| Issue ID | 950991 |
| Internal NHTSA # | 10484711 |
| Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Brand | NISSAN |
| Model | ALTIMA |
| Model Year | 2010 |
| File date | 14/11/12 |
| Component | POWER TRAIN |
| Product type code | VEHICLE |
| Description of the problem | I bought the 2010 nissan altima used in april 2012. Vehicle was previously part of a fleet unit in washington dc. During my drive to work, i made a left hand turn at a low rate of speed and the vehicle acted as if the transmission was skipping. The car jerked as if i had pushed the gas too hard for the turn. I had to stop to make another left hand turn. After waiting on cars to pass, i pushed the accelerator to move out at a slow and normal rate of speed and the car lunged and jerked as if i had tried to pull out at a high rate of speed. No oncoming traffic thankfully. This vehicle has had issues moving past 20 mph since i purchased it. The car jerks as it is has a manual transmission but the care is an automatic. There is loud clicking noise that comes from under the hood that can be heard inside the vehicle. I recently had a rental car of the same make and model but different year (2012). I did not experience these problems from that car. There was a recall on a leaking break line. Nissan states they checked everything out and all looks good. I'll take the car back in along with copies of these complaints. I took at long trip that was about a 4 hr drive and did not experience what others are saying with acceleration, but may be just now getting to that point in the cars transmission issues. |
| Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 53128 |
| Number of Occurences | 1 |
| Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
| City and State | COVINGTON, GA |
| VIN pattern | 1N4AL2AP5ANXXXXXX |
| Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
| Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
| Was incedent reported to police? | N |
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| 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 | 20 |
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