2005 NISSAN ALTIMA Electrical System Problems

2005 NISSAN ALTIMA HAS A BAD CRANK SHAFT POSITION CENSOR. I HAVE FOUND IT HAPPENING IN MANY CARS. THE CAR WILL STOP AND NOT START AGAIN IF IT GOES BAD. THE PART ONLY COSTS APPROX. $30.00. I THINK YOU SHOULD LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. *TR

CARS POWER STARTED FLUTTERING AROUND 45-50 MPH, LIKE IT WAS WANTING TO DIE. IT HAD PREVIOUSLY DIED WHILE IDLEING..CODES WERE CHECKED THEY CAME UP AS BAD CRANK AND CAM SENSOR..AND BAD SPEED SENSOR.AND CATALYTIC CONVERTER..NOTICED CAR WAS UNDER RE-CALL..TOWED IT TO DEALER THEY FLASHED ECM..WHEN WE WERE DRIVING CAR HOME ALL PROBLEMS RE-OCCURRED..HAD CODES CHECKED AT ANOTHER GARAGE ALL THE SAME ONES CAME UP..CALLED DEALER THEY WERE NO HELP AT ALL AND WANTED TO CHARGE US TO CHECK CODES TOLD THEM WE ALREADY HAD THEM AND THEY SAID ITS NOT THEIR PROBLEM...THEY HAVE NO INTEREST IN ADDRESSING THE REAL ISSUES OR FIXING WHAT THE REAL PROBLEM IS, WHAT A RIP-OFF..

MY CAR WOULD ACT LIKE IT WAS SKIPPING A GEAR AND JERK. IT WOULD ALSO SOMETIMES NOT START. THE ULTIMATE FAILURE IS THAT MY CAR STALLS WHILE I'M DRIVING IT. IT USED TO BE EVERY SO OFTEN AND HAS NOW BECOME A DAILY THING. I AM REPLACING THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR MYSELF AS THIS IS THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. NISSAN KNOWS THIS BUT HAS DONE NOTHING TO REMEDY THE SITUATION. MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY SO IT WASN'T WORTH MY WHILE TO EVEN CHECK WITH NISSAN TO HAVE THIS FIXED. *TR

CRANKSHAFT SENSORS FAILED IN 11/2009 AND CAR CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING - CRANKSHAFT SENSOR FAILED AGAIN 09/2010 BUT I WAS PARKED . NISSAN CLAIMS THERE IS A RECALL ON A BATCH OF CARS FOR THIS ISSUE BUT MY CAR IS NOT INCLUDED - THERE ARE NUMEROUS REPORTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE ALL OVER THE WEB . *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. FROM THE DAY I GOT THE CAR THERE HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH IT STALLING. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. THE RECALL THAT IS ON THE NISSAN FOR THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR I WAS TOLD THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MINE. I HAVE ALL THE CORRESPONDENCE THAT I HAVE WITH NISSAN. BUT THEY REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. WELL YESTERDAY THE CAR SHUT COMPLETELY OFF GOING DOWN THE ROAD AND I WAS ALMOST HIT IN THE REAREND. IT DID THIS 3 TIMES BEFORE I GOT IT HOME. NISSAN NEEDS TO MAKE THIS RIGHT BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. IF NOT MY CAR THEN SOMEONE ELSE'S. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS AND COULD CAUSE A MAJOR WRECK. *TR

2005 NISSAN ALTIMA - CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. MY 2005 PRE-OWNED NISSAN ALTIMA JUST EXPERIENCED CRANK/START PROBLEMS YESTERDAY. AFTER COMPUTER DIAGNOSTICS WERE PERFORMED, THEY DISCOVERED THAT THE ECM AND THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR WERE DEFECTIVE. THE DEALERSHIP INFORMED ME THAT THE 2005 NISSAN MODELS HAD A RECALL ON THE ECM MODULES AND THE CRANKSHAFTS. THEY ADVISED ME TO CONTACT NISSAN TO ENSURE THIS HAD NOT BEEN PREVIOUSLY CORRECTED DURING THE ORIGINAL RECALL. I CONTACTED NISSAN TO FIND OUT THAT IT HAD NEVER BEEN CORRECTED. NISSAN REP DIVYA CHEERAN ADVISED ME THAT THE ECM AND FRAME WERE ON RECALL HOWEVER THE CRANKSHAFT WAS NOT. I INFORMED HER THAT THE DEALERSHIP HAD ALREADY INFORMED ME OF THE RECALL FOR THE CRANKSHAFT. SHE INSISTED THE DEALERSHIP WAS WRONG AND THERE WAS NO RECALL OF ANY CRANKSHAFT ON ANY NISSAN VEHICLES. I TOLD HER THAT I WAS LOOKING AT A CONSUMER AFFAIRS REPORT ON THE INTERNET AS...

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHEN MY CAR REACHES APPROX 60 MILES AN HOUR IT JERKS AS IF IT IS GOING TO CUT OFF. ONE TIME IT DID CUT OFF, JUST SO HAPPEN I WAS ABLE TO PULLOVER. ALSO THE CAR WILL NOT CRANK AT ALL, IT WILL STALL. WE HAVE REPLACED THESE PARTS ON THREE TIMES AND I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR GOING ON THREE YEARS. I WENT ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF OTHERS WERE HAVING THESE ISSUES AND IF YOU LOOK YOU WILL SEE THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM COUNTLESS CONSUMERS. NO ACCIDENT HAS BEEN REPORTED AS FAR AS I KNOW BUT WHY WAIT UNTIL ONE DOES. *TR

MY WIFE WAS DRIVING OUR 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA WHEN IT COMPLETELY SHUT OFF ON THE INTERSTATE SHE WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MILES PER HOUR. AFTER I TOOK IT TO THE AUTO PARTS STORE AND THEY DIAGNOSED I WANTED TO RESEARCH HOW I COULD FIX THE PROBLEM THAT IS HOW I RAN ACROSS THIS. HTTP://WWW.ACTIVETUNING.COM/BLOG2/2006/02/28/NISSAN-ALTIMA-CRANK-SENSOR-RECALL-BEING-REVIEWED/. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY CAR DOWN THE ROAD, THE ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUT OFF. I PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, AND PUT THE CAR INTO PARK. I ATTEMPTED TO START THE CAR BACK UP, AND WAS UNABLE TO DO SO. I THEN HAD THE BATTERY REPLACED, AND WAS ABLE TO GET THE CAR CRANKED AGAIN. THE NEXT DAY, I WENT INTO TOWN, AND THE CAR DID THE SAME THING. I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT AFTER A FEW TRIES, BUT IT THEN DROVE FUNNY THE REST OF THE WAY HOME. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE CAR, BUT I WAS NEVER INFORMED OF ANY RECALL. I FOUND IT AFTER SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET WHEN I GOT HOME. I WILL BE CONTACTING THE DEALERSHIP TOMORROW. APPARENTLY THE RECALL IS FOR THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM IN THESE CARS. I AM UPSET BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER HEARD...

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5L ENGINE. I HAD A RECALL ON MY CAR WHERE THEY WOULD RESET ECM TO KEEP THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR FROM OVERHEATING AND THE CAR SHUTTING OFF. AFTER I TAKE MY CAR INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE THIS DONE 9MONTHS LATER MY CAR HAS LESS THAN 100,000 MILES AND I AM HAVING TO REPLACE MY CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. TALKED WITH NISSAN NUMEROUS TIMES THEY REFUSE TO PAY FOR THE DEFECTIVE PART. NISSAN SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR THE MISTAKES THEY MADE NOT ME. OH AND THEN THEY CHARGED ME TO DISPOSE OF THE OLD PART WHICH THEY LEFT IN MY CAR. I CONTACTED MY DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT WHAT THE CHARGE WAS FOR AND HE SAID THAT OSHA MADE THEM CHARGE IT FOR DISPOSAL OF THE PART AND WHEN I TOLD HIM THE PART WAS STILL IN MY CAR HE SAID WELL IT IS...

MY CAR FAILS TO START ON OCCASION. THE FREQUENCY IS MONTHLY. THE ENGINE SOUNDS LIKE IT'S GOING TO START BUT JUST DOESN'T. IF I WAIT SEVERAL SECONDS AND TRY AGAIN, THEN THE ENGINE STARTS. FROM WHAT I'VE BEEN READING EVERYONE SEEMS TO BE COMPLAINING THAT IT'S THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR. I THOUGHT THE RECALL FIXED THIS ISSUE BUT APPARENTLY NOT. SO MANY OWNERS ARE COMPLAINING YET NISSAN IS DOING NOTHING. THIS IS MY FIRST NISSAN AND MY LAST. I'LL STICK TO HONDA NEXT TIME. *TR

I AM THE OWNER OF A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5SL. I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE THAT ADVISED ME THE VEHICLE CAN STOP RUNNING WITHOUT NOTICE WHICH COULD RESULT IN A CRASH. THE RECALL NOTICE ADVISED THAT THE FIX TO THIS PROBLEM WAS THE REPROGRAMMING OF THE ECM. TO KEEP MY DAUGHTER AND I SAFE ON THE ROAD, I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR THE RECALL AS INSTRUCTED. BEFORE THE RECALL, MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT NEVER CAME ON AND MY VEHICLE WAS RUNNING FINE. NOT TO LONG AFTER THE RECALL WAS DONE, MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON. LAST WEEK I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE, WITH MY 10 MONTH OLD DAUGHTER IN THE CAR AND THE CAR STALLED AND SHUT DOWN ON US WITHOUT WARNING. THANKFULLY ANOTHER VEHICLE DID NOT HIT US. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP WHO ADVISED ME IT WAS THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. AFTER DOING SOME...

I HAD SEVERAL COMPLAINTS ABOUT A ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS WITH A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA SER MODEL FOR SOME REASON IT KEEPS BREAKING DOWN I A READY SPOKE WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND MADE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE VEHICLE BUT THEY KEEP TELLING ME THEY WILL FIND PROBLEM BUT NO EXPLANATIONS WAS GIVING TO ME ABOUT THIS ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA HAD A RECALL FOR AN ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE WHICH I HAD REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE ON REICHERT NISSAN IN WENENCHEE WA. ON 10-22-2008. AFTER DRIVING 106 MILES MY ENGINE FAILED. I CALLED REICHERT MOTORS AND THEY RESPONDED TO HAVE THE VEHICLE TOWED BACK TO THERE DEALERSHIP BY A CERTAIN TOWING COMPANY; WHICH I DID. (BY THE WAY BEFORE THIS INCIDENT ,THIS CAR HAD NEVER HAD A PROBLEM ; THIS ALL HAPPENED AFTER THE RECALL) AFTER THE CAR WAS CHECKED BY REICHERT THEY STATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOW A CRANK SHAFT POSITION SENSOR WHICH WAS NOT RELATED TO THE ORIGINAL PROBLEM SO I WOULD NOW HAVE TO PAY FOR THE TOWING CHARGE AS WELL AS THE PROBLEM WITH THE CRANK SHAFT SENSOR. THIS SEEMS A LITTLE STRANGE TO ME THAT A CAR WITH NO PROBLEMS PRIOR WOULD ALL OF A SUDDEN DEVELOP THIS PROBLEM AFTER 106...

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SE WHICH IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY MORE DIFFICULT TO START. SYMPTOMS: WHEN THE KEY IS TURNED, IT WILL JUST TURN OVER BUT NOT START. AFTER A FEW TRIES, IT DOES START. THE MOTOR DOES NOT CUT OFF UNEXPECTEDLY AFTER IT'S STARTED. *TR

GOT A LETTER STATING THAT THERE WAS A RECALL THAT COULD CAUSE ENGINE TO STOP AND CAUSE A CRASH WHICH HAS ALREADY HAPPENED TO MY CAR , IT WAS A TOTAL LOSS. *TR

MY WIFE WRECKED HER 2005 ALTIMA. THE CAR JUST ALL OF SUDDEN LEFT THE ROAD AND SHE COULDN'T CONTROL OR STOP IT. *TR

I TOOK MY 2005 ALTIMA IN FOR THE SENSOR RECALL ON 2/18/2008. IT'S BEEN A MONTH NOW AND THEY STILL HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX MY CAR. THE RECALL WAS FIXED BUT THE COMPUTER WILL NOT TAKE BACK IN THE CAR AND THE PART IS ON BACKORDER. IF NISSAN ISN'T MAKING THE PART I'M CURIOUS IF THEY ARE COVERING UP A HUGE COMPUTER PROBLEM WITH THE CARS. THE SERVICE DEPT HAS GAVE ME A COMPLETE RUN AROUND AND CAN'T TELL ME NOTHING. THEY GAVE ME A RENTAL CAR WITH NO POWER OPTIONS AT ALL NOTHING COMPARABLE TO WHAT I HAD ON MY CAR. FINALLY DECIDED TO SWITCH ME INTO SOMETHING ELSE WHICH THEY GAVE ME A CHEVEROLET TO DRIVE. THAT SHOULD TELL ME SOMETHING. THE MAIN HEADQUARTERS WAS UNABLE TO REPSOND TO MY EMAIL THEY MUST RESPOND BY PHONE AND SINCE MY PHONE NUMBER WAS NOT UPDATED IN THEIR...

I HAVE HAD MY CAR FOR 2 YEARS AND I PURCHASED IT AT THE BAKER JACKSON THAT I AM REFERRING TO. IN AUGUST I STARTED TO EXPERIENCE PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SHUTTING DOWN WITH NO WARNINGS WHICH IS A SAFETY HAZARD CONSIDERING I DRIVE MOSTLY ON THE FREEWAY. I TOOK IT INTO THE SHOP AND THEY CLAIM THEY DID A DIAGNOSIS AND FOUND THAT MY BATTERY WAS ERODED SO THEY HAD TO CLEANED THE BATTERY AND FUEL INJECTION. WELL AFTER I PAID AND PICKED UP MY CAR THE SAME THING HAPPENED A DAY LATER. TO SUM IT UP MY CAR HAS BEEN TO THE SHOP ON THE FOLLOWING DATES 8/21/07,8/27/07,9/18/07 STAYED THERE FOR DAYS TO WEEKS AT A TIME AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL UNRESOLVED. I AM A TEACHER AND A RECENT GRADUATE STUDENT SO I REALLY DON'T HAVE MUCH MONEY TO BE IN AND OUT OF RENTAL CARS AND...

2005 NISSAN ALTIMA HAS DEFECTIVE CRANK SENSOR. THE THROTTLE STOPS WORKING NOT ALLOWING FUEL TO THE ENGINE THEREFORE STALLING THE CAR EVEN IN MOTION. NISSAN HAS REDESIGNED REPLACEMENTS BUT ARE INCORRECTLY REDESIGNED. EVEN WITH WARRANTY NISSAN REFUSES TO REMEDY LEAVING PEOPLE WITHOUT CARS. *JB

I DROVE A 2005 ALTIMA 2.5S WHICH I PURCHASED NEW IN APRIL OF 2005. IT WAS MAINTAINED IN ACCORDANCE WITH NISSAN RECOMMENDATIONS. CURRENT MILEAGE APPROXIMATELY 21,000. NO ACCIDENTS ,AND WAS IN EXCELLENT TO GOOD CONDITION. WHILE DRIVING TO WORK I EXITED THE HIGHWAY AND APPROACHED A TRAFFIC LIGHT. AS I APPROACHED THE LIGHT, THE CAR BEGAN TO JERK AND STALLED. PRIOR TO THE STALL THERE WAS NO INDICATION OF ANY PROBLEM WITH THE CAR AND NO WARNING LIGHTS TO SIGNAL A PROBLEM. UPON STALLING THE OIL LIGHT CAME ON AND THEN QUICKLY SHUT OFF AGAIN. I TRIED TO START THE CAR. THE CAR STARTED RIGHT AWAY AND BEGAN THE SAME JERKING MOTION. AS I CAME TO THE NEXT LIGHT I WAS ABLE TO TURN RIGHT AND PULL THE CAR OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD JUST AS THE CAR CAME TO A STALL A SECOND TIME. I CALLED NISSAN....

NEW 2005 ALTIMA 3.5 SE BOUGHT AUGUST 2005 1ST MONTH I HAD NOTICED A VIBRATION IN THE STEERING AT HIGH SPEEDS, AND THE VEHICLE PULLING/DRIFTING FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THIS CONCERN MAKES THE VEHICLE UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE YOU DO NOT HAVE A SENSE OF CONTROL WHEN DRIVING, IN ADDITION WHEN DRIVING ON A HIGHWAY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME THE VIBRATION IN THE WHEEL MAKES YOUR HANDS AND ARMS FALL ASLEEP. IT IS ALWAYS NECESSARY AFTER AN HOUR OR HOUR AND A HALF TO PULL OVER AND GIVE YOUR ARMS/ HANDS A REST. THE DEALER ADDRESSED THIS CONCERN BY BALANCING THE WHEELS BY ROAD FORCE BALANCE (CORRECTED SPECS - 21LBS ROAD FORCE DOWN TO 7LBS) NO ALIGNMENT ISSUES WERE NOTICED. AFTER 3 TIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THE VIBRATIONS I HAD NOTICED A CLUNK IN THE FRONT END, IT ENDED UP BEING A STRUT THAT NEEDED TO BE...

THE CAR FAILED TO START ONLY TWO WEEKS AFTER BUYING IT, AND THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED. THE CAR ACTS AS IF IT'S FLOODED, CRANKING BUT NOT FIRING. BOTH FAILURES OCCURRED AFTER RECENTLY PURCHASING GASOLINE (THE SAME GASOLINE RETAILER IS USED FAIRLY CONSISTENTLY) AND DRIVING THE CAR IMMEDIATELY HOME IN COLD, BUT NOT SEVERELY COLD, TEMPERATURES. THE DEALER SAID THESE CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULDN'T CAUSE FLOODING, BUT HAS BEEN UNABLE TO FIND ANY PROBLEMS AND NOW REFUSES TO RESEARCH IT FURTHER. NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS HAS ADVISED OF A RECALL THAT MAY BE APPLICABLE, BUT THE DEALER DOESN'T SEEM TO BE AWARE OF IT AND I'M IN THE PROCESS OF FOLLOWING UP ON THIS POINT. *NM

FORTH TIME IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR IGNITION AND ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS. I PURCHASED A 2.5 SL IN JUNE 2005. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WOULD NOT TURN OFF IN THE PASSENGER SEAT 6/20/05, SENSOR REPLACED. CAR WOULD NOT START UNTIL TRYING 20 MINUTES LATER 7/4/05. SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOLD ME TO JIGGLE THE GEAR SHIFT FROM NOW ON. ON 7/28/05 CAR WOULD NOT START AGAIN UNTIL AFTER 20 MINUTES, SERVICE DEPARTMENT INVOICED ME FOR REPROGRAMMING 33.83 AND 79.20 FOR NEW ELECTRONIC KEYS. NOW IN NOV. 2005 CAR IN SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE SAME PROBLEMS LISTED ABOVE. SERVICE DEPARTMENT IS TALKING TO NISSAN ENGINEERING, I AM DRIVING A RENTAL CAR FOR THE 2ND TIME. *NM

I BOUGHT A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA BRAND NEW LAST YEAR. THE CAR HAS BEEN IN FOR SERVICE UP TO SIX TIMES. THE PAST TWO TIMES HAS ME CONCERNED. THE CAR DROPS TO 20 MPH WITH NO WARNING. I AM A SINGLE MOTHER WITH A 2YR OLD SON AND I COMPUTE 60 MILES ON WAY TO WORK ON 2 BUSY INTERSTATE EVERYDAY. THE DEALERSHIP IS REPLACING THE COMPUTER SYSTEM IN MY CAR THIS TIME BUT MAKES ME AWARE THAT THIS MAKE NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM. *NM

WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY I NOTICED MY CAR WAS NOT ACCELERATING WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS. MY "SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT" ALSO WENT ON. THE CAR STALLED, AND HAD TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE DEALER. THIS HAPPENED ONE WEEK AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR. SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD IT BACK TO THE DEALER SIX TIMES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. THE CAR IS A 2005 ALTIMA 2.5SL. AS I'M WRITING THIS MY CAR IS BACK AT THE DEALER....AGAIN TOWED IN!!!*AK

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START ONCE THE KEY WAS TURNED. AFTER TRYING ABOUT 15-20 TIMES, IT WILL START AND DARK SMOKE EMITTED FROM THE EXHAUST SYSTEM. THE DEALER STATED THAT ALL CODES WERE NORMAL AND SUGGESTED THE BATTERY BE REPLACED, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT REPLACE IT AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXIST. *JB