2004 Nissan Altima: sudden loss of power

Filed Oct 2, 2014 · Engine · 85,000 miles · CT

Service engine soon light appeared doing highway speed. Garage replaced cam shaft sensor. 2 weeks later the light appeared again. Garage replaced crankshaft sensor. Problem resolved but this seems to come up time and time again with this year and model. When light was on there was severe loss of power since the bad sensor was confusing the onboard computer. Dangerous situation demonstrating need for recall.

Filed May 10, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 200,600 miles · CT

On my way home I was going about 25mph, the car started losing power and started to stall. I pulled over and took about 15 minutes and started it back up and it started fine. I made it to napa and one of the guys took a look at it and said it was the accelerator pedal because obviously it wasn't moving. So I got that and had my father put that part on and put it into drive and it still did nothing. I park it back in the driveway as I normally would with the little power that it did have, and the transmission just made a loud thump. My father tells me to start it up and I started it up again as I normally would and the transmission starts whining. This just happened out of nowhere, there were no signs of anything about to happen. No lights were on, no weird noises, and the power was doing completely fine.

Filed Aug 6, 2013 · Engine · 102,436 miles · PA

On 7/29/2013, my 2004 altima was losing power, feeling like it was going to stall on a major highway heading towards work. The issue was doing the same on the way home and the check engine light came on. The next day I took car into a local repair shop. The mechanic ran a test and it said I had a misfire on number 4 spark plug. He pulled out the plug and gap was pushed together. All four spark plugs were replaced. The car ran fine until later that night and the same issue was happening again. Took back to local repair shop. He got the same reading, misfire in spark plug 4. He pulled out spark plug and the gap was pushed together. We looked up to see what could be causing this. We found other were having a issue of a screw can come loose from the power valve intake. He told me to take to dealership which I did on 8/4/2013. They did their own test and even scoop the engine and dealer found that there was a screw missing. They found the screw missing had come from the power valve intake in the power valve. Even found part of the plate has broken and entered the engine. I did some research and found there was a recall on such issue. Since I purchase the car in 2011, not sure if the previous owner had the issue taken care of. But since it happen I don't think they did. The recall campaign id number is p5202.

Filed Aug 27, 2010 · Engine · 93,000 miles · MT

Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan altima. The contact was driving 55 MPH and attempting to accelerate yet the vehicle would not respond and began to lose engine power. The contact shut off the vehicle and when restarting, the failure persisted. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where a spark plug was replaced. The failure recurred twice. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the butterfly screws fractured from the power valves and became lodged into the cylinders. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 93,000 and the current mileage was 100,000.

Filed May 13, 2010 · Engine · 60,000 miles · GA

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan altima. While driving at 5 MPH, the vehicle suddenly lost power. The contact was able to pull over and restart the vehicle. Prior to the failure, there was a recall 06v242000 for the ECM sensor (engine and engine cooling). The contact called the dealership and the dealer stated that the sensor needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired at the time of the complaint. The failure mileage was approximately 60,000. The current mileage was approximately 105,000.

Filed Jun 5, 2009 · Engine · 91,000 miles · DC

Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan altima. While driving 25 MPH, the vehicle stalled and shut off in the middle of the road. The vehicle took approximately five minutes to restart and the steering wheel was difficult to turn because the vehicle lost power. The vehicle was included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 06v242000 and nissan recall number r0606, but the dealer stated that the service engine light was illuminated. A diagnostic test would have to be performed before the dealer could repair the recall issue. In addition, the crankshaft would have to be repaired at the cost of $200 before the crank angle sensor could be repaired. This did not make sense to the contact so she called the nissan manufacturer, but they will not return her call. The failure mileage was 91,000.

Filed Apr 30, 2009 · Engine · 86,000 miles · NY

Car stalled several times while traveling at low speed. Lost power steering and brakes. Car's dtc code said the fault was caused by the crankshaft position sensor. This 2004 altima had been to dealer for the computer software recall.

Filed Mar 14, 2009 · Engine · 103,000 miles · AZ

I own a 2004 nissan altima. On september 2007, while driving along a busy highway in arizona our vehicle lost power. The car was serviced at nissan dealership for a recall on crankshaft sensor. The recall stated that it was only to be re-programmed but we chose to replace the part instead. Starting on october 2008, the "service engine soon" light came on and the code read "camshaft position sensor". I have read a recall for 2003 nissan altima the federal safety agency campaign id number : 03v455000, the description of the consequences match exactly on what is happening with my vehicle. We purchased the vehicle on october 2003 and it was manufactured on june 2003. My vehicle should be included in this recall.

Filed Sep 10, 2004 · Electrical · CA

Lost of power while trying to accelerate from stop.. "engine service soon light" came on!! P2135 tp sensor code found. Replaced part by nissan still did not fix the problem.. Not it surges when trying to accelerate.. P0507 isc code found.. Nissan refused to change the computer at this time.*ak new car should not have these kind of problem.. Nissan had failed to make recall for this part.. All 2004 nissan atlmia has this problem.. Force nissan to fix all cars or take back all 2004 models.