Manifold/header/muffler/tail Pipe Problems of Nissan Altima - part 1

Tl-the contact owns a 2009 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that upon purchasing the vehicle, she had noticed that she had been getting sick while driving the vehicle. The contact stated she had done a carbon monoxide test on the vehicle which confirmed a carbon monoxide leak from the exhaust manifold and the tailpipe. The contact had taken the vehicle to a police department who alerted the fire department do an inspection on the vehicle. The fire department confirmed that there was carbon monoxide leaking from the exhaust manifold. A fire report(20000238) was taken at the scene. The dealer nor the manufacturer had been notified of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown due to potential odometer fraud on the vehicle. Jo.

See all problems of the 2009 Nissan Altima 🔎.

Tl- the contact owns a 2009 Nissan Altima. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic for an oil change and the contact was informed that the intake manifold was fractured. The vehicle was taken to eden prairie Nissan 12790 plaza dr, eden prairie, mn 55344 (952) 567-2100 and the contact was informed that the VIN number did not fall under the NHTSA id number:10047182 (engine and engine cooling, engine). The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and informed the contact that there were no recalls on the VIN number. The failure mileage was 171,000. Dr.

My engine is destroyed because a screw came loose from the throttle body in the plenum, got sucked into an engine cylinder and destroyed that cylinder. This would cost somewhere between $3k to $5k to repair, more than the car is currently worth. In talking to a Nissan mechanic and doing online research, this is apparently not an unheard of problem for Nissan cars. There has been at least one recall for this problem in the past for some Nissan 4 cylinder cars but there was never a recall for 6 cylinder Nissan Altima cars (my car is a 3. 5l 6 cylinder model) the car was running fine. I parked it at my gym and when I came out, started it up. I was rewarded with an awful noise and engine vibration all of a sudden. I only lived 1. 5 miles away, so I slowly limped the car home. After some mechanical sleuthing and bringing a mechanic to my home, we determined that a screw had come loose and gotten sucked into the engine. I called Nissan USA to explain the problem and see if they would be able to offer any assistance. But all they offered was that they "would take a look " at the problem if I payed to tow the car to a dealership. They would not make any guarantee that they would then help me if the problem turned out to be as I have described. If they didn't agree to fix the problem, then I would be responsible for towing the car back to my house. Here is one url that lists 10 complaints for this problem with Nissan pathfinder autos, which use the same 6 cylinder engine as my car. Https://repairpal. Com/loose-screws-inside-intake-manifold-can-cause-internal-damage-if-they-fall-out-448 what makes this so awful is that I had a relatively low mileage older car (2002 with only 95k miles) and this problem makes the whole car a junker now due to no fault of my own with no recourse for me!.

See all problems of the 2002 Nissan Altima 🔎.

My wife drives our 2009 Nissan Altima 2. 5s to work on 3rd shift and on her lunch break goes to her car and takes a nap with the car running and was complaining to me for a month or more that she has this smell in her car like a "gas smell" and also was complaining of being tired and nauseous when I spoke with her about it. I noticed her car was abnormally louder when she started it at home and it had not been run that day. I have determined that this is from a cracked exhaust manifold and my wife and I are very lucky she was not killed from the carbon monoxide poisoning she was receiving while sitting in her car while it was idling on her break. The exhaust fumes were being brought into the cab of her car from the cracked exhaust manifold, thru the vents from the outside hvac air ducts under the hood in the engine compartment. I never could smell a "gas smell" which I assumed she meant gasoline or possibly a coolant smell from a leaking heater core and so I blew it off until I myself had to use the car and I quickly realized it was an exhaust gas smell she was smelling and it nearly caused me to become unconscious while driving at which time I immediately pulled over and returned home with the car. I researched this same exhaust gas leak with this car and it is not uncommon but has yet to trigger a recall . Most likely due to no one being killed from the carbon monoxide poisoning and thank god my wife was not the first. I will be ordering a complete exhaust system new for repairs as to not miss any unseen issues with the car having 101,000 miles . I do expect complete reimbursement for the bill from Nissan .

Lach in hood doesn't work and I'm scared it will open while I'm driving and my catalytic converter manifold is not working properly (engine light on).

See all problems of the 2014 Nissan Altima 🔎.

1. The airbag is keep blinking at all times. 2. Load noise from exhaust manifold when start the engine and engine is cold. 3. A few weeks after a rainy day, when the weather gets hot, inside the car smell very bad as if there is a rotten or dead animal in the car.

Ny exhaust manifold is having trouble I've been told that there's been a recall but cannot find anything recent. My tire pressure monitoring system isn't reading correctly either and I'm scared I'm going to get into an accident. My exhaust manifold there's a loud noise coming from it according to the shop that checked my car. I've kept up with all maintaince I am unsure what is happening.

See all problems of the 2008 Nissan Altima 🔎.

Carbon build-up on valves causing misfire and the break down of the catalyst. Codes p0300 and p0303 stored in ecm. Required replacement of long engine assembly and exhaust manifold. Initially, dealership cited need to replace ignition coil, software update, fuel line flush. Picked up car and immediately the service light came back on and car began to misfire. Returned to dealership who surmised that there might be a loose wire. Not the issue. Dealer contacted Nissan corporate for direction with diagnostics. Car mileage 59,802.

I have been reading complaint section my car does the same thing starting the engine it starts to shake and sputter . Some times I can give it more gas and it may stop or what I have been doing when it does it at a traffic light I put it in park and step on the gas peddle, this usuale stops the problem. It only happens every few months or so. I thought that it was because the engine was cold, but not the case . It has been doing it for a few years now. I have low miles on it about 77,5000. I see some people think it is a intake manifold gasket problem and I have the same issure.

See all problems of the 2001 Nissan Altima 🔎.

Starting in April 2016 we had a problem with the vehicle when my wife while driving the car suddenly lost the ability to drive, the engine had shut down entirely. At the time the vehicle had just over 100,000 miles and she was driving on a busy express way between cleveland and akron I-77. She costed into a rest area and we had to leave the car there over night until we could get it towed to the dealership. They told us it was the O2 sensor and it cost us almost 1,200 $ to repair. A few months later in June of 2016 on fathers day with our almost 2 year old daughter in the car, my family and I were driving down to virginia to spend some time with friends. We had another incident. While driving in the DC area on another busy express way I-70 in maryland our car again lost power in the engine. We couldn't drive it any where. We had it woed by aaa to frederick maryland, rented a car, and drove the 5 hours home. A few days later I drove back down to pick the car up. This time it was the mass air flow sensor. It cost us almost 500$ to have it repaired. To my understanding both sensors belong to the exhaust system of a car. On Monday of this week October 30th 2017 the check engine light came on while my wife was driving to work on back roads. When we brought it to the dealer and it was diagnosed with a damaged front exhaust pipe and manifold. The price to fix it is 2,132. 74$. I felt that to have 3 major costs associated with the exhaust system in our car in a year and a half was excessive so I investigated it and discovered that the 2009 Nissan Altima was recalled for the exact problem we have now. For some reason our vehicle wasn't included in that recall. I have spoken with Nissan and they have told me there is nothing they will do to help us out with these repairs. In all 3 situations we were driving.

The exhaust manifold has a hole and crack prior to the catalytic converter. This has allowed carbon monoxide to be sucked into the cabin of the vehicle through the hvac system of the vehicle while it is stopped or parked and running. It has also increased the levels of carbon monoxide emitted by the vehicle while the engine is running as the hole is allowing some exhaust to exit the exhaust system prior to going though the catalytic converter.

See all problems of the 2007 Nissan Altima 🔎.

Takata recall the exhaust manifold has a large crack in it, leaking fumes into the cabin of the vehicle. I replaced the part 6 months ago. I'm already having problems with the new part. I've seen numerous Nissan Altima's on the road with the same problem (very loud exhaust). There must be a design flaw that causes the metal to weaken and break.

The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Altima. While driving various speeds and while the vehicle was stationary, the vehicle stalled without warning. Several independent mechanics were made aware of the failure and replaced the manifold, oxygen sensor, and a computer chip; however, the failure recurred. The dealer and manufacturers were not made aware of the failures. The failure mileage was 1,361.

See all problems of the 2004 Nissan Altima 🔎.

Car burning 3 quarts of oil weekly, resulted in catalytic converter code, replace converter, still burning accessive oil with smoke bellowing from tail pipe. Have seen previous recalls while searching for a solution for the same make of my car. Bought used afraid the engine is going to blow.

See all problems of the 2006 Nissan Altima 🔎.

The exhaust manifold cracked allowing carbon monoxide to enter the passenger compartment. This is a severe safety hazard that Nissan is aware of. Nissan refused to repair this under warranty as the vehicle had 100k miles on it. This is a common problem on 4 cylinder Altima's this is caused by a defective part which should be repaired under warranty due to it's inherent safety concerns. This can cause occupants to pass out while driving with the possibility of causing damage and injury to third party individuals. Nissan should be required to repair all issues surrounding a cracked exhaust manifold under warranty. This should not have a mileage limitation imposed. Simply stated an exhaust manifold should not exhibit cracking under normal driving conditions for the lifetime of a vehicle. This is a southern car with no evidence of rust on the effected part. Part is available for inspection.

Between 3,000 mile interval oil changes, there is significantly amount of oil consumption. There is no white or blue smoke that is visible from the muffler, no oil leaks are visible and no burning odor. When checking oil fluid between 3,000 mile intervals, have noticed the oil falling below minimum line on dipstick. On that same note, the drive way does not show any signs of oil leak coming from the car.

For the 2nd time car running very rough and stalling. Had it serviced seems the spark plugs were destroyed and not functioning. Paid over $500 for mechanic to put in new plugs now it happened again. Seems there is a voluntary service campaign qr25de power valve. Campaign id p5202. A bolt from manifold is falling into cylinder and blowing out spark plug and causing internal engine damage, my mechanic put camera in cylinder. Car is running but it has already happened to cylinder 1 and 4. Next time my 22 year old daughter may not be so lucky on her highway commute. Hopefully the local Nissan dealer can rectify problem before the problem becomes more serious. The engine light came on that says to service engine soon, it is still on. . . From what I have found online sounds like power valve screws are coming out and creating engine damage.

5 yrs ago the sound of my engine changed and upon inspection the welding on the exhaust manifold was cracked. I was informed by pembroke pines Nissan that since car is at 38,500 miles and out of warranty despite it being a manufacture failure it would set me back $975. I didn't have the repair done. For the past 3 yrs, my passenger airbag light will turn off and on even irregardless if someone is in the seat or not. Furthermore, the radio will go blank or have illegible characters on it. I too have the melting dash issue as well as a couple of times I slipped and my finger nail has gouged out pieces of dash board. It's amazing that Lexus has issued a recall on their melting dash board on the is250 & is350 issues but Nissan could care less about its brand or reputation; I guess that's what happens when the company isn't whole japanese owned.

The contact owns a 2009 Nissan Altima. While driving various speeds, the check engine warning indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer (ron marhofer Nissan, 247 howe Ave, cuyahoga falls, OH, 44221) where it was diagnosed that there was damage to the front exhaust pipe manifold, which needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The Nissan manufacturer was contacted and provided case number: 28754357. The manufacturer also stated that there was a voluntary recall (pc130), but the VIN was excluded. On two previous occasions, the vehicle stalled and was towed. The 02 sensor and mass air flow sensor were replaced. The failure mileage was approximately 103,000.

This car leaks water into the drivers side floor, and keeps trapped rain water inside of both panel doors for weeks after it rains. I've already had to get the exhaust manifold leak fixed (which luckily was covered under a recall). Not to mention that I ended up having to go to the er last year for a breathing treatment because fumes were leaking into my cabin via the air conditioning(problem unknown/undiagnosed). But now like many other owners of the 2009 Nissan Altima, unfortunately the steering wheel ignition lock/switch malfunctioned causing my engine not to be able to turn on suddenly. When I returned to my car, the key fob was not recognized and the engine will not turn on. After towing it to a local Nissan dealership, it was diagnosed as a faulty steering wheel ignition lock, and will cost me an average of $1100 to fix. After contacting Nissans headquarters to see if it would be covered even though their "campaign" ended in Jan 2016 for my vehicle, they denied the request to provide assistance. I don't understand how any auto manufacturer can be allowed to get away with installing a faulty part into the car, and then pass along the ultimate cost of fixing it to any owner. It's not okay to simply cover the cost of those owners who's switch fails during a certain time period, and then inform the rest of us that they are unwilling to help. Nissan installed the defective part, and the right thing to do would be to own up to that mistake and issue a recall. Clearly Nissan does not have the best interest of their customers at heart. And from what I understand, they must have known that part was faulty enough not to issue a temporary extension of the.

Manifold, I have taken it to the shop, they told me that it could be the manifold or gasket, is there a recall on that part, very unsafe car fills up with the smell of gasoline it also rusting on the back by the wheel it seems to me that its to early to be rusting poor paint.

Cracked exhaust manifold.

I took my niece to this crappy delership today to get her car serviced because she has a recall to replace the exhaust manifold. I spoke with cassandra on Feb 18 at 0245p to schedule an appointment. Well we arrived today at 0730hrs this morning. First off service person victor oliviera spoke with her(niece) and convinced her she needed to have diagnostics ran on her vehicle. I cancelled that idea because we already had established on the 18th that there was a recall for the exhaust manifold(sulev emissions alt 07-08). That was $110. 00 he wasnt making. . After we sat for 2. 5 hrs. , this joker returns to tell me that it took his mechanic 2 hours to find a recall on the vehicle. Mind you we knew about it and thats why we were there to begin with and two it was a bs line he was trying to get away with. I spoke with cassandra (she too brushed me off) who informed me to speak with a stand in stupidvisor named vince. Well it didn't get any better because after being told by victor it would take 4-5 hours to do but only after they took care of the other afternoon customers that had later time slots, vince said they were not going to do it. Now im heated after being jerked around all damned day, youre telling me its not going to get done??? I told the to bring my car out and I wanted paperwork. Victor oliviera attempted tried cover his ass by saying on the paperwork that we declined serviced after we were told by him and the supervisor vince that it wasnt gonna happen. Tacky tacky tacky. . . Ive purchased 4 cars from these clowns at this dealership since 2001. Well they just lost my business and my loyalty to the dealership. I wont send anyone there again. . Very unprofessional and they are liars. My money will be well spent elsewhere. Not only do we have to find another Nissan dealer, she is forced to operate and unsafe vehicle with a six year old son. Shame on rt 22 Nissan. .

Tl-the contact owns a 2009 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving approximately 55 mph, there was a loud noise coming from the front of the vehicle. In addition, the contact stated that there was an abnormal smell coming inside the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that intake manifold needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was then taken to a dealer. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 120,000. Ss.

Power valve screws in their 2003 Nissan Altima 2. 5s. There is currently a recall on 2004 and 2005 Altimas with the 2. 5s engine with vins starting with 1n4al11. The recall campaign id for this problem is p5202. However, the same problem affects the 2003 Altima with the 2. 5s engine, but Nissan north America has not added the 2003 year model to the recall. Both the 2003s and the 2004s have the exact same engine and I am a case in point of someone experiencing the exact same issue. However, Nissan has of yet not stated whether they will add the 2003 to the recall campaign. I wanted to first let other 2003 Altima owners with the 2. 5s engine become aware of this issue. Secondly don't pay to have the problem fixed, it needs to be reported to Nissan north America that the 2003 models are affected by this power valve screw issue. Here is the kicker: more than half the current value of the car. Please be sure and not let this happen to you. I have been on the phone with Nissan north America and my dealership. My dealership has been extremely honest with me and is working with me to get Nissan north America to add the 2003-year models to the recall campaign. If you have had a similar problem and had to pay for it, or if you are experiencing power loss, hearing engine rattle, unusual engine vibration, or hear a motorcycle engine type noise or muffler type sound coming from the engine, than you may be experiencing problems with the power valve. I hope this information saves someone out there both money and time. If you have already experienced this issue than please let me know. We are currently mounting evidence related to this issue in an attempt to make Nissan north America aware of the issue and add the 2003 model to the recall campaign as well as address the damage. If not we will need to file a class action lawsuit related to this issue.

This is the third exhaust manifold I had to put on my car within a year. It is an 2009 Nissan Altima, it should be a recall on this part. Exhaust fumes are coming on the inside of the car from the exhaust manifold.

On 2-17-14 I had check engine light come on and on Friday had dealer put it on the diagnostic. Result was po 420 replace manifold/bolt and gaskets. This was at 132,000 miles but we have problems with excessive oil consumption also. Change oil every 3000 miles but end up putting in 4 more quarts besides oil change amount before next oil change is due. Had both O2 sensors and mass airflow sensor changed last year and passenger front side ball bearing replace. Two yrs earlier had both crank sensors replaced. May have to have cat converter replaced if keeps drinking the oil but was told by dealer if replace cat convert still will have oil consumption problem ( so means company really hasn't fixed problem if have it replace and will still happen). Expensive repairs cranks about $500, O2 about $300 ea. , mass airflow $700, and this manifold problem is $780 + 106 for diagnostics. Fix problem and look at other blogs and see many have this problem with this yr of Altima.

The contact owns a 2009 Nissan Altima. While driving at an unknown speed, the contact noticed a loud abnormal noise coming from under the hood and fuel fumes emitted from the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the intake manifold fractured. The vehicle was repaired. The failure recurred and the vehicle was repaired again, however, the failure recurred once more. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 120,000.

Upon driving the vehicle there was a strong smell of gasoline inside the cabin of the vehicle. The vehicle started smoking while driving immediately the car ran hot. Had the car towed to nearest dealer that then informed that the exhaust manifold/catalyst converter had failed and was leaking. Which they informed me was very dangerous but they where not responsible for repairs which led to cracked heads on the motor and eventually total engine failure. What a safe vehicle for a single mother of two children? not so much,.

While my son was driving, the engine began missing and started to smoke. At the same time the heater quit producing heat. The check engine light came on. Engine diagnostics indicated cylinder # 4 misfire. Took to independent mechanic where it was confirmed that the engine was destroyed by failed catalyst in the pre- catalyst. Oil had fouled the missing cylinder's spark plug. The engine oil level was full and there had no previous indication of oil consumption, but the oil was found to contain coolant. These cars are popular for parents to purchase for teenagers and appear to be hazardous. Nhtsa campaign id number: 03v084000 indicated that this pre-catalyst issue was a fire hazard back in 2003. It appears whatever was done in this recall did not solve the problem. This failure seems to be fairly common occurrence.

See all problems of the 2003 Nissan Altima 🔎.

They fix my passager airbag but my driver side came on. And my car engine sound loud went u drive it. Sound like a muffler sound but I don't have a hold on it.

See all problems of the 2013 Nissan Altima 🔎.

This part is cracked/broken just like all the other Nissan Altima exhaust manifolds. Had it happened six months earlier it would be covered under warranty. Six months, 9000 miles??? its a $18000 car. A vital emissions part made of steel cracked and they wont fix it? there is a recall,ntb12-092 in effect for this car but according to Nissan my car dosnt fit the parameters because of the VIN#. It clearly has the exact same problem as the other cars,a defective emissions part and should be included in this safety recall.

While stopped at a traffic signal the engines rpm would fall below 500 and at times would stall the engine making me vulnerable to a collision. It got so bad my daughter would not drive the vehicle. I took the car to several mechanics over the course of a year and no one could fix the problem tune ups and such did not fix the problem, I spent hundreds of dollars trying to eliminate the problem to no avail. I finally took it to a mechanic with a smoke machine and he found the intake manifold had a leak and that was the problem cost $850. 00 plus tax. I researched intake manifold vacuum leak on the 2001 Nissan Altima and found that there were hundreds of Nissan owners with the same vacuum leak! several of the Nissan owners had to make the repair more than once, some people spent hundreds of dollars on various fixes that did not work, I was told by one mechanic that it was the catalytic converter luckily I did not go for it. I believe it is a safety defect because when the car stalls in the middle of the road unexpectedly it leaves you wide open for a crash or worse!! I think Nissan, north America should be responsible for the repair, it seems to be a defective intake manifold gasket or poor engine design which cause's the gasket to fail- it may also be too close to a heat source (the exhaust manifold) causing the gasket to fail. I think it is unfair to the consumer to pay for this repair because it happens to so many Nissan's.

I have a 2005 Nissan Altima that I bought in 2008 and has had nothing but problems, first had to replace the steering knuckle because the steering was going out ($400) than had to replace the motor mounts, struts, inner/outer tie rods, I have no heat when at idle, while putting new tires on again, I also learned my floor boards are almost rusted through, and now I can not even drive my car because about 3 weeks ago it started sucking down oil ( 4 qts within a 3-6 hour time frame) and it's smoking bad out the tail pipe because of the head gasket/piston rings caused by a faulty pre-cat, and told I need to replace the engine. I see there is a recall for the 2. 5l engine for this issue but on a 2006 model, what about my 2005 model with same engine?? searching the internet I find hundreds if not thousands of people having this same issues in 2002-2006 Altima's, obviously there is a problem with these engines and Nissan should be held accountable!!.

See all problems of the 2005 Nissan Altima 🔎.

Tl- the contact owns a 2008 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that carbon monoxide was leaking into the passenger's side vents from the exhaust manifold. The contact took the vehicle to a mechanic, who stated that the manifold would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileages were 87,000. Kmj.