CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2005 Nissan Altima has two fairly significant problems with the floor pan rusting through & motor mounts breaking.
Altima owners report that up to a basketball-size hole develops under the floor mats where the floor pan metal rusts through. Average repair cost is over $1,000.
The broken motor mounts are less of a problem - they break at ~75,000 miles average & it's $400 to fix. Still, motor mounts should not break!
The shifter wouldn't move out of parking. It just happens once in a while. Everything works fine suddenly one day shifter is struck in N and wouldn't move to reverse to go to parking. Tried turning the engine on and off wait for sometime, depress the brake few times and gave it a few taps to the right, boom it worked and never had a problem few weeks, again the same thing happened. Later checked internet and started using the shift interlock manual pressing method and now it is a permanent problem not trying to tap or do anything. Not sure if fuse is the issue. ANY SUGGESTIONS??
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The shifter wouldn't move out of parking. It just happens once in a while. Everything works fine suddenly one day shifter is struck in N and wouldn't move to reverse to go to parking. Tried turning the engine on and off wait for sometime, depress the brake few times and gave it a few taps to the right, boom it worked and never had a problem few weeks, again the same thing happened. Later checked internet and started using the shift interlock manual pressing method and now it is a permanent problem not trying to tap or do anything. Not sure if fuse is the issue. ANY SUGGESTIONS??
- bgkaushik, Tucson, AZ, US