NHTSA Complaint #10425499 — 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA

MY "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON AND I LATER NOTICED THAT THE ENGINE WAS HARD TO START. WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY THERE WERE TWO INCIDENTS WHERE THE MOTOR ALMOST DIED - I CALLED AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT WITH MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. MEANWHILE, I LOOKED UP ANY RECALLS FOR MY YEAR AND MODEL AND THERE WAS ONE ON THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FROM 2007 AND I ALSO NOTICED NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED A PROBLEM WITH THIS SENSOR AND THEY REPLACED IT BUT THEY ALSO TOLD ME THAT MY VIN WAS NOT ON THE RECALL LIST. I HAD TO PAY FOR THE REPAIR MYSELF. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY WON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT, STATING THAT THE RECALL WAS ISSUED BASED ON WHERE THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED. THE PART FAILED REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE CAR WAS ASSEMBLED. I THINK NISSAN SHOULD CONSIDER EXPANDING THIS RECALL TO INCLUDE ALL MODELS INVOLVING THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE. *KB