Front Suspension Control Arm Problems of Nissan Altima - part 2

Tl the contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while pulling into a gas station, there was a popping sound coming from the vehicle followed by a rattling sound. The contact became aware that the rear passenger's side tire was slightly bent. The contact then looked underneath the vehicle and noticed rust near the bolt and joint with the control arm, as well as, a fracture. A certified mechanic inspected the vehicle and informed the contact that the rear control arm failed and needed to be replaced. Manchester city Nissan located at 30 tolland turnpike, manchester, CT 06042; (860) 398-4326) was contacted and informed the contact that the VIN was not under recall. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 107,000.

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I have been hearing a clunking sound from rear of car for few years multiple trips to dealers and had them look into noise. The only thing they came up with is the shocks were bad, I replaced them and car still had the clunking sound. I was returning home from trip to store and when entering my driveway off public side road @ about 2mph the drivers side rear control arm broke clean off from the mount bolted to the frame and the tire crashed into the inner fender and twisted to ~45 degree angle. I know that the 2013 has a recall in USA and canada and canada also has recall for 2014 for the same problem. If this had broke while I was on expressway 5 minutes earlier this could have caused serious injury to myself and passengers not to mention any body else that could have in my path. When dealer replaced driver side he said that the passenger side needed to be replaced also as it was showing stress cracks. The car is garage kept and located located in wisconsin I have all the parts that came off the car if anything is needed I can be reached @ scannerdan2003@gmail. Com.

Backing down a driveway and it felt like I had hit something, or was pushing it. There was nothing under or behind the car. The passenger rear control arm broke.

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On my way to work lower control arm broke while I was driving on the street just before I got on the highway.

I have had my 2013 Altima for 6 monthd. It was maryland state inspected in April before my time of purchase. Today oct 23, 2020 I was driving on the highway about 50 mph on my way to work. I heard a bang sound and all my trac control lights came on my dashboard and I list steering in the rear. Pulled over and found the rear control arm or a frame is totally rusted and broke in half where it looks like it was welded by the manufacturer. This is not safe at all. Being a beginner driver especially, I see all complaints of this problem. Why is Nissan not helping?.

Tl-the contact's daughter inlaw owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving down a side street she heard a popping noise and had trouble steering the vehicle. A warning light flashed on the dashboard. The contact test drove the vehicle and attempted to back up in reverse. The back driver's side rear wheel collasped under the weight of the vehicle on a 30 degree angle. The contact believes it was the rear lower control arm that had broken. The dealer Nissan 112 730 medford Ave, patchogue, NY 11772 (631) 417-3236 stated that the issue was not covered under a warrenty or a recall. The manufacturer stated the same thing of no coverage for the control arm. . The vehicle was sitting in the driveway of the contact's home unrerpaired. The failure m ileage was 79,000. Tf.

While leaving a parking lot I went down a steep ramp and the right rear control arm broke I pulled over to check and the arm look rusted out.

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Tl the contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving 55 mph, the contact switched lanes and the vehicle began to swerve and shake uncontrollably. The traction control warning light illuminated. The contact veered to the shoulder and called roadside assistance. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and inspected on the flat bed truck. The mechanic noticed that the rear driver's side lower control arm was fractured and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. Ron bouchard's Nissan (490 old union tpke, lancaster, MA 01523) was contacted. The contact was informed that there were no recalls on the VIN. The vehicle was not drivable. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact to contact NHTSA to log a complaint. The contact referenced NHTSA action number: ea19002 (suspension) open investigation for the similarity in the failures stated. The failure mileage was approximately 101,000.

On 9/9/2020 my wife was driving our 2014 Nissan Altima home from an errand when she felt that the steering was compromised. After arriving home she asked me to drive the car. I proceeded to back out of our driveway and after traveling only about 6' the driver rear wheel 'dropped'. Before exiting the vehicle I told her that it felt like the wheel had fallen off. I crawled under the vehicle and found that the rear driver control arm had completely rusted through causing the part to fail. I spoke to Nissan consumer affairs and learned that there was not an open recall for the 2014 Altima but there was for the 2013 Altima. I then decided to investigate on the national highway traffic safety administration website. I learned that the 2013-2018 control arm share a similar design when further reading NHTSA action number ea 19002. I also discovered that there was recall for the 2014 Altima in canada and we live 17 miles from the canadian border. I feel that the recall for this part should be expanded to include model year 2014-2018 because of the shared design.

Tl the contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving approximately 25 mph, a popping sound was present coming from the rear of the vehicle, and the vehicle was not stable while driving. The vehicle was towed to the an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the rear passenger's side control arm had fractured due to rusting and corrosion. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer and local dealer Nissan 112, located at 730 medford Ave, patchogue, NY 11772, were notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 115,000.

Tl the contact owns a 2015 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that during a routine oil change at the napoli Nissan dealer located at 688 bridgeport Ave, milford, CT 06460, the technician diagnosed that the front lower control arm needed to be replaced and that there was no recall. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 66,051.

The right rear control arm broke on my vehicle without warning. I was unable to control the car. Fortunately, I was only on a 30 mph road at the time. If I had been driving on the freeway, I most likely would have been seriously injured or possibly killed. There was a recall/replacement program in canada for this type of issue on the 2014 Nissan Altima, but nothing in the u. S. The repair cost me $730 due to having to drop the rear suspension in order to replace this part which made the job labor intensive. I feel that this type of issue should also be covered in the u. S.

Tl the contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while approaching the off-ramp driving 70 mph, the driver side lower control arm fractured. The contact managed to veer to the shoulder of the roadway and inspected the vehicle for a possible blowout of the tires however, there were no damage to the tires. Once the vehicle was placed on the flat bed, the contact noticed the driver side control arm was fractured. The vehicle was towed to matthews Nissan (3101 vestal pkwy e, vestal, NY 13850, (607) 729-3511 where it was diagnosed that the lower control arm fractured and needed to be replaced. The repair was still pending. The contact mentioned NHTSA action number: ea19002 (suspension) as a possible solution to the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 72,000.

My rearward control arm broke on a busy street while I was driving to work. I was unable to control the vehicle steering at 30mph afterwards. I was lucky that a mechanic shop was at the very next corner. The mechanic looked underneath the car and said "unbelievable, you're lucky to be. . . . We're glad you wasn't on the highway!) then he just shook his head, in disbelief at the rust, because the control arm and the linkage was held together by rust. He further added this car 7 years young with 72,000 miles, that shouldn't have happened. Lastly, that was a very scary situation, not having control of your vehicle when you are faced with semi trucks in front and behind you and you're not able to pullover your vehicle to safety. It was a bad experience, that hopefully, no one else have to encounter.

The lower control arm corroded from road salt. The control armed snapped from the bushing while I was driving!!. The control arm completely snapped from the bushing. There is a service campaign for this, but Nissan claims my VIN does not fall unto this known problem. My vehicle is in nh, and has been in this state that uses road salt since day one. I have no idea why my vehicle does is not covered under the service campaign. I am in one of the 22 states that is designated as a salt state and is mentioned in the service campaign bulletin. This is a real safety concern. I was driving approximately 40 mph when the control arm snapped. My vehicle spun 180 degrees. If this happened on the highway at a higher rate of speed, things would have been worse.

Lleft, rear lower suspension control arm broke. This was discovered by the inspection station. We had been hearing a groaning/squeak for 4 weeks before it was discovered.

Both the left and right rear control arms cracked due to rusting. My car operates in ohio, a state that uses salt to clear the roads. All the 2013 models were recalled for this manufacturing defect, however my car was built 9/29/13 at the start of the 2014 production. They were still using the same parts, since at this point they did not know they were defective, but did not recall the cars involved to be repaired. The resulting loss of control could be fatal if it happens on the freeway. Fortunately, my car did not experience that catastrophic level of impact. Howver, if my car was shipped to canada it would be part of that as they recalled all 2014's. Why isn't that the case here as they all came off the same assembly line with the same parts. This needs to be corrected in the u. S. My car started making very loud clunking noises as the parts were cracking and I stopped driving it and had it towed to the dealership. This is a significant safety issue, and Nissan knows it exists, look at onlimne reviews with the number of people having this issue, including your own site, and you can see just how bad this actually is. Please take the steps to expand this recall for the sake of all of us who own this car.

Suggested that I replace control arms on my 2013 Nissan Altima at 79,000 miles. I saw there was a "service alert" not recall by Nissan to replace these in "salt states". I live in florida near the water, and there is water in the air here. Arms are cracking, corroding. Would like Nissan to pay for the replacement. Maas bros. Nissan in new port richey FL suggested the repair. . . Over $1000.

While driving on a highway, my Nissan Altima starting making noise from the rear and the car feel going to the left by itself. After I stopped I found the rear control arm which holds the spring part broke apart. This is very dangerous.

Nissan Altima 2013 left rear lower suspension control arm broke off while driving straight on the highway. The car swerved violently to the right. It could of ended horribly but luckily no one was hurt. This is totally unacceptable and absolutely not safe. Nissan needs to look into this!!.

While driving in a construction zone on a state hyw 165 traffic had stopped and we just were slowly begining to accelerate while changing lanes to navigate around the equipmeni in the road. As I chaged lanes it felt asthough the back end of the car slid out. I noted that I had to keep the steering wheel turned 45 degrees to the left to drive straightand the slick roud warning light on the dash activated. After pulling over in a safe location I found that the passanger side rear lower control arm had broken.

Tl the contact owned a 2014 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while at an independent mechanic for routine maintenance and inspection, the contact was informed that the rear control arm on the driver's and passenger's side were fractured. The contact called team Nissan manchester located at 70 keller st, manchester, nh 03103, and informed the dealer of the failure. The dealer stated that there was a replacement program however, the program was not applicable to the vehicle. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 92,000.

Both rear control arms have cracked and need to be replaced. The first was at about 125,000 mikes and the second was 137,000 miles. Many people have told me this is an issue with 2012-13 Nissan Altima's and some have had Nissan reimburse them for the cost of the repair, which is quite expensive.

After turning a corner, the car felt like it was being driven on an icy road and the steering wheel was aligned to the right even though the car was being driven on a straight road. Did not drive the car again until it was taken in for repair. Two days later, when driving the car in for repair (about 5 miles away), the driver side rear wheel was wobbling, severely shaking the car. Drove the car only 25 mph. Once at the repair shop, repair needed was for the control arm. Learned the 2013 Nissan Altima models had a recall for the control arm. Our car is a 2014. Problem still exists in later models.

Rear control arm cracked and broke off while driving without warning, causing partial loss of control and handling. Vehicle was initially on a street when initially notices, complete failure when backing up in driveway after initially noticed.

I can believe it, I'm on vacation in florida and it's already went bad. I was driving my car nicely and suddenly lost a bit control of steering wheel so I stopped and checked wheels and when I looked underneath passenger rear wheel there is control arm cracked. Called and towed it to Nissan dealer spend so much money which I don't have on towing, hotel, lyft, called my hotel in clearwater to let them know, everything is screwed now , and they say here that Nissan won't fix it.

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.

I was driving at about 35mph, hit a small pothole & the rear control arm on the passenger side snapped. Not knowing about the service campaign (that came out in 10/2019- I purchased the car in 02/2020) I took it upon myself to get the part fixed. Almost $500 out of my pocket. Fast forward 10 months, driving 70 on the highway, didn't hit a pot hole or anything. . . The drivers side snapped. This is clearly a safety issue as I lost control of my car for a solid 15 seconds. How are only the 2014 Altimas in canada eligible for free repairs but a car in NY state is not? I have a case open and will be expecting a call on 02/08. Really hoping Nissan steps up to assist with repairs as this will amount to almost $1,000 in not even a year. .

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.

Tl-the contact owns a 2014 Nissan Altima 2. 5sv. Contact son was driving at 35 mph, without waring the vehicle pulled to the right. The contact manged to gain control of the vehicle and drive at low speeds to his residence where his father, inspected the vehicle rear left lower passenger side control arm and seen that it was fractured and the rear driver side lower control arm had corrosion the dealer hawkinson Nissan 5513 miller circle drive, matteson, IL 60443 (708) 252-3769 was contacted and informed the contact that the vehicle would need to be seen and diagnosed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The mentioned NHTSA action number: ea19002 (suspension) as a possible solution to the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 103,000. Ck.

While driving the car the rear drivers side control arm snapped causing loss of stability, control and drivability. Upon inspection by mechanic the passenger side rear control was about to break also.

While driving car suddenly became very unstable and wobbled until I was able to slow down. At the time I was traveling at a low speed so I was able to stop without losing control. Had this occurred on a highway, it could have been dangerous to myself and others. On investigation lower rear control arm had snapped on passenger side. Apparently this is an issue with Nissan Altimas. Currently dealer is refusing to repair under agreement with NHTSA because that only impacts 2013 models. This was the same issue as the agreement.

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 my 2014 Nissan Altima down the highway when the rearward control arm broke from rust and cause me to fishtail almost crashing . . . I could have been injured badly!!!.

We bought our new 2014 Altima in December 2013. On February 4, 2020, with 151,000 miles, my wife was driving a winding county road at approximately 50 mph and experienced a problem with her Altima. She stated that it was like the car was on ice and nearly uncontrollable. I went to her and discovered that the left rear control arm was severed at the attachment to the chassis. I drove the car about one mile at less than 20 mph and it was terrible! I told the dealer to replace both controls arms and I demanded the parts be returned to me. Upon inspection of the parts, the right control arm has severe cracking and would have failed in the same manner within days or weeks. I spoke with Nissan north America. They claimed to be aware of the problem on 2013 models only. I requested that Nissan extend their repair campaign to all affected years and notify owners of this safety concern. They have refused. They have also refused to cover the expense of our failure, which totals nearly $1800 including a rental car. At a minimum, Nissan should be requiring their dealers to inspect the controls arms of any affected Altima that is being serviced. They should be collecting data on the inspections, and they should be replacing any control arm that is showing severe degradation before it fails. Our Altima was in for service less than 3 weeks prior to failure and no related concerns were brought to our attention. Per NHTSA's open investigation #ea19002, this failure is primarily in the areas where road salt is used. Road salt means these areas are prone to slippery road surfaces. Just imagine this failure happening on a slippery road! the results could be disastrous for those involved. Nissan needs to do the right thing to protect their customers, the public and their reputation.