CarComplaints.com Notes: You don't want to get 2009 and 2010 Altima owners started about their cars. That is, unless, you know how to start their cars.
These vehicles can suddenly become impossible to start thanks to a faulty electronic steering column lock (ESCL). Nissan dealers will gladly replace it, but that will run you $1000.
More info & videos about the Nissan ESCL defect are available over at NissanProblems.com.
It's one of the many reasons this car was named CarTalk's Turd of the Week and given our Beware of this Clunker badge. Two dubious honors.
My air-conditioning started just dropping from blowing high and then blowing very low. I could turn the AC off and the high to low and back to high again and it would start blowing cold high in the AC off position. It made no sense. It was working on AC off. Then I would turn it on high and it would work awhile. So the Nissan dealer said he took my fan motor apart and removed the debris and a leaf and now it is fixed. $95.00 to take a leaf out. Ridiculous!
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My air-conditioning started just dropping from blowing high and then blowing very low. I could turn the AC off and the high to low and back to high again and it would start blowing cold high in the AC off position. It made no sense. It was working on AC off. Then I would turn it on high and it would work awhile. So the Nissan dealer said he took my fan motor apart and removed the debris and a leaf and now it is fixed. $95.00 to take a leaf out. Ridiculous!
- cynthiaraetz, Baton Rouge, LA, US