2006 Nissan Altima Structure

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE HAVING UNRELATED REPAIRS PERFORMED, THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER FLOOR BOARDS WERE SEVERELY CORRODED CAUSING IT TO FRACTURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE DRIVER AND PASSANGER FLOOR BOARDS ARE RUSTED. LIKE MANY OTHER 2005 NISSAN ALTIMA'S. THE HEAT IN THE CAR ALSO ONLY RUNS WARM WHEN THE VEHICLE IS MOVING. IF THE VEHICLE IS AT A STOP THE HEAT BLOWS COLD. *TR

PASSENGER FLOOR BOARD IS ROTTED THROUGH, NOTICED IT TODAY WHEN MY PASSENGER WAS IN THE CAR AND HIS FOOT DIPPED DOWN THE HOLE THAT WAS CREATED. LOOKED UNDER THE CAR AND THE ONLY THING KEEPING THE PASSENGERS FOOT FROM HITTING THE PAVEMENT IS THE CARPET, THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE ON A CAR, IT IS A SAFETY HAZARD PHYSICALLY AND IT COULD LEAD TO FATALITIES DUE TO EXHAUST FUMES ENTERING THE VEHICLE. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND IT SEEMS TO BE A FAIRY COMMON ISSUE WITH 2002-2006 NISSAN ALTIMAS. TOOK MY CAR TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC AND HE SAID THAT THIS ISSUE NEEDS TO BE FIXED SOON AS THERE IS A CHANCE THAT THE CARPET CAN CATCH ON FIRE BURNING THE ENITRE CAR. *TR

WHILE MY MECHANIC WAS CHECKING MY BRAKES AND OTHER THINGS HE NOTICED THAT THE FLOOR UNDER THE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE ARE FULLY RUSTED. WHEN I GOT THE CALL THIS MORNING I IMMEDIATELY WENT ONLINE TO SEARCH FOR THIS. IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THIS (WHICH IM NOT SURPRISE). I HAVE SPOKEN TO A BODY SHOP SINCE I WORK FOR AN INSURANCE COMPANY AND THEY SAID THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THESE CARS. I ALSO SPOKE TO SOMEONE WHO WORKS FOR NISSAN AND THEY CONFIRMED THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE.. I HAVE NEVER HAD ANY MAJOR ISSUES WITH MY CAR UNTIL THIS. IT WONT PASS INSPECTION WHICH I HAVE TO DO IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS. I ALSO HAVE A FRIEND WHO HAD THE SAME CAR DIFFERENT YEAR WITH THE SAME ISSUES AND HE JUST ENDED UP GETTING RID OF IT. IM HOPING TO GET THIS FIX AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. NISSAN SEEMS TO CHARGE ROUGHLY $700 A SIDE TO GET THIS PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF. THIS IS NOT FAIR TO THE CONSUMER SINCE ITS A FLAW IN THEIR DESIGN. WE SHOULD NOT BE PAYING A DIME TO GET THIS FIX!!! *TR

WHILE GETTING THE BRAKES REPAIRED, WE NOTICED A HUGE AREA OF RUST/ROT UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE OF THE CAR. THE ROT AREA IS APPROX 22 INCHES IN LENGTH AND ABOUT 10 INCHES ACROSS. OTHER THEN THE HIGH MILEAGE, THE CAR IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. THIS ISSUE MAKES ME CONCERNED FOR MY SAFETY AND THE SAFETY OF MY PASSENGER. IN RESEARCHING ONLINE, IT LOOKS LIKE THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH NISSAN ALTIMAS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DISCOVERED THAT THE FLOORBOARD BEHIND THE FRONT TIRES WAS CORRODED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,409.

I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT I TOOK IN FOR ANY INSPECTION AND THE FLOOR BOARD ON BOTH THE DRIVE AND PASSENGER SIDES ARE RUSTING THROUGH TO THE POINT YOU CAN SEE CARPET UNDERNEATH. LOOKING AROUND ON THE INTERNET IT BECAME VERY OBVIOUS THAT I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM AND A VERY BIG SAFETY CONCERN IF THE FLOOR IS JUST RUSTING OUT. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME TOO BAD THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. THEY DON'T WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE FACT THAT THIS IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND A SAFETY ISSUE IF THE FLOOR OF THE CAR IS EXPOSED TO THE GROUND. THE CAR HAS SPENT THE MAJORITY OF ITS LIFE IN A GARAGE SO IT MUST BE FROM DRIVING THAT THEY PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED. *TR

DRIVERS AND PASSANGERS FLOOR BOARDS ROTTED OUT. NISSAN NEEDS TO RECALL THIS ISSUE AND STAND BEHIND THEIR CARS. *TR

PUT CAR ON HOIST AND SAW THE DRIVER'S FLOOR PAN WAS RUSTED TOTALLY THROUGH. HOLE IS ABOUT 16" X 16". IT WASN'T THERE IN JANUARY OF 2014. BODY SHOP SAYS THIS IS NOT UNCOMMON FOR NISSAN ALTIMAS. *JS

DURING A ROUTINE BRAKE INSPECTION, MY MECHANIC FOUND THAT SECTIONS OF MY VEHICLE'S FLOOR APPROXIMATELY UNDER THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER'S FEET ARE SEVERELY RUSTED. IT IS BAD ENOUGH THAT THE UNDERSIDE OF THE CARPET/INSULATION IS EXPOSED IN SPOTS. I WAS SHOCKED TO DISCOVER THIS ISSUE AS THE CAR HAS LESS THAN 100K MILES AND HAS NO OTHER RUST OR CORROSION PROBLEMS. AFTER SOME SEARCHING ON THE INTERNET, IT IS APPARENT THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS PARTICULAR MAKE AND MODEL OF VEHICLE AND TO MY KNOWLEDGE THE MANUFACTURER HAS NOT INITIATED A RECALL. AT THIS POINT I AM FACED WITH AN EXPENSIVE REPAIR ON WHAT IS ABSOLUTELY A SAFETY HAZARD DUE TO A POORLY ENGINEERED AND MANUFACTURED DESIGN. *TR

AS I WAS FINDING A SPOT, TO PLACE MY FLOOR JACK, TO REPLACE THE FRONT BRAKES, I NOTICED A RUST SPOT. SO I WENT UNDER THE CAR AND NOTICED THE FLOOR PANS UNDER THE FRONT SEATS ARE ALMOST COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT. THE CAR ISN'T 10 YEARS OLD YET AND BARELY HAS OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR OR SO IT MORE THAN LIKELY WONT PASS INSPECTION. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE. *TR

VEHICLE IN FOR ANNUAL INSPECTION - IT DID NOT PASS SECONDARY TO EXTENSIVE RUST ON DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARDS. CAR IS GARAGE KEPT YEAR ROUND AND NOT DRIVEN IN WINTER (END OF OCT - BEGINNING OF APRIL). CAR HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT AND HAS BEEN EXCELLENTLY MAINTAINED. NO OTHER ISSUES WHATSOEVER WITH VEHICLE. QUICK SEARCH ON INTERNET AND IMMEDIATELY SAW MANY IDENTICAL REPORTS INCLUDING VIDEO DOCUMENTATION. THIS IS VERY UPSETTING AND INEXCUSABLE FOR A CAR OF THIS AGE DRIVEN IN FAIR WEATHER CONDITIONS. NISSAN REALLY NEEDS TO COVER THIS DEFECT. *TR

AFTER A SERIES OF HARD RAINS AND WET DRIVING CONDITIONS, I NOTICED A WET, MUSTY SMELL IN THE CABIN INTERIOR. AFTER INSPECTING ALL DOOR AND WINDOW SEALS WITHOUT FINDING ANY LEAKS, I INSPECTED UNDERNEATH THE CAR AND NOTICED THAT THE FLOORPAN AREA BENEATH BOTH THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SEATS WERE RUSTING THROUGH WITH OPEN HOLES IN BOTH AREAS. THIS IMMEDIATELY STRUCK ME AS A DEFECT AS THE VEHICLE IS OTHERWISE RUST-FREE. UPON RESEARCHING, I DISCOVERED THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A COMMON ISSUE WITH 01-06 NISSAN ALTIMAS. I CONTACTED THE DEALER WHO ACKNOWLEDGED THE ISSUE. HOWEVER, THEY NOTED THAT NISSAN HAS NOT TAKEN ACTION TO ADDRESS THIS DEFECT. THEY PROVIDED A ROUGH ESTIMATE FOR REPAIRS AS THEY HAVE REFERRED OTHER CUSTOMERS TO BODY SHOPS FOR REPAIR (~$500-600 PER SIDE). NOT ONLY IS THIS LIKELY TO DAMAGE THE INTERIOR, BUT IT WOULD SEEM TO BE A LIKELY SAFETY HAZARD WITH THE WEAKENED FLOORPAN. I HAVE HAD MY CAR AT A NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR ROUTINE INSPECTIONS, AND THIS ISSUE WAS NEVER NOTED ON THE INSPECTION. *TR

I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA THAT IS GARAGED KEPT. AND IN PERFECT CONDITION. LOW MILES TOO. BUT HAS COMPLETELY ROTTED OUT FLOOR BOARDS! AND I SEE THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THIS ISSUE. WE HAVE KIDS AND PAID A LOT FOR THIS CAR. I WANT TO TAKE THIS MATTER TO NISSAN AND HAVE IT FIXED.. I SEE WERE SOME PPLE HAVE HAD SUCCESS IN HAVING IT FIXED AND HEARD THERE WAS A TSB FROM ONE MEMBER ABOUT THIS ISSUE.. I WILL SAY I AM A PA STATE INSPECTION MECHANIC AND THIS IS NOT FROM NEGLECT, I TAKE GREAT PRIDE IN MY CARS. AND THIS IS DEFINITELY A SAFETY ISSUE.. AND SHOULD BE RECALLED!!! GENERAL MOTORS IS BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THERE ISSUE! SO SHOULD NISSAN. LETS NOT LET THIS GET TO WHERE PPL ARE GETTING SICK FROM CARBON MONOXIDE AND FALLING ASLEEP AT THE WHEELS. OR DYING IN A ACCIDENT DUE TO POOR STRUCTURE OF BODY.. THERE ARE ENOUGH COMPLAINTS ON LINE WERE THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED! THANKS AND I CAN BE REACHED AT [XXX] NAME IS [XXX].. THANKS. HOPE TO GET THIS MATTER RESOLVED ASAP.. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6) *JS

MY NISSAN ALTIMA VIN # INCLUDED SEPARATELY, HAS ABOUT 90,000 MILES ON IT. IT WAS BOUGHT FEBRUARY 2007 AND HAS BEEN OWNED BY ME SINCE THEN (FIRST AND ONLY OWNER). I PERFORMED MY 90,000 MILE SERVICING TODAY AND WAS NOTIFIED BY MY MECHANIC THAT THE FLOOR BOARDS ON PASSENGER SIDE AND DRIVER SIDE (UNDERCARRIAGE) ARE RUSTING AND I CAN SEE A HOLE OPENING UP THERE. HE SHOWED ME WHILE I WAS WAITING FOR MY CAR TO GET FIXED AT THE SHOP. THE REST OF THE UNDERCARRIAGE SEEMED FINE. THIS INDICATES A MANUFACTURING DEFECT TO ME. I ALSO WOULD LIKE TO POINT OUT THAT THIS IS A CLEAR SAFETY ISSUE WITH THE VEHICLE: MODERN VEHICLES OUGHT NOT TO ROT LIKE SO, AND SUCH A ROT EXPOSES THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER AT GREAT RISK WHILE OPERATING THE VEHICLE. I AM GETTING EXTREMELY UNCOMFORTABLE NOW OPERATING THIS VEHICLE. IT HAS SERVED ME WELL, AND THE ENGINE/DRIVETRAIN HAS ITSELF BEEN TROUBLE FREE. HOWEVER, IF THE FLOOR BOARDS ROT LIKE THIS, I AM UNSURE ABOUT THE VEHICLE'S OVERALL STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY. *TR

SIX TO EIGHT INCH ROT HOLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE AND THE START OF ANOTHER HOLE ON THE PASSENGER SIDE TOO! *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, THE TECHNICIAN DISCOVERED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S SIDE FRAME UNDERNEATH THE FLOORBOARD WAS SEVERELY RUSTED. IN ADDITION, THE FRONT DRIVER'S SIDE FRAME UNDERNEATH THE FLOORBOARD EXHIBITED A SLIGHT RUST CORROSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,000. DRRK RE-MAILED 10/08/14*LJ REMAILED 10/14/14*LJ UPDATED 10/27/14*LJ UPDATED 4/21/2015 *JS THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE RUST WAS CAUSED BY WEAR AND TEAR. UPDATED 10/14/15. *JB UPDATED 03/28/16.*JB THE CONSUMER REQUESTED AN UPDATE CONCERING THE RUSTED FLOORBOARDS. FUMES ARE ABLE TO ENTER THE VEHICLE. UPDATED 04/12/2017*JS

I TOOK MY CAR TO GET INSPECTED AND WAS TOLD BY MY MECHANIC THAT BOTH THE DRIVERS SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR BOARDS ARE RUSTING OUT. BECAUSE I KNOW SOME PEOPLE THAT CAN DO THE REPAIR WORK FOR ME I'M LOOKING AT ABOUT 1200.00 FOR THE REPAIR. NOW THAT I'VE SEEN WHAT SOME OTHER PEOPLE ARE BEING QUOTED I GUESS THAT PRICE IS FAIR. I ALREADY HAVE EXHAUST COMING THROUGH MY FLOOR AND AM CONCERNED FOR MY HEALTH AT THIS POINT. OTHER THEN THIS ISSUE MY CAR IS IN PERFECT CONDITION. MY CONCERN IS IF I DON'T FIX THIS, MY CAR IN NOT SAFE.....SO I DO NOT WANT TO DRIVE IT AND I COULD NOT SELL IT TO ANYONE IN GOOD CONSCIOUSNESS BECAUSE I WOULD KNOWINGLY BE PUTTING SOMEONE ELSE IN HARMS WAY. NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE CARE OF THIS HUGE ENGINEERING FLAW AND SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

RUST RUST RUST!!!!! DRIVER SIDE UNDER BODY FLOOR PANEL IS RUSTED OUT. 1 OWNER (ME) ALWAYS KEEP / KEPT UP WITH SERVICE, MY CAR STARTED TO SOUND / RUN DIFFERENTLY, HAD MY HUSBAND CHECK WHERE I THOUGHT THE SOUND WAS COMING FROM, AND TO OUR SURPRISE IT WAS THE BIGGEST RUST SPOT EVER (6'12 ?) *JS

I WENT TO TAKE MY CAR IN FOR INSPECTION TODAY FOR MY 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA AND FOUND OUT THE DRIVERS AND PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR PANEL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THIS IS A DEFECT IN THE METAL USED BY NISSAN AS I HAVE READ MANY ISSUES REGARDING THIS. THE COST TO REPAIR IS APPROXIMATELY $2500 AND I AM FILING A COMPLAINT AS NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. *TR

DRIVER AND PASSENGER FLOOR ROTTED. *TR

TOOK MY CAR IN FOR INSPECTION TODAY AND THEY SAID IT WILL NOT PASS AS THE PASSENGER AND DRIVERS SIDE FLOOR PANEL IS COMPLETELY RUSTED. THE COST FOR REPAIR IS $2500 AND THERE ARE NUMEROUS KNOWN ISSUES BY NISSAN FOR THIS PROBLEM. NISSAN SHOULD BE PAYING FOR THIS REPAIR, THE VEHICLE YEAR IS 2006 WITH 85,000 MILES AND IS NOT EXPOSED TO SALT WATER AND HAS NEVER BEEN IN A FLOOD. DEFECTIVE METAL, KNOWN ISSUE BY NISSAN AND NEEDS TO BE ON THE RECALL LIST. *TR

TOOK VEHICLE IN FOR STATE INSPECTION AND DIDN'T PASS. VEHICLE DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE FLOORS WERE COMPLETELY RUSTED OUT. NOT SAFE!!!! DEALER SAID IT IS NOT COVERED (OF COARSE). QUOTED $800.00 TO REPAIR. DEALER ACKNOWLEDGED THAT THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY SAW THIS. THIS IS THE ONLY RUST ON THE CAR. I SEE MULTIPLE OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR (AND OTHER YEARS) NISSAN ALTIMA. DEALER SHOULD OF WARNED ME ABOUT THIS SINCE I TAKE THE CAR THERE EVERY YEAR FOR INSPECTION. THIS DID NOT JUST HAPPENED THIS YEAR. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

THE FRONT FLOOR ON THE DRIVER'S SIDE IS CRACKED AND RUSTED THROUGH WHICH IS UNSAFE. *TR

IN 2006 WE PURCHASED A NEW 2006 NISSAN ALTIMA 2.5, VIN#[XXX] WAS KEPT IN THE GARAGES EVER SINCE IT WAS PURCHASED. THE CAR HAS 70,000 MILES AND LOOKS LIKE NEW. ON OCTOBER 26, 2014 MY HUSBAND WAS ROTATING TIRES WHEN HE NOTICED THAT FLOOR BOARDS ON BOTH SIDES WERE CORRODED & ROTTING. WE WERE HORRIFIED SINCE THIS CAR IS ONLY 7 YEARS OLD, WELL MAINTAINED, AND GARAGE KEPT! THIS DID NOT MAKE ANY SENSE SO WE SEARCHED THE INTERNET & FOUND OUT THAT OTHER PEOPLE REPORTED THE SAME ISSUE. HTTP://WWW.CARCOMPLAINTS.COM/NISSAN/ALTIMA/2005/BODY_PAINT/FLOOR_PAN_RUSTED_THROUGH.SHTML 2006 ALTIMA 2.5 HAD ISSUES WITH THE METAL THAT WAS USED FOR THE FLOOR BOARDS & THIS WAS A KNOWN ISSUE. THE HOLES IN THE FLOOR CREATE DANGER FOR THE CAR OCCUPANTS! ON OCTOBER 27, 2014 I CONTACTED NISSAN N AMERICA AT 1-800-646-7261 ?? CASE 16414850. THEY ASKED ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO THE NISSAN AUTHORIZED DEALER??S BODY SHOP & GET AN ESTIMATE TO REPLACE ROTTEN FLOOR BOARDS. THE ESTIMATE WAS $3,334.66. I CALLED NISSAN N AMERICA REP. [XXX] AND GAVE HIM THE ESTIMATE. HE SAID THAT NISSAN WOULD COVER UP TO 50% OF THE REPAIR COST. I TOLD HIM THAT IS NOT FAIR SINCE THE PROBLEM DID NOT RESULT FROM OUR FAULT. THE FAULT IS WITH NISSAN, BECAUSE THEY USED POOR MATERIAL FOR THE FLOOR BOARDS AND THAT IS WELL DOCUMENTED ON THE INTERNET. HE SAID THAT THERE IS NOTHING MORE THAT HE CAN DO. I'M WRITING TO YOU AND ASKING YOU FOR HELP. WE WANT NISSAN TO COVER THE WHOLE REPAIR COST BECAUSE THE FAULT IS WITH NISSAN PRODUCT, NOT OUR MAINTENANCE. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR