NHTSA Complaint #10500535 — 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA

I PURCHASED MY NISSAN ALTIMA 2013 S CAR ON 17 OCTOBER 2012 WITH 12 MILES. APPROXIMATELY TWO DAYS LATER AFTER BUYING THIS VEHICLE, I BEGAN HEARING A CONSTANT WHINING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT A VERY LOW SPEED, A DRUMMING SLAPPING NOISE WHEN I ABRUPTLY BRAKE, A RATHER DISTURBING METAL CLUNKING SOUND THAT SEEMS TO GENERATE FROM THE FUEL TANK AND FINALLY INTERMITTENTLY CLICKING SOUND FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THESE SOUNDS AR EXTREMELY NERVE WRECKING FOR A BRAND NEW CAR. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THREE DIFFERENT NISSAN DEALERSHIPS FOR INSPECTION AT LEAST SEVEN TIMES ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT THESE CONCERNING SOUNDS ARE NORMAL CONDITIONS FOR THIS MODEL. THE CAR HAS ALSO HESITATED MULTIPLE TIMES ON START UP. FILED A COMPLAINT THAT LED TO NOWHERE BECAUSE NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC INSISTS THAT THESE ARE "NORMAL" CONDITIONS FOR THIS VEHICLE . *TR