2014 Nissan Altima: harsh or hard shifting

Filed Oct 12, 2024 · Suspension · IL

Was making right hand turn and heard clunk as if hitting pothole. There was no pothole. After examining vehicle I noticed left rear wheel was out of alignment. Control arm had rusted through and broken off. I’m fortunate that I was not driving at highway speed. This is really a serious problem considering how many of these vehicles are still on the road.

Filed Apr 28, 2022 · Transmission · SC

I bought a used 2014 Nissan Altima on/around April 13th 2022. Two weeks later my transmission gave out with barley any warning. I was driving to pick up my daughter after work when I noticed some delayed shifting. Assuming it was the car needing transmission fluid, I drove home and had planned to take the car to get it serviced at the dealership where I bought it the next day. When I left my house with my daughter the next day I got maybe 10 miles from my house when the transmission completely failed and the engine light came on. I was stalled in the middle of the road, with no working gears. The dealership I bought the vehicle from towed the car and put me in a loaner for two weeks. No clue on the price of repairs or if I’ll even be able to afford it.

Filed Nov 19, 2020 · Suspension · 71,500 miles · WI

I have been hearing a clunking sound from rear of car for few years multiple trips to dealers and had them look into noise. The only thing they came up with is the shocks were bad, I replaced them and car still had the clunking sound. I was returning home from trip to store and when entering my driveway off public side road @ about 2mph the drivers side rear control arm broke clean off from the mount bolted to the frame and the tire crashed into the inner fender and twisted to ~45 degree angle. I know that the 2013 has a recall in USA and canada and canada also has recall for 2014 for the same problem. If this had broke while I was on expressway 5 minutes earlier this could have caused serious injury to myself and passengers not to mention any body else that could have in my path. When dealer replaced driver side he said that the passenger side needed to be replaced also as it was showing stress cracks. The car is garage kept and located located in wisconsin I have all the parts that came off the car if anything is needed I can be reached @ [xxx] redacted to protect personally identifiable information pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Oct 12, 2020 · Suspension · 79,000 miles · OH

Driving slow in a 25mph neighborhood made a turn heard a clunk thought I had a flat turned around less than a 1/2 a mile back home less than a block. Had I made it to the freeway the results could've been much worse. Called my mechanic and he ordered a part, decided to look and it seems this may be a problem with these cars

Filed Jul 21, 2020 · Suspension · 89,000 miles · OH

Both the left and right rear control arms cracked due to rusting. My car operates in ohio, a state that uses salt to clear the roads. All the 2013 models were recalled for this manufacturing defect, however my car was built 9/29/13 at the start of the 2014 production. They were still using the same parts, since at this point they did not know they were defective, but did not recall the cars involved to be repaired. The resulting loss of control could be fatal if it happens on the freeway. Fortunately, my car did not experience that catastrophic level of impact. Howver, if my car was shipped to canada it would be part of that as they recalled all 2014's. Why isn't that the case here as they all came off the same assembly line with the same parts. This needs to be corrected in the u.s. My car started making very loud clunking noises as the parts were cracking and I stopped driving it and had it towed to the dealership. This is a significant safety issue, and nissan knows it exists, look at onlimne reviews with the number of people having this issue, including your own site, and you can see just how bad this actually is. Please take the steps to expand this recall for the sake of all of us who own this car.

Filed Jun 8, 2018 · Transmission · 58,000 miles · RI

I put the car in drive. The transmission grinded and the motor stalled. I was stopped at a red light with my foot on the brake and the motor continued to stall. The transmission clunks and sputters. It only has 58,000 miles. These cars should be recalled requiring nissan to replace the transmissions.

Filed May 29, 2014 · Steering · 4,000 miles · TX

After driving my new car, I noticed that above 60 MPH, even when the steering wheel is held straight ahead, the car will veer either to the left or right without ever moving the wheel - at random, regardless of crown or truck-rutted road. Dealer checked the steering, as well as another new altima; both made similar clunking noises left and right when parked and idled by moving the steering wheel a few inches either direction. Wind direction from either left or right increases the effect of constantly having to over-correct to compensate for the car not going in the direction of where the wheel is pointed. It is as if, when the car is "on center" it will then drift left or right without affecting the steering wheel. While this occurs, if one were to look away for even one second, either center stripe or side stripe would be crossed. It is a baffling situation. I have never driven a vehicle, old or new, that is connected and then, it's as if the steering is then disconnected from the wheels. I would not want to drive this vehicle on snow or ice. I feel something is wrong with the new steering system on the 2013 and 2014 altimas.

Filed May 15, 2014 · Brakes, Fuel system · 8 miles · MA

Purchased a brand new nissan altima 2014.the second day of ownership, at 8 miles, noticed a clunking/thumping sound as braking to full stop. This radiates underneath the vehicle and occurs a majority of the time when coming to a full stop. Also there is a strong gas sloshing sound from driver side rear. This happens when tank is half full to full. Returned to dealership the first time the first week of ownership and the department did not admit hearing the sounds until it was test driven with the owner. Returned two more times to the dealership with an nissan engineer looking at it after many phone calls to nissan. The sounds were heard by the engineer. Engineer stated that he would try to pack around the gas tank to reduce the noise. He did nothing. We also test drove two other 2014 altimas and a 2013 altima and they all had the same noises!the car was ready by noon with nothing corrected. We have grave concerns with the braking system and gas tank. What is the immediate and long term effects of this clunking/thumping sound etc.

Filed Mar 11, 2014 · Fuel system, Steering · 600 miles · NY

2014 nissan altima sl 2.5 makes allot of noise and vibration when you accelerate to get up to a highway speed whether it is from the engine or transmission it is very loud inside the car! The steering wheel seems to have a lot of play in it at a dead stop with engine running by turning the wheel right to left! You also hear clunking noises turning it right to left! The fuel in the tank makes loud swishing noises sort as if I have a small ocean in my fuel tank!