NHTSA Complaint #10821580 — 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA

THIS IS A COMBINATION OF PROBLEMS. APPROXIMATELY AROUND NOV. 7, 2015 THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE AT THE DEALER (ALMOST ONE YEAR AFTER THE LAST TIME). I HAVE NOT OWNED MY VEHICLE 2 YEARS YET. I THOUGHT THEY HAD TAKEN CARE OF IT WHEN THEY TOLD ME THE LIGHT SHOULDN'T COME BACK ON. THEY SAID THE CODE WAS FOR REPROGRAMMING THE MASS AIR SYSTEM. ABOUT 2 WEEKS LATER THE SAME LIGHT CAME ON BUT THIS TIME I LOST ACCELERATION AGAIN WHILE GETTING ON THE FREEWAY. I HAD A COUPLE OF CLOSE CALLS ON BEING REAR-ENDED WHILE HAVING MY SON IN THE CAR. I HAD TO GET OFF IMMEDIATELY AND DRIVE DOWN TO THE DEALER WHICH TOOK ME IT SEEMED FOREVER BECAUSE IT WOULD BARELY MOVE. I HAD TO LEAVE THE VEHICLE AS IT WAS CLOSING. THE FOLLOWING DAY I WAS CALLED AND TOLD THAT IT REQUIRED REPROGRAMMING OF THE MASS AIR SYSTEM. I HAD THEM DO IT BUT IT TOOK THEM 1 DAY TO RETURN THE VEHICLE TO ME. ABOUT 2 DAYS LATER THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME BACK ON AGAIN AND I TOOK IT BACK TO THE SAME DEALER. THIS TIME FINDING THE PROBLEM WASN'T AS EASY. THEY KEPT MY VEHICLE FOR 3 DAYS BEFORE LETTING ME KNOW THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE THE THROTTLE CHAMBER REPLACED. REALLY NOW...CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON A TOTAL OF 2 TIMES IN 1 YEAR + 2 MORE TIME IN ANOTHER YEAR, 1 ALTERNATOR REPLACED IN 1 YEAR , 1 THROTTLE CHAMBER REPLACED IN ALMOST 2 YEARS, LEAKING REAR SHOCKS IN 1 YEAR AND NISSAN DOES NOTHING TO REPLACE MY VEHICLE WHICH IS A CONSTANT SAFETY HAZARD FOR ME AND MY FAMILY.