Battery Dead problems of the 2009 Nissan Altima

When I left the office to start my car yesterday evening on 2/15/2017, I used my key fob to remotely unlock my parked 2009 Nissan Altima. Upon entering the vehicle and depressing the brake though, the push button ignition did nothing. The car did not start, nor would it switch to accessory mode. On the dash cluster, an amber colored "key" light lit up. The push button ignition glowed orange while the ring around it said "lock;" nothing seemed to allow the car to start. It was as if the key fob was not recognized by the car. Even though I was repeatedly able to lock and unlock the doors remotely from outside the vehicle (the cr2025 battery inside was not dead. . . ) and the interior lights would work (the car battery was not dead either. . . ), the car refused to start. I consulted the manual and verified that the key fob was inserted correctly into the slot to the left of the steering column - still, the car refused to start. I called aaa to request a tow since nothing seemed to let me start the car. For the next hour and a half I sat in below-freezing temperatures while I waited for the tow truck I called for to arrive. My car was towed to the dealership where it was originally purchased. My spouse met me at the dealership with the other key fob so we could test whether my key was the only affected fob; unfortunately, the other key fob did not allow the car to start either. After searching online, others have been stranded too: https://2009nissanaltimarecall. Wordpress. Com/2013/04/08/victory-2009-Nissan-altima-steering-lock-voluntary-recall/ while at the dealership, the service advisor told me she had seen many similar failures on other 2009 Altimas - she also told me it could not be driven unless it was fixed for $1,200. Nissan's carlos ghosn left me stranded with a broken vehicle and I am not a happy customer. . . I would never buy another Nissan again.

Three months after installation of a new (dealer provided) battery, the positive terminal and cable had to be replaced due to heavy corrosion. The original car battery failed because of heavy corrosion around the positive terminal as well. The dealer service department said that the harness and cable should have been replaced at the time of battery replacement and do not know why this wasn't recommended. They stated that these batteries routinely vent excess gas that should condense into the battery compartment. They did not address the issue that heavy corrosion re-accumulated in a very short period of time (shorter than recommended maintenance intervals for the car). Further, this is not the first time I have heard of an Altima battery issue as my sister had to replace her battery twice as well. I would like the NHTSA to investigate if this is a repetitive issue with these batteries as this could lead to a safety problem if the car were to spontaneously shut down during driving due to battery malfunction.

When I got into my car this morning, the steering column was locked up and breaks were hard to push. After trying a few times to start the vehicle, I noticed that the auto-theft must be on. I tried to put the fob in the manual ignition, but the fob got stuck and would not release. After several tries, the fob finally came out. The car still does not start and the auto-theft is still on. The battery is not bad because the car beeps when the door is open and the lights work. I am going to have to tow the vehicle in to get it repaired. There should be a recall on this problem.

The 2009 Nissan Altima has an electrical discharge design flaw. The headlights turn off automatically after 5 minutes, apparently the battery rapidly drains even after the auto-headlight shutoff with the car turned off. I purchased a 2009 Nissan Altima 2500s December 7th, 2008, the car died January 23rd, 2009. I drove the car from home to work in the rain. The car was parked for around 10 hours, after returning to drive home, the car was dead - the keyless entry didn't work, using the mechanical key to enter the car, the start button didn't work. Aaa couldn't tow the car due to a height beam blocking the tow truck - the car couldn't be moved because the car was frozen in park due to the dead electrical system - the trunk couldn't be opened with the switch on the trunk or by the switch on the dash. Aaa jumped the battery and the car has run for 3 days now without any problems. The battery was so fully drained that the radio needed to be reprogrammed with the time and stations. This raises questions of how many safety systems relying on the battery will fail - for example the car can roll away if shutoff in neutral - if the battery discharges, is the shift gear then frozen in neutral? the rapid discharge of the battery with the car off is a design flaw which leaves the consumer stranded, potentially in a dangerous situation.