NHTSA Complaint #10235702 — 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA

IN AUGUST 2007, MY 2003 NISSAN ALTIMA BEGAN TO HESITATE WHILE DRIVING. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. THE LIGHT REMAINED ON FOR A FEW DAYS AND THE CAR CONTINUED TO HESITATE WHILE DRIVING. IT STALLED AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF WASHINGTON, D.C., SO I TOOK IT TO THE SHOP ONCE I GOT IT STARTED. ON AUG. 7, 2007, THE DEALER REPLACED THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR. ON MAY 29, 2008, MY CAR NEEDED NEW BRAKES. A 100-POINT INSPECTION WAS PERFORMED, AND NO OTHER PROBLEMS WERE FOUND. ABOUT A WEEK LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. BUT DEALER SAID IT WOULD LIKELY GO OFF AND IT WASN'T A PROBLEM. A COUPLE OF WEEKS LATER, THE CAR BEGAN TO HESITATE WHILE DRIVING (JUMPING, ETC.) ON JULY 23, THE CAR AGAIN STALLED WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT AT RUSH HOUR IN WASHINGTON, D.C. AFTER SEVERAL TRIES, THE CAR RESTARTED. ON JULY 24, 2008, THE DEALER AGAIN SAID THAT THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I ASKED ABOUT RECALL NUMBER 06V242000, BUT DEALER SAID THAT DID NOT APPLY TO CRANK, ONLY ECM. NOW HAVE SPENT $600 TO HAVE SAME PROBLEM FIXED IN 10 MONTHS. *TR