NHTSA Complaint #10358057 — 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA

MY 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA CUTOFF WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT NIGHT FOR NO APPARENT REASON. WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND MADE IT HOME. THE FOLLOWING NIGHT THE SAME THING HAPPENED AGAIN. ON 25 SEPT RECEIVE EMAIL NOTIFICATION THAT A RECALL WAS ISSUE FOR THIS PROBLEM UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 07V527000. CONTACTED A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO TAKE CAR IN FOR RECALL ON 28 SEPT. THE CAR STALLED SEVERAL TIMES BEFORE GETTING IT IN FOR THE RECALL. MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON MY WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP AND WHEN I LEFT THE VEHICLE FOR REPAIR UNDER THE RECALL THEY CALL TO INDICATE THAT THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT INDICATE THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND IT WILL HAVE TO BE REPAIRED BEFORE THE RECALL COULD BE DONE. WAS CHARGED $288.00 TO REPLACE THE SENSOR. HAVING PROBLEM UNDERSTANDING THAT THE RECALL WAS FOR THE SENSOR OVERHEATING THAT INTERRUPT SIGNAL OUTPUT FROM THE SENSOR AND THE RESET THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE AT NO COST BUT NOT REPLACE THE SENSOR WITHOUT CHARGING ME. THE SENSOR IS OVERHEATING CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO STALL WHY NOT REPLACE THE SENSOR BEFORE RESETTING THE ECM. *TR