2002 NISSAN ALTIMA Vehicle Speed Control Problems

OUR CAR HAS SHUT OFF AT ANY SPEED WITHOUT WARNING FOR SEVERAL MONTHS. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS ALSO BEEN ON.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA. ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS, WHILE DRIVING, THE ENGINE STALLED. THE CONTACT HAD TO RESTART THE VEHICLE WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS APPLIED. ALSO, WHILE THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED, THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE TO GAIN SPEED AND THE CHECK ENGINE INDICATOR ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 213,000.

" TAKATA RECALL " . THE CAR HAS BEEN GIVING ENGINE PROBLEMS BUT I DID NOT KNOW WHAT IT WAS UNTIL I SEARCHED IT ONLINE AND I AM HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AS MANY COMPLAINT ON THE RECALL WEBSITE. THE ENGINE WHILE ON SLOW DRIVE OR WHEN ON A FULL STOP IT SHUTS DOWN WITHOUT ANY WARNING. IT HAS HAPPENED TO ME A COUPLE OF TIMES ONCE I WAS ON A HIGHWAY BUT THERE WAS TRAFFIC AND MY CAR SHUT DOWN. ANOTHER TIME I WAS AT A REGULAR CITY ROAD AND I WAS DRIVING SLOW LOOKING FOR PARKING AND THE CAR SHUT DOWN BUT THANKFULLY THE CAR BEHIND ME WAS FAR AND I TURNED MY BLINKERS ON, BUT THANKFULLY NO CRASHES AS OF YET. MANY OTHER TIMES IT HAS SHUT DOWN ON RED LIGHTS, STOP SIGNS ANYWHERE THAT IT HAS BEEN SLOW MOTION. RECENTLY AFTER SO LONG OF HAVING THESE...

5/31/2015 AT ABOUT 9:40PM. THERE WERE LINES OF CARS LEAVING STARFIRE SPORTS IN TUKWILA, WA OFF OF 405 EXIT 1 BECAUSE OF ADULT RECREATIONAL SOCCER GAMES AND THE WASHINGTON STATE HIGH LCHOOL BOYS LACROSSE CHAMPIONSHIPS. WHEN EXITING STARFIRE, IT WAS MY TURN AT THE STOP SIGN, SO I PROCEEDED. AFTER I PROCEEDED, THE BIG BLACK VEHICLE WAITING AT THE STOP SIGN ACROSS FROM ME WITH THE LICENSE PLATE AQG6472 STARTED TO TURN INTO ME. I SLAMMED ON MY BREAKS. HE SLAMMED ON HIS BREAKS AND THEN STARED AT ME. HE ALMOST COLLIDED WITH ME. HE IS A BLONDE-HAIRED SKINNY HIGH SCHOOL AGE BOY, AND THERE WERE 2-3 OTHER HIGH SCHOOL BOYS AS PASSENGERS. ALL PASSENGERS STUCK THEIR MIDDLE FINGERS OUT THE WINDOW AND HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND TAUNTED ME. THE LINE OF CARS ALL WERE BEEPING AT HIM. HE THEN DROVE ON, CONTINUING TO TAUNT ME. HE...

OK 3 OR 2 WEEK AFTER I BROUGHT THE CAR IT START RUNNING HOT THE IT START TO GET TO THE POINT WHEN IT DO RUN HOT AND I HIT THE GAS THE CAR WANT GO IT WAS LIKE I WAS TRYING TO MAKE THE CAR GO FAST BUT IT WAS GOING SLOW SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE PLACE I BROUGHT IT FROM AND HE DIDN'T DO MUCH SO I FOUND A MECHANIC AND HE RAN AT TEST ON ME AND TOLD ME THAT IT WAS SOME RECALLS ON PART OF MY CAR AND THE PERSON HEAD IT BEFORE ME DIDN'T GET IT DONE LIKE THE CAM SENSOR ,CRANK SENSOR AND MY CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND A TIME THING THE I TOOK IT BACK TO THE PLACE I BROUGHT IT FROM HE SAID HE CAN DO NOTHING AND SOMEONE TOLD ME TO TURN TO YOU ALL SO WHAT CAN...

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE INDEPENDENTLY DECREASED IN SPEED AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE OVER 5 MPH. IN ADDITION, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

DID CHECK ENGINE LIGHT REPAIR FIXED CRANK POSITION SENSOR . I DRIVE TO THE STORE CAR SHUTS DOWN TO 5MPH I PULL OVER RESET CHECK ENGINE LIGHT THEN IT WORKS FINE. *JS

DRIVING VEHICLE AT A LOW SPEED AND VEHICLE STOPS RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING. *TR

MY CAR WON'T ACCELERATE BEYOND 20 MPH, THEN ENGINE WOULD STALL WHILE IN DRIVE GEAR. TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC WHO TURNED OFF THE ENGINE SERVICE LIGHT WHICH ALLOWED ME TO ACCELERATE TO NORMAL SPEED. HOWEVER, THE ENGINE KEEPS STALLING WHILE I'M DRIVING. I NEARLY HAD SEVERAL ACCIDENTS WHILE DRIVING ON THE STREET AND EXITING THE FREEWAY. LUCKILY I CAN NOTICE THE ENGINE FAILING BEFORE IT COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN SO I HIT MY HAZARD LIGHTS EACH TIME TO AVOID ACCIDENT AND NOTIFY MOTORISTS BEHIND ME SOMETHING IS WRONG. SEVERAL TIMES CAR HAD TO SWERVED SUDDENLY AROUND ME TO AVOID REAR ENDING MY CAR. THEN YESTERDAY WHEN MY ENGINE STALLED WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING LOT MY ENGINE STALLED AGAIN AND THE STEERING WHEELS LOCKED WHICH ALMOST CAUSED MY CAR TO ROLL STRAIGHT INTO A BRICK WALL. I HAD TO QUICKLY TURN OFF THE ENGINE PUT MY GEAR TO PARK...

ON 6/27/2013 I WAS DRIVING ABOUT 30 MPH PER HOUR. THE CAR ENGINE SHUTS OFF ABRUPTLY AND I LOSS ALL POWER TO THE CAR. I WAS STUCK AND THE CARS BEHIND ME ALMOST HIT ME FROM BEHIND. I PUT THE HAZARDS ON AND TRIED TO START THE CAR. I SAT FOR ABOUT 5 MINUTES, PUT THE CAR IN NEUTRAL AND IT STARTED THEN SHUT OFF AGAIN. IN PREVIOUS YEARS I HAD TO START THE CAR IN NEUTRAL BUT IT NEVER SHUT OFF WHILE IN MOTION UNTIL TODAY,6/27/2013 AND THE SERVICE SOON ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND ALSO THE TCS, SLIP. I AM NOW SEEING THAT THERE IS A RECALL. CAN YOU PLEASE HELP ME TO GET NISSAN TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BECAUSE THIS IS A HAZARD AND THERE IS A RECALL. THANK YOU. I WILL ALSO CALL NISSAN AGAIN AND REPORT THIS PROBLEM, AND I HOPE THAT THEY FIX THIS...

THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO STALL WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND WOULD OFTEN HESITATE TO START WHILE PARKED. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE CRANK SHAFT AND THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSORS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THERE WAS A RECALL UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) THAT COULD HAVE BEEN RELATED TO THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. ALSO MY CAR IS LOOSING COOLANT AND DON'T KNOW WHERE THE COOLING IS GOING, TOOK IT TO NISSAN THEY DON'T HAVE A CLUE EITHER. ALSO I SOMETIME SMELL GAS WHEN THE CAR START UP AFTER A LONG STALL CRANK. *TR

TL*-THE CONTACT STATED THAT ON 03/03/07 WHILE DRIVING THE 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA AT 65 MPH SHE NOTICED THAT THE SPEED WAS DECREASING. SHE CONTINUED TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO LOSE POWER. THE CONTACT PULLED THE VEHICLE TO SIDE OF THE ROAD AND TRIED TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T START. THE CONTACT CALLED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED, AND IT WAS TOWED TO HILL TOP SERVICE STATION, WHERE THE MECHANIC WAS ABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THEY INFORMED HER TO GET TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AGAIN TO KOEPPELL NISSAN IN JACKSON HEIGHTS QUEENS, NY. THE VEHICLE WAS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP, AND THAT THEY HAD TO ORDER A PART WHICH HELPED TO CIRCULATE AIR TO THE COOLING SYSTEM. THE CONTACT STATED THAT SHE HAD NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS SINCE SHE PURCHASED THIS VEHICLE IN 2002, AND HAD...

DT: 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONSUMER STATED WHEN SHE WOULD START THE VEHICLE IN THE MORNING, IT FELT LIKE IT WAS NOT GETTING ANY FUEL. SHE WOULD HAVE TO PRESS THE ACCELERATOR. SHE STATED IT WOULD HAPPEN SOMETIMES AT LUNCH TIME, AND WHEN SHE WENT HOME FROM WORK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AT THIS TIME. THIS STARTED ON SEPTEMBER 12, 2005. THE CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO MECHANIC, AND THEY FOUND A RECALL. THE THROTTLE BODY WAS CLEANED BY MECHANIC. SHE CALLED NISSAN OF CLOVIS, AND TOOK VEHICLE THERE, AND THEY FOUND THE VEHICLE DID NOT FALL UNDER THE RECALL. THEY FOUND IT WAS THE THROTTLE BODY. SHE HAD THE THROTTLE BODY REPLACED. THE NEXT MORNING IT STARTED AGAIN, THE DEALERSHIP TOLD HER TO BRING IT BACK IN. THIS TIME IT WAS THE ECM COMPUTER. IT WAS ALSO REPLACED. ON SEPTEMBER 28, 2005 THE VEHICLE DID IT AGAIN. SHE...

SCHEDULED RECALL WORK ON CAR ON FRIDAY, WAS NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS ACTUALLY THREE RECALLS ON MY CAR (WHICH I HAVE OWNED FOR ABOUT A YEAR, PURCHASED USED) THET NEEDED TO BE DONE AND THAT I NEED MY 30,000 MILE SERVICE DONE. $476 AND LATER THAT AFTERNOON, IGOT MY CAR BACK. I NOTICED THAT THE BRAKED SEEM A LITTLE TIGHT, BUT FIGURED THAT WAS PART OF THE SERVICE. THE NEXT DAY, SATURDAY, WHILE MERGING FROM ONE FREEWAY TO ANOTHER AT ABOUT 65 MILES PER HOUR, CAR SOUNDED LIKE IT CAUGHT A PIECE OF THIN METAL UNDER FRONT RIGHT QUADRANT OF CAR, AFTER ABOUT 15 SECONDS NOISE STOPPED AND NOTHING IN ROAD BEHIND ME. I NOTICE MY BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN I TRIED TO CHANGE LANES, I REALIZE I HAD LOST THE POWER STEERING FUNCTION, THE BRAKES LAD LOOSENED UP (BUT FUNCTIONING) AND THE AIR CONDITIONING WAS NOW BLOWING HOT...

AT ANY SPEED, MY SPEEDOMETER SHOWS A DIFFERENT SPEED THAN MY ACTUAL SPEED. MY ACTUAL SPEED HAS BEEN VERIFIED BY RADAR, GPS, MILE MARKERS AND TRAVELING ALONG SIDE ANOTHER VEHICLE WITH AN ACCURATE SPEEDOMETER (BASED ON GPS AND RADAR). WHERE MY SPEEDOMETER IS SHOWING LESS THAN MY ACTUAL SPEED, I AM SUBJECT TO MAKE MENTAL ADJUSTMENTS TO INCREASE MY SPEED TO ACTUALLY TRAVEL THE DESIRED SPEED. WHEN I GET IN ANOTHER CAR THAT HAS AN ACCURATE SPEEDOMETER, BY HABIT, I TEND TO INCREASE MY SPEED IN THAT CAR, SUBJECTING ME TO POSSIBLE FINES FOR SPEEDING. NOTE: THE TIRES ARE THE ORIGINAL TIRES AND THIS PROBLEM EXISTED FROM THE TIME I BOUGHT THIS CAR. I CONTACTED NISSAN ABOUT THIS AND THEY SAID THAT AS LONG AS THE SPEEDOMETER IS ACCURATE TO WITHIN 10%, IT'S WITHIN SPECS. THAT IMPLIES THAT IF MY SPEEDOMETER READS 70 MPH AND MY ACTUAL SPEED IS 77,...

SPEEDOMETER READS APPROX 10% HIGHER THAN ACTUAL SPEED. VERY DISTRACTING IN THAT ONE IS CONSTANTLY DOING MENTAL CALCULATION. DEALER INITIALLY SAID THEY COULD NOT TEST AND I SHOULD TIME IT AGAINST MILEAGE MARKERS - DID SO. LATER DEALER ID SOME SORT OF ELECTRONIC TEST AND SAID IT WAS OFF SOMEWHAT BUT NOT 10%. SAID REGULATIONS ALLOWED 10% ERROR SO IT WAS WITHIN SPECS. TS

WE WENT TO START UP THE VEHICLE, AND IT DID START UP, BUT WHEN WE TRIED TO ACCELERATE WE WENT NOWHERE, AND COULD NOT GET ANY RPM'S. WE COASTED TO THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, WITH A VEHICLE THAT WOULD NOT GET UP OVER 5 MPH, FOR ABOUT 3 MILES. WE WE GOT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, THEY INFORMED US THAT THE THROTTLE SWITCH HAD GONE, AND THE PART THAT WAS NEEDED WAS ON NATIONAL BACK ORDER, AND WE COULD BE WAITING 3 DAYS, 3 WEEKS, OR 3 MONTHS UNTIL OUR VEHICLE IS REPAIRED.*AK

CONSUMER CONTACTED DEALERSHIP FOR SUDDEN ACCELERATION. DEALER HAS BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE SOURCE OF PROBLEM, PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK