2013 Nissan Altima Brakes Problems

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving 25 MPH, the brake pedal went to the floorboard when depressed and failed to stop the vehicle in a timely manner. The contact was able to drive the vehicle to her residence and then had it towed to the dealer. The dealer diagnosed the vehicle with rear brakes and caliper failure. The rear brakes and calipers were replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 153,242.

THE CAR WAS STATIONARY IN THE DRIVEWAY, WITH WHEEL WEDGES PLACED AT FRONT TIRES. IT WAS JACKED UP THE REAR DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS REMOVED TO PUT ON NEW BRAKES, ONLY TO FIND A BOLT HOLDING THE CALIPER ON TO THE BRACKET WAS BROKE OFF. THIS WARRANTS A GREAT SAFETY CONCERN. DO ALL THE OTHER ONES HAVE TO BE CHANGED?- IN ORDER TO PREVENT A SAFETY HAZARD.

PURCHASED USED 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 SL WITH APPROXIMATELY 65,606 MILES. JUNE 2016, AT 65,606 MILES, AUTO DEALER MECHANIC RESURFACED FRONT ROTORS AND REPLACED FRONT AND REAR BRAKES. AT APPROXIMATELY 65, 650 MILES BRAKES/ROTORS BEGAN TO THUMP. DEALER MECHANIC RESURFACED FRONT LEFT ROTOR. AT APPROXIMATELY 92,799 MILES, BRAKES BEGAN TO SQUEAL. SECOND MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO FIND PROBLEM. AT 96,052 MILES THIRD MECHANIC EXPERIENCED BRAKES SQUEALING AND RESURFACED ALL FOUR ROTORS. HOWEVER, BRAKES BEGAN TO SQUEAL AFTER RESURFACING. AT APPROXIMATELY 97,192 MILES, A FOURTH MECHANIC REPLACED FRONT ROTORS AND FRONT AND BACK BRAKES. AT APPROXIMATELY 105,139 MILES BRAKES BEGAN TO SQUEAL. 5TH MECHANIC REPLACED THE FRONT BRAKES.

BRAKES SQUEAL WHEN APPLYING BRAKES IN DRIVE AND REVERSE. MECHANIC CANNOT FIND CAUSE.

I OWN A NISSAN ALTIMA 2013, AND SADLY I'VE MORE PROBLEMS WITH THIS VEHICLE THAN ANY OTHER I EVER OWNED. THE ENGINE STALLS WHEN IN NOTION AND STATIONERY. SOMETIMES IT TAKES MULTIPLE TRIES TO EVEN GET IT STARTED. THE INTERIOR DOOR HANDLES ON THE BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE BROKE AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE AIR BAG SENSORS HAD TO BE REPLACED. THE HOOD LATCH HAD TO BE REPLACED. AND THE BACK BRAKES HAVE BEEN CHANGED THREE TIMES AND IT S STILL HAS A AWFUL LENGTHY SQUEAK WHICH IS VERY EMBARRASSING. SO SAY THE LEAST THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING CONSIDERING I'M STILL PAYING OVER THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS A MONTH FOR A CAR NOT AND STILL HAVE TO COME OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIRS THAT THE EXTENDED WARRANTY SUPPOSEDLY DOES NOT COVER. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS PURCHASE. ALL OF THESE ISSUES HAVE HAPPENED OVER TIME AND I'M STILL HAVING ISSUES TO THIS DAY.

MY BRAKES AND ROTORS HAVE BEEN REPLACED THREE TIMES WITHIN A SIX-WEEK PERIOD. AFTER EACH REPLACEMENT, SQUEALING AND GRINDING SOUNDS CONTINUED. EACH REPLACEMENT RESULTED IN A UPGRADE OF BRAKE PADS TO TAKE CARE OF THE LOUDNESS OF THE SQUEALS. REPLACEMENT WAS DONE BY THE SAME SHOP. THE SQUEALS AND GRINDING NOISES OCCUR WHENEVER I PUSH THE BRAKES TO STOP OR PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE TO BACKUP. FOR THE LAST REPLACEMENT OF BRAKE PADS, I WAS TOLD TO DRIVE THE CAR FOR AT LEAST 100 MILES AND THE SQUEALS AND GRINDS WOULD STOP. THIS HOWEVER NEVER HAPPENED. THE THIRD TIME I TOOK MY CAR BACK TO THE SERVICE SHOP THEY REPLACED THE BRAKES WITH PRO STOP. I WAS TOLD THIS IS THE TOP OF THE LINE IN BRAKE PADS. TO THIS DAY, I STILL EXPERIENCE VERY LOUD SQUEALS AND GRINDING AS IF MY BRAKES NEED TO BE REPLACED.

THE DASHBOARD BRAKE WARNING LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON WHEN DRIVING & REMAINS ON UNTIL CAR IS TURNED OFF AND THEN RESTARTED. IT HAS OCCURRED MULTIPLE TIMES WHETHER SLOWING (FOOT ON BRAKE), GOING UP OR DOWNHILL, DRIVING ON FREEWAY, OR AFTER STOPPING FOR A LIGHT. HAS HAPPENED MULTIPLE TIMES STARTING WHEN CAR WAS 3 MONTHS OLD. NISSAN DEALER SAYS COMPUTER ANALYSIS SHOWS INCIDENT OCCURS BUT COMPUTER DOESN'T SHOW WHY.

THE BRAKES STARTED SQUEALING AFTER A COUPLE A DAYS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR, AND CONTINUE TO SQUEAL AFTER REPLACEMENT. TI HAVE CONTACTED THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT IT IS COMMON, AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THIS CAR SQUEALS REALLY LOUD WHEN IT IS IN MOTION, AND WHEN THE BRAKES GET HOT.

I TOOK MY CAR FOR SERVICING AT NISSAN SERVICE CENTER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT CAR BRAKES NEEDS TO BE CHANGED. MY CAR'S MILEAGE IS ONLY 34 K.

THE BRAKES ON THE 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA SQUEAK, WHEN BACKING UP. I HAD THIS LOOKED AT THREE TIMES AND THE BRAKES ARE FINE SO THERE MUST BE A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING 5 MPH, THE BRAKES SQUEAKED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER DIAGNOSED THAT THE BRAKES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE BRAKE FAILURE OCCURRED WITHOUT WARNING. THE BRAKES WERE REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 27,000.

DRIVING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC ON THE INTERSTATE, I HEARD A NOISE BUT COULD NOT DISTINGUISH WHAT IT WAS OR WERE IT CAME FROM. THE NOISE EVENTUALLY GOT LOUDER AND AFTER APPLYING BRAKES IN TRAFFIC THE CAR STRUGGLED TO ENGAGE INTO DRIVE. I MADE IT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY TO A DEALERSHIP. UPON INSPECTION, THE BRAKE CALIPER CAME OFF AND WAS GRINDING INTO THE WHEEL.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED AND DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS FUNCTIONING AS DESIGNED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 30 MINUTES AFTER STARTING THE ENGINE, THE BRAKE SENSOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED AND INDICATED THAT THE BRAKE SYSTEM WAS FAULTY. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 37,000.

BRAKES FAULTY AND MALFUNCTIONING. ISSUE FOR MANY OWNERS OF 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. THIS MECHANISM SHOULD BE RECALLED BEFORE SOMEONE IS INJURED OR KILLED.

WHILE PARKING IN A PARKING LOT, BRAKE PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND THE CAR DID NOT STOP. IN THE FIRST INCIDENT 5/20/14 THERE WAS NO ACCIDENT OF DAMAGE. THE CAR CONTINUED TO TRAVEL THROUGH THE INTENDED PARKING SPACE AND DRIFTED TO A STOP. THE SECOND INCIDENT 8/25/14 RESULTED IN AN ACCIDENT WHERE THE DRIVER'S FRONT IMPACTED THE DRIVER'S FRONT OF A CAR THAT WAS PARKED. *TR

THIS IS A FIRST TIME INCIDENT PERTAINING TO MY 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA SEDAN. MY BRAKE WARNING LAMP (RED) ILLUMINATED WHILE I WAS DRIVING AT A STEADY SPEED OF 45 MPH. NOTE...EARLIER IN THE MORNING I DID NOT EXPERIENCE THIS ISSUE WHILE DRIVING. I PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD AND CONFIRMED THAT MY PARKING BRAKE PEDAL WAS FULLY RELEASED. I TURNED THE ENGINE OFF AND MOMENTS LATER I RESTARTED IT. THE BRAKE WARNING LAMP STAYED ILLUMINATED. KNOWING THAT MY BRAKES WERE PERFORMING NORMALLY, I CONTINUED ON MY JOURNEY AND DROVE HOME. AT THAT TIME I CHECKED THE VEHICLES BRAKE MASTER CYLINDER FLUID LEVEL. IT WAS SLIGHTLY BELOW THE RESERVOIR'S MAXIMUM INDICATOR. IN ADDITION I CHECKED AND CONFIRMED THAT MY REAR BRAKE LAMPS WERE OPERATING PROPERLY. THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED FOR APPROX. 4 HOURS AND THE ENGINE WAS RESTARTED. THE BRAKE WARNING LAMP WAS NO LONGER ILLUMINATED. I THEN DROVE THE VEHICLE AT NIGHT FOR APPROXIMATELY 5 MILES WITHOUT THE PROBLEM RECURRING. IT IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT THE DAYTIME TEMPERATURE WAS RATHER HIGH AT 94 DEGREES. *TR

THE BRAKES ON THE NISSAN ALTIMA ARE CONSTANTLY SQUEALING. I BROUGHT A BRAND NEW ALTIMA NISSAN 2013. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP SEVERAL TIMES AND ALSO CONTACTED CUSTOMER CARE FOR NISSAN. THE SQUEALING OF MY BRAKES ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED. I WAS TOLD AT THE DEALERSHIP I WOULD HAVE TO DEAL WITH THE SQUEALING FOR AS LONG AS I HAVE THE VEHICLE. I WAS ALSO TOLD THERE WAS AN ALERT (BY A FLOOR MANAGER). WELL, CUSTOMER CARE SAID THAT WAS NOT TRUE. I AM TRYING TO GET RID OF THE CAR. THERE IS NO REASON TO HAVE SQUEALING BRAKES. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME I MAKE A STOP OR REVERSING. I ALSO HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THE PUSH TO START BUTTON. I HAVE COMPLAINED THAT IT ACTS AS IF IT DOES NOT WANT TO "CATCH" I WAS TOLD WHEN I FIRST COMPLAINED THAT A NEW STARTER WAS ORDER AND I WOULD BE CONTACTED WHEN IT ARRIVES. THAT WAS IN 2012. IT IS MAY 2013. STILL HAVE NOT BEEN CALLED BY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AND MY CAR HAS BEEN SERVICE AT LEAST 3 TIMES SINCE IT WAS REPORTED. *TR

THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON RANDOMLY AND STAYS ON UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS TURNED OFF; THE BRAKE PEDAL HAS A "HITCH" IN IT WHEN LETTING UP ON IT (AS DOES THE GAS PEDAL); YOU CAN HEAR GAS SLOSHING AROUND IN THE GAS TANK. PIECE OF CRAP CAR. *TR

1. WHEN YOU FILL THE GAS TANK UP YOU CAN HEAR FUEL SLOSHING AROUND AND KNOCKING AGAINST THE TANK. 2. BRAKES SQUEAL AND GRIND 3. ENGINE IS NOISY AND GROWLS CAR SHAKES 4. AIR BAG RECALL 5. GAS MILEAGE IS NOT AS ADVERTISED 6. CONSOLE HAS BEEN REPAIRED MULTIPLE TIMES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DEPRESSING THE BRAKES AND LEAVING A PARKING LOT, THE BRAKES FAILED AND THE VEHICLE MERGED ONTO THE HIGHWAY. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO STOP THE VEHICLE BY COASTING INTO ANOTHER DRIVEWAY AND APPLYING THE EMERGENCY BRAKES. AFTER LETTING THE VEHICLE SIT FOR A FEW HOURS, THE VEHICLE DROVE AS NORMAL. THE VEHICLE WAS LATER TAKEN TO THE DEALER. AFTER INSPECTION, THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE VEHICLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 200. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 300. *TR...UPDATED 05/08/13 *BF

WELL I BEEN DRIVING THIS CAR FOR ABOUT THREE MONTHS NOW AND THE BRAKE LIGHT KEEPS COMING ON ABOUT A WEEK AFTER I GO THE CAR THE LIGHT CAME ON, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME WHEN ITS LOW ON BRAKE FLUID THE LIGHT WILL COME ON. WELL ABOUT THREE WEEKS LATER WHILE DRIVING THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER SHIP AND THEY SAID NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. TWO WEEKS LATER THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND I LOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHILE THE LIGHT WAS ON AND THEY KEEP TELLING ME NOTHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. SO ABOUT A WEEK AGO THE LIGHT WAS ON AGAIN. I AM STARTING TO FEEL AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE I THINK IT WONT STOP THIS IS A NEW CAR I SHOULD NOT HAVE BRAKE ISSUE THIS EARLY. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2013 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5 S IN JULY OF 2012 WITH 349 MILES ON IT. I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS PROBLEMS AND HAVE RETURNED THE VEHICLE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS FOR REPAIR AND HAVE YET TO FIND A SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM. IN THE MEAN TIME THEY ARE ONLY GETTING WORSE. THE FIRST PROBLEM OCCURRED 2 WEEKS AFTER I PURCHASED IT. I GOT IN MY CAR AND APPLIED THE BRAKE AND PUSHED THE BUTTON TO START THE CAR AND THE CAR HESITATED, IT WAS ALMOST LIKE THE STARTER HAD HUNG UP. I WASN'T TOO WORRIED AT FIRST AND FIGURE IT WAS JUST A ONE TIME FLUKE, BUT IT WASN'T. NEARLY FIVE DAYS LATER IT OCCURRED AGAIN AND ATLEAST ONE OR TWICE A WEEK THERE AFTER. AFTER 4 WEEKS AND IT HAVING DONE IT ABOUT 4 TIMES BY THEN I MADE AND APPOINTMENT TO HAVE IT SERVICE AND A FEW DAYS LATER I NOTICED 2 NEW NOISE PROBLEMS. I WAS DRIVING WITH WINDOW DOWN ONE DAY AND HEARD A LOUD CHIMING OR JINGLING NOISE COMING FROM WHAT SOUNDED LIKE THE FRONT DRIVER TIRE.IT PRETTY MUCH SOUNDED TO BE A LOOSE NUT OR SCREW JINGLING AROUND SOMEWHERE. THEN A FEW DAYS AFTER THAT'S WHEN THE BRAKES STARTED SQUEALING. AND IT WAS TERRIBLE AND VERY LOUD, LIKE NAILS ON CHALKBOARD AND VERY EMBARRASSING. SO WHEN I BRING IT TO BE SERVICED THEY TELL ME THAT THE ISSUE I HAD WHEN STARTED COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED AND THAT THE BRAKES WHERE CLEANED AND THE ROTORS WHERE SHAVED DOWN AND ALSO THAT THEY PUT NO SQUEAL ON. AND FOR THE ISSUE WITH THE JINGLING NOISE WAS THAT A SCREW WAS LOOSE AND RATTLING AROUND ON THE ENGINE COVER. BUT WHEN I DROVE THE NEXT DAY THE BRAKES STARTED SQUEALING AGAIN SO ONCE MORE 2 WEEKS LATER I RETURN IT AGAIN.AND THEY TELL ME THEY HAVE TO SHAVE THE REAR ROTORS THIS TIME. WHEN I LEAVE THIS TIME THE SQUEALING DOES NOT RETURN FOR 2 WEEKS. SO ONCE MORE I RETURN IT THIS TIME THEY TELL ME THAT DIRT IS CAKED UNDER MY BRAKE PADS AND ALL I CAN DO IS PRETTY MUCH PRESSURE WASH THEM EVERY DAY. THAT'S NOT QUALITY! *TR

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR FOR 5 MONTHS AND BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW AND IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS THAT NISSAN CANNOT RESOLVE. ON TOP OF ALL OF THE RECALLS, BRAKE AND STARTING ISSUES IT NOW STARTING TO FALL APART. RECENTLY I HAVE BEEN NOTICING A NOISE COMING FROM THE WINDSHIELD ALMOST EVERY TIME I DRIVE AND ESPECIALLY WHEN I AM DRIVING 60-75MPH ON THE INTERSTATE. THE NOISE I HAVE BEEN HEARING SOUNDS LIKE SMALL ROCK HIT THE WINDSHIELD AND AT OTHER TIMES I HEAR A CRACKING NOISE. SO HERE RECENTLY I WAS DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE AT 75MPH AND HEAR SOMETHING FLAPPING ON THE WINDSHIELD AND NOTICE THAT IT IS THE RUBBER SEAL THAT GOES AROUND THE WINDSHIELD. SO I PULL OFF AT THE NEXT EXIT AND REATTACH THE SEAL. THE CAR IS ONLY 5 MONTHS OLD AND NOTHING SHOULD BE COMING OFF LIKE THAT. ALSO MY CAR HAS BLACK INTERIOR AND IT TENDS I BE MUCH HOTTER ON INSIDE ESPECIALLY IN DIRECT SUNLIGHT. ONE DAY I LEFT MY CAR PARKED IN THE DIRECT SUNLIGHT AND GOT IT AND THE INTERIOR WAS PRETTY WARM AND I WAS GOING TO PLUG MY PHONE IN AND THE A/C OUTLET INSIDE THE CUBBY UNDER THE RADIO AND AS SOON AS I TRIED TO LIFT THE OUTLET COVER IT CRACKED AND BROKE OFF. I TRADED IN MY 2010 ALTIMA FOR THE 2013 BECAUSE I LOVED MY PREVIOUS ALTIMA AND I HAD 60K ON IT AND NEVER HAD A PROBLEM WITH IT. I THOUGHT I WAS BUYING QUALITY AND RELIABILITY WHEN I PURCHASED A NISSAN, BUT THAT HAS NOT BEEN THE CASE. I HAVE HAD THE CAR ONLY FIVE MONTHS AND HAVING MECHANICAL, EXTERIOR AND INTERIOR ISSUES. THIS WILL BE THE LAST NISSAN I OWN, I WILL BE GETTING A CAMRY NEXT TIME I PURCHASE A CAR. *TR

PURCHASED A NISSAN 2013 IN JULY OF 2012 IN 8/2012 THE CAR HAD TO HAVE A TOTAL BRAKE JOB ON THE FRONT AND REAR BRAKES AT 1300 MILES. NISSAN HAS YET TO TELL ME WHY THE CAR WAS MANUFACTURED WITH BAD BRAKES AND ROTORS AND IF THERE IS AN UNDERLYING ISSUE THAT CREATED THE ISSUE AT 1300MILES. FAULTY POWERSTEERING PUMP CAUSES THE CAR TO GROWL AND MAKE A WINDING NOISE. YOU CAN HEAR THE FUEL IN THE TANK SLOSHING AROUND IN THE TANK OF THE CAR. THIS CAR IS HORRIBLE. *TR