Consumer Complaint Detail

NISSAN / ALTIMA / 2003

Recalls
0 Injured
Investigations
0 Death
Complaints
No Fire
Components - Details
NHTSA Complaint Number: 006078303 Incident Date: Aug, 19 2006
Consumer's City: DAYTON Consumer's State: OH
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc.
Model Name: ALTIMA Model Year: 2003
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: 1N4AL11D03C Date added to File: May, 23 2021
Date Complaint Received: Sep, 10 2006 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 09 2006
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: No
Number of Cylinders: 4 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: I was making a left-hand turn at an intersection at 12:00 midnight on a sunday and depressed the accelerator pedal nearly to the floor and as the car down shifted, the car lurched. the check engine light illuminated and immediately noticed that the transmission seemed crippled. i was able to drive home, but the engine would not rev over 2300 rpm and the transmission had a difficult time shifting. we took the car to a nissan dealer and were told that the mass air flow sensor had failed. after doing some research, we found that the failure of the mass air flow sensor on nissan altima's and maxima's is not uncommon. the repair bill was over $1300 for diagnostics of the problem, labor and parts. i am extremely displeased that this issue is much too common to be overlooked as being a recall item. luckily, there was no traffic around me at the time of the incident, otherwise, there could have been a car accident as that intersection is a high-volume intersection.*jb