I own a 2000 nissan altima gxe, and have been experiencing a failure in the speedometer, tach, odometer, and temp gauge while driving. The gauges will freeze up at any time and stay at their last position, while the car continues to operate as normal. The cruise control will also kick off if it is being used at the time. This leads to a vehicle that is only drivable by using the naked eye and judging your speed by other cars, and a failure in correct reporting of mileage. A solution is still under investigation, and a dealer has not been able to diagnosis it yet. I have seen many other reports of this same problem on several models of nissans of this year (frontier, sentra, pathfinders) posted at various online car forums. Obviously this is a dangerous issue that has been overlooked by nissan USA.
2000 Nissan Altima electrical complaints
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At least several times a week the instrument panel goes out while driving; the odometer, heat gauge, RPM, everything. Most of the time the speed registers below zero but sometimes it just freezes in place. At what point is nissan willing to address the problem? Maybe it is time to file a class action lawsuit.
My 20000 nissan altima speedometer, odometer, tachometer and temp gauge all will quit working simultaneously while driving leaving me with no way to know if I am driving at a safe ,legal speed. After diagnostic tests the speed sensor was replaced which did not fix the problem. I am afraid this will cause a wreck and after visiting several auto forums online have found this is a common problem with this make of car.
While driving on i880 at the speed of 65 MPH, the car completely shut down and spun in the middle of the road without any reason or warning. The shut down was instantaneous and included the electrical system. Once the car came to a halt, I was able to put the gear in "park" and restart it. The car then continued to function normally.
Heat dispay, speedometer/odometer/RPM meter fade out intermittently. Ts
I bought this 2000 nissan altima new. Since approximately december of '03 the instrument cluster has repeatedly (too many times to keep track of) malfunctioned at arbitrary times giving either no info (gauges all go to 0) or incorrect info (130 MPH at 1k RPM w/no water temp and suddenly full tank of gas). Problem can last any where from minutes to 24 hours+. The cruise control also malfunctions whenever this occurs. First took to dealer on 12/31/03, they could not diagnose problem, told me to bring it back while malfunctioning. Finally was able to get the car while malfunctioning to same dealership on 8/1/05. Problem has started to increase in frequency and duration. The second they hooked diagnostic equip to it the cluster corrected. They kept for 2 days, did not malfunction again so they could not diagnose 100%. They want to try replacing the speedometer head at $320, but 1) can't guarantee it will solve problem and 2) can't get part. They estimate 6-8 wks minimum to get part. When I went to leave dealership cluster malfunctioned showing no information, but no technician was available to diagnose. Showed zero on all gauges except gas which arbitrarily read 3/4 tank for entire 20-25 mile trip home. This car is an accident, or worse, waiting to happen.
My vehicle is a 2000 nissan altima se. (also I have heard there are other nissans with this problem not just altima) the problem is the guages on the instrument panel failing during operation, ie. Speedometer, tachometer, gas guage, and temp guage. The first time it happened and just like every other time it happens there is nothing different the guages will just shut off and normally fall to the zero postion. Sometimes the will freeze in place. After the first month I owned the car (bought as a preowned vehicle) the check engine light came on during the guage failures I had the code checked and it was determined the speed sensor was bad. I bought and replaced the speed sensor with an oem part. However the guage failure was not fixed it still happens. The incident date started 21feb2003 and still persists and the numbers of failures I haven't kept count but about average of everyother day it goes out.
The instrument panel/gauges would intermittently go out while driving at any speed. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The dealer was unable to locate the problem.
Tried to start car in garage. Battery exploded, spilling acid and water on garage floor. Damage to hood, pressure of explosure causing two dents and cracking paint.
2000 nissan altima - alternator 'overcharged' the battery, causing the battery to explode. Luckily the hood was down and the engine was cold, otherwise there could have been physical injury or death and/or a car fire, due to the acid content of the battery.no 'warning' was given of the alternator overcharging. This should be the case, as it is with the warning of the alternator undercharging the battery.
First, my altinator died at 37000 miles, and the dealer replaced it with a re-ferbished one. This was last summer, and now my car is just not starting at all sometimes. Also, one dealer said that my motor mounts were broken, and a different dealer said nothing about the motor mounts. I take the car in for it's inspections, and have not been in any kind of an accident. Because my warrenty is expired, I have to take care of it all out of pocket. This is the worst car I have ever bought!
My odometer, heat gauge, rmp, and gas gauge goes out while driving and nissan headquarters will do nothing about. There also has been other cases reported to nissan.
Consumer states that without any indication vehicle would stall. Consumer is able to restart.
Received burns when dashboard burst in to flames while I was driving vehicle.
While traveling at 55-60 MPH on a declining road vehicle just shut down for no known reason, causing vehicle to lose all functions while still coaching down the road. Had to use emergeny brakes to stop vehicle. Had vehicle towed to house that firday, and vehicle started up on monday. Taken to dealer for insepection. Please fill free to provide any further details on this matter.
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