While driving on street after dark and felt a clunk in the rear of the car. The car pulled to the right - it felt like wheels were trying to move in different directions. Stopped to check for a flat tire. Stability control light came on dashboard. In the light of day when tow truck arrived, saw right rear tire at an angle. Mechanic reported right rear control arm had rusted and broken, and the left was about to go. Surprised this is not a recall item. Could only imagine what would have happened if I had been traveling on the expressway. Will call Nissan.

This is a problem, and when it lets go, you DO NOT HAVE CONTROL OF YOUR VEHICLE!

Mine went while coming off a rotary and the ass end of my car went into the other lane, but thankfully no one was in the lane when this happened.

What really angers me about this premature failure is the fact that I spend most my time on the highway going 65 mph in excessively heavy traffic to and from work, 90 miles/day. Would I even be here today I often ask myself? Even worse, how many other vehicles would have been involved if I had lost control on the highway? I firmly believe that deaths would have been involved - no doubt in my mind at all.

While driving, the rear, lower control arm broke off causing the car to fishtail badly! It appears that Nissan is well aware of this issue on most 2013 and 2014 Altima's, but no recall yet, just a 'service campaign'... whatever that is. I've contacted both local dealer, Sid Dillon, Lincoln, NE, and national Nissan Customer Support, and both have said our 2013 Altima isn't covered based on our VIN. We are fuming mad! This nearly caused our daughter to lose control of the vehicle! Apparently we'll have to take Nissan to court over this. Get your act together Nissan! And why aren't the Fed's involved?? Unacceptable!

I was leaving work at 2am. I hear this noise, I pull over out of middle of road to see what it could be. It was dark, I didn't see much. As I was driving my rear lower control arm snaps! Had to sit and wait on insurance and service, then tow truck. Call dealer they tell me issue with a lot owners. Wait and see what's going to happen with recall. I see online this has happened to a lot people. I'm frustrated because I have no car. They are telling me I need to fix. This isn't my fault. Terrible service!

I do not have money to repair. Why Nissan can not fix. This is terrible..luckily I didn't get hurt!

The control arm broke while I was doing 55 mph on a major highway with a lot of traffic. I was in the left lane of a three lane highway and when it broke my car pulled right so hard I could not straighten my car and drifted quickly to the right and was able to pull over an area where another highway was merging (NOT SAFE). If another car had been to my right or behind me when this part broke it would have caused a serious accident. It was not only the control arm that broke. In total due to the control arm breaking I had to have my car towed, the lower control arms replaced, which meant I needed the control arm hardware, stabilizer links, gas charged shocks, an alignment and my steering angle sensor set.

The auto shop made me aware that they have had many Altimas come in with this same problem and they were surprised it was not recalled yet. I have been a faithful Nissan car buyer but this recent incident has caused me to reconsider, especially since it seems the maker is aware of this issue and has not done anything to resolve it. If my infant son had been in the car with me I would have been beyond upset about this and would likely never go back to a Nissan vehicle.

Me and my daughter are lucky we weren't hurt. I was travelling down a hill and heard this loud bang on the right side of the car. Luckily I was able to bring the car back into my lane and slow down and got off the road. I had the car towed 115 kilometers to my mechanic. The rear right was completely broken off and the left side was cracked. I had to have both replaced at a cost of $ 2,031.74.

Really annoyed at Nissan because there is no recall even though there has been 374,000 reports that have been documented

Update from Aug 30, 2019: They were the lower control arms. Both sides.

HAD THE CAR 2 YRS BOUGHT IT USED FROM DEALER, HAD A CARFAX ALL CLEAN. DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD ONE DAY AND THE REAR WHEEL ALMOST CAME OFF! IT WAS BENT AT AN ANGLE. HAD IT TOWED TO A SHOP AND THEY SAID THE WHEEL WAS ABOUT TO BREAK OFF AND THAT THE WHOLE REAR SUBFRAME WAS RUSTED OUT ON BOTH SIDES. THE OTHER SIDE WAS ABOUT TO DO THE SAME THING! I LIVE IN AN AREA THAT IS NOT FLOOD PRONE AT ALL AND PARK IN MY DRIVEWAY. THIS IS GOING TO COST ME BAD! HOW COULD THE CARFAX SAY IT WAS CLEAN,YET AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR ONLY 2 YRS IT COULD BE ALL RUSTED OUT? I'M GONNA BE IN THE HOLE FOR THOUSANDS!

Update from Jul 29, 2019: correction the conrol arms failed at 89,000 miles.

My wife and I were getting ready to drive to Savannah, GA from NJ the night this happened. My wife was traveling on a major NJ highway when suddenly and without warning the driver side rear control arm snapped at the weld point due to excessive rust and corrosion. Thankfully she was able to gain control of the car and did not hit anyone and no one hit her. She was able to pull into a rest stop and compose herself. She called me and I was ready to call a tow truck but somehow she managed to drive it to our mechanic some 10+ miles away.

When I met her at our mechanic we immediately saw the left read wheel well sunken very low over the tire and saw the tire was at approx. 10-15 degree angle. Our mechanic placed it on the lift and immediately saw the broken control arm. His words were how she wasn't in an accident and was able to drive it to him was a miracle.

I am just thankful my wife was not killed however just 3 months early the car was at our local Nissan dealership where I always take it for oil change and maintenance. I feel that this type of issue should have been caught by them via their "Complimentary Multi-point Inspection" in the section of Under Vehicle specifically Rear shocks/Suspension it was checked off as PASS along with the rear subframe also marked as PASS.

We tried calling corporate Nissan, they blew me off and told me to go to the dealership, my wife just went to the dealership and spoke to the service manager, he blew her off and said, "Not much I can do". ARE YOU KIDDING ME!?!?!? She could have been killed and this is their response?? You are going to tell me in 3 months the rear control arm rusted and corroded that much that NO ONE saw during the last "inspection". Yes I live near the ocean and I know all about salt air, etc, etc But I personally blame two things, the Brines that they now put on the highways in the winter along with the salt from the snow storms but also a crappy weld job because again my mechanic pointed it out, the control arm snapped right at the weld spot.

This is now the 3rd welding issue diagnosed with my car but Nissan sees nothing wrong with this. I not done with my complaint on this. I plan on complaining to the NHTSA, the local BBB, local news if I have to, anyone that will listen. I will not be ignored or dismissed and my voice will be heard. Someone should have caught this and suggested service on it instead of now blaming my wife that when this occurred why didn't we bring it to the dealership to be fixed. Are you kidding me?? Something like that happens and you are just happy to be alive not, "Oh, maybe I should get my car to the dealership now" instead of, "OH MY GOD!!! I'M JUST GLAD I AM ALIVE".

I find it appauling and disgusting that Nissan feels like this is not an issue and that they can just ignore it and it will go away. They need to be responsible for the vehicles that they put on the road.

2013 Altima SUCKS!!! I've owned the car for less than 2 years - it's a 6 year old car with a single previous owner, always lived in a garage, well maintained, etc. I was driving home ON THE FREEWAY one morning and suddenly my steering wheel yanked out of my hands, swerved to the right, and locked up. I could barely keep the car in the lane and had to drive like a video game, constantly shaking the steering wheel back and forth. I tried to make it one more exit, but couldn't safely so I pulled over.

Going 60+ mph and losing control of your car is not a fun feeling. Thankfully I was driving right behind my parents, so they turned around and came back to help me. When we first looked at the car on the side of the exit ramp, we could not determine what the problem was. Only had to test drive it ~20 feet before we realized the drivers rear wheel nearly fell off. Driver of the first truck that came (needed a flat bed but they sent a tow) looked underneath the car and saw the control arm had snapped and broken off due to rust.

Sure enough in the shop, my mechanic found that BOTH SIDES had completely rusted and both had to be replaced to safely drive the car. And Nissan continues to claim there is no problem and that this issue is entirely caused by road salt in snowy areas - this is complete BS. This problem is 100% due to a faulty design of the control arm that allows water to pool on top and not drain - the water sits on the control arm in a divet and the metal rusts away, unnoticed unless you know to look for completely rusted garbage parts on a 6 year old car.

Fortunately, my mechanic cleverly fixed the problem on the replacement control arms by welding a plate on top to prevent water collection and future rust. Nissan is complete garbage and is unethical and dishonest with its customers. I was a loyal customer but NEVER AGAIN!

Driving home on interstate 81 in moderate traffic going 72 mph when all of a sudden my car is swerving all over the road; I thought another car had hit me. Got it under control and off the side of the road; didn't see anything out of order, so thought I'd limp it home. Nope. As soon as I pulled off the shoulder, the car yanked me back on the side of the road and almost hit the guard rail. Called for a tow. Pretty obvious when he drove onto the roll back that the rear tire and wheel was the problem. Control arm broken. Shop called today and said it was rusted badly and broke. Said he was surprised the car was only 6 years old - usually a problem with older models.

Said the dealer has part in stock because it's a common problem. Recall????????????????????????????

Better have them checked out on your Altima - it's a wild ride when it breaks going 72 mph......

Wife came home from work and said that her car was all over the road and hard to control. I took a look at it and found that the left rear lower control arm had broken, letting the wheel move forward and back. Towed to a local garage to inspect since the car has 61000 miles and is just out of warranty. The mechanic put the car up on the rack to inspect and not only was the left side rusted out, but the right side was about the same it just hadn't broke yet. There was an earlier model Altima on the rack next to mine and the rear control arms were made from aluminum not sheet metal. This repair cost 1800 dollars. I have lost what little confidence I had with this brand. You would think for $26K you could get a little more than 60 thousand miles or six years use out of it.