| Issue ID | 1011624 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10544048 |
| Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | ALTIMA |
| Model Year | 2009 |
| File date | 14/09/13 |
| Component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | Went to start my car after a day of work ... It has the push button start, pushed it, with my foot on the brake the car did not start so i proceeded to follow the instructions in the manual to start the car when their are issues,still could not get the car started so i had it towed to a local nissan dealer. This happened on a saturday they wouldn't be able to look at it till monday to make a long story short the steering lock control unit had gone bad $750. 00 to fix it. After doing some digging on the internet i see that this is a problem that has affected thousands of consumers on several different nissan models with different model years. With varying miles. I believe that this is a faulty part that nissan has used,shouldn't this part be a recall and the consumer not have to pay for nissans bad design. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 87003 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | MERIDIAN, ID |
| VIN pattern | 1N4AL21E49NXXXXXX |
| 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 | 07/08/26 |
| Was original owner? | N |
| Anti-lock brakes | N |
| Cruise control | N |
| Number of cylinders | 4 |
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| Vehicle speed | 0 |
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