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2007 Nissan Altima Engine problems

Owners have filed 79 complaints about the 2007 Nissan Altima's engine & cooling with NHTSA - 16% of all its complaints, most recently on February 9, 2023. They describe 2 crashes, 16 fires and 3 injuries. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Complaints
79
Recalls
1
Crashes
2
Fires
16
Injuries
3
Deaths
0

Engine recalls for the 2007 Nissan Altima

Engine and engine cooling

07V267000140,582 vehicles affected

The problem
On certain vehicles, if a sufficiently hot object enters the air filter housing through the engine fresh air intake system and contacts the engine air filter, the flammability characteristics of the air filter material are such that the filter may ignite.
The risk
If the air filter material ignites, a fire may occur.
The fix
Dealers will replace the air filter with a new one that has improved anti-flammability material characteristics. The recall began on july 3, 2007, and will continue through october 1, 2007. Owners may contact nissan at 1-800-647-7261.

Engine complaints

BrakesEngine & coolingTransmission & drivetrain

The contact owns a 2007 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving 20 MPH, the ABS and TPMS warning lights illuminated and the vehicle started to stall. The contact saw smoke coming out from underneath the hood. The contact was able to veer to the side of the road. An independent mechanic towed the vehicle to the contact's residence. The independent mechanic then diagnosed that the transmission fluid and engine coolant were leaking over the engine compartment. The contact related the failure to NHTSA Campaign...

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Number: 07V267000 (Engine and Engine Cooling). The vehicle was not repaired. Additionally, the contact stated that upon attempting to start the vehicle, the brakes seized. The dealer was notified of the failure and informed the contact that the VIN was not included in a recall related to the failure. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 232,740.

Filed Incident Service brakes, air · Engine and engine cooling · Power trainNHTSA 11506404
Engine & cooling1 injury

The contact owns a 2007 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the vehicle stalled, causing another vehicle to swipe the driver's side and the driver's side mirror off the vehicle. The contact was injured but did not receive medical attention. A police report was filed. The vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The vehicle was not diagnosed nor repaired by an independent mechanic or dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 146,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11505019
Transmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

I was driving and my car started shaking. The engine light came on and I had to go get it checked out so I did and the guy said my transmission could explode on me, stop while I'm driving, or stop working randomly.

Filed Incident Power train · EngineNHTSA 11377870
Transmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

I recently just purchased this car and the check engine light came on so I checked it. Turns out there is something wrong with a circuit in the transmission. It will give out on me.

Filed Incident Power train · EngineNHTSA 11377792
Transmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

My transmission slips needs to be replaced and my car will not keep a battery charged. I have to jump my car every 2-3 months

Filed Incident Power train · EngineNHTSA 11342421
Engine & cooling

PUSH BUTTON NOT DOING ANYTHING

Filed Incident Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 11322207
Engine & cooling

The whole engine is jerking when placed on reverse.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11320523
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan altima. While driving 70 mph, the vehicle seized and smoke appeared under the hood. There were no warning indicators illuminated. The contact opened the hood and doused the engine with water to clear the smoke. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic who stated that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer and manufacturer were not notified. The failure mileage was 146,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11279800
Transmission & drivetrainDriver assistanceEngine & cooling

Check engine light flashes for a few seconds then shuts off and turns back on while this is happening my 2007 nissan altima loses power while driving and feels like the car is going to die out but does not it stays on but the car will engine feels like its jerking or sputtering ,car was in motion while this situation was happening, yona guam 96915

Filed Incident Power train · Electronic stability control (ESC) · EngineNHTSA 11266563
Wheels & tiresEngine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan altima. The contact stated that the vehicle had two dry rotted tires and there was an oil leak. The vehicle also failed the emissions test. Dal motors (3915 covington hwy, decatur, georgia 30032, 678-705-9350) showed the contact the emissions papers, which indicated that the vehicle passed; however, it was discovered that the vehicle had not been tested. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not contacted. The contact filed a claim with the federal trade commission. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Incident Wheels · EngineNHTSA 11196975
Engine & coolingFire

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan altima. While driving 35 mph, the vehicle made an abnormal noise and noticed smoke coming from the hood on the passenger side of the engine. The vehicle then caught fire. The fire department extinguished the fire and a police report was filed. The cause of the fire was unknown. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic, but was not diagnosed or repaired. There were no injuries. It was not confirmed whether the vehicle was destroyed. The manufacturer and dealer were not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 153,405.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11140472
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan altima. While driving 40 mph, the vehicle failed to accelerate, stalled, and the check engine indicator illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who stated that the catalytic converter needed to be replaced. The local dealer and manufacturer were not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The failure mileage was 173,281. The vin was not available.

Filed Incident Engine and engine coolingNHTSA 11139345
Acceleration & cruise controlEngine & coolingCrash

Driving home from a physical therapy appointment, I entered my street apps 1/4 mile from my house. I depressed the gas pedal to go up a slight incline. At this point the engine accelerated as the gas pedel was totally depressed. The car continued accelerating. Out of fear for other drivers, I tried to turn to a side street on the right, an 1/8 of mile from my house with foot on the brake and nothing on the gas. The car fishtailed causing the car to severe a telephone pole and a stop sign on the end of that street. The car was totalled. I was not cited by the police.

Filed Incident Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 11114651
Transmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

While driving my 2007 nissan altima the rpm drops and the car loses power. The check engine light gives a code for the catalyst converter but the light goes on and off. Once the rpm drops and all of the lights on the dashboard start blinking, the car jerks and stall. I have to pull over and put the car in park for a few minutes. The car jerks again and drives normal for about 15 minutes and then it repeats itself.

Filed Incident Power train · EngineNHTSA 11089284
Engine & cooling

The exhaust manifold has a hole and crack prior to the catalytic converter. This has allowed carbon monoxide to be sucked into the cabin of the vehicle through the hvac system of the vehicle while it is stopped or parked and running. It has also increased the levels of carbon monoxide emitted by the vehicle while the engine is running as the hole is allowing some exhaust to exit the exhaust system prior to going though the catalytic converter.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11032197
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan altima. The contact stated that the service engine warning indicator remained illuminated. In addition, there was a strong vibration, a loud noise near the engine, and the engine moved while the vehicle was in motion. The vehicle was taken to the dealer twice where it was confirmed that the vehicle was not included in the manufacturer's recall. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who replaced two of the engine mounts. The manufacturer was notified of the failure,...

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stated that they no longer used the provider before to the engine mounts and had a new provider who supplied the parts which provided no solution for the contact because they also stated that the vehicle was excluded from the manufacturer recall. The failure mileage was not available.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10925967
Electrical systemEngine & coolingFuel system

Was told car needed new hybrid battery, had replaced, next told inverter needed replacing, car still not working. Nissan engineer has now looked at car twice, last time 10/26 and still waiting to find out what is wrong. Vehicle stopped starting originally and was told hybrid battery pack.

Filed Incident Electrical system · Engine · Fuel / propulsion systemNHTSA 10919882
Engine & coolingTransmission & drivetrain

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan altima. The contact stated that the vehicle experienced a loss of engine power. The engine still operated, but the vehicle would not accelerate past 5 mph. In addition, there was an abnormal sulfur smell once the vehicle accelerated over 5 mph. The failure occurred without warning. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the catalytic converter and transmission malfunctioned and needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 211,000.

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Power trainNHTSA 10837221
Engine & cooling

I was driving northbound on western avenue busy main street in chicago all the sudden my car started shaking and vibrating as I approach the lighti had to turn my car off put it in park first turn it off and then try to turn it back on to accelerate it only works once until I got to the second main light and my car would not move or accelerate and I was stuck in the middle of a busy main street with cars behind me beeping and driving past me. Not to mention my rpm's we're going all over the place and I could not...

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drive past 20 miles per hour and the car would speed up and slow down on its own and it felt like it was over working itself. Prior to this ionly a week ago that I heard a rattling noise and took it into my mechanic to see what the problem was and the computer told him it was a transmission issue which at this time nissan had refused to repair and replace based on the warranty because I was over a thousand miles which at that point I never knew or was notified there was an extended warranty otherwise I would have taken in the car a lot sooner thousand miles is only two weeks more of driving for me. Also my rpm's were going all over the place I couldn't even drive past 20 miles per hour and then the car would speed up with the rpm's increasing not only does this present a problem need driving the car but it also created a safety issue I could have gotten hit from behind with my 1 year old child in the backseat crying hysterically and I could have gotten hit moving my own car to safety because I had to get it out of the main busy street and no one came out to help me and I was pushing my car by myself in 20 below freezing weather in chicago.Now it's going to cost me $2,000 to fix this problem that nissan already knew was an issue never notified me of even with the extended warranty and did not want to cover it because I was over the mileage.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10822096
Engine & coolingTransmission & drivetrain

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan altima. While at a stop light, the vehicle began to jerk and independently accelerated. The contact had to depress the brake pedal to stop the vehicle from moving forward. In addition, upon inspection, there was oil in the radiator. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic who diagnosed that the motor and transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Incident Engine and engine cooling · Power trainNHTSA 10822015
Engine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2007 nissan altima. While driving at approximately 65 mph, the check engine warning light illuminated and the vehicle failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. In addition, the vehicle vibrated violently. The contact mentioned that the check engine warning light stopped illuminating and the failure stopped. The failure occurred once. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 132,000.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10785462
Electrical systemEngine & cooling

My complaint is for oil leak and electrical system problem. 1 Year after purchasing my 2007 nissan altima, I took it for oil change were they stated we think there might be a leak somewhere. 3 Months later I took the car for another oil change and all of a sudden it was a major oil leak. This just one incident and I have read several complaint forum where people are having the same problem and some resulted in there cars catching on fire. Then on approximately april 22, 2015 I was driving my vehicle and it randomly...

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shut off, none the car would start, the key entry wouldn't work, the radio would come on and the heating/air unit would work nor would the truck open and actually the truck stopped opening a month before the car shut off while I was driving. Nissan refuses to fix any of these problems and I really feel that they should fix this problem since it is a multitude of cars with this same problem. Also, my car has been sitting since april 22, 2015 down the street from my home

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10750258
Engine & cooling

We were driving to tampa and car suddenly stopped and had to go on the side of the road and will not start. Had to be towed to the closer transmission repair shop. They checked the engine and had a hole in it and could not figure what the cause of the hole, it took two weeks to get the diagnosis and told us we need to get a new transmission, we paid $5000 for it and had no choice as that was the only car between me and my husband to go to work. I contacted nissan and they said it was not under warranty and could...

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not help me even if I told them there were other complaints about the car. Even the repair guy told us that nissan had so many problems. After 2 months there were more problems, seems every few months something is wrong and now my car is sitting again in the repair shop just after 2 yrs and they said I need another transmission!!!!! This is crazy, I wish I had trade in the car before this happened as this is a piece of junk. I will never buy nissan before and hopefully I can get the word out not to buy nissan. *Tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10693362
Engine & cooling

I took my niece to this crappy dealership today to get her car serviced because she has a recall to replace the exhaust manifold. I spoke with [[redacted]] on feb 18 at 0245p to schedule an appointment. Well we arrived today at 0730hrs this morning. First off service person [[redacted]] spoke with her(niece) and convinced her she needed to have diagnostics ran on her vehicle. I cancelled that idea because we already had established on the 18th that there was a recall for the exhaust manifold(sulev emissions alt...

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07-08). That was $110.00 He wasn't making.. After we sat for 2.5 Hrs., This joker returns to tell me that it took his mechanic 2 hours to find a recall on the vehicle. Mind you we knew about it and that's why we were there to begin with and two it was a bs line he was trying to get away with. I spoke with [[redacted]] (she too brushed me off) who informed me to speak with a stand in stupidvisor named [[redacted]]. Well it didn't get any better because after being told by victor it would take 4-5 hours to do but only after they took care of the other afternoon customers that had later time slots, [[redacted]] said they were not going to do it. Now im heated after being jerked around all [[redacted]] day, you're telling me its not going to get done??? I told the to bring my car out and I wanted paperwork. Victor [[redacted]] attempted tried cover his [[redacted]] by saying on the paperwork that we declined serviced after we were told by him and the supervisor [[redacted]] that it wasn't gonna happen. Tacky tacky tacky... Ive purchased 4 cars from these clowns at this dealership since 2001. Well they just lost my business and my loyalty to the dealership. I wont send anyone there again.. Very unprofessional and they are liars. My money will be well spent elsewhere. Not only do we have to find another nissan dealer, she is forced to operate and unsafe vehicle with a six year old son. Shame on rt 22 nissan.. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.S.C. 552(B)(6). *Tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10689878
Electrical systemAcceleration & cruise controlEngine & cooling

While driving down the expressway, all the warning lights on the dashboard lit up and the speedometer dropped to zero. I coasted and pulled off the side of the road, turning off the vehicle. I then restarted the vehicle and proceeded to drive off, only to experience this same problem several more times. It is currently at our mechanic's, but they are having difficulty troubleshooting the problem. This problem initially happened while my wife was driving home from work. She explained the problem, I took the vehicle out for a drive and it did the same thing. *Tr

Filed Incident Electrical system · Vehicle speed control · EngineNHTSA 10662551

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