2001 Nissan Altima: engine stalls while driving

Filed Feb 21, 2017 · Electrical · 50,000 miles · PA

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 nissan altima. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the vehicle stalled without warning. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where it was diagnosed that the crankshaft, catalytic converters, emissions control, and sensors failed and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.

Filed Dec 29, 2015 · Engine · 150,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2001 nissan altima. The contact stated that while driving at approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. After waiting a few moments, the vehicle restarted and resumed normally. The failure recurred five times. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, who was unable to locate the failure. The vehicle was taken to another independent mechanic, who informed that the failure was contributed to the crank shaft sensor. The vehicle was in the process of being repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 150,000. The VIN was unavailable.

Filed Jul 22, 2014 · Engine · 130,000 miles · ME

Car is idling rough and will stall at lights or anytime stopped while in gear. Has almost caused me to be rear ended on many occasions because it will idle then stall.

Filed May 27, 2014 · Engine, Steering · 102,855 miles · NY

While stopped at a traffic signal the engines RPM would fall below 500 and at times would stall the engine making me vulnerable to a collision. It got so bad my daughter would not drive the vehicle. I took the car to several mechanics over the course of a year and no one could fix the problem tune ups and such did not fix the problem, I spent hundreds of dollars trying to eliminate the problem to no avail. I finally took it to a mechanic with a smoke machine and he found the intake manifold had a leak and that was the problem cost $850.00 plus tax. I researched intake manifold vacuum leak on the 2001 nissan altima and found that there were hundreds of nissan owners with the same vacuum leak! Several of the nissan owners had to make the repair more than once, some people spent hundreds of dollars on various fixes that did not work, I was told by one mechanic that it was the catalytic converter luckily I did not go for it. I believe it is a safety defect because when the car stalls in the middle of the road unexpectedly it leaves you wide open for a crash or worse!! I think nissan, north america should be responsible for the repair, it seems to be a defective intake manifold gasket or poor engine design which cause's the gasket to fail- it may also be too close to a heat source (the exhaust manifold) causing the gasket to fail. I think it is unfair to the consumer to pay for this repair because it happens to so many nissan's.

Filed Nov 24, 2010 · Engine · CT

The vehicle frequently stalled during the past month. Now its millage is 105,000.

Filed Nov 1, 2010 · Engine · 51,000 miles · NY

Tl*the contact owns a 2001 nissan altima. The contact was driving approximately 20 MPH, the vehicle began to shake and then the engine completely stalled without warning. The vehicle restarted and resumed normally. The failure occurred at various speeds when the vehicle was in operation. The vehicle was taken to a dealer and independent mechanic for diagnosis. The technicians informed that the manifold gasket exhibited a leakage. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 51,000.

Filed Aug 27, 2010 · Engine · MO

Car stalling when not in motion, shutting off in the middle of traffic, occurs whenever I drive the car. The intake manifold gasket has to be replaced. Many other consumers share the same problem. Nissan altima 2001 limited edition.

Filed Dec 11, 2009 · Engine · CA

Second time manifold gasket problem has occurred on my 2001 nissan altima. It has a rough idles when stopped at lights, in gear, neutral or in park. Nissan need to be accountable for this widespread problem. Both instances have included the engine stalling in the middle of traffic.

Filed Nov 30, 2009 · Engine · 107,475 miles · VA

2001 nissan altima has a defective intake manifold gasket, causes rough idle and car to shut off when engine is on. This leads to loss of control of car and stalling in traffic. This is a common problem with a $10 part, which costs $600+ to repair. Nissan should be aware of this common problem and have it replaced on these cars.

Filed Nov 6, 2009 · Engine · 139,000 miles · PA

Extremely rough idling that dulls down upon putting car in park but does not stop. It seems as though the car might stall at times. Problem has been getting progressively worse for the past few months. I was stopped the other day on a hill and the car lost acceleration power and almost stalled. This could be a major safety issue that could lead to accidents with stalling or the loss of acceleration power. This problem started about 6 months ago. Check engine light has also appeared and remained on constantly. Took it in for repair and apparently it is a intake manifold gasket that needs replaced, which is a very expensive repair ($600-$800). It seems to be a common problem and potentially very dangerous one that needs to be addressed/recalled.tr

Filed Oct 29, 2009 · Engine · 78,000 miles · MD

Intake manifold gasket, which is a problem nissan is aware of on most of the 2000-2004 altima cars, makes the car shake and seem like it is going to stall while idle. Sometimes it does it while driving, and has in some cases made the car go dead which doesn't allow the car to be steered away from danger.

Filed Jul 8, 2009 · Engine · 70,000 miles · NY · crash

2001 nissan altima gxe 2.4 with 70,000 miles. On or about this day my wife and 8 month old daughter were driving on a expressway when a accident occurred in front of them. My wife was able to stop and avoid the accident. While waiting for the accident to clear the car stalled due to the #4 intake exhaust manifold gasket failure. While restarting the car to advance to a safer area. That is when a car hit them in the rear and pushed them into the car infront of them, causing almost $3000.00 damage to our car. My wife and I still have difficulty sleeping through the night, thinking of the harm that could have happened to our daughter. I still have been unable to afford to fix this defect on our car and continue to drive it most days while it tries to stall out on me. This defect is consistent with complaints #10167168,101451161,10100639 and#10163901.