Starter Relay Problems of Nissan Altima

Car will jerk and cut off suddenly without warning, when car is in motion and when sitting still idling. Makes driving very hazardous. Found out a recall on the crankshaft sensor so called local Nissan dealer and took in for the repair. Found out Nissan only allows dealer to reprogram the sensor under the recall. This, according to the dealer, probably will not fix the problem, after 3 days of driving with no event, it started again. I found out this is a major recall involving thousands of Altima's. Also, since the 2005 model, the Nissan corp. Has redesigned this sensor because of all the past problems . The local dealer that reprogrammed the sensor said we will have to pay $194. 00 to replace it. When Nissan redesigned this sensor due to problems in the past, they should stand by the owners of the still defective parts that reprogramming does not fix, and replace the sensor as part of the recall. This is absurd to pay for a replacement part involved in a recall. The reprogramming did not fix the sensor, the dealer said numerous times it has not. (with other owners) this problem with the car suddenly failing almost caused serious injury to me . It has cut off suddenly numerous times on the expressway and I had to navigate/coast to right side,, pull of the road and restart . Also, when sitting at a stop light, stop sign, it cut off suddenly,when taking foot off brake and trying to accelerate, causing the car to slowly roll out in oncoming traffic, not realizing engine had failed. This puts anyone in your car in serious danger. I fear it is going to cause an accident, I never know when the engine is to fail. . If going at a higher rate of speed it will sometimes jerk,, then cut off, or fail with no warning. When idling it consistently fails. No jerking. Because the sensor is linked to the computer system, check engine light stays on all the time .

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The first thing was the oxygen sensor. Then the oxygen sensor again. The dealership fixed the problem. Mext there was, and still is, the jerking transmission. When driving in rush hour traffic or driving on the open highway, the trans shifts hard comming out of first into second. I have taken this car into several Nissan dealerships and to this day, no one has found the problem. They keep telling me that this is normal. I have driven other Altimas including several rentals while mine wasin the shop and they didn't shift like mine. The next problem is those headlights. They have replaced one of my light asemblies an great river Nissan but the other has not been replaced. Next, there was the heater coil that leaked and it took almost 6 months to determine because it didn't leak inside the car. Next there was the ignition coils that were replaced 2x within a week and still caused the check engine light to come on. After the ignition problem the mechanics at sterling mccall Nissan told my that it was my sparkplugs that had hust been checked about 2 weeks prior at great river Nissan in mississippi. I went back to the dealership and invited the service man to a nice long ride. After driving about 20 miles, I stopped the car and le it sit for about 5 minutes. The car started and he smiled. He said, "see there is nonthing wrong. " after explaining that he needed to let the car set for a while and then try to start it, he said that it is still going to start. After sitting for about 2 hours, I asked the service man to step outside and lets giv the car a start. . . To no suprise, when I turned the key the car puttered, spitted, jerked, and everything else but started. It was determined the next morning that there was a blown head gasket that could have been caused by the catalyst that was just replaced due to a recall.

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