Nissan Complaints Continued... (Page 4)

Bought a new nissan frontier truck in January from oak ridge Nissan, tn. The weather started warming and using the airconditioner I noticed something was not turning the compressor on every time I tried to use the ac. I had oak ridge Nissan check it out and of course they said everything was working fine that day. It did not operate right again and I called oak ridge and they said they would order some parts to try. It has been a week and a half and no phone calls about parts being in or why they were not in. I have been letting them drag their feet about a month now and my patience is wearing thin. They tell me the problem with the ac has not been heard of but that does not mean the problem does not exist. I would appreciate some help with this matter.

I purchased/picked up a brand new 2013 Nissan Pathfinder Platinum on Friday, 02/22/2013 at about 8:30pm, thinking that it should be the best car for me and my family. On Saturday, 02/23/2013 at about 7:00pm the navigation monitor black-out. Meaning, all infotainment, entertainment, GPS, and many other computer controls are all non-operational. -I immediately drove the car to the dealer to have it looked at. Since their service department is closed on the weekends, they told me to wait until Monday, 02/25/13 for an inspection. After dropping the car off at the service department, I was told that I should have the car by Wednesday, 02/27/2013. I called today, 02/27/2013 and of course I still can't pick it up.

They claimed that Nissan sent them the wrong parts to fix the monitor. I now have to some how wait another week before I can have my car back. -I'm now very doubtful to continue to drive this car. Who knows what other problems will rise next. I even called up Nissan Consumer Affairs and they are helpless. My only reply was I must wait for the dealers delivery. -Nissan corporate just don't care for their consumers. How can they sell anyone a $45,000 defective product that only work for less than 24hrs. I'm now without a car to drive for 3 days and another week in pending, or possibly longer. I can't even be confidence to drive this car in the future.

I am contacting you in regards to a warranty claim that was denied in connection with a vehicle I purchased from Hall Nissan in Virginia Beach on 11/15/2008.

When I purchased my vehicle, I also purchased the acid rain paint protection system and the interior appearance protection system. I contacted Hall Nissan the week of December 17 inquiring about coverage for and exterior paint issue and an interior stain on the driver's seat, I spoke to a service manager who advised me that they did not show the warrranty was purchased or applied to my vehicle.

He called me back after researching my purchase contract and verified that the warranty was purchased but the protectant was never applied. My vehicle should have been scheduled for a follow-up visit a week after purchasing the vehicle so the protectant could be applied.

This was never completed. He left a message with the sale manager, Joel Bailey, to return my call. I contacted Joel Bailey on December 21, 2012 and was told that he had contacted the warranty company but had not heard back.

He stated he would not return the money for the warranty and would see if the warranty company would make an exception and honor the claim. He asked me to wait until after the Christmas holidays for a reply. I contacted Joel again on December 28, 2012, he stated the warranty company stated they would consider my warranty claim.

He said he could check with his manager to see if they could give me a complementary detail to try to take care of the interior stain. He proceeded to deny the issue with the exterior paint advising me that paint chips are not covered although the cause of the large section of missing paint from the hood of my vehicle has never been inspected nor determined.

He also stated that even if I had a valid warranty claim, I was mistakenly sold a 5 year instead of a 3 year warranty, and my claim was outside of the warranty period. I cooected him and advised him my vehicle was purchased 4 years ago. I advised him that this was not acceptable.

I paid $699 for the warranty without consideration. Furthermore, the lack of protectant has made both the interior and exterior of my car more susceptible to damage. He stated that he would speak to the owner of the warranty company and call back. I contacted him on January 11, 2013 and requested copies of my purchase contract and the warranty.

I am writing this letter of complaint because the dealership has acted in bad faith. They have been unresponsive to this matter. They sold a product and failed to advise the customer of the necessary requirements to fulfill the warranty. The warranty has been voided by their failure to adequately explain and service the product sold.

Within the state of Virginia there is a 5 year statute of limitations on written contracts and I am within the time period to ascertain my rights of recovery. I am requesting a full refund of the monies paid in the amount of $699. I intend to pursue this matter further. I look forward to your response.

I purchased an infiniti from bay ridge nissan over a year ago and have been unable to get assistance (or follow up) refinancing even though that was initially used as an incentive to gain my business and obtain my $5000 deposit. The salesman Nicardo and bayridge staff put little value on my time, in which I drove 30 minutes to the dealership to fill out an application and have received no follow up to date (3 weeks later) irregardless to the fact that I have called several times. I will ensure that I use every social medium to enlighten others on the unscrupulous "used car salesman" antics taken place. I would be grateful if someone with any regard for customer service reads this message as I am still in need of resolve and would like to know my refinancing options. I will continue to peruse the different national nissan websites until I can find someone in management that will address my concerns.

Mr. Castignetti, I am having a problem trying to understand the situation with the purchase made for this new Nissan. I was initially be the cosigner for this transaction. I started to receive the paper work for the bill and the emails for the feedback. I spoke with my sister (whose daughter was suppose to be the primary) and she called the dealership. They found out that she couldn't be the primary and switched it to me. No phone call was made to ME nor the other party regarding this matter. We did not have a chance to decide if this would be acceptable for me. This has been the worst experience I have ever had with a car dealership. Your company has a 30 day policy and if it was not possible for the primary to get the loan for the car, I should have been notified before any decision was made to put this extra bill on me. I have a car that will need to be replaced by next year and this will probably not be favorable to or for me. I would appreciate if someone could call me regarding this matter. 

I have a 2008 Nissan Altima with almost 60k miles. The entire front bumper of my car is peeling and bubbling clearcoat. I read that the paint has been proven defected and I would like to file a claim to have my car repaired. What do I need to do to get this started?

I am extremely disappointed with the quality of the 2012 Nissan Altima S, I purchased 1 year ago. My vehicle has approximately 20K and had performed extremely lackluster in comparison to the 2008 Nissan Altima I traded in to purchase it. The quality of this vehicle is lacking tremendously, it is under powered, cheaply constructed and the ride is substandard in comparison to the earlier Altima.

Additionally, I live in Colorado and was driving in snowy conditions and the wheel wells became so packed with snow and ice due to lack of insulation that I had to stop and hose them out at a self serve car wash due to the vehicle being unbalanced and undriveable, it just swerved back and forth at any seed over 20 mph due to being unbalanced.

These are all indicators of extremely poor quality. I have been a loyal Nissan owner for 13 years, owning 4 Nissan Vehicles in that time, 3 of which were brand new. I now and 4k upside down on this 2012 Altima which i AM trading this month to get a better vehicle that I can have some confidence in. Nissan has failed me. I am now considering Honda or Toyota for quality.

I purchased a used Nissan and have had an intermittent problem with the sending unit in the fuel tank. I have never taken it to the dealer ship as it has not affected the safety of driving. I use the odometer to track miles of fuel. I took the vehicle in for inspection and was told it would not pass due to the service engine light for the sending unit. A $800 repair which I do not have.

Called Nissan to complain and they said that it would be a $50 charge to have it diagnosed (I know what the problem is, DUH!!). Low and behold it had the same code as the garage I take it to for inspection. NOW on top of the sending unit I was told that I need to have the timing chain replaced (a $1510 job).

BUT if I take it and get estimates they will TRY to match the price. WOOHOO spend MORE money that I don't have!! I also got a notice of a class action suit for antifreeze fluid contaminating the transmission which could render the trans USELESS. All I wanted was to have the sending unit replaced due to the "recall" that Nissan had sent me BUT it's over the mileage that they would do the repair on. I thought a recall was a recall! They know the problem exists but they will not fix it!! Never again will I purchase a Nissan product. Do I have any recourse with them?

Over the first year of me owning my brand new nissan sentra i found 40 chips in my paint. When i went to the auto-body shop they advised me that it had to have been a paint defect. All of the chips were circles and when one chipped off in front of them they said that they had NEVER seen paint so brittle. That they believe that nissan did not add the flex to the paint which caused this in addition to air bubbles. my car has chips behind the door handles, the back seats (which i hardly ever use the backseat) the paint is chipping off. When i took it to the dealership where i bought it, they had me drive up there (which is an hour away). They took pictures and then a week later had me go up again to have them do an estimate. Then they said that they needed to get a rep from nissan out, after dealing with "they cant get ahold of him, its the holidays, he is out of touch, and there is only one guy we can contact." i contacted nissan and opened a complaint. this lead me to taking my car to yet another dealership, more fun tag. Then an email that said, we closed your claim.... no one ever even told me what the conclusion of my claim was.

I bought a 2013 Nissan Murano. During the purchase I asked about frequency of oil changes and tune ups. Based on how I drive the car, I was told I need to bring it in every 7500 miles. (The manual states the same thing). I was getting frequent emails telling me my car was overdue for it’s oil chance, and I had about 4,000 miles on the car, so I called and complained and the emails have stopped. Now I am getting phone calls at night at home harassing me and telling me I am overdue in getting my oil changed. I had it changed at 7000 miles, and I now have 9000 miles on my car. I am not overdue, and I will continu e to be harassed and lied to. These people are all out to get money out of their customers by trying to force them to get premature oil changes and tire rotations. If this continues, I will report them to the Better Business Bureau. This is my first Nissan since 1980. I had been buying Toyotas and Hondas. I think this may just be my last Nissan. I was never harassed by the other vehicle manufacturers.

I booked my car into nissan sefton street as the plastic button holding the buckle in place had snapped off and caused damage to the sill when the buckle jammed in the door. they said i had to wait until they get permission from yourselves to carry out the work. since then i have jammed my right arm between the seat and door trying to retrieve the buckle. i would like to know how long i am going to wait dor this to be put right. ive always had toyota cars and when something has needed to be repaired it has always been done promptly. not sure now whether i made a good descision choosing a nissan.

On Jan.15,2011,I leased a new Nissan Rogue. Since that time, I have taken it back to Rt. 22 Nissan in Hillside,NJ because of the poor performance of the vehicle. Each time, I have been told that they find nothing wrong with the vehicle and if there was something wrong, it would show up on the displays on the dash. I requested that they test drive the vehicle and was told by the Asst. Mgr. that they don’t have time for test drives. He stated that when the problem presented again, I should bring it back. I explained to him that it is an intermittent problem that requires some driving to be detected, yet he still refused to have it test driven.

Each time that I have taken it in, I have requested that my complaints be documented but, I was told that it was not necessary because he told the person working on my vehicle about my complaint. I feel that it was done because he does not want a record of it,should I have future problems. It should be noted that this Asst.Mgr. is very condescending. I am not sure whether it is personal(something about me that he does not like) or whether he is just generally rude.

I have another 27 months on this lease and can’t imagine suffering with this vehicle for this time. This is the worst vehicle that I have ever owned (old or new) and I have owned many. Is there any way that another Nissan Representative could evaluate my vehicle and perhaps test drive it?

Major problems and complaints about Nissan of Fort Worth, these people are a disgrace to the Nissan name and to the city of Fort Worth. I thought Texans were supposed to be nice? These guys are just like every other shoddy and crappy car dealership out there, just into you for your money and nothing more! I got a flyer from Nissan of Fort Worth in the mail about them being low on used cars on there lot. It looked like a scam flyer designer to bait and switch, but a reluctantly called and talked to a sales guy. I explained that I was looking to sell a 2008 Nissan Maxima, but that I wasn’t looking to buy another car.

He said sure we’d be very interested in looking at your Nissan if you bring it by tonight so we can look it over. I was still skeptical but very excited with the prospect of selling my Maxima. I had been looking to get rid of it for awhile, and now here was somebody looking to buy it. I live in Fort Worth, so I quickly drove to the lot with my car that night. I pulled up and walked inside, and immediately this sales manager walked up asking me what I wanted to buy. I told him that I wasn’t here to purchase anything, but to sell my 08 Maxima.

Immediately his attitude towards me changed, once he found out I wasn’t a big money bag. Of course I was worried about this, which is why I told them over the phone I didn’t want to sell my car. I figured it was too good to be true, and that Nissan of Fort Worth wouldn’t just treat me like a piece of meat, but I was wrong…so wrong! If you have lots of money to spend, and you want to be treated like a king (as long as you buy a car from them), then by all means check out Nissan of Fort Worth. But if you want people who genuinely care about you, look elsewhere, because you won’t find it here period!

Nothing but problems at this Fort Worth Nissan dealership, they messed with the wrong pissed off consumer!!!!