general problems of the 2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid

I was on my way to pickup my wife and the for sone reason the steering wheel became locked . I thought that it was a mistake or something got stuck in the car. I press on the button to start ,nothing and try to turned the steering wheel ,still nothing. I got out of the car and back in ,nothing ,so I did this for 30 minutes until finally gave up. I had to rush to get our other car to pick her up. Luckily, traffic was okay. I have contacted Nissan to see if they can do anything ,still waiting to hear from them. I contacted them at this same day. The vehicle was stationary in the parking lot of our apartment.

Key unlocked car but no display, start button not working (no response at all). Car unable to be started, towed to our mechanic. Diagnostics run, found out it was a steering column lock issue that can only be fixed by Nissan!! so towed over there. Now a 1 week wait even to be looked at and part not even in stock.

Tl- the contact owns a 2009 Nissan altima. The contact stated that the air bag warning indicator had illuminated while driving approximately 20mph. The vehicle was taken to the dealer it was diagnosed as sensor in the passenger side seat had malfunctioned and needed to be reprogrammed. The vehicle was repaired however the problem recurred. The manucaturer was not notified of the failure. The vehicle failure mileage was approximately 67,000. Kh.

My 2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid refused to recognize the wireless key, leaving me stranded. It was seven degrees in chicago and the windchill was below zero, but I was able to return home taking public transportation. Who knows what might have happened if this had occurred in the middle of the road. I towed the car to a dealer, who told me that the "steering lock assembly" had failed, but they could fix it for $1170 plus tax. I found that there used to be a special warranty if this part failed, but Nissan had put a time limit on it so that cars where the defect showed up were being denied coverage as early as October of 2014. Nissan insists that: (1) this defect affects few cars, so they issued a special warranty rather than a recall, (2) the defect does not have safety implications, and (3) customers are adequately covered by the warranty. I believe all three statements are knowingly false. (1) the dealer where my car was repaired told me that they are seeing similar cases more than once a week. Multiply by the number of shops in the country and pretty soon you have thousands of vehicles affected. The NHTSA website alone has hundreds of cases reported. (2) aside from the danger stemming from being stranded in bad weather or location, if this part fails while the car is running the likely result is a failure of the steering and transmission locks. A transmission that does not lock can easily lead to a car moving by itself in an incline, causing an accident. (3) almost all affected cars manufactured after October 2008 are being denied coverage. The owners were told in writing to wait until the defect occurred, and then the problem would be taken care of by Nissan. This does not look like taking care of the problem. The solution: ask Nissan to issue an outright recall of this defective part. The safety of thousands is at stake.

Starting system does not recognize the key fob. I can lock and unlock the car with the fob but can not start it. Inserting the fob into the accessory key port makes no difference. Research concludes this is a common malfunction that leaves motorists stranded and that the solution is resolved with the replacement of the steering lock mechanism. Again, this appears to be a common, known issue.

My husband went out to move my car and it started fine. About an hour later I went to get into my car to leave for work and it would not do anything. The only light that came on the dash was a small key that kept flashing. After having my car towed twice and calling all of the Nissan dealerships around here, I was told no one could fix my car because it was a hybrid. Finally I called the Nissan dealership one more time and this time all of a sudden they said they could work on it. I was very frustrated and had already been without my car for 3 weeks. Once I had it towed to the dealership they were able to fix it and said that it was a familar problem with this year of car. It was the steering mechanism and ended up costing me over $800. The guy at the dealership told me they had already fixed 30 vehicles like mine with the same problem since November of 2012. If this is such a common problem then why hasn't Nissan issued a recall on this??????.

The contact owns a 2009 Nissan altima. The contact attempted to start the ignition but the engine failed to operate. The vehicle was towed to an authorized dealer for diagnostic testing. The computerized chip was replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the problem. The approximate failure mileage was 32,000.

Intellikey light blinking started on January 14th. I replaced the battery in the key fob. I went to get into my car after work on Saturday and was able to unlock my doors. I attempted to start my car, and the intellikey light was blinking again, but I did not have any dash lights come one. The car did not respond to the bypass option either. There was no power or ability to turn the car on. I had the vehicle towed to the nearest Nissan dealer and have been told that the electronic steering lock malfunctioned and needs to be replaced. There is no eta as there is a back order nationwide for the part.

On a sunny cold afternoon in avon CT, doing 35 mph, the abs and brake lights suddenly came on my dash of 2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid with 10897 miles. An audible continuous alarm was on in the car. The brakes were totally inoperable. It was a total catastrophic failure. The car was towed to the nearest dealer and Nissan claims it was a faulty abs actuator that needs replacement.

I bought my 2009 Nissan Altima Hybrid on July 30, 2009. On October 3rd, evening, it lost power while I was driving on freeway 99 California. Dash board light are on, engine has no power output. The vehicle dropped speed quickly. I pulled over to the shoulder and turn off the engine. One minute later, I turned engine on again. It backed to work. However, the same thing happened three more times again later in one week. It made me really think about the safety of driving it. On oct 7,2009, the engine completely cannot be started anymore and it was towed to dealership in the morning for a full check up and did not find anything wrong. The technician said they checked all the wires and re-wired all the connection cords. It back to work and work alright now. After about 5000 miles driving, it seems there are no same problems appeared. But lose power without any reason on freeway is too dangerous to driver and passengers, I hope the manufacturer can find the real problems and avoid it's happenings in all vehicles.