While starting out of the parking lot of our apartment to go grocery shopping, I felt a grinding sensation from the rear of the car. I did not like the sound of it so I turned the car around and parked it. I jumped out and went to the back of the car and saw the rear passenger tire from the top wedged into the tire well. I grabbed the tire and was manually able to push it forwards and back. I called a tow truck and the mechanic said that the lower control arm had rusted and broke from the frame. My extended warranty did not cover rusted parts so it came out of my pocket.1 year later coming back from a shopping trip, my wife and I were crossing the delaware memorial bridge and I noticed that the steering wheel was turned about t1/4 to the right and we were still going straight. 1minute later the car was banging very hard over any irregularities in the road. I managed to get the car home and stepped to the rear and the driver tire was top tilted into the wheel well. Called a tow truck and the same mechanic said lower control arm rusted and broke. This time more damage to other surrounding parts were damaged. This should not happen to a barely 6 year old car!
2013 Nissan Altima suspension complaints
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The control arm on the rear rusted from the inside out and broke while I was driving down a street. The car is at my mechanics now and will be repaired in a week or so. He has already contacted nissan to get the parts, but I believe this should be a recall because this has happened to a lot of other people. The part looked fine upon first look, but further inspection it was completely rusted from the inside out. Very dangerous! I completely lost steering and I could have gotten into an accident! I do not trust this car anymore!
Rear control arm corrosion knuckle axle carrier corrosion I garage my car every night. I take good care of this car but the corrosion is too much and too dangerous.
Rear control arms severe corrosion remove & replace knuckle axle carrier. Almost crashed driving at 30 MPH on a smooth road.
The left rear lower control arm broke from the connection point on the chassis while driving approximately 40 MPH on a straight road. This abruptly steered my car into the oncoming lane (fortunately there were no other vehicles). The car then felt very sloppy and loose. In repairing the problem, the shop noted the control arm had advanced corrosion and had failed. The right rear control arm was also replaced and had a large crack near the connection point.
While driving my car in heavy traffic I randomly lost control of the steering and the car pulled left - coming very close to hitting another car. I drove a little further and it happened again. I was terrified as I was just entering a highway and was fearful of losing total control. I drove very slowly and exited immediately and pulled into the nearest parking lot. The tow truck driver looked at the wheel and new immediately that it was a control arm issue and he had seen it many times with 2013 altimas. I am still shaking from this event and am hopeful that you initiate an immediate recall for this issue that you are already investigating. The control arm is rusted and totally separated.
Driving vehicle this morning and my steering wheel was at approximately 3:00 when going straight. I pulled into the gas station, noticed my back tire was tilted out. I looked under the vehicle and the control arm was completely disattached and it was completely rusted. I do have a video if you need evidence.
Rear control arms. Broke rt rear at 110,676miles..12,000 miles later at 65mph left side breaks,coming off a overpass,lucky for me the semi truck in left lane was 10ft in front of me or I would have went right under it when my car launched to the left when it broke!! The road was dry,sun was out ,and was on a straight section of highway,also lucky for me,having the truck next to me,both hands were on the wheel,and I was able to not flip the car!!when these break,you lose almost all of your control, if the whole assembly would have came off,which is totally possible, I am certain I would be in the hospital or dead!!please help with these cars..my daughter also owns same year car,she has 2 soon the be 3 children that ride in these deathtraps!! Someone will be killed if not already has!!! Sent picture of 1st breakage on right side.
In a matter of 13 months, the rear drivers side lower control arm failed and then later the rear passenger side lower control arm failed. The metal cracked and completely came apart where it is bolted to the car. Both times it failed in my driveway. One time it failed when the car was in motion pulling into the driveway, the other time it failed when shifting from park to reverse when trying to pull out of the garage. The car could not be driven after they failed. A letter is going in the mail this week to nissan consumer affairs and I am mailing a copy to the federal safety agency in washington, dc.
Turned into the street leading to my home,started to accelerate, heard a loud noise and the vehicle swerved into the opposite lane. This is a narrow road, and luckily there was no oncoming traffic,or there would have been an accident.limped the vehicle home and saw it was drooping down on the drivers side and the rear wheel was out of position. Towed to dealer and was diagnosed as broken lower link or control arm. My bill was 1600.00 to replace right and left arms and parts. This is not right,as it is only 6 years old with 48k miles.this is definetly a defect and this vehicle should be recalled before someone is hurt or worse. Thank you
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. While driving 70 MPH, the vehicle lost steering control and the traction control warning indicator illuminated. The contact pulled the vehicle over to regain control of the vehicle. Courtesy motor sales, inc (3100 pleasant valley blvd, altoona, pa 16602, (814) 942-9000) diagnosed that the rear passenger side control arm needed to be repaired. The contact scheduled a repair appointment with the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 94,000.
Control arms on both rear wheels have broken in the last 5 months
My daughter nearly lost control of the vehicle while driving in a 40mph zone. In dry conditions, the car began to fishtail and was very difficult to steer. I inspected the car in our driveway and the rear control arms had rusted out and the driver side rear tire was pointing inward. I had the car towed to the fuccillo nissan of latham dealership and they confirmed the control arm corrosion issue and recommended the entire rear suspension be replaced. I had two calls with nissan to discuss the issue they would not grant any financial assistance for the repair as the car was out of warranty. The repair was completed at the dealership on 3/9/2019.
Driving 60mph on a highway when both rear lower control arms snapped. The rear end of the vehicle jerked out to the left and I thought the vehicle was going to roll. I managed to straighten it out and get it to the side of the road. For a visual...I was in the left lane of a two lane road and the skid mark from the right rear tire nearly touched the white line near the shoulder. Had it towed to a shop then contacted nissan who said to have it towed to a dealership. Tech at the shop stated that he has seen this issue multiple times with this model/year. This could have ended much worse than it did and if one tech and one shop has seen this more than once, it's probably a widespread issue, yet....no recalls. Also, the tech at the shop stated that the control arms had clean breaks with good metal showing so the parts weren't corroded through...it was obviously an manufacturer defect.
My clutch in stuck in "park". This has been dangerous for my family and I bc if we are stuck in traffic I would put my car in park, and when traffic starts moving again my car is now holding up traffic behind me bc my car is stuck in park. This car is only 6 years old and I've already had to get the transmission replaced. Nissan needs to know they can't sell cars that cause a danger to families!!!!!!!
I was driving my vehicle down a city street at approximately 35 miles per hour, when the rear end of the vehicle suddenly started making a rubbing noise and the vehicle almost lost control from swerving. I was able to get the vehicle back home, and my boyfriend put the rear end up on a jack and determined that the passenger side rear support arm was broken. The next day we had the vehicle at a local firestone shop, and the mechanic there confirmed that the control arm had broken due to severe corrosion at a factory weld site.
Rear drivers side lower control arm rusted completely through and broke off. Right side is equally rusted but has not broken off yet.
While driving at high speeds 55mph a clunk was heard while in a turn, and the lower right end of the car sank down. The steering went completely crazy and out of control. I had to slow down to 20mph for the entire 30 mile trip home. This was the second time this happened in the last 2 months. The first time was back in january 2019 when the left one broke and almost caused me to wreck again! And now I see there is a federal investigation about this exact thing.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. While driving 45 MPH, the vehicle began to swerve. The contact noticed that the rear passenger side lower control arm was detached due to corrosion. The vehicle was still able to be driven. The vehicle was not repaired. The dealer was not contacted. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 110,000. *bf consumer stated transmission also failed at 90,000, lower control arm rusted and broke, almost causing consumer's daughter to wreck. Total control arm failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. While attempting to turn into a parking lot, the contact heard a noise and the vehicle did not move. The contact exited the vehicle to find that the rear driver's side control arm was fractured. The vehicle was towed to cochran nissan of south hills (3200 w liberty ave, pittsburgh, pa 15216) where they replaced both rear lower control arms. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 94,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. While driving at an unknown speed, the rear passenger side wheel became jammed in the wheel well and almost detached from the vehicle. The contact immediately had to pull the vehicle over to the shoulder. The vehicle was towed to treiber nissan (320 n comrie ave, johnstown, ny 12095, (888) 439-3352) where it was diagnosed that a new rear suspension was needed. The vehicle was currently at the dealer awaiting repair. The manufacturer was notified and did not assist. The failure mileage was 100,020. Audio available
After taking my vehicle to the dealership for a oil change they informed me that my lower control arms needed to be replaced and that it was a common problem amongst 2013 and newer nissan altimas. There are millions of 2013 and newer nissan altimas on the road and a common problem amongst these vehicles is the lower control arms. These parts are very important to the steering and suspension on front wheel drive vehicles and these parts should not fail on five year or younger road vehicles. The failure of these parts on surface streets can be potentially deadly and on highways more likely to cause horrific casualties due to the vehicles being I filed a complaint already but you already knew about this problem a year ago and nothing has been done. My husband and I were doing 65 on the highway and had to avoid a collision. The dealership told us the lower control arm looks like it just crumbled into pieces. That's not normal or safe. I really hope something is done before someone gets hurt. Uncontrollable during a failure. I would like to bring this issue to the attention of the federal safety agency and hopefully you can contact the appropriate sources to be proactive and prevent any future accidents that the nissan altima might create
While driving on the highway I heard a "pop" and the steering became unstable on my 2013 nissan altima with the car veering left and right. I took my foot off the gas and was able to guide the car off to the side of the highway without incident. I thought I had a blow out but the tires were fine. If it had been rush hour I probably would have collided with another car. I was able to slowly drive the car off the highway and to a local nissan dealer where they indicated I had a rear control arm failure. The left rear tire was clearly leaning outward and the steering wheel was way out of alignment. Nissan replaced (see attached receipt) the link compl rear, link complete, r; two rod connecting and adsorber kit. They also aligned the car. I had them repair both the broken left suspension items as well as the right as I didn't want this to happen again. I do believe this failure is a serious safety issue and really could have caused a crash in heavy traffic. This incident occurred on the highway when I was travelling in a straight line.
Driving my altima on tollway felt a shimmy went half way into next lane when I gained controll steering wheel was not straight when I investigated found rt rear control arm rear atachment point broken in half looks like rusted in half took pictures and had car towed to dealer
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. While driving 65 MPH, the suspension arm fractured. The contact had to swerve out of the way to avoid crashing. The vehicle was towed to lia nissan of colonie (2233 central ave, schenectady, ny 12304, 855‑983‑6728), but no assistance was provided. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000. *dt
I was driving and my rear lower control arm broke. I took it to the dealership where I bought it they said it broke because of rust and corrosion and that my warranty wont cover it because it broke from rust and corrosion. I bought the car a year ago and I bought it as a certified pre owed vehicle. I was driving and turning onto another street when it happen.
On january 14th 2019 while driving 30mph, the rear control arm on the altima failed and made the car un-drive-able, the rear end of the car fell to the ground. Luckily there was no injury as a result of this failure. The car was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed the control arm failed due to corrosion, and I had the car towed to herb chambers nissan in westborough ma. It was in their service area from 1/15/2019 - 1/7/2019. This is a very dangerous safety issue, components such as control arms that affect a person's ability to control a car should not be corroding let alone failing in 6 years. Nissan needs to recall cars with this problem and deal with the manufacturer of the part/metal supplier. The issue is same as the one in the federal safety agency investigation: rear suspension control arm failure the federal safety agency action number: pe18013
Driving vehicle at highway speed on snow and ice covered road when passenger side lower rear control arm snapped off from the vehicle causing a loss of control. Vehicle was not driveable and had to be towed.
I was driving under 25 MPH (in a straight line) on a smooth rode when the driver side of my car felt like it locked up for a second. My steering wheel immediately lost alignment and the wheel needed to be kept at 2:30 to drive straight. I made it less than a mile after the initial incident (I thought it was just wheel out of alignment) but with each rode bump I hit, my back end got looser and looser. I finally pulled off and packed my car. When I went to move it, in reverse, the was a large noise and I could tell something was fractured in the suspension. The driver side rear wheel was crashed into the wheel wheel and the control arm was broken. This appears to be the same thing the federal safety agency action number pe18013 is in regard to, and I live in cleveland, oh, with more than 100,000 miles of my car's 130,000 miles put on in northern ohio.
February 2018, driver side rear lower control arm broke off (rusted) while driving., towed to garage, part replaced.checked right side it appeared ok. December 2018 christmas night while driving down the highway the control arm on the right rear passenger side broke off (rust). Had to be towed , control arm and other bent parts replaced. Have pictures had trouble downloading
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