NHTSA Complaint #10500119 — 2009 NISSAN ALTIMA

FIRST PROBLEM STARTED WITH A FUNNY SOUND WHEN THE CAR WOULD START AND SOMETIMES IT WOULD NOT START THE FIRST TIME WITH PUSHING THE AUTO START. THIS WAS ABOUT 6 MONTHS AGO AND ABOUT 4 MONTHS AGO I GOT THE VISUAL ON THE COLUMN THAT THE SMARTKEY WAS LOW AND HAD THEM REPLACE BY THE DEALERSHIP AND REPROGRAMMED IN BOTH KEYS. THIS IS WHEN ALL THE PROBLEMS STARTED DELAYED START NOT STARTING THEN I LEFT HOME AND ARRIVED AT WORK FINE THE MORNING OF 02/25/13 AND HAD TO TRAVEL TO ANOTHER SITE AND TRIED TO START CAR AND IT WOULDN'T EVEN ATTEMPT TO START. I HAD A MECHANIC FRIEND COME LOOK AT IT AND THEN THE ILLUMINATION OF THE LOW KEY AND THE NO KEY SHOWED UP BUT STILL WOULD NOT START. WE TOOK SMARTKEY OUT TO DEALERSHIP AND REPLACED AGAIN TRIED THIS AND IT DIDN'T START. WE CHECKED EVERYTHING AND CALLED DEALERSHIP BACK AND THEY SAID WE COULD PUT THE SMARTKEY IN THE SLOT TO START CAR THIS DIDN'T WORK EITHER. I FINALLY HAD IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT'S A STEERING LOCK MECHANISM AND ELECTRIC PROBLEMS. I'VE HAD THIS CAR ONLY 3 1/2 YEARS AND THIS IS RIDICULOUS AND SEEMS TO BE A BIG PROBLEM WITH NUMEROUS OTHER NISSANS. I'VE BEEN TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THEY ARE USING THE SAME PART TO FIX MY CAR AND IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN. WHAT SCARES ME AND COULD PUT MY LIFE IN DANGER IS THE STEERING COULD GO OUT WHILE I'M DRIVING AND COULD KILL ME. I HAVE TOLD MY FAMILY IF I'M IN AN ACCIDENT TO TEST MY STEERING AND IF THAT'S THE REASON FOR THE ACCIDENT OR MY DEATH THEY ARE TO SUE NISSAN. THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL AND FIXED WITH DEPENDABLE PARTS AND IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN AND AGAIN THEY SHOULD REPLACE WITH NO COST TO THE CONSUMER PARTS OR LABOR. OF COURSE, MY WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED BECAUSE OF THE 3 YR. ALWAYS THE CASE. I WANT FULL REIMBURSEMENT FROM NISSAN BECAUSE THIS DEFINITELY NEEDS TO BE A RECALL!!!!!!!! *TR