NHTSA Complaint #10332303 — 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA

CAR SHUTS OF WHILE DRIVING. CAR WILL START IMMEDIATELY AFTER ENGINE HAS SHUT OFF. VERY DANGEROUS ALMOST WRECKED. MY 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA DOESN'T FEEL SAFE. THERE ARE SEVERAL PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. ALL WHICH COULD CAUSE POTENTIALLY FATAL AND OR SEVERE ACCIDENTS. THE HEAD GASKET BLEW ON MY 2002 2.5 S QR25 4 CYLINDER ENGINE. I HAD THE HEAD GASKET REPLACED AND IT BLEW AGAIN. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THE HEAD HAD BEEN CRACKED AND THERE WERE THOUSANDS OF MARKS IN CYLINDER 1. ONE OF THE POWER VALVE SCREWS LOCATED IN THE INTAKE MANIFOLD OF THE ENGINE CAME LOOSE AND SHOT THROUGH THE ENGINE, RUINING ENGINE COMPRESSION (IN TURN DESTROYING THE ENGINE) AND IT ALSO DESTROYED THE EXHAUST MANIFOLD, O2 SENSOR AND POWER VALVE INTAKE AND POWER VALVE PLATES. THE ESTIMATE TO REPAIR THIS IS OVER 6000. APPARENTLY ONE OF POWER VALVE SCREWS HAD GOTTEN LOOSE AND WAS BANGING AROUND THE ENGINE. APPARENTLY THIS CAN RUIN THESE ENGINES. I EXPERIENCE POWER LOSS BECAUSE OF THIS. MY CAR HAS STALLED SEVERAL TIMES NEARLY CAUSING A SEVERE ACCIDENT EACH TIME. THE VEHICLE STARTS RIGHT UP IMMEDIATELY AFTER IT STOPS. BESIDES THE COST TO REPAIR THESE ISSUES IT IS VERY CONCERNING DRIVING THIS VEHICLE. IT IS DEFINITELY UNSAFE AND SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN ALLOWED TO BE MASS PRODUCED IN MY OPINION . I BELIEVE MANY OTHERS WOULD AGREE. THE IS A VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN ON THE 04 AND 05 MODELS, BUT 02 AND 03 OWNERS HAVE THE EXACT SAME ENGINE AND ARE EXPERIENCING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEMS. ARE NOT INCLUDED IN THESE RECALLS? IT'S RIDICULOUS AND SOMEONE WILL GET HURT OR KILLED IF THESE ISSUES AREN'T ADDRESSED. NISSAN SHOULD BE REQUIRED BY LAW TO FIX THESE ISSUES. T HE RESULTS ARE VERY SIMILAR TO TOYOTAS RECENT PROBLEMS WHICH KILLED SEVERAL. APPARENTLY NISSAN IS TRYING TO USE SOME KIND OF LOOPHOLE BY VOLUNTEERING A SERVICE CAMPAIGN. BUT THIS NEEDS TO BE FIXED. *TR