NHTSA Complaint #10408392 — 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA

2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. CONSUMER STATES VEHICLE JUMPS OR JERKS INTO GEAR *TGW THE CONSUMER ALSO STATED THE VEHICLE WOULD STALL. THE CONSUMER STATED IN ORDER TO REMEDY THE PROBLEM, SHE HAD TO PUT THE VEHICLE IN PARK AND START IT AGAIN, SOMETIMES WITH RESISTANCE FROM THE ENGINE AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD START RIGHT AWAY. THE CONSUMER DID SOME RESEARCH AND DISCOVERED A RECALL HAD BEEN ISSUED REGARDING THE CRANKSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT SENSOR. THE CONSUMER CONTACTED NISSAN AND WAS INFORMED, HER VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO HER MECHANIC WHERE HE DISCOVERED THE SENSORS WERE MADE OF PLASTIC AND COVERED IN OIL. *JB