Other Restraint System Info: 2nd row outboard and 3-pt manual belts, 2nd row center 3-point manual belts
Plant City: Smyrna
Plant Company Name: Smyrna Plant
Plant Country: United States (USA)
Plant State: TN
Seat Belts All: Manual
TPMS: Direct
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2009
STEERING
MY HUSBAND WENT OUT TO MOVE MY CAR AND IT STARTED FINE. ABOUT AN HOUR LATER I WENT TO GET INTO MY CAR TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND IT WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING. THE ONLY LIGHT THAT CAME ON THE DASH WAS A SMALL KEY THAT KEPT FLASHING. AFTER HAVING MY CAR TOWED TWICE AND CALLING ALL OF THE NISSAN DEALERSHIPS AROUND HERE, I WAS TOLD NO ONE COULD FIX MY CAR BECAUSE IT WAS A HYBRID. FINALLY I CALLED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP ONE MORE TIME AND THIS TIME ALL OF A SUDDEN THEY SAID THEY COULD WORK ON IT. I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED AND HAD ALREADY BEEN WITHOUT MY CAR FOR 3 WEEKS. ONCE I HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP THEY WERE ABLE TO FIX IT AND SAID THAT IT WAS A FAMILAR PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR OF CAR. IT WAS THE STEERING MECHANISM AND ENDED UP COSTING ME OVER $800. THE GUY AT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THEY HAD ALREADY FIXED 30 VEHICLES LIKE MINE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM SINCE NOVEMBER OF 2012. IF THIS IS SUCH A COMMON PROBLEM THEN WHY HASN'T NISSAN ISSUED A RECALL ON THIS?????? *TR
2010
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
2010 NISSAN ALTIMA DRIVER'S SEAT TRACK FAILED INITIALLY JAMMING SEAT MOVEMENT, THEN RELEASING CAUSING SEAT TO MOVE UNEXPECTEDLY . SEAT MECHANISM IS MANUAL (NOT POWER). *TR