2005 Nissan Altima Electrical System Problems
- 72
- Owner complaint records in our dataset
Records are owner complaints, not a measured failure rate.
Owner complaint recordsComplaint records reflect reports in our dataset and do not measure how frequently the problem occurs across all vehicles.
Among these 72 stored complaint records:
- 2 indicate a crash
- 2 indicate injury
- 5 indicate fire
What owners report
- service engine · 11 records
- position sensor · 10 records
- crankshaft position · 8 records
- engine light · 7 records
- crankshaft sensor · 6 records
- light came · 5 records
Mileage in stored records
| Band | Records |
|---|---|
| 60–100k mi | 20 |
| 100–150k mi | 15 |
| 1–30k mi | 11 |
| 30–60k mi | 10 |
| 150–400k mi | 6 |
Complaint records
Owner-submitted complaint content, presented as stored.
Air Bags · Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System
Recently ive been getting the red airbag signal that keeps flashing and wont go off. Ive checked the fuses. Wiring. Ran diahnostics on it for that and the following issues as well. The car makes a high pitch sound when its just ideling that seems to come feom underneath the car maybe towards back middle ive gotten a new fuel pump checked wiring fuses and bought other new parts and have been unable to figure out what…
ODI 11291804
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Fuel/Propulsion System
Takara recall. Sensors are malfunctioning also my muffler is going. Check engine has been on but started blinking when sensor's started acting up. Cant afford to fix this being how i'm a single mother and low income. I herd about this recall on my 05 altima. And had to check it out.
ODI 11221630
Electrical System · Engine · Unknown Or Other
I bought the car with the car letting out alot of exhaust.doesnt go past 35mph
ODI 11244052
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
There is a recall for 2005 nissan altima because of over heating due to a failing crankshat/camshaft position sensor which causes car to stall unexpectedly and cause vehicle to crash. Well my vehicle is not on the recall list but yet have the same issue and almost was rear ended by another vehicle due to sensor getting hot and causing car to stall and decrease speed dramatically. And with nissan not recalling my vin…
ODI 11182409
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Steering
Takata recall my car keeps dying out of no where. The battery light is on, the oil light is on, the service engine light is on. I went to oreillys and said it was the crankshaft position sensor:
ODI 11103060
Electrical System · Engine · Vehicle Speed Control
I own a 2005 nissan. I rely on my car daily to get to medical appointments. The car stalls in park all lights start blinking then dies. Has happened while driving as well the car will move but you cant accelerate on the pedal this happened in a traffic circle my fiance and two friends were with me at the time. This is very dangerous i could get into a bad accident and die or even kill my passengers. I have had a…
ODI 11099276
Electrical System · Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan altima. While driving approximately 65 mph, a warning indicator illuminated and the vehicle lost power and stalled. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The vin was unknown. The failure mileage was 180,000.
ODI 11052370
Electrical System · Engine · Fuel/Propulsion System
Car shuts down no power will not start. Back up on the freeway it just shuts off with no warning this is not the first time this problem will kill me or ppl around me on the road. It will stop and you can't put on your brakes nor steer to move to a save place
ODI 11043125
Electrical System
My car is being illegally remotely hacked by an i.t. Technician by the name of [xxx] who is illegally hacking my vehicle with bluetooth. His bluetooth device number that comes up is [xxx] (wy stands for the first 2 letters of his last name, 23 is part of his date of birth which is [xxx].) his # [xxx]. His address: [xxx]. His email: [xxx]. [xxx] is dangerously hacking my vehicle several times a day. [xxx]is very…
ODI 11022455
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System
I was driving myself and co worker home from work. While driving down a city street my car just stalled out and would not start. I could have been on the highway, our lives were put at risk due to a defect in the cam shaft position censor on my 2005 nissian altima. The consumer would like an update on the investigation into the camshaft position censor and the fuel pump. The consumer believed the failure was due to…
ODI 10972248
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
Hi how are you? Someone recently broke into my vehicle and since then there have been some incidents of remote vehicle hacking which are extremely scary to me and as you know, illegal. Can you please check this for me? I read an article about this and was told to i did email the fbi too. My vehicle identification number is: [xxx] and i have a light green nissan altima 2005. My license plate number is: [xxx]. I…
ODI 10965766
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control
Takata recall while driving on the highway my car started making a sound coming from the front of my car i turned down the music to listen to the sound. As i was driving the car made one last sound then the car shut off while i was driving so i had to pull over on the side of the highway. I got out to check the car and noticed it was smoking i looked under the car and noticed it was on fire. I grabbed my kids out…
Fire reported
ODI 10851439
Electrical System · Engine · Power Train
Last year, i noticed my service engine light had appeared. I had the code checked and it was the crank shaft sensor. I had this part replaced and it drove fine for a while. About two months ago, this light came back on and the sensor had gone bad again. This causes my car so drive very sluggish and go dead when driving at a low rate of speed. I did some research and saw where nissan had a recall campaign for this…
ODI 10764568
Electrical System · Fuel/Propulsion System
My gas guage read half, while turning car ran out of gas. Power steering and brakes failed when engine shut off. Fortunately i was turning into inside lane on [redacted] because it took all 5 lines to safel roll to stop. After asking nissan 700 to check fuel system senso 4/bolt 1 plug solid piece. Went to aaa $150 to check and determined guage not sensor. $600 to maybe repair part. Called nissan 6 bolts 1 plug to…
ODI 10749292
Electrical System · Unknown Or Other
The car's electrical system failed and while driving. The brake and battery lights kept going off and on. There was also a clanking sound. I stopped and let car cool. Continued driving and noticed fire from my rear view mirror. Ran out of car and it caught fire 30 seconds after followed by couple of explosions.
Fire reported
ODI 10745999
Electrical System
My son was driving down the interstate when he heard a loud noise, then saw smoke and stopped the car, when he raised the hood the engine was on fire tried to put it out with water after he saw he could not stop the flames called 911 the care totally burned nothing left except frame the fire dept. Put out the fire but the car was already burned.
Fire reported
ODI 10715678
Electrical System · Electronic Stability Control · Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan altima. The contact stated that while driving at 25 mph, the vehicle stalled and there was smoke coming from the front of the vehicle. The contact lifted the hood and the engine was on fire. The entire warning panel illuminated. There were no injuries reported or medical attention required. A police report was filed. The vehicle was destroyed. The vehicle was towed to the contacts…
Fire reported
ODI 10701353
Electrical System · Suspension
The car stopped the cam shaft sensors were bad.and the rattle in my passenger side cant find the problem. *tr
ODI 10693433
Electrical System
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan altima. While driving, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was taken to a dealer. The technician diagnosed that the crank sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was unknown. The vin was unavailable.
ODI 10703219
Electrical System · Engine
Vehicle died while coasting down the side street. Once i stopped the vehicle i put it in park and turned the key to off. When trying to restart the vehicle, the engine would crack, but would not start. This problem has been listed for a recall for the 2.5 engine but not for my 3.5 engine, and nissan will not do anything to help the situation. *tr
ODI 10653027
Electrical System · Engine
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan altima. The contact stated that the service engine warning lamp flashed intermittently and the vehicle misfired and stalled more than once. The vehicle was taken to a repair shop where the coil packs were replaced a year ago, but the failure recently recurred. The vehicle was towed to the repair shop and the coil packs were replaced again. Within 20 minutes of leaving the repair…
ODI 10734481
Electrical System
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. I have had this issue 5-7 times where the car wouldn't start or shut off while driving ( decreasing in speed). *tr
ODI 10594651
Electrical System · Engine
Hi, i am the owner of a 2005 nissan altima. I have owned this car since 2008. I reviewed service records from 2005 prior to my purchase. There has been an extremely large amount of issues with this vehicle. The most recent of which is the "grey" area of the ecm issue in coordination with famous the camshaft crankshaft fault p0355 & p0131. I'm an engineer and fully understand the mechanics of a vehicle. This sensor…
ODI 10563501
Electrical System · Engine · Exterior Lighting · Steering
I recently experienced my vehicle stalling as i was driving. It took several minutes for me to restart leaving me venerable to a vehicle crash. The same evening i learned of recall# 07v527000. The following day i brought my vehicle to a nissan dealership to have the recall resolved. They advised the recall only covers reprogramming computer not replacing defective crank sensor. I feel that reprogramming computer…
ODI 10557123
Electrical System · Engine And Engine Cooling
I have a 2005 altima and i have been having problems. I repalced the senors based on the diagnostic reading from two reputable repair shops. My check engine light keeps coming back on. I googled and found out that several altima owners have experienced the exact same problem. I called nissan and was told based on my vin #, i'm not part of the recall. That makes no sense. The dealer wants to charge me an arm and a…
ODI 10554428