NHTSA Complaint #10669779 — 2011 NISSAN MAXIMA

I PURCHASED MY 2011 NISSAN MAXIMA BRAND NEW IN MAY OF 2011. ABOUT A YEAR AFTER I PURCHASED MY CAR, THE DEALERSHIP NOTIFIED ME THAT MY ENGINE MOUNT WAS SERIOUSLY DAMAGED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I CONTACTED MY WARRANTY COMPANY AND FOUND OUT THE PARTICULAR PIECE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED WASN'T COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY. I WAS FACING A $1000.00+ REPAIR BILL. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I HAVE STILL NOT BEEN ABLE TO REPAIR MY ENGINE MOUNT. I AM TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HOW, ON A BRAND NEW CAR, CAN AN ENGINE MOUNT BE DAMAGED TO THE POINT OF NEEDING REPAIR AND THEN MY WARRANTY NOT COVERING THAT PARTICULAR PIECE? ALSO, FOR THE LAST 6-7 MONTHS, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT HAS BEEN COMING ON AND GOING OFF. THE CAR WASN'T RIDING OR OPERATING ANY DIFFERENT SO I DISMISSED IT. RECENTLY HOWEVER, AT ROUGHLY 85K MILES, MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT HAS BEEN ON AND WILL NOT GO OFF. WHEN I WAS AT A STOP LIGHT, MY CAR JUST SHUT DOWN. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT BUT WHILE I WAS ACCELERATING, AROUND ABOUT 40MPH, THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AS IF IT WAS TRYING TO SHIFT BUT WAS CONFUSED. THE GAS TANK WAS AT ABOUT 1/4 OF A TANK WHEN ALL OF THIS OCCURRED. MY CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND I AM HAVING MAJOR ISSUES AND CANNOT UNDERSTAND WHY, WHEN I BOUGHT THIS CAR BRAND NEW AND KEEP UP WITH ALL OF THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE. *TR