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2012 Nissan ALTIMA Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

Issue ID	1184734
Internal NHTSA #	10717354
Manufacurer	Nissan North America, Inc.
Brand	NISSAN
Model	ALTIMA
Model Year	2012
File date	16/05/13
Component	POWER TRAIN
Product type code	VEHICLE
Description of the problem	On 5/16/2013 after a long period of highway driving my 2012 nissan altima, the vehicle lost power and i was forced to pull over to the right lane in order not to get hit from traffic behind me. After awhile i was able to limp into my local nissan dealer. Nissan service said it was a electronic control module (ecm). Nissan replace and reprogrammed the ecm under warranty. On 7/11/2013 the same issue returned leaving me in a dangerous situation with no power on the highway driving at highway speeds! Again i limped back to my local nissan dealer and this time they diagnosed that i needed a new transmission and they gracefully covered it even though i now had 41k miles. Now less than 2 years later 5/13/2015 my car lost power just as it had before on the highway at highway speeds, narrowly getting creamed before pulling over! Back to the nissan dealer and at first they reported nothing wrong with my car. I told them it happens when the car is hot, they replied that they couldn't drive it that long! Finally after several calls the dealer found a tsb (ntb-13-079) identifying the sensor on the transmission forced it to go into limp mode when the transmission gets hot. Nissan's fix is to sell me a $640. Transmission cooler. There is a serious defect with these transmissions putting drivers at risk of serious injury and nissan knows about it!
Vehicle Mileage at Failure	35000
Number of Occurences
Source of the issue	NHTSA WEB SITE
City and State	VENICE, FL
VIN pattern	1N4AL2AP5CNXXXXXX
Was vehicle invloved in a crash?	N
Was vehicle involved in a fire?	N
Was incedent reported to police?	N
Was medical attention required?	N
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
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Vehicle speed	70
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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.
What is Defect?
Non-conformance of a car component with the specified requirements, or non-fulfillment of user expectations, including the safety aspects.

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2012 Nissan ALTIMA Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects, Recalls and Failures

2012 Nissan ALTIMA Power Train Problems, Complaints and Defects

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What is Failure?

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