2005 NISSAN ALTIMA

Well my 2005 has 7000 miles on it after one year... I have been getting a strange odor and the car rattles badly... After reading some of the reviews and recall info, I see that it is possibly the tires... Also, the check engine light has came on twice...I see the recall for the valves and possible engine replacement...just great! I also am having problems with it cutting off, all the electrical was on but the engine would not turn over... I cannot believe that all of these recalls were out prior to me purchasing this vehicle! They sold it to me anyway!!! That sucks!!!

I loved my Altima for the first year, even though I had to put in shop for loose dash panel.Now,18 months later, I am trading for a Toyota and will never do business with Nissan again! Struts went bad in Aug, Nissan wouldn't replace, we aren't "preferred customers". Cost $500 to replace. They knocked it out of alignment-another cost to fix because they refused. A week later had to replace tires. Now struts are bad again,6 months later. Again they won't replace. Customer isn't important to Nissan. DON'T BUY A NISSAN!

Purchased in Sep 05 (35K now). Moderately satisfied with the performance and creature comforts. However, I have experienced many of the same problems as posted on this site... Wheel Vibration for example. It took 5 trips to the dealer and finally I had to show them a copy of the TSB to convince them something was wrong. They replaced two visually warped rims which improved the problem but has not resolved it 100%.

Yes i'm on my second Altima. The second one has the same problems the first one had. Vibration in the steering wheel at 60 mph and only 8,000 miles and tires making wierd noises at different speeds. I think they should have a recall if i've had the same problem show up in two different cars.

I am very satisfied with this car. I just bought in June 2005.

THIS HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST MISTAKE I HAVE EVER MADE. SINCE WEEK ONE THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP 22 TIMES OVER THE LAST 15 MONTHS. BROKEN STRUTS 3 TIMES. SOMETHING WITH THE STEERING SLIDE RACK, VIBRATION. FOR WHICH I DID GET A NEW SET OF MICHELINS ON NISSAN. DOOR MOLDINGS AND RUBBER, REAR SUBFRAME SOMETHING, RE HANG EXHAUST, RADIO. ON AND ON. HAD NISSAN ENGINEERS TEAR APART MY CAR FOR A WEEK. ALL THIS WHILE IM TRYING TO TOTE AROUND MY 3 YEAR OLD CHILD AND MOVE CAR SEAT IN AND OUT. NOT CONVENIENT AT ALL. AND NISSAN NORTH AMERICA HAS ABSOLUTELY NO CARE AT ALL. I TRIED TO TAKE IT BACK FROM WEEK ONE. UNFORTUNATELY MY STATES LEMON LAW IS WORTHLESS. AND NOW MY 0-60 TIME IS ABUT 2 SECONDS OFF WHAT IT SHOULD BE. I HAVE THE 3.5 SE. OH AND THE AUTO TRANSMISSION HAS THE REFLEXES OF A TURTLE. GOING BACK TO HONDA/ACURA. SHOULD HAVE NEVER LEFT.

I recently purchased the 2.5S '05 Altima. I am pretty well pleased with the look and ride/performance of this car. But am a little put off by the transmission shifting awkwardly at times. Sometimes at low speeds and attempting to down shift (auto trans) I experience a strong hesitation, then it pops into gear.