general problems of the 2013 Nissan Altima - part 1

Heard a loud pop noise from the rear of the car while backing up, steering was unstable while driving. Looked under the car and discover the right rear control arm is broken.

Fuel system: car hesitates and cut off after pumping fuel. \n' + 'outer tie rods torn rubber, vehicle never been realigned, but tires were worn on both front sides. \n' + 'takata air bag light has been on for over 2 years. \n' + 'transmission over heats. Engine cuts back between 45 and 60 mph on the freeway. So we stop and allow it to cool off.

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the dealer had previously repaired the vehicle under voluntary service campaign: p9324 (rear lower link); however, the failure recurred after the repair. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the steering wheel became loose. The contact experienced a loss of vehicle control, causing the vehicle to sway from left to right. Additionally, there was a knocking sound coming from the rear of the vehicle while driving. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer, but no cause of failure was found. The vehicle was then taken to several independent mechanics who replaced the u-joint, steering column, calipers, shocks, and rear brakes, but the failure persisted. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 91,000.

The steering wheel locked up and it caused the car to hit a concrete barrier.

Very stiff steering.

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My power steering somehow had a slow leak which caused steering wheel to lock on while driving. Also, when I turn it sounds like a clucking sound like something is wrong with my power train. When I drive my accelerator seems like it be taking its time to catch up to speed. I've done did so much mechanical work to this car and it seems like nothing is working.

Loud whining noise when I turn the wheel.

My Nissan's right passenger side lower rearward control arm broke as I was driving and I lost control of the car and steered to the side of the road. I was lucky no car was near me or it would have been tragic. Nissan should be forced to recall all the cars with this faulty part before life is lost.

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving 55 mph, the vehicle jerked to the right with the traction control warning light illuminated. Upon inspection, the contact discovered that the rear passenger’s side tire was tilted in. Due to the failure, the contact called a tow truck and it was discovered that the rear control arm had corroded. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who linked the failure NHTSA campaign number: 12v494000 (steering, suspension) and referred her to the dealer for assistance. The contact called the dealer and was informed that the VIN was not included in the recall. The manufacturer was also notified of the failure and a case was filed. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 123,000.

I took my car in for an alignment and the mechanic discovered excessive and sever corrosion on the lower suspension link in the rear, the corrosion is so bad that the entire subframe is holding on by a corroded approximately 1/2 inch section, one bump and the entire rear end of the vehicle will fall off. This car is less than 10 years old, has 80,000 miles on it and is for the most part kept in a garage. The corrosion is so bad that the car has been deemed unsafe to drive. Individuals who are experts in automotive parts have indicated that the corrosion that has occurred would be expected for a car that is over 50 years old and has been sitting in water or subjected to extreme use of salt/water/road chemicals to corrode to the degree that this entire unit is showing. I found that Nissan has put in place a "warranty extension to replace this exact part of the lower rear suspension due to excessive corrosion for the year/make/model of car I am reporting, however Nissan is refusing to honor that on my car simply because my VIN number didn't show up as one that should be experiencing this known issue. Searching the internet I have found hundreds of people that have had their back end fall off while driving due to this corrosion, all are same year, make and model. I will attach photos that show the extensive corrosion that is on the lower rear link of my 2013 Altima, reflecting that my car is in fact impacted by the very issue that Nissan supposedly was voluntarily extending the warranty on in an effort to prevent having to do a recall. Based on my brief internet review with a simple google search this part is defective on more cars than Nissan is covering and someone is going to die as a result of Nissans failure to recall and/or fix the issue when it is brought to their attention despite knowing that this is a prevalent issue on the year/make/model of this car. There lack of taking responsibility will cost someone their life.

Very hard to steer and check engine light come on after a very loud beep.

Steering it’s heavy a/c stop working it self airbag check light on dashboard.

When I get to 60 mph or above I get a terrible shaking in the steering wheel and feels like the wheel are shaking. Does not feel safe.

While driving my 2013 Nissan Altima on i95 at 60 mph in connecticut the right lower rear control arm broke and sent the car swerving to the right. There was a lot of corrosion on the control arm. The other control arm was cracked and damaged the frame. Overall cost to repair including new tire and alignment over $2,000.

While driving on street, the gas petal will no longer provide power to the car and begin to slow itself down. I will push on the breaks briefly and try the gas petal to see if it works and it will take a few times before it does. While on the freeway the vehicle again, gas petal would no longer provide power to the car and begin to slow itself down. This has now happened 8 separate times to the car. It will work for a few days and then do it again, with out notice. No check engine light goes on. Second issue is, the steering wheel will also feel extremely loose, not during the same time but when my speed is over 70 mph. Also, the check engine light nor any safety notices will go on. Lastly, the air bag light won't come off. The gas petal issue happened again on July 3th, 2020 and I decided to take it to get looked at. The dealer for a 5 point inspection and they found nothing wrong. I check the NHTSA website and it shows no recalls done. Does this mean they have not been completed?.

I was making a left turn and I heard a pop and pulled over and as I put it in park my traction control light came on so I went out to inspect what happened, checked the front normal, when to the rear noticed my driver side wheel is turned in, went under the car to look and noticed my rear lower control arm rusted and snapped off the bolt that connects it to the body.

Last week I had a catastrophic failure of a rear control arm while driving 50 miles an hour costing me 700 dollars in repair with a used part as an emergency fix. Rear passenger side. Today after having by car back the drivers side rear control arm snapped this time while driving on a road in town at 25 miles an hour. These cars are certain to get someone killed if Nissan doesn't address them. I am furious and scared to drive this vehicle. I know thousands of complaints have been made. I need something done about this.

Driving down the road, hear a pop and get out to look, rear passenger control arm corroded to the point it is broken right off the center to which it was attached.

I was driving straight on the highway at approximately 65 mph when the car started moving from side to side and was difficult to control. I exited the highway and had the car towed to my auto mechanic. The issue was a broken rear right control arm. The control arm completely rusted through and separated from the frame of the car.

Right rear lower control arm broke while driving 2013 Nissan Altima. This caused difficult handling of the vehicle. I was thankful to be driving on a residential road only traveling 25 mph.

Tl the contact's son owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the rear passenger side lower control arm fractured and needed to be replaced. The contact took the vehicle to a certified mechanic who suggested that the driver's lower control arm also be replaced. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that the vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign number: 12v490000 (steering and suspension). The contact was referred to NHTSA to file a complaint. The contact stated there were two open investigations regarding the rear suspension control arm (NHTSA action numbers: ea19002 (suspension) and pe18013 (suspension)). The approximate failure mileage was 80,000.

Rear control arm rusted through and broke. Rear undercarriage all rusted through.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While driving, the vehicle began veering in both directions. The contact had difficulty maintaining control of the steering while driving approximately 40 mph. Also, the traction control warning indicator illuminated. An independent mechanic diagnosed that the rear lower control arms fractured. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified. The failure mileage was 11,800.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While the contact's husband was driving various speeds, the steering wheel became uncontrollable. In addition, the rear passenger wheel fractured. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who stated that the rear lower control arm needed to be repaired. The local dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: 36454186. No further assistance was provided. The failure mileage was approximately 140,000.

2013 Nissan Altima 4 door: I was driving the vehicle on a city street about 40 mph and heard this loud crunching noise and the vehicle started fish tailing . I parked the vehicle and had it looked at and the control arm in the back on the passenger side had completely snapped. I had to order a new one and also another for the other side because I heard if you replace one you should replace the other.

I was driving my 2013 Nissan Altima on a busy city street and lost control of steering ability due to the right rear control arm that was completely rusted and broke apart. My vehicle had to be towed and this part had to be replaced.

Vehicle was in motion on a straight flat stretch of county road traveling at approximately 40 mph. Vehicle started to "shimmy" and steering wheel response became sluggish/erratic, and skid control indicator light came on. Vehicle was slowed to approximately 20 mph and turned into a gas station lot and parked. Vehicle was turned off then restarted in case skid lamp could reset. Vehicle was slowly backed about a foot when a loud "clunk" was heard. Vehicle was stopped and rear tire on driver side inspected. At first, tire appeared to be coming off rotor until closer inspection showed that the driver's side rear control arm snapped at the weld near to where it connects to the frame. Flatbed tow truck was called and vehicle towed to the dealership where car is awaiting repair. Tow truck operator indicated that he has seen this problem multiple times before on same model car. Research on internet post incident indicates similar make/model year cars having same issue.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While driving 70 mph, the vehicle lost steering control and the traction control warning indicator illuminated. The contact pulled the vehicle over to regain control of the vehicle. Courtesy motor sales, inc (3100 pleasant valley blvd, altoona, PA 16602, (814) 942-9000) diagnosed that the rear passenger side control arm needed to be repaired. The contact scheduled a repair appointment with the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 94,000.

While driving at high speeds 55mph a clunk was heard while in a turn, and the lower right end of the car sank down. The steering went completely crazy and out of control. I had to slow down to 20mph for the entire 30 mile trip home. This was the second time this happened in the last 2 months. The first time was back in January 2019 when the left one broke and almost caused me to wreck again! and now I see there is a federal investigation about this exact thing.

My clutch in stuck in "park". This has been dangerous for my family and I bc if we are stuck in traffic I would put my car in park, and when traffic starts moving again my car is now holding up traffic behind me bc my car is stuck in park. This car is only 6 years old and I've already had to get the transmission replaced. Nissan needs to know they can't sell cars that cause a danger to families!!!!!!!.

While driving on the highway I heard a "pop" and the steering became unstable on my 2013 Nissan Altima with the car veering left and right. I took my foot off the gas and was able to guide the car off to the side of the highway without incident. I thought I had a blow out but the tires were fine. If it had been rush hour I probably would have collided with another car. I was able to slowly drive the car off the highway and to a local Nissan dealer where they indicated I had a rear control arm failure. The left rear tire was clearly leaning outward and the steering wheel was way out of alignment. Nissan replaced (see attached receipt) the link compl rear, link complete, r; two rod connecting and adsorber kit. They also aligned the car. I had them repair both the broken left suspension items as well as the right as I didn't want this to happen again. I do believe this failure is a serious safety issue and really could have caused a crash in heavy traffic. This incident occurred on the highway when I was travelling in a straight line.

While going about 40 mph driving on a city street my car randomly started to fish tail and I lost control of the rear tires. I took it straight to Nissan and found that the rear control arms had broken. The tech said he "had never seen a break like this. " I had not hit any potholes or curbs I was simply driving down the road and it just broke. The vehicle only has 60k miles on it and is in great condition. Luckily I was not on the highway or in a position that I could not pull over as I lost complete control of my tail end and had to drive 45 mins (usually a 15 min ride) to my closest dealership. I have seen similar complaints about the control arms on the 2013 alitma's with low miles and beginning to think this is faulty part.

About a month ago my steering started acting up. It is very stiff when turning a corner, but during the turn it also goes back to "normal", then stiff again. Also when turning the wheel it won't return back to the straight position. �.

After leasing the car for about 4 months, the car developed an issue at 83,000 mile mark. When attempting to turn left or right from standstill the car stalls. I would press down the gas pedal all the way down and the car would not move or accelerate until 6 seconds or so later. Sometimes the car doesn't move at all until I move the steering wheel back and forth. From this I can infer it has to do with the power steering or something electrical. It only happens when the steering wheel is turned halfway or more at a stop. Kinda like a power outage at that since all the lights dim and sometimes even the hvac fan speed goes down while while the car is unable to move. This is extremely dangerous as I was trying to make a left turn while there was a pause in opposite traffic and the car just rolled a little and stopped since I depressed the brake pedal while accelerator pedal did absolutely nothing until I straightened the steering wheel. After my car rolled out into oncoming traffic I could of easily gotten in a crash if the oncoming cars didn't slow down for me. This happens pretty randomly but only when trying to turn from a stop. I can't any longer trust the car as its pretty dangerous especially when trying to merge with fast moving traffic.