NHTSA Complaint #10385308 — 2010 NISSAN CUBE

THE CAR HAS A KEYLESS IGNITION, WHICH SINCE OCTOBER HAS BEEN INTERMITTENTLY NOT STARTING WITHOUT TWO OR THREE ATTEMPTS. ON THIS OCCASION. AFTER PRESSING THE BRAKE AND THE IGNITION BUTTON THREE AND FAILING TO START THE CAR, I TOOK MY FOOT OFF THE BRAKE AND TURNED TO GET MY PHONE FROM THE BACK SEAT WHEN THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STARTED UP ALL BY ITSELF. ALTHOUGH THE CAR HAS BEEN HAVING START UP PROBLEMS FOR MONTHS THAT THE MECHANIC HASN'T BEEN ABLE TO DISCOVER THE REASON FOR, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE CAR ACTUALLY STARTED BY ITSELF. ADDITIONALLY ON DECEMBER 17TH, THE CAR HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN THE SHOP THAT DAY, AND WHILE DRIVING THAT EVENING, THE CAR BEGAN SURGING AND SHAKING AT EVERY RED LIGHT, WHILE THE BRAKE WAS DEPRESSED, AS IF IT WANTED TO CONTINUE GOING FORWARD. WE DROVE IT STRAIGHT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. WHILE THERE, WE ASKED ABOUT A STRANGE NOISE THAT IT MAKES ON IGNITION. THE MECHANIC TOLD US THAT NISSAN SAYS IT IS THE COMPUTER BOOTING UP. HOWEVER,WE LISTENED TO ANOTHER CUBE OF THE SAME YEAR THAT WAS ON THE LOT AND IT DOESN'T MAKE THAT NOISE.