2005 Nissan Altima Cruise Control Problems

CAR STALLING WHILE IN MOTION DUE TO CRANK SHAFT SENSOR DEFECT, ALSO CAR IS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY DUE TO SPEED INPUT SENSOR DEFECT. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, CODES GIVEN DURING DIAGNOSTICS ARE P0335 AND P0725.

CAR ACCELERATES IN AN UNCONTROLLED FASHION WHILE DRIVING .

CRANKSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT SENSORS ARE FAULTY. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSAN ALTIMA'S. THIS HAS BEEN REPLACED TWO TIMES ALREADY. STALLED ON HIGHWAY WHILE GOING 65MPH.

THE CAR PICK UP TO SLOW AND THEN START PICKING UP LITTLE BY LITTLE

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DUE TO ERROR CODE P0335 WHICH IS CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR,MY CAR HESITATE TO START,NEED MORE CRANKING, AS PER NISSAN SO MANY VEHICLES WERE RECALLED FOR THIS CODE BUT IF I GIVE MY VIN # THEY SAID THERE IS NO RECALL, I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE, ALL THE MAINTENANCES ARE UP TO DATE AND CURRENTLY I HAVE ONLY 72000 MILES, I AM REQUESTING TO RECALL 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA AS SOON AS POSSIBLE

CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR SAME THING IS HAPPENING TO THE 2005 SUMMARY: ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH A 2.5L ENGINE, THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CAN OVERHEAT CAUSING A BRIEF INTERRUPTION IN THE SIGNAL OUTPUT FROM THE SENSOR. CONSEQUENCE: IF THE INTERRUPTION IN THE SIGNAL FROM THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR IS SO BRIEF THAT THE ELECTRONIC CONTROL MODULE (ECM) LOGIC DOES NOT HAVE TIME TO DIAGNOSE THE CONDITION, THE ENGINE MAY STOP RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING WHILE THE VEHICLE IS DRIVEN AT A LOW SPEED INCREASING THE RISK OF A CRASH.

AFTER GOING TO MY DESTINATION FOR 35 MIN STOPPING A GAS PUMP AFTER GETTING BACK IN THE CAR IN WOULDN'T CRANK ONLY AFTER 2 HOURS. AFTER GETTING BACK ON THE HIGHWAY WITHIN 5 MILES IN STOPPED ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HIGHWAY GOING ABOUT 55. SAT ON SIDE OF THE ROAD FOR 2 MORE HOURS BEFORE IT STARTED AGAIN. *TR

ABOUT 2 YRS AGO THE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON IN MY NISSAN. I TOOK IT FOR A DIAGNOSTIC AND IT CAME UP WITH TWO CODES THAT AT THIS POINT I DON'T REMEMBER. HOWEVER, WHAT I WAS TOLD IS THAT I NEEDED MY CRANKSHAFT SENSOR REPLACED. I CHECKED ONLINE FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THIS SENSOR AND I CAME ACROSS A RECALL FOR THIS SENSOR. AROUND THE SAME TIME MY HEADLIGHTS STARTED BURNING OUT BULBS ALSO. I ALSO NOTICED THERE WAS A RECALL ON A HEADLIGHT ISSUE. I CONTACTED A LOCAL DEALERSHIP TO CHECK MY VIN TO SEE IF I QUALIFIED FOR THE RECALL AND I WAS TOLD MY VIN WAS SUPPOSEDLY ONE OF THE IMPACTED ONES. WHICH IS TOO COINCIDENTAL. MY CAR STALLS WHILE RUNNING AND AT TIMES WILL NOT START. AND I SAY WILL, BECAUSE, I BROUGHT IT IN TO 2 DIFFERENT SHOPS FOR REPLACEMENT AND NEITHER COULD FIND A COMPATIBLE SENSOR. THEY EVEN ORDERED ONE FROM NISSAN AND IT DID NOT FIT AND WERE UNABLE TO FIX IT. THEY APOLOGIZED AND SAID THAT I WOULD BE ABLE TO DRIVE IT BUT WOULD EVENTUALLY NEED TO SOMEHOW REPLACE IT. I HAVE SINCE CONTINUED DRIVING IT, AS IT IS THE ONLY VEHICLE I HAVE. IT HAS GOTTEN WORSE AND TURNS OFF MY OFTEN. I AM ASKING FOR SOME TYPE OF HELP. I AM OUT OF OPTIONS. I AM AFRAID IT WILL ONE DAY SHUT OFF AS I DRIVING AND CAUSE A CATASTROPHE. *TR

I WAS STARTING MY CAR ON 03/23/2013 AND IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER AT ALL SO I TRIED THREE ADDITIONAL TIMES AND THEN THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON I CALLED NISSAN REGARDING THE RECALL FOR THE CRANKSHAFT ISSUE ONLY TO BE TOLD THAT MY CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY OR A RECALL AND I HAVE READ SEVERAL POST OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND NISSAN IS NOT OWNING UP TO AND TAKING CARE OF THE ISSUE FURTHERMORE WHEN I AM DRIVING THE ENGINE STARTS TO WANT TO STALL BUT THANKFULLY I WAS GOING AT A DECENT SPEED FOR IT NOT TO DO THAT I DID GO TO HAVE A TEST RAN ON THE ENGINE LIGHT COMING ON AND IT CAME BACK TO BE A SPEED CONTROL SENSOR AND CRANKSHAFT I WENT TO O'REILLY'S AUTO PARTS AND WHEN I TOLD THE NISSAN REP HE SAYS THAT THE MACHINE AT O'REILLY'S WAS ONLY TAKING A GUESS BUT I DONT BELIEVE THAT ONE BIT. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA, I BOUGHT THE CAR IN 10/2008 A FEW MONTHS AFTERWARDS I STARTED NOTICING THE CLUTCH WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR. I HAD A FRIEND DRIVE IT AFTER THAT INCIDENT AND HE SAID HE DIDN'T NOTICE ANYTHING SO I LET IT GO. IT WOULD NOTICE IT HAPPENING AGAIN, USUALLY WHEN I'M DRIVING AROUND TOWN IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. I TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC WHO TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT. THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME SOO MANY TIMES NOW. I WILL BE DRIVING AND THEIR WOULD BE NO PRESSURE IN THE CLUTCH, IT WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR AND ALL THE TIME I'D HAVE TO USE MY FEET TO POP IT BACK UP. ONE INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN I WAS PARKED. I TURNED MY CAR ON AND PUT MY FOOT ON CLUTCH, NO PRESSURE. USUALLY I COULD PUT IT IN GEAR, DRIVE IT AROUND FOR 10 MINS (POPPING THE CLUTCH BACK UP) THE WHOLE TIME AND THE PRESSURE WOULD START TO COME BACK AFTER A COUPLE DRIVES AROUND THE BLOCK. THIS TIME, I COULDN'T EVEN PUT THE CAR IN GEAR. I WAS STUCK FOR ALMOST 30 MINS, TRYING TO PUMP THE CLUTCH, TURNING THE CAR ON AND OFF, DOING EVERYTHING POSSIBLE. FINALLY I WAS ABLE TO PUT IT IN GEAR AND DROVE IT AROUND THE BLOCK AND THEN STRAIGHT TO THE MECHANIC. WHO TOLD ME NOTHING. BASICALLY HE BLED SYSTEM, AND SO FORTH AND SO FORTH. JUST YESTERDAY, THIS HAPPENED AGAIN WHILE DRIVING IN BUSY STREET IN MY CITY. IT IS VERY, VERY DANGEROUS AND AS I BEGAN TO RESEARCH ONLINE, I NOTICED THAT OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I DON'T KNOW HOW MUCH MONEY I'VE PUT INTO TRYING TO "FIX" THIS PROBLEM BUT THEIR SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE. TO ENSURE THAT NO LIVES ARE LOST OR IN DANGER, SOMEONE FROM NISSAN NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. *TR

THE FOLLOWING IS A DETAILED ACCOUNT OF THE AUTOMOBILE ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED ON FEBRUARY 24, 2011. AT APPROXIMATELY 11:30AM, WHILE DRIVING MY FATHER'S 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5S, WHICH I REGULARLY DRIVE, I PULLED INTO THE PARKING LOT OF A LOCAL SHOPPING CENTER. I PULLED INTO A PARKING SPACE IN WHICH MY VEHICLE WAS SEPARATED BY A CURBED SIDEWALK IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING. I PLACED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO PARK WHILE THE ENGINE WAS STILL RUNNING. I GLANCED TO THE RIGHT OF ME AT THE PASSENGER'S SEAT TO MAKE SURE I HAD MY BELONGINGS. MY HANDS WERE NEITHER ON THE STEERING WHEEL OR THE GEAR SHIFT WHEN UNEXPECTEDLY THE VEHICLE INSTANTLY LAUNCH FORWARD. IT JUMPED THE CURB AND HIT INTO THE SHOPPING CARTS WHICH WERE BETWEEN MY VEHICLE AND THE BUILDING'S WALL. THE CAR BEGAN TO LURCH BACK AND FORTH VIOLENTLY, RAMMING INTO THE SHOPPING CARTS, CAUSING MY BODY TO ALSO BE TOSSED BACK AND FORTH IN THE SAME MANNER. I PLACED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO REVERSE TO TRY AND REMOVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE SIDEWALK. IMMEDIATELY AFTER I WAS ABLE TO REMOVE THE VEHICLE FROM THE SIDEWALK I PUT THE GEAR SHIFT BACK INTO PARK. HOWEVER THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO MOVE BACKWARDS WITH AS MUCH FORCE AND VELOCITY AS IT EXERTED WHEN IT FIRST LAUNCHED FORWARD. I FOUND MYSELF SPEEDING BACKWARDS SO RAPIDLY THAT I HAD NO MEANS OF STOPPING THE CAR. THE CAR FINALLY CAME TO A STOP AFTER IT STRUCK TWO VEHICLES THAT WERE PARKED ACROSS THE PARKING LOT. *TR

MY 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER HAS A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. A WEEK AGO THE CAR BEGAN SHUTTING ITSELF OFF WHILE SHE IS DRIVING IT. THE CODES SAID WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CRANKSHAFT SENSOR AND WE DID SO. THIS DID NOT STOP THE PROBLEM. ON THE WAY HOME FROM THE AUTO PARTS STORE TODAY HER CAR STOPPED AND SHE WAS ALMOST REAR-ENDED BY A TRUCK. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET IT APPEARS THAT NISSAN ALTIMAS HAVE A HISTORY OF THIS SORT OF PROBLEM. SOMEONE IS GOING TO GET KILLED IF THIS PROBLEM IS NOT FIXED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY ACCELERATING AND A CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 52,000.

THE CLUTCH PEDAL IN MY 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA IS ENGAGING BUT LATELY WHILE DRIVING, THE CLUTCH SUDDENLY PRESSES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR WHILE I ATTEMPT TO SHIFT GEAR. THE PEDAL WON'T COME BACK ON ITS OWN, AND SHIFTING BECOMES DIFFICULT IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE. I ALMOST CAUSED AN ACCIDENT MANEUVERING MY FOOT TO UNSTICK THE PEDAL FROM THE FLOOR, WHILE IN TRAFFIC THE OTHER DAY. THEN, IT SUDDENLY WENT BACK TO ITS TYPICAL FUNCTION AND OPERATED SMOOTHLY. I'VE EXPERIENCED TWO OF THESE OCCURRENCES WITHIN THE PAST 3 DAYS ; THE CAR HAS BEEN FINE UP TO THIS POINT AND HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED ( 83,000 MILES; ONE OWNER ). *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 40MPH, THE DRIVER ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO STOP. HE ATTEMPTED TO ENGAGE THE EMERGENCY BRAKE AND THE VEHICLE CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE. THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT ENGAGED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATOR LIGHTS PRESENT DURING, BEFORE OR AFTER THE CRASH OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS UNABLE TO STOP OR GAIN CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE CRASHED INTO A TREE AND THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE DRIVER HAD BACK INJURIES IN THREE PLACES. A POLICE REPORT AND PHOTOS ARE AVAILABLE. THE POLICE REPORT INDICATED THAT THEY OBSERVED THE DRIVER ATTEMPTING TO STOP FOR TWO HUNDRED FEET. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED, THE CONTACT RECEIVED A RECALL NOTICE. THE RECALL NOTICE STATED THAT THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE ENGINE MAY STOP RUNNING WHILE BEING DRIVEN DUE TO THE COMPUTER AND COULD CAUSE A CRASH WITHOUT WARNING. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 31,000.

MY WIFE WAS GOING TO WENDY'S. SHE TURNED INTO WENDY'S PARKING LOT, SHE WENT AROUND WENDY'S TO THE OTHER SIDE AND WENT TO THE LAST PARKING SPOT WHEN THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN. CAR JUMPED CURB AND HIT A TREE. WITNESS SAID THEY SAW A PUFF OF SMOKE , THERE WERE NO TIRE MARKS ANYWHERE. ALMOST $ 5000.00 DAMAGE. CAR WAS TAKEN NISSAN DEALER, BUT THEY COULD NOT FIND ANY THING WRONG. I HAVE FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING AT HIGHWAY SPEED THE CAR STALLED FOR A SECOND AND THEN WAS FINE. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. NEXT DAY COMING TO A STOP AT LIGHT AND CAR STALLED AGAIN. WOULD NOT RESTART TOOK FIVE MINUTES TO START. *AK EVERY TIME YOU CRANK CAR IT TAKE THIRTY SECONDS TO FIVE MINUTES TO START.

I WAS SLOWLY PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT IN FRONT OF MY APARTMENT BUILDING. AS I REACHED THE FRONT OF THE SPOT (THE END WHERE THE FRONT OF MY CAR WOULD BE), MY 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA BUCKED BACKWARD SLIGHTLY, THEN SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. THE CAR HIT A TREE, THEN CONTINUED FORWARD UNTIL IT STOPPED IN THE BEDROOM OF MY DOWNSTAIRS NEIGHBOR. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE THE WHOLE TIME. I AM SURE OF THIS, AS THIS IS THE SECOND TIME IN A YEAR THAT THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME. THE FIRST TIME, I WAS PULLING INTO A PARKING SPOT IN A PARKING GARAGE, AND THE CAR ACCELERATED INTO A CONCRETE POLE. REPAIRS TO THE AUTO BODY (ONLY) WERE COMPLETED, BUT IT SEEMED AS THOUGH THE ENGINE WAS DOWNSHIFTING VERY HARD. I HAD NISSAN CHECK IT OUT, AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG. I AM NOT NUTS. I AM NOT SENILE. I AM NOT ELDERLY (52). I HAVE BEEN DRIVING FOR 34 YRS. AND HAVE HAD AN EXCELLENT DRIVING RECORD (UNTIL NOW). THE CAR WAS BOUGHT IN DECEMBER 2004, AND IN LESS THAN 18 MONTHS, I HAVE HAD 2 ALMOST IDENTICAL ACCIDENTS (SAME MALFUNCTION; SAME APPROACH TO THE PARKING SPOT). *NM

DT: THE OWNER HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR SINCE THE DAY OF PURCHASE. IN THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON, THE CAR STALLS. THERE IS NO ACCELERATION AND THE GAS PEDAL DOES NOT WORK. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT DOES NOT COME ON BEFORE THE STALLING BEGINS. THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TIME THIS HAPPENED THE OWNER THOUGHT IT RAN OUT OF GAS. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INTO THE REPAIR SHOP THREE TIMES, AND THE REPAIR HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL. THE DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSOR, THROTTLE CHAMBER, AND AIR VOLUME LEARNING PROCEDURE. THE SECOND TIME THE ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSOR WAS REPLACED AGAIN. THE THIRD TIME THE ACCELERATOR POSITION SENSOR AND ENGINE CONTROL MODULE WERE REPLACED. AGAIN, THIS DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE REPAIRED THE PROBLEM, THE OWNER IS NOT CONFIDENT WITH THIS VEHICLE. THE DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT GUARANTEE THIS WOULD NEVER HAPPEN AGAIN. *AK