000 mi dealer would not give the reason why. Front struts needs replacing after 39,000. Also replace transmission seal@39,000mi.

The contact owns a 2006 Nissan Altima. While driving approximately 65 mph, the accelerator pedal was depressed but the vehicle did not accelerate pas 30 mph. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where it was diagnosed that the head gasket failed and the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. Approximately seven months later, the vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic to be serviced. The mechanic observed that the transmission was leaking and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was approximately 30,000.

2006 Nissan Altima customer received recall letter and has been unable to get car fix and can't let the car sit and pay car note and insurance* the consumer stated a new engine was installed in the vehicle due to a recall. Three weeks later, the vehicle went into limp mode and the speed decreased. The vehicle was towed and the consumer was later informed that the vehicle needed a new transmission. The consumer returned the vehicle back to the dealer and upon inspection they stated the wiring harness was unplugged.