Problems with 2004 Nissan Altima EQUIPMENT

While driving my 2004 2.5 litre nissan altima on highway about 60 mph i felt an abrupt jerk like noise in the transmission, almost even like a misfire of some sort. all i know is that it was odd and did not seem right. immediately following, my "service engine soon" light illuminated and has stayed on. while my car did not stall or immediately shut down, it was hard to crank after shutting down. i had difficulty climbing hills as the car lacked the power and difficulty shifting down. in troubleshooting this problem, i immediately checked the gas cap. this did not solve my problem. i took it into the mechanic. he has had my car for two days. he found the problem to be the crankshaft sensor and he said it was difficult to get to for repair as well as having problems removing it. i have yet to receive a bill for this repair but with the labor involved to remove this sensor, it won't be cheap. why on earth are manufacturers putting parts into places that are difficult and costly to repair. not only that, but the average "joe" who likes to work on his own car, can't even do this one! now, the other ludicrous problem is that nissan appears to not have included the 2004 nissan 2.5 altima in the "recall" campaign for this faulty sensor. that spells a class action lawsuit and complaints to my attorney general and better business bureau. there is no way, that i or anyone having bought a 2004 nissan 2.5 altima should have to bear the burden of costs involved into this ongoing issue with the crankshaft sensors. *tr

I own a 2004 altima with 97,000 miles. car vibrates at speeds of 60 and greater. the car has been to the dealer numerous times without satisfaction. this vibration was due to inferior rotors. after i replaced the rotors with another non-nissan brand at 50,000 miles, the problem went away. all this frustration was due to the poor quality of nissan rotors. i went to the website tirerack.com and bought better quality rotors. *tr

My husband and i were driving when the car started to jerk and run very rough. not long after that the check engine light came on and it just shut off right in the middle of traffic. aaa towed the car to cerritos nissan. the next day they looked it over and said it was a chamber and a mass air filter and injector a. they gave us the total of $1384. we had no choice i needed my car, so we told them to fix it. when we went to pick the car up,we paid our bill, i drove off and it started doing the same exact thing. we took the car back and the head of service was there. my husband tried to explain to him but he was not understanding. my husband ask if he would go on a test drive with him. my husband asked him to drive. when they came back, my husband said not only was it doing the same thing but it cut off on them as well. the service manager said he would write a note about what it was still doing. we had just begrudgingly forked out nearly $1400 and the car was doing the same exact thing. we were upset and wanted to know what did they fix? he assured us that they would fix it. he asked us what we wanted him to do. my husband said that we just needed a rental. he agreed and set us up with one. finally we were able to pick the car up and while it still ran a bit rough it didn't jerk and it didn't cut off. we ask what was wrong with it and they said it was something with the engine 9500 int and enterprise inv d907447 po 151165. so we asked why we were charged for all that other stuff. he said cause it still needed it. and at this time we also had asked about recalls. they said there were none. ironically in going through our old a few months later mail we found a safety recall notice that talk about everything that my car did. we notified our lawyer and ask if we should proceed and he told us to first report it and see what happens. although i really like my altima i have had to ...

My 2004 nissan altima is stalling at red lights and while i am driving. this could cause and accident since it happens without warning. i have taken the car in to the nissan dealership numerous times for repair. this problem did not occur with my car until the recall work for the ecm reprogramming was done. but, it has been happening since then. sometimes multiple times per week. i have paid to have the problem correct more than once, and nothing that has been done has stopped this problem. this is definitely a safety hazard. *tr

Air conditioner compressor does not disengage when the manual selector switch is moved from the defrost position. the only way to disengage the compressor after using the defroster is to stop the car, turned off the fan , move the selector switch to any function that is not defroster related, turn off the ignition and restart the car. this was discovered by my wife and i on our way back from florida last march. i could not get fresh air only. upon my return to maine the dealer checked out my complaint and discovered that the owners manual covered this somewhat. a previous same complaint stated that this is covered by a service bulletin ntb03-048 dated 5-6-03 from nissan concerning this problem. this is noted as a change in operation from earlier models. this a/c on off is different than previouly years of nissan"s of which i have owned many. i believe nissan should fix this problem.*ak