My car is always garage parked. After coming into the garage the next morning to enter my vehicle, I noticed a crack in my windshield starting from the middle top edge and curling down to the left. Its about 14 inches long. It has spontaneously appeared on its own, and after having done some online internet research, I've discovered many other nissan owners complaints on the very same problem. It appears that maybe nissan had or is still using a vendor with defective windshields. I need to have it replaced but as of now, I cannot afford to. If and when I can, I will not have it replaced with another nissan dealer windshield. Please advise.
2013 Nissan Altima visibility complaints
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I was driving down a major highway, and all of a sudden my hood slammed up into my windshield blocking my view of sight while I was going 60 MPH. The light on the ceiling came out of the housing and hit me on the head. It felt like a boulder landed on my car. I was in the left lane and was luckily able to swerve safely two lanes over to pull off to the side of the road without an accident. I then examined the damage and the hood was all dented up, the steel on the fenders was all torn, and the roof had major dents. I was able to slam the hood shut, got off the highway at a very slow speed and took local roads to my destination. I was very shook up by the incident, and luckily no one was hurt as this could have been a very serious accident. I found out that morning that there was a recall out by nissan for the hood latch (the federal safety agency campaign 14v565000) that opened on september 15, 2014 (approximately a month and a half prior to my incident). To make matters worse, my car was in the nissan service department on october 17, 2014 and no one mentioned the recall to me at that time either. That time was the last time the hood was opened prior to the incident occurring. It is blatantly clear that nissan is at fault with this accident, they need to take responsibility. I have called nissan customer service 5 times and have still had no resolution and they have told me a specialist is supposed to call me by the end of the day 3 times. I was even given the individual's contact information during the 4th call, and he fails to report my calls. I don't know what else to do to try and resolve my issue. I need professional help, please someone help me!
I was removing my sunshield from the windshield which was in between my rearview mirror and windshield. When I removed the sunshield, the windshield literally crumbled where the review mirror was attached and the rearview mirror fell off of the windshield leaving a hole the approximate size of a .50 piece. The repair service that I used stated that there have many many, many issues with the nissan windshields and there is no way that what I experienced should have caused this to happen.
While driving east on I-20 at about 70 MPH, there was a loud popping sound. I subsequently noted a crack in the windscreen from the top center of the glass to just below the level of the mirror. There was no indication of impact damage and no objects were seen at the time of the crack. Over the course of the next several days the crack diverged and enlarged to an approximately circular crack in the region below the mirror.
Our car has dark interior with a black dashboard. On high temperature days, the surface of the dashboard becomes tacky and very shiny. When it is in this condition, it affects my visibility. Under certain conditions of the position of the sun, the sunlight reflects off the surface of the dashboard and into my eyes. At times, the sunlight reflects off the surface of the dashboard and onto the inside of the windshield and results in a bright reflection of the dashboard which greatly reduces visibility. From searches on internet, I have seen that this is a common problem with this make, model and year. It appears that there was a defective formulation of plastic used for dashboards on some cars produced which is causing an exudation of chemicals in high temperatures. Nissan needs to find a solution to this problem. If this defect has not already contributed to an accident, it is only a matter of time before it does.
The top of the plastic dashboard has a very shiny sticky oil like substance at migrates to and coats the surface causing an extreme glare on the windshield impairing visibility. In addition, this substance outgasses and condenses on the inside surface of the windshield as a milky haze which further increases the impaired visibility. This condition also affects the rear deck plastic as well. It would appear that a defective batch of plasticizer, or an improper ratio was used during the fabrication of the affected parts causing excessive migration of the plasticizer to the surface. The manufacture is aware of and acknowledges this problem however, no fix or solution is forthcoming. This condition is most prevalent on affected parts used in hot environments ie; florida and southern california. The substance can not be removed by cleaning. It is extremely difficult to see thru the glare and haze on the windshield during sunny days causing a dangerous situation.
Car was parked in driveway and next day noticed an exterior crack on my windshield from middle of the driver's side to the center without any evidence of impact from a foreign object. Size of crack is about 12"-17".
I bought the car on may 5th with 8900 miles on it. Two weeks later at 9400 miles, I parked the car with no issues. Woke up the next morning and it had a huge crack in the windshield. It started about 5" from the top on the drivers side, sloped down and across my windshield for about 16"s. After very little research, I've noticed this has been a common complaint.
I purchased my car from davis-moore in wichita, kansas on june 27, 2014. I then had to have the windshield replaced in january because of a "stress fracture crack." that windshield cracked in early april (at least eighteen inches) but dealer says it is from a rock chip, so they won't replace. The rock chip they claim caused the crack is barely detectable. I parked my vehicle in the garage in the evening, it turned cold overnight, and the next morning the crack was there.
When I got in the altima the hood was securely latched. When I hit 25mph the hood flew up, blocking my windshield and preventing me from seeing.
Parked car at my office at 2:40pm to deliver a printer. Returned to the car and a crack in the windshield had began to appear beginning at the bottom, near center, of the windshield. Thus far it has grown to about 12 inches in height. It seems to be expanding further.
2013 nissan altima. Consumer writes in regards to defrost system problem. *smd the consumer noticed a severe defrosting problem in early december 2013. After two separate inspections, the consumer was informed the air conditioner system shut down when the temperature dropped below 35 degree and that was how the vehicle was designed, and there was nothing that could be done. The consumers wife had 2 near misses, due to not being able to see out of the window.
Nissan seriously needs to issue a recall! I have a brand new 2013 nissan altima (less than 2 months old) and I was at a drive thru waiting for my food when all of a sudden, my windshield cracked. The crack is very large and it's on the bottom right hand side of the windshield by the passenger seat. Nothing even hit the windshield to cause it to crack and I had a passenger in the car at the time this occurred to confirm that. I cannot believe I have to replace a windshield of a car I just bought less than 2 months ago. I'm actually scared to replace it because I don't want the same thing to happen again. If you google "altima windshield cracked for no reason" you will see that there has been numerous complaints from altima owners about this issue for the last couple of year. However, nothing has been done to resolve it. Please investigate to see if there is a design flaw that is causing extra stress on the window. I've never had to replace a windshield or have seen one crack right in front of me without anything striking it. Updated 10/22/13 *cn updated 10/29/13
Please investigate if the windshields on 2013 nissan altima's are defective in nature. That is, do these windshields have a propensity to easily crack possibly due to weakness or defective manufacturing? Our brand new altima which has less than 3000 miles suffered a crack windshield passenger side. Other drivers have also reported similar incidences, see: http://www.carcomplaints.com/nissan/altima/2013/windows_windshield/windshield_cracked.shtml this does not appear to be an isolated incident and could be a result of a weak windshield, please investigate.
The lower middle section of the wind shield cracked after hearing a poping noise. The crack was instant and traveled at least 4 to 5 inches in length.
Driver' side rear view mirror vibrates while driving at all speeds. I have taken my car several times to several different dealers to replace the mirror and mirror housing and problem has not been fixed. Mirror continues to vibrate. Also, I got several letters of recalls on this car, such as the sensors on the airbags and the spare tire being over-inflated. Also, the airbag light has turned on twice and does not turn off, even while driving. I do not feel safe in this car at all, this car is a lemon.
I hear a vibration coming from outside of my drivers door at highway speeds. I took it back to the dealer and the first time they told me they could not reproduce the problem(even though I knew when I dropped this car off that there is a service bulletin for this exact problem). I told them this when I picked it up and they told me they didn't have the parts yet. It kept making the noise while driving so I brought it back the second time and they said they completed the service bulletin by installing some double sided tape. Now just over a week later I am hearing the noise still.
While using my wipers if there is something like a leaf stem, or tree pollen on your windshield and it starts raining and you turn on your wipers it does not push the item out of the way, instead it gets pinched under the wiper and travels with it leaving a wet stream through your windshield and it effects your visibility. Very dangerous and nissan needs to use a different type wiper.
When the sunroof is opened and you're driving it rattles like crazy. It sounds like there is something loose in the sunroof and whenever you go over a bump or an angle it gets worse. I had this issue on a hyundai sonata and after 6 months of this horror, I finally was able to get rid of the car.. I am not going down this avenue again with this car.. Get a fix for it!
After I bought the car I noticed the driver's side rear view mirror was vibrating while driving at all speeds. Then the dealer replaced the mirror several times until they fixed the vibrating problem. But now, the mirror they replaced it with seems to be a generic mirror, seems like a convex mirror and the objects and view look deformed. It isn't a flat mirror and the dealer said that is normal and all the cars have that same mirror. That is a lie because when they changed my very first mirror due to vibrating, it was flat and clear. This issue has not been solved but now they replaced 2 sensors that are on recall and waiting for a third sensor on the driver's airbag to be replaced as well due to recall. I am so tired of going back and forth to the dealer that I am finally going to file a complaint, this car is a lemon! (2013 nissan altima sv -pearl white).
When looking in rear view mirror at night the headlights of cars behind you reflect and cause lines to appear above and below the headlights of cars behind you. Very distracting at night. I'm being told it is a reflection from the defroster lines and the tinted window.
While driving on the highway during rain the windshield wipers began to operate intermittently. Brought vehicle in for service. Informed by service person that problem could not be duplicated, however an update is being made for all vehicles and I will receive a notice in the mail to bring in. As of today the windshield wipers continue to operate intermittently rendering the vehicle useless during inclement weather.
Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan altima. The contact stated that the rear view mirror reflected a glare from the vehicle that was driving behind him. The rear view mirror has a swivel connected to so if there was a glare the driver would be able to adjust the mirror as needed. The contact stated that after adjusting the mirror it did not move back into the appropriate position but swivels all the way around as if it was loose. The vehicle was taken to the dealer who did not offer any assistance since they were not able to alter the vehicles design. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure who filed a complaint and stated that they would escalate the case. The failure mileage was 5 and the current mileage was approximately 300.
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