NHTSA Complaint #10914086 — 2009 NISSAN CUBE

THE ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING ME TO BE UNABLE TO START MY VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY IN MY DRIVEWAY AT THE TIME. THERE WERE NO MOVEMENTS OR SOUNDS COMING FROM THE CAR WHEN I TRIED TO START IT. ONLY THE SECURITY INDICATOR LIGHT AND THE KEY LIGHT WERE ON IN THE DASH. NO RESPONSE FROM THE CAR WHEN WE ATTEMPTED TO JUMPSTART IT. THIS ESSENTIALLY LEFT ME COMPLETELY STRANDED AND WITH LIVING OUT IN THE COUNTRY WAS VERY DIFFICULT AND EXPENSIVE TO GET THE VEHICLE TOWED INTO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. I DID RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT LOTS OF OTHER 2009 CUBE OWNERS HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM AND JUST LIKE ME MANY HAVE PREVIOUSLY HAD THEIRS "FIXED" ONLY TO HAVE THE PART MALFUNCTION AGAIN AND HAVE TO PAY FOR IT OUT OF POCKET. THIS IS NO CHEAP FIX AND I HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO SPEND MONEY I CAN'T AFFORD TO SPEND IN ORDER TO HAVE A WORKING VEHICLE. THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AND TAKEN CARE OF BY NISSAN AS IT COULD LEAD TO SOME REALLY DANGEROUS SITUATIONS. I AM ALMOST ALWAYS OUT CAMPING IN RELATIVELY UNPOPULATED WILDERNESS AREAS, TYPICALLY WITHOUT CELL SERVICE AND IF THIS HAD HAPPENED THEN I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I WOULD HAVE DONE. I REALLY HOPE THEY STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND ISSUE A RECALL/REFUND FOR THE PROBLEM JUST LIKE THEY DID FOR THE ALTIMA ISSUES.