Car engine cuts off. After that I have no power steering, no acceleration, brakes need to be pumped. The first years of me owning the car I had the sensors replaced by auto shop and dealership under extended car warranty. Pretty much been replacing the sensors ever since for the past 8 years. I believe I replaced over 10 sensors of the time I owned my Nissan. I can be on the hallway, streets anywhere with out any warnings my car engine will stop. It has to do with turning back on the car while it's warm. That's when I seen the problem the most.

- New York City, NY, USA

Nissan has recalled my car under recall campaign # 3213-3192, for rotted rear subframe due to North eastern North american winter climate and use of salt. Nissan replaced the subframe. The recall should and must include the front subframe also. The exact problem with rotted subframe occurred with the front subframe that supports the front wheels, steering & braking. Please investigate into Nissan reason for not extending the recall campaign for the both subframes not one for identical conditions. At the minimum, Nissan should have provided undercoating to protect the rest of the frame & submembers to this vehicle. I have already paid for the passenger side floor replacement & undercoating. It is obvious the car was not prepared for use in new england states at time of purchase.

- Somerset, MA, USA

Takata recall my car keeps dying out of no where. The battery light is on, the oil light is on, the service engine light is on. I went to oreillys and said it was the crankshaft position sensor:

- Holly Springs, NC, USA

My daughter was driving her 2005 Nissan Altima and over corrected in a curve. She hit a tree and the air bag in the steering wheel deployed. She was wearing her seat belt and was held back by the seat belt her head impacting the center or the steering wheel. The cover over the air bag blew out hinging itself at the top and making two very pointed and sharp edges on each bottom corner. The right bottom point pierced the skin between her nose and the corner of her left eye missing it by less than a sixteenth of an inch and breaking her nose. The dangerous part is the two sharp points on the flap where the air big deployed should be considered a design flaw.

- El Dorado, AR, USA

Front sub-fame severely rusted out, which supports engine and control arms, must be replaced. Safety is compromised.....updated10/20/15 updated 11/07/2017*

- Cleveland Heights, OH, USA

First thing I noticed the rusting of the floor underneath the screw bolts holding down the driver seat to be completely rusted, my concern is that if that screw bolt snaps or pull away from the floor board there could possibly be a serious accident while making a turn and the seat slips out of place while turning. I questioned this at the Nissan dealership this past December 2014 when I took my car in for the 61,000 mile check up. Then I also was told that my steering had contamination in it, which from January of 2005 Nissan is the only company that performs maintenance on my car. I came home and looked this up on the internet about any recalls on Nissan concerning steering problems. I had read where there have been car wrecks concerning the steer going out while driving.

- Grandview, MO, USA

Was driving at about 45mph when the engine stalled as I was about to take a turn. The steering locked up, and I had to brake hard to avoid going off the road. Luckily there was no fatal injury. Had to get car towed to dealer where they replaced the crankshaft, cam sensor.

- Austin, TX, USA

I recently experienced my vehicle stalling as I was driving. It took several minutes for me to restart leaving me venerable to a vehicle crash. The same evening I learned of recall# 07V527000. The following day I brought my vehicle to a Nissan dealership to have the recall resolved. They advised the recall only covers reprogramming computer not replacing defective crank sensor. I feel that reprogramming computer will not resolve safety issue as the sensor is defective and could fail even with reprogramming computer. I was charged $96 dollars to have problem diagnosed. Dealer refused to replace defective part. To my understanding many other Altima owners experience this same problem and are forced to pay for defective parts that fail.dealer did not offer to reprogram computer they insisted that only replacing the defective part would resolve my issue which was not covered by recall.

- Tickfaw, LA, USA

The first time car stopped running while driving 35 mph. The second time it stopped running while turning and the steer got real stiff. Thank god there was no accident but it was real scary!!!

- Lisle, IL, USA

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!!

- Melrose Park, IL, USA

I was driving home from work and my steering got very hard to steer to the left and right.

- Foxboro, MA, USA

The vehicle steering binds when turning left or right and fails to recoverto the neutral position without significant manual assist. Replacement of lower steering joint assembly and front end alignment was required.

- Hauppauge, NY, USA

The vehicle steering binds when turning and fails to return to the neutral position without manually returning it to the neutral (straight) position.

- Salt Lake City, UT, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact was driving 35 mph when steering wheel locked up abnormally causing a loss of steering capabilities. The contact stated that he would spray wd-40 on the steering knuckle to correct the failure. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where he was advised that the steering knuckle would need to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact was concerned of the possibility of the failure causing a crash. The failure mileage was 108,000.

- Holbrook, NY, USA

The driver owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact, on behalf of the driver, stated that the driver was involved in a crash in which the steering wheel became extremely hot and burned the driver's hands. A police report was filed and no other injuries were reported other than the driver. The vehicle was towed by the contact's insurance company. The failure was not diagnosed and the vehicle was in the process of being repaired for body damages. The failure and current mileage was 120,000.

- Bethlehem, CT, USA

I own a 2005 Nissan Altima, and I recently took the car in because the power steering seemed to be going out. The steering is very difficult once you turn the wheel more than 1/4 to the right or left. When the weather is warmer, the problem is not as serious; but in cold weather, the car becomes very hard to steer. The Nissan service department indicated the U-joint on the lower section of the steering column is going bad and needs to be replaced. I did a search to see if other owners were having a similar problem, and I found several blogs indicating other owners are having the same exact problem at approximately the same mileage (75,000 miles).

- Cincinnati, OH, USA

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- Jamaica, NY, USA

2005 Altima became very difficult to steer. Took the car to my mechanic and he discovered that the steering shaft U-joint had rusted and seized. (he felt the seals on the shaft are defective.) he had to backorder the part, so there appears to be a nationwide problem with this part. (one dealer had fourteen in stock and all were accounted for.

- Portage, MI, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact noticed that the steering wheel was difficult to turn while driving 10 mph. She took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that the steering coupler failed. The dealer will replace the steering coupler at the cost of $300, but it is currently on back order. A report was filed with the manufacturer and they stated that the contact would receive a call back from a representative. The vehicle has not been repaired. The current and failure mileages were 90,000.

- Chicago , IL, USA

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Altima. The contact believes that she purchased the vehicle with a steering defect. She noticed that the steering wheel was difficult to turn while driving. The vehicle was towed to an auto collision repair shop and the mechanic stated that the lower steering shaft cupler failed. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer stated that they would not assist because the vehicle was purchased from a private dealer. The failure mileage was 87,000 and current mileage was 90,000. Updated 03/12/09. The inner tie rod was replaced and the front end was aligned. Updated 03/16/09.

- Wolcott, CT, USA