NHTSA Complaint #10140496 — 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA

I HAVE A 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA, I PURCHASED IN 03 WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE IT WOULD JUST STOP. AT ONE POINT WHILE TURNING IN FRONT OF HEAVY TRAFFIC CAR JUST QUIT, AND EVERY TIME I CRANKED IT WOULD QUIT, WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED MAJOR ACCIDENT FOR ME AND MY 5 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER. I WORK VERY FAR FROM HOME AND , TO GET ON A BUSY FREEWAY AND CAR WOULD JUST QUIT IS NOT SAFE. I WAS UNDER THE IMPRESSION NISSAN IS A GOOD CAR AND RELIABLE, BUT THEY HAVE FAILED ME. I WAS TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT DUE TO 69,000 MILES IT WOULD HAVE PROBLEMS. I HAVE A FRIEND WITH SAME 03 ALTIMA, AND OVER 100,000 MILES, SHE HAS NO PROBLEMS AND CAN DRIVE OUT OF TOWN. WHEN I AM DRIVING UP TO SPEED THE CAR WOULD START STALLING OUT OF CONTROL, AND THEN EVENTUALLY JUST QUIT ON ME. I CAN NOT EVEN DRIVE MY CAR OUT OF TOWN, DUE TO THE FACT I CAN NOT DRIVE IN TOWN IT MAY NOT CRANK. I NOTICED THE PROBLEM WHEN I FIRST GOT THE VEHICLE, BUT DON DAVIS NISSAN SAID IT WAS A RECALL ON STARTER. I CAN SAY DON DAVIS NISSAN SERVICE DEPT. WAS VERY HELPFUL, IT DID TAKE THEM A FEW DAYS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, BUT THEY WERE VERY HELPFUL AND FRIENDLY. I MISSED MANY HOURS AT WORK, AND COULD NOT WORK BECAUSE CAR WAS NOT DEPENDABLE. THE SERVICE DEPT. AT DON DAVIS NISSAN ASSISTED ME WELL, I JUST RECEIVED MY CAR BACK AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR INOP. THEY HAVE A RECALL ON THE 2002 BUT NOT THE 2003, GOOD THING I BOUGHT EXTRA WARRANTY, BUT I FEEL THIS IS A PROBLEM AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN PAID FOR THRU MY WARRANTY, I THINK NISSAN SHOULD HAVE TAKEN CARE OF IT. I GUESS IT'S JUST THE LOOK OF THE VEHICLE, I WILL NOT PURCHASE ANOTHER ALTIMA AGAIN. *JB