I have had my car shut off in the middle of rush hour traffic on one of the busiest intersections in town while I was alone in the car with my 2 year old. This is probably the fourth time it has done this and I have had 2 diagnostics done on the car in less than 2 years with no problems being reported. The service engine soon light has come on three times now but the service department told me it was just a fuel injection problem. So far I have spent over $400 and the problem is getting worse. I finally took it too an Express Lube and they were the first to tell me about the crankshaft error. I am terrified of driving the car but don't have the mon I have filed a complaint with Nissan and suggested a recall.

i was driving down the interstate in rush hour traffic in ft lauderdale, fl and my car stalled. just lost power. i was scared to death. i could not get over to the the emergency lane. I almost was rear ended and there was almost a big car pile up. My husband took our car to auto zone to put on the computer and it came up with sensor error for the the crank shaft and speed module. my husband also thinks there is also the cam sensor. we replaced the sensors but the car is still stalling. the service engine light is on. we are calling nissan today because we have no idea how to fix it. the dealership states they have no idea how to fix it. we have noticed that we are not the only ones with this problem on the nissan altima 2.5s

My wife was driving her 2003 Nissan Altima one night when it lost power, just died in the middle of the highway. She had to get out and push it to the side of the road with my 8-year-old steering. When I got there I got the car to crank, but since the Service Engine Soon light was on we decided to drop it off at the Nissan Dealership. I drove the car and while crossing the intersection in front of the dealership it lost power again, scary stuff! The dealership Service Dept. called me the next day to tell me there were 2 recalls on the vehicle. One I knew about was the headlights, the other I did not, reprogram the ECM. As it turns out the reprogram of the ECM was to prevent the car from stalling and causing a serious accident…. But they called back later and said that the Cam & Crank Shaft Sensors had to be replaced and it would cost me $213. Of course the car only had 33,174 miles but we had purchased it new 3.5 years ago so not covered under warranty. I told them this was crazy and we could have been killed so they cave me the 1-800-NISSAN1 telephone number and I opened a complaint. I got a call back the next day and was told how sorry Nissan was about what happened, but that Nissan’s position was that the defective ECM ( Electronic Control Module) was not caused the sensors to go bad, just a coincidence that it had the exact symptoms. The guy went on to say that Nissan knew of the sensor problems and about 50% of the time it was the sensors –v- the ECM reprogram, but that Nissan had not got enough complaints to cause a recall. I told him that was not good enough and he suggested I file a complaint with the NHTSA. So I did and heard nothing. That’s where I sit, wondering what’s going to tear up next and wishing we had bought something else.