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.
I bought Nissan Altima 2010 at the Pittsburgh East Nissan and I dropped my iPod under the lid of the middle section and I can’t get it out. When I went to the dealership they told me that it would cost $90 to get it out, because they will have to take whole middle section a part and it will take them about an hour to do. They also said that it’s a common problem. They’ve already had a lot of people with the same problem whose phones fall in there. So my question is why I have to pay $90 if it’s something that Nissan’s engineers had to think of when they were designing this car. It should’ve been designed so it’s easy to get something from there by simply unscrewing the lid. Please help me out. I need to get my IPod back, but I don’t have $90 to spend on this.
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I bought Nissan Altima 2010 at the Pittsburgh East Nissan and I dropped my iPod under the lid of the middle section and I can’t get it out. When I went to the dealership they told me that it would cost $90 to get it out, because they will have to take whole middle section a part and it will take them about an hour to do. They also said that it’s a common problem. They’ve already had a lot of people with the same problem whose phones fall in there. So my question is why I have to pay $90 if it’s something that Nissan’s engineers had to think of when they were designing this car. It should’ve been designed so it’s easy to get something from there by simply unscrewing the lid. Please help me out. I need to get my IPod back, but I don’t have $90 to spend on this.
- Svetlana V., Pittsburgh, PA, US