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Complaint Number: 11403171 Incident Date: March 15, 2021 Date Added to File: March 15, 2021 Description of the Complaint: Several times while normal driving and nothing in roadway the display will say unauthorized object in view and there's nothing there happens several times a day scares me at first cause I think something wrong and takes 10 minutes for display warning light to turn off

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Complaint Number: 11399856 Incident Date: February 13, 2021 Date Added to File: March 8, 2021 Description of the Complaint: While driving home and just entering my neighborhood, I noticed a low tire warning on my dashboard. I looked at the pressure and there was approximately 26 pounds still in the tire and the closest place to fill up was at my house. While approaching a right turn in the neighborhood and because of the winter weather conditions of snow and ice on the road, I slowed down to a crawl and applied my brake prior to and while turning. While in the beginning of my turn, I instantly realized that I had no control of my car and I slid into a snow bank on the side of the road. There is no doubt that I was going too slow for my car to slide. I was right down the road from my home so I continued home thinking I could not have had significant damage; however, as I was driving, my ride did not feel normal even though I was traveling at a very slow pace. When I got into my garage, I found my tire was completely flat and the damage was significant to my front driver side bumper. The next morning I removed my tire to see where the puncture was and if it was repairable. Upon further inspection and while filling the tire with air, I realized there was no hole in the tire but there was a fast air leak at the rim. On monday morning, february 15, 2021 I brought my tire in for repair. I have no doubt that a defect exist in my tire and when I looked to see if there was a recall, I realized that the same tire I have on my vehicle is shown on the recall list but it is for 2019 tires and not 2018. Please look into my complaint and concern. If I had been traveling on a highway, I could have easily been killed. I had no control over my vehicle when the air went out at the rim. My tire is a continental contiprocontact p215/60r16 94t all season dot 6yx8 3yd 2018. The tire says made in slovakia. Other numbers on the tire were 3-979 84579 230385 e4 0231843.

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Complaint Number: 11390529 Incident Date: May 1, 2019 Date Added to File: January 28, 2021 Description of the Complaint: The contact owns a 2018 nissan altima. The contact stated that the vehicle was at a stand still and the ignition failed to start. The contact stated no warning light was illuminated. The vehicle was not drivable. The vehicle was towed to the local dealer fiesta nissan (5001 s 169c, edinburg, tx 78539, (956) 348-1408) where it was diagnosed with needing an unknown brake switch to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired but experienced the failure three additional times. The manufacturer had been informed of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 5,000.

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Complaint Number: 11374853 Incident Date: October 21, 2020 Date Added to File: November 16, 2020 Description of the Complaint: The contact owns a 2018 nissan altima. The contact stated that while driving, the feb automatic collision notification illuminated then unilluminated. The contact stated that while approached a stop sign at 500 feet, while depressing the brake pedal, it went to the floorboard causing the distance to be extended. As a result, another vehicle came across the contact crashed into the right rear wheel of the other vehicle. No warning lights illuminated. The contact nor the other driver did not sustained injuries. A police report was filed. The other vehicle was towed. The contact was advised by the police office was to use the emergency brake and drove the vehicle to his residence. The vehicle was taken to michael jordan nissan, 3930 durham-chapel hill blvd, durham, nc 27707, where it was diagnosed but could not find a failure with the brakes but was advised by the dealer that they would keep the vehicle a little longer to investigate. The vehicle was not yet repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and provided a case number. The failure mileage was approximately 59,000.

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Complaint Number: 11353501 Incident Date: September 6, 2020 Date Added to File: September 7, 2020 Description of the Complaint: When trying to push start the brakes feel hard and unable to push down so the push start will work. Have to play with the brake pedal in order for it to go down and able to start the car.

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Complaint Number: 11352541 Incident Date: September 1, 2020 Date Added to File: September 1, 2020 Description of the Complaint: The automatic emergency braking (aeb) system stops working. The dashboard message says the front sensors are being obstructed but they are not. This seems to be a widespread issue with this sensor on nissan vehicles.

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Complaint Number: 11343851 Incident Date: August 3, 2020 Date Added to File: August 7, 2020 Description of the Complaint: Automatic breaking will shut off for about 5 minutes on occasion; especially when turning towards an embankment (I.E. Making a left turn and there's an island there).

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Complaint Number: 11343267 Incident Date: August 4, 2020 Date Added to File: August 4, 2020 Description of the Complaint: Since I purchased this 2018 altima (I had previously driven a 2016 altima without aeb), I have gotten false positives from the front sensor, stopping my car at random times in clear day light traffic, on dry pavement, with no leaves or other road debris. Front sensor has continuously reported the "front sensor not available" alert multiple times in my cars short lifetime, followed by the crash icon at random times of the days, and all speeds including in the stopped position. The sensor goes out regardless or whether there are other vehicles around. I reported these issues beginningin october 2018 (the same month I purhcased my car). No nissan vehicle should be equipped with the technology where driver's had no clue when the vehicles will come to a halt and lock without warning. This commonly happens when there are cars around me and there is a change in speed (anticipated or nto), which is common in la. My front sensor has malfunctioned several times and engaged the brakes, several times while driving on the freeway at 50mph. My car also seems to lug at times when I brake from a distance and normally which concerns me. I have reported this issues to technicians and had the brakes checked with no problems found so I have had no choice but to wait for the issues with my brakes and car to compile. The owner's manual admits aeb systems do "not function in all driving, traffic, weather, and road conditions" but the manual leaves out the part about how the systems can cause vehicles to suddenly stop even when no objects are in the driving lane. I originally reported this issue to steve yaeger on october 19, 2018--the same month I purchased the vehicle. Have brought in my vehicle into to nissan various times in the first 3 months but technicians always told me there is nothing they can do and just shake off my concerns/try to give explanations.

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Complaint Number: 11340280 Incident Date: July 19, 2020 Date Added to File: July 19, 2020 Description of the Complaint: I began experiencing issues with what we believe to be my break switch, and while I was driving down the road 3 of my breaks locked up, also taking away my ability to stop.

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Complaint Number: 11340184 Incident Date: May 22, 2020 Date Added to File: July 18, 2020 Description of the Complaint: 2018 nissan altima sl while driving in rain the message 'front radar unavailable due to obstruction,' appears. Vehicle begins to shake and the back brakes engage without touching them. Vehicle tries to hydroplane. Vehicle slows to approx 35 or 40 miles per hour. It feels like the back passengers wheel is locked up. I have owned this vehicle for 7 months. The aeb sensor has been replaced. This problem has happened 3 times since the replacement. Always while driving in the rain.

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Complaint Number: 11338250 Incident Date: July 8, 2020 Date Added to File: July 8, 2020 Description of the Complaint: The front radar obstruction sensor, when the car is in motion, turns off for no apparent reason, at any time or place, highway or local roads. Many times it turns off if I pass a car into an open road. This will affect the aeb system. Nissan dealer has stated that they do not have a fix or a recall for my 2018 nissan altima.

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Complaint Number: 11323992 Incident Date: April 2, 2020 Date Added to File: May 9, 2020 Description of the Complaint: After 10 min of operation and at a regular speed in a frw 55 mph the collusion sensor comes up stating that there is no warning if a car is too close to the front of vehicle. Cruise control doesn't work and appears that works with the collusion sensor.

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Complaint Number: 11321914 Incident Date: April 15, 2020 Date Added to File: April 22, 2020 Description of the Complaint: I leased a 2018 nissan altima (from nissan) on 3/24/18. Approx 12k miles into leasing the vehicle I had a brake light switch/brake lamp switch (brake switch) go bad. The vehicle is a push to start vehicle and the brake switch is a senor above the brake that when you press on the brake, it tells the vehicle that your pressing the brake to start the vehicle. The part was back ordered so nissan as a whole had zero brake switches to replace my bad one. I explained to the nissan service rep that im in the military and I need my vehicle to drive me to different duty locations and also I have court ordered custody in which I have to drive 424 miles to go see my daughter and that particular weekend I needed my vehicle to drive to see her. The rep advised me that he would take one from a new vehicle and place it into mines so I could go see my daughter. Because he did that, the maintenance was undocumented. At 21,254k miles the part failed again. Causing my vehicle not to start (it was start randomly). When it did start, I was not able to shift my vehicle out of park or sometimes if I did get it into park, I couldnt shift it from drive or reverse, causing a major safety concern. Also while driving the cars anti-collision braking system, which was incorporated with the switch, would suddenly cause my vehicle to brake (even while driving 70mph on the highway). Sometimes the vehicle wouldn't go over 30mph. I was able to get that fixed under warranty. The part failed again at 62,155k miles and at 129,025k miles. The last time the part failed I asked the nissan service rep if there anything nissan can do because I cant keep paying for this part to keep failing. I need my vehicle to see my daughter and to travel for the military. He advised me to call the nissan corporate, I called and they started a case but the next day I was advised that they couldn't do anything.

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Complaint Number: 11318157 Incident Date: March 15, 2020 Date Added to File: March 15, 2020 Description of the Complaint: Radar sensor for aeb and fcw malfunctioning, turning off at random situations, braking when no vehicle is near, false alerts crossing rail road tracks, etc. Took to nissan dealership under warranty but issue was not fixed since they claim to be because of potential prior crash. Vehicle has not been reported in a crash, and aeb is malfunctioning constantly to the point where it may be unsafe instead of a safety feature.

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Complaint Number: 11316896 Incident Date: March 4, 2020 Date Added to File: March 8, 2020 Description of the Complaint: The feb. Forward emergency braking radar keeps disabling with the radar clear

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Complaint Number: 11301051 Incident Date: January 22, 2020 Date Added to File: January 22, 2020 Description of the Complaint: The car will not start using push to start with the brake pedal depressed. The car is an automatic and the problem is due to a faulty stop light switch. The safety concern is that the brake lights are not functioning correctly and is a safety concern. This seems to be a common problem and the car is less than 2 years old.

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Complaint Number: 11299156 Incident Date: January 12, 2020 Date Added to File: January 13, 2020 Description of the Complaint: The vehicle is frequently not recognizing that the brake is depressed. The brakes work fine but with the car not recognizing the brake is depressed, it will not start (as it is a push button start and the brake needs to be depressed for the car to start). Also because of it not recognizing that the brake is depressed, it occasionally will not shift out of park. Additionally because the vehicle does not recognize that the brake is depressed, the brake lights do not work which is a huge safety issue as other vehicles do not know that the car is braking. It happens when the vehicle is stationary as well as when it is being driven both at low speeds and highway speeds. The brake light sensor I believe is to blame for all of the above issues. Apparently it is fairly common with nissan altimas and other nissan vehicles as well. There should be a recall on that part as it creates unsafe conditions. The car is less than 2 years old and has 34,000 miles on it. I tried to schedule an appointment with my dealership where the car was purchased new but their first available appointment is 6-8 weeks away. I am bringing it into another repair facility tomorrow as it needs to be fixed urgently and cannot wait months.

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Complaint Number: 11291607 Incident Date: December 20, 2019 Date Added to File: December 27, 2019 Description of the Complaint: The front radar is faulty and is causing issues with the front emergency braking (feb). There is a notification that says "feb unavailable: front radar obstruction". This is causing a regular distraction to the driver and also poses in a risk that the vehicle may automatically brake unexpectedly or not brake in an emergency situation.

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Complaint Number: 11289934 Incident Date: December 18, 2019 Date Added to File: December 18, 2019 Description of the Complaint: A warning in the dash that says, 'front radar unavailable due to obstruction.' the vehicle does this while in motion. The vehicle has 52190 miles on it at this time. The warning will reset when turning off the car and restarting. There are no items obstructed. Nissan dealership stated very common and replacing a lot of them. $1200 is the cost of repair quoted and the service advisor knew that without looking it up. This has to do with the radar sensor that is used for the automatic emergency braking system.

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Complaint Number: 11286535 Incident Date: December 1, 2019 Date Added to File: December 3, 2019 Description of the Complaint: Intermittent front radar. Warning message will appear stating "front radar unavailble due to obstruction" when there is not an obstruction, then the system deactivates the automatic emergency braking. After a few minutes, the "obstruction" is cleared and the system resumes functionality. This will repeat quite often. While I own a nissan altima, it appears this is an issue in the nissan sentra, as well.

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Complaint Number: 11282711 Incident Date: November 21, 2019 Date Added to File: November 27, 2019 Description of the Complaint: Front radar obstruction goes off. Recently it caused problems with my abs to not work and disengage at times. Could be driving on an empty road and it will go off.

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Complaint Number: 11281549 Incident Date: May 18, 2018 Date Added to File: November 21, 2019 Description of the Complaint: The contact owns a 2018 nissan altima. While driving around a curve at 25 mph, the steering malfunctioned and it was difficult to control the vehicle. Also, the brakes malfunctioned without warning, loud squeaking noises were heard, and it was difficult to stop the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to jackson nissan (2400 seymour rd, jackson, mi 49201, (517) 788-8300) at least ten times since it was first leased in may of 2018. The dealer recently replaced the brake pads and power steering pump. The failures recurred and the contact was reluctant to drive the vehicle. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer sent the contact a settlement release and offered to pay $2,000. By signing the release, the contact would relieve the manufacturer of all legal responsibility if something went wrong. The failure mileage was 100.

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Complaint Number: 11280707 Incident Date: November 10, 2019 Date Added to File: November 18, 2019 Description of the Complaint: While driving on the highway, during the morning, my car activated the brakes on its own, this is the second time this happens the first time I took it to the dealer and asked for the sensors to be removed, and kept it for a whole day and apparently nothing was done, secondly the (front radar obstruction) is becoming annoying. Another of the issues I encountered with this my altima is the shifting, from 2nd to 3rd gear it feels as if the gears were stuck, also took it in the dealer and they said this could not be true because my altima doesn't have a regular transmission it has a band, so I responded, you know more than me, just please make a note of my issue and I don't want to be stuck with a lemon, I am sure I'm not the only one that has encountered these issues

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Complaint Number: 11280226 Incident Date: August 20, 2019 Date Added to File: November 14, 2019 Description of the Complaint: The forward collision warning component becomes 'unavailable' when there is nothing (no dirt or rain, snow) blocking the sensor. I keep the sensor wiped clean and on a nice sunny day, while vehicle is in motion on the highway, boulevard, residential streets. The sensor warning will tell me 'fcw unavailable' with the 'symbol' of two cars crashing. It goes on for a while then off then back on again. In the photo below, I'd just pulled over to take the picture of the symbol. (this was 08/20/19.10 days after my car purchase 08/10/19) at that time the symbol only is showing. I'd just turned off the boulevard from driving 40mph. Can't get a pic of message while car is in motion, of course. This is now a regular occurrence for the 3 months I've had my car. Taking into mechanic to get it checked end of november 2019. This warning occurs at various speeds.

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Complaint Number: 11278863 Incident Date: November 6, 2019 Date Added to File: November 8, 2019 Description of the Complaint: Automatic emergency breaking turns off constantly. When a truck towing a trailer passed me a light came on and a message flashed on the dash. It said that the radar was unavailable because of an obstruction. It happened again at an intersection. It seems to go off several times a day when it senses cars beside me, at intersections, turning... I made an appointment with nissan service at jeff wyler kong?S nissan in mason ohio. They found DTC # c1a16 radar stain and c1b55-97 radar blockage. They reprogrammed the radar unit. It still didn?T work. They said the part needs to be replaced to the tune of $1637.86. We bought this car specifically for the aeb. We researched it?S reliability through consumer reports. I checked and there were no recalls. There were no accidents on the vehicle?S history report. I?D run a small general obd reader that did not show the code before buying. We are pretty mad to have extended ourselves to pay more for something that doesn?T work. I?Ve called 1800nissan1 so we?Ll see if they fix it. So far they?Ve only told me it?S not covered, despite how many nissan models and years are all having the same issue. We couldn?T see it bc they haven?T recalled it.

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Complaint Number: 11278707 Incident Date: November 6, 2019 Date Added to File: November 7, 2019 Description of the Complaint: While driving a sensor light appears and reads obstruction unavailable and stays for several minutes before turning off this happens at least 5 to 6 times a week. Another problem im having is a knocking sound under driver feet while driving and turning I took it in to have it checked and the technician drove it heard the sound kept the car a whole day but said he couldn't find anything wrong but clearly there is a problem if he and I hear can hear the noise. When I picked the car up it still makes the same sound and I'm afraid while driving something may happen to the wheels. It sounds to me like this is a rotor problem. I've taken the car in twice regarding this same problem and it has not been fixed. Since purchasing this car it has been in service at least 10 times with different problems 3 times for brakes, one time for not being able to push brake to start two times for excessive wind noise from windows had front and back brakes replaced twice and now having to take it back to replace window seals and knocking noise that has not been fixed. Nissan really did a poor job building the particular car not even two years from purchase with several problems very unsatisfied customer

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Complaint Number: 11271282 Incident Date: June 30, 2019 Date Added to File: October 27, 2019 Description of the Complaint: The front collision radar sensor keeps going off and on. Took into dealer and said it was a very common problem and don't know why it is not recalled yet. The part is $1500 which is over 10% of the vehicle. This is a safety issue as I do not know when it is on or off. The the sensor goes off stay front sensor is unavailable due to obstruction and there is nothing there. It will turn off and on several times in a drive.

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Complaint Number: 11269588 Incident Date: October 1, 2019 Date Added to File: October 20, 2019 Description of the Complaint: The front electronic braking system feb intermittently goes out saying "front radar obstruction" every time I drive the car. If the car is turned off then back on it works normally but will happen again within an hour or so every time it's driven, no exceptions.

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Complaint Number: 11269272 Incident Date: October 17, 2019 Date Added to File: October 17, 2019 Description of the Complaint: While driving the vehicle, notification of "feb: unavailable front radar obstruction" comes on and stays illuminated for upwards of 5 to 10 minutes before turning off. This occurs when there are no vehicles in front of mine and no road hazards that would have triggered it to turn on. I feel that this is a big safety issue with the way the car is designed to stop when it detects a hazard. This started out randomly over this past summer and in the last week, has been a daily occurrence. When I spoke to the dealership about it, the soonest they had an opening to address it is a month away. No a happy camper, feels like they are not as concerned as I am with the safety of my vehicle. Brake switch failure less than one year of ownership of the vehicle. Unable to push the brake pedal in to start the vehicle. The only way to get the switch to release is to tap on it with a hammer. This issue has been occurring fairly regularly for the past week before I could get it to the dealership today. (is supposed to be fixed tomorrow??) at one point, the vehicle failed to start altogether. Popped the hood to jump start it, and noticed black powdery stuff on the top of the battery as though the batter had gotten too hot and boiled over possibly. The dealership test the battery and told me that my battery is fine and fully charged. This was after I had it on the charger for several hours yesterday so that it would start for me to take it to the dealership.

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Complaint Number: 11257083 Incident Date: September 20, 2019 Date Added to File: September 21, 2019 Description of the Complaint: 2018 nissan altima has a defective push start and braking system. Unable to start car with push start because it feels as if the brakes are stuck. Have to continously pump the break in a effort to get the brake to release in order to start the car.

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Complaint Number: 11256254 Incident Date: October 17, 2018 Date Added to File: September 17, 2019 Description of the Complaint: I was driving at 45 mph on a city street. The automatic braking system engaged when a gust of wind blew leaves in front of my car. Fortunately no cars were close behind me because it was as if I slammed on the brakes. Being triggered by leaves seems too sensitive.

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Complaint Number: 11255434 Incident Date: September 12, 2019 Date Added to File: September 13, 2019 Description of the Complaint: 2018 nissan altima has a defective push start and braking system. Unable to start car with push start because it feels as if the brakes are stuck. Have to continously pump the break in a effort to get the brake to release in order to start the car. There is also an issue with the front radar sensors. I while in motion I randomly receive an audible alert and warning message saying that the front radar is unavailable due to obstruction yet there would nothing in front of the car.

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Complaint Number: 11253936 Incident Date: August 6, 2019 Date Added to File: September 8, 2019 Description of the Complaint: My 2018 nissan altima randomly throws out a message to the dash saying, "front radar unavailable due to obstruction" and this is accompanied by a warning beep, which causes a moment of panic. This occurs even on an open road with no other cars or obstructions present. This is an obvious safety concern since the braking system is disabled when this occurs. We went to the local dealer and they want $165 to diagnose problem and $1000 to fix it because we are out of warranty. We purchased the car second hand with 42k miles. They told us that this is a common problem as they see this all the time. We opened a case with nissan (36978530) and was told they could not help us unless we spent the money to have the problem diagnosed. So, at this point, nissan is not standing by their product and one of the major reasons we bought the car is not working. And, nissan knows it!

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Complaint Number: 11244659 Incident Date: August 16, 2019 Date Added to File: August 17, 2019 Description of the Complaint: The car will not start if the break is somehow "stuck". You have to pump on the breaks to release it for the car to start. If the car does start, the breaks may be stuck when I come to a complete stop at which time the car can't drive faster than 5 mph and sometimes the car just stays in one spot. I have two other nissan cars and I have experienced the same problem. I truly believe that nissan has issues with the break system. This is dangerous for people driving on the road with this problem. The dealer is not wanting to fix this problem until their computer generates a code. On my other two cars, the problem got really bad before their system was able to duplicate the problem. People can be stranded if their car doesn't start or get into an accident if the car can't move after a complete stop.

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Complaint Number: 11235213 Incident Date: July 25, 2019 Date Added to File: July 27, 2019 Description of the Complaint: I have 2018 nissan altima sr special edition with about 25,000 miles on it. For the past few months the indicator front radar unavailable due to obstruction has been going off constantly. Last night when I was coming home from work on a major highway the indicator came up and shortly after the blinking yellow indicator of a car came up and started breaking by itself, twice. The first time I was traveling about 75 mph and the drivers assistant started breaking. There was not a car in front of me or around me at all. I pulled over immediately and saw nothing in the way of the sensor. The second time it happened probably about 10 miles from the first time it happened. Then, I turned off the 'drivers assistants'. This could have been a very bad accident if there was another car around me at the time. I took my car in this morning to the dealership I bought the car from. The service girl who I deal with every time I go to the dealership for service. Got my car right in and found out the sensor was bad and it needed to be replaced and got me into a loaner vehicle because I needed to go to work and couldn't wait. I'll be picking up my car tomorrow and hoping this won't happen again!! Nissan you should issue a recall on the matter right away. Obviously by reading other consumers issue they are the same as mine and that is why I am writing this review!

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Complaint Number: 11221956 Incident Date: June 3, 2019 Date Added to File: June 23, 2019 Description of the Complaint: I drive a black 2018 nissan altima sr special edition. My car currently has 24,000 miles on it. As I was driving down the street my automatic braking system was activated and my car slowed down and tried to stop on its own. I understand that the purpose of the abs is to assist drivers in safely stopping the vehicle when they are to close to an object and/or another car in front of them. However there was no car in front of me when this occurred. It is now happening consistently and I'm afraid to drive it, especially with my two year old son in the car. This could be very dangerous and potentially fatal if it happens at the wrong time!!!

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Complaint Number: 11220010 Incident Date: June 14, 2019 Date Added to File: June 14, 2019 Description of the Complaint: I bought my 2018 nissan altima sr midnight edition around october 2018. When I reached about 8,500 miles the cars front radar sensor went off, and my altima would say front radar unavailable due to obstruction, and this would go on and off the whole week. I called the dealer and they told me to come and we'll take a look at it. That week I went to the dealership and they told me that it's cover by warranty and that the front radar sensor needs to be recalibrated. Waited the whole day for them to fix it. When I left the dealership 10 miles out the front radar went off again, and I was fuming that my new car is doing this. I called back and told the that the sensor is doing the same thing again. They told me that they will order and new sensor for you and will fix it when the part arrives. Two weeks later the dealership never called or emiled me. I call them up and they said that the part is here and to bring the car in anytime. So I go in to the dealership and they changed the part. Day 1 was good no issues. Day 2 was good no issues. Day 3 the cars abs system kicks in and brings my car to a full stop for no reason what so ever. There was no car in front of me, no pedestrians nothing. The weather was a clear sunny day and I driving in manhattan with a client in my car going 25 mph. The whole car was shaking I heard the tire skid and the whole car was shaking, I got soo scared. The car behind me almost hit me and the guy comes out his car arguing with me on why I stoped suddenly for no reason. I told him it wasn't me the car stoped on it's own, but he didn't believe me and gave me a couple cuss words. I was in rage, and scared at the same time. I called the dealership again and told them the issues, they told me come in and we'll look at it for you. Im so angry because I could have been in an accident form the same thing that is supposed to prevent an accident.

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Complaint Number: 11218863 Incident Date: June 9, 2019 Date Added to File: June 10, 2019 Description of the Complaint: The aeb (automatic emergency braking) system malfunctions continuously. I get a warning (front senors unavailable due to obstruction) but there is no obstruction. This shuts off the safety system that was designed to sense and stop the vehicle in an emergency. Many, many other nissan owners are having this same issue and nissan is failing to do a recall and fix it. Just as the system alerted me while driving yesterday, it then quickly shut off saying there was an obstruction. It was not adverse weather conditions and nothing was covering the front of the car. I stopped in time. I have an appointment this week with the nissan dealer, but with this being a marketed as a safety feature, and included as part of the safety ratings systems by the government, it should be a recall by nissan. I purchased the car because of the safety system and ratings.

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Complaint Number: 11218605 Incident Date: June 1, 2019 Date Added to File: June 8, 2019 Description of the Complaint: Radar obstruction warning keeps popping up on screen.Afraid that this would make the car stop and get rear ended.This is happening while driving..

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Complaint Number: 11208650 Incident Date: May 10, 2018 Date Added to File: May 20, 2019 Description of the Complaint: During random driving the forward collision sensor comes on stating that forward collision is unavailable. Sometimes the sensor will go off 1-2 times or up to 6 times in one day. This sensor controls the (aeb) automatic emergency braking. Nissan has acknowledged this issue in several cars but no recall has been issued. This vehicle is my work vehicle and my personal nissan pathfinder has already had the part replaced with less than 10,000 miles. Currently my vehicle is out of warranty and they want $1700.00 for repair of faulty safety parts. I've been driving in perfectly sunny days, on bumpy back alley, just driving on the highways and the sensor goes off. I believe that this issue is more widespread than they acknowledge. Our fleet of company cars are experiencing the same problem with the rogue, altima.

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Complaint Number: 11171170 Incident Date: January 16, 2019 Date Added to File: January 21, 2019 Description of the Complaint: This is an issue that has been continuously happening since I purchased the vehicle with about 2500 miles on it, it currently has about 6500 miles on it. The emergency braking system continues to turn on and off at various times but has continued to get worse over the few months that I have owned it. The worst situation I have had was recently on a 300 mile round trip when the emergency braking would activate and deactivate every few minutes, in which it would flash on the dash saying the system was obstructed, and the warning light showing it deactivated would turn on, the cruise control would shut off and a keeping sound would turn on. This was happening with no apparent particular incident. The trip took some back roads, a lot of highway (2 lane and 4 lane) and a moderate in city driving. The weather was clear, the sun was out with partial clouding, it was around 40 degrees outside, the roads were dry, some were rough some smooth, other than in the city there was little stop and go traffic. The worst incident was during the return trip, we were on a 2 lane highway that was pretty smooth. There was no one in front of us we were doing approximately 70mph with traffic behind us, we had the cruise control on and were just going along a straight flat stretch of road when the system once again deactivated, beeped then reactivated and beeped and then slammed on the brakes on us. It was only an instant and created no situation of danger based on our position, and as it was instant I was able to step on the gas again and we only dropped from 70 to about 50mph in the period. This was the worst situation I have run into with the issue so I looked it up on the internet and found it is stated as an issue on the sentra. This unexpected deceleration on a freeway could have been a devastating accident.

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Complaint Number: 11170798 Incident Date: January 18, 2019 Date Added to File: January 18, 2019 Description of the Complaint: After hitting breaks many times and slamming them the car would still not stop

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Complaint Number: 11166368 Incident Date: January 9, 2019 Date Added to File: January 10, 2019 Description of the Complaint: While driving during rain conditions, the forward radar repeatedly disables itself with an "obstruction" warning, which also disables the automatic emergency braking function. This issue does not present during dry weather conditions, and does not happen while transiting through a car wash. This problem was first noted in october 2018 when driving in rainy weather for the first time. The vehicle was new, with 00004 miles on the odometer, at the time of first possession in may 2018. As of 1-10-2019, the odometer reads 14970.

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Complaint Number: 11164713 Incident Date: November 21, 2018 Date Added to File: January 3, 2019 Description of the Complaint: The front radar aeb keeps going out, almost the reason for my vehicle to not stop in an emergency situation. This feature was the complete reason I bought it now I feel like it is dangerous. I am considering asking for complete buy out of my loan. I have taken the car back 3 times in 3, nissan has no answers other than keep replacing faulty sensor with more faulty sensor.

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Complaint Number: 11161700 Incident Date: December 15, 2018 Date Added to File: December 15, 2018 Description of the Complaint: Car would not brake and hit a pole. The vehicle is supposed to have emergency brakes, but did not work. Often would get a message across my dashboard saying it was unavailable.

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