NHTSA Complaint #10259386 — 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA

CAR ARBITRARILY STALLED AND CUT OFF AT LOW SPEEDS AND BEGAN TO ALSO JERK INTERMITTENTLY AS IF ATTEMPTING TO SHUT DOWN WHILE TRAVELING AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS...EASILY THIS COULD LEND TO A COLLISION!!! SERVICE ENGINE SOON INDICATOR ILLUMINATED ON DASH AND HAS REMAINED LIT. DEALER REPROGRAMMED ECM ONLY FOR STALLING AND JERKING TO CONTINUE, AND SERVICE ENGINE SOON INDICATOR TO RE-ILLUMINATE WITHIN 24-HOURS OF INITIAL "FIX." ALSO OF NOTE, DEALER REPAIRMAN NOTED THAT P0420 WAS DIAGNOSED STATING THAT THE CATALYST SYSTEM IS FAILING AND ENGINE MAY NEED TO BE REPLACE DEPENDING ON OIL CONSUMPTION LEVEL TO BE DETERMINED AFTER 1000 MILES DRIVEN. CANADIAN RECALL CAMPAIGN CODE: R86 CALLS FOR P0335 KGB SENSOR TO BE REPLACED BY DEALER WHEREAS NIACIN NORTH AMERICA'S ONLY "CORRECTIVE" ACTION IS FOR DEALERS TO REPROGRAM THE ECMA FREE OF CHARGE--WHICH, CONSEQUENTLY, DOES NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM--AND INSTEAD ATTEMPTS TO DIVERT THE COMPUTER FROM DIAGNOSING THE PROBLEM--A FAULTY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE (AND RELATED ENGINE FAILURE) COVERED PER THE FEDERAL EMISSIONS WARRANTY UNTIL 80,000 MILES. *TR