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2004 Nissan ALTIMA Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	663724
Internal NHTSA #	10218564
Manufacurer	NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.
Brand	NISSAN
Model	ALTIMA
Model Year	2004
File date	15/02/08
Component	ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	I was driving my girlfriends 2004 nissan altima 2. 5 down the highway on 2/15/2008 when the transmission down shifted and then directly upshifted hard. I got to my destination and tried to restart the car when i left it cranked longer than usually, in fact unusually long but it did start up. I got back on the highway to go home and while getting on the on ramp to the highway the car shut off and the steering wheel locked up and the service engine soon light came on. I did what i could to get the car to the shoulder and waiting a couple of minutes and tried to restart the car. I did get it restarted and took city streets to autozone to have the codes read from the service engine soon light. I had 2 codes, one being p0725 and p0355. I once again took city streets home to avoid the same thing happening going 70mph. I got it home that friday the 15th and put it in the garage. I got online and went to nissanclub. Com and researched the problem. I found out that the p0335 is the crank position sensor malfunction and that caused my code of p0725 being the engine speed sensor. Through researching this is a very big problems with the 2002-2006 altimas, mainly the 2. 5 4cylinders. Nissan issued a recall for the 2002-2005 and 2006 altimas but failed to include the 2003 and 2004 in it. Now why would they not put the same faulty sensors in the 2003's and 2004's and skip ahead and put them in the 05's and 06's. I went to the dealership on monday the 18th to verify her car was not included in the recall and it wasn't. This is nissans deliberate attempt to not take full responsibility for the faulty crankshaft position sensors put in the 2002-2006 altimas. I paid for the $30. 00 sensor, also another $30 sensor that is recommended replaced with the crankshaft sensor and spent 3 1/2 hours outta my day to replace the hard to get sensor. It is my belief that nissan needs to include the 2003 and 2004 altimas in the recall with the 2002-05, 06.
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	73480
Number of Occurences	1
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	JEFFERSON CITY, MO
VIN pattern	1N4AL11D04CXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?
Was part original equipment?
No. of injured persons	0
No. of fatalities	0
Date of purchase	13/03/07
Was original owner?	N
Anti-lock brakes	N
Cruise control	N
Number of cylinders	4
Drive train type	FWD
Transmission type	AUTO
Vehicle speed	45
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What is Recall?
A recall is when a product is removed from the market or a correction is made to the product because it is either defective or potentially harmful.
What is Failure?
Failure is the state or condition of not meeting a desirable or intended objective, and may be viewed as the opposite of success. Product failure ranges from failure to sell the product to fracture of the product, in the worst cases leading to personal injury, the province of forensic engineering.
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Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2004 Nissan ALTIMA Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2004 Nissan ALTIMA Engine And Engine Cooling Problems, Complaints and Defects

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