When headlights are on lowbeam at night you can hardly see where you are going. I am very uncomfortable with this. There should be a recall for this. You will be seeing another complaint here again from me if this should cause an accident.
2005 Nissan Altima lights complaints
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2005 nissan altima - the radio produces an acceptable sound but the face plate lacks sufficient luminosity & contrast for the information to be seen. Typically, it is impossible to read the display while driving as you must face directly in-line with the unit. Nissan was contacted 3/4/05 and acknowledged there were problems and that they were the result of the radio being located too high resulting in sunlight "washing" out the display. I stated the problem exists at night as well and a contrast/illumination adjustment would help. I asked nissan to replace the radio with a different unit and they refused but indicated there would be a redesign in 2006.
I purchased a new 2005 nissan altima the first time I drove the car at night and turned on the low beam headlights, I noticed that the lights projected far less than I had been used to in the 1998 altima or even the 1988 subaru that we have. Driving at night is scary, uncomfortable and most certainly dangerous. My wife, the second driver in our family, noticed the problem, as did a neighbor.one evening I lined up both the 1998 altima and the 2005 altima side by side and turned on the low beam headlights of each. The new 2005 altima headlamps projected less than 2/3rds the distance as the 1998 altima. I contacted the dealer and manufacturer to no avail. Nissan issued me a reference complaint no.4858724. They said that there was no problem and that it just may be the design. The design! They advised me to go to another dealer preferably at night. The service departments close at night so that is a very remote possibility. I asked if they could recommend after market bulbs that I, at my own expense, could have installed. They offered no advice. These headlamps are a real danger to all night drivers especially elderly drivers. This is a an imminent or even fatal danger. An accident waiting to happen! I sincerely hope you will investigate this dire situation and I pray no lives are lost in the mean time.
High beam light casts a strong beam of light straight up to the sky. *tc this was a distraction and dangerous. At all times the high beams were visible to objects 10-15 feet above the vehicle.
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