Nissan faces costly Altima, Sentra recall for Engine Fires

[peterj2706]

we will make the customer satisfied - whatever it takes," said Nissan spokesman Fred Standish in Nashville. "Fix it, repair it, replace it - whatever is necessary."

Never heard that from GM or F. Their story normally is 'suck it up...' or 'they all do that'.

[sdotjoe]

Originally Posted by peterj2706

we will make the customer satisfied - whatever it takes," said Nissan spokesman Fred Standish in Nashville. "Fix it, repair it, replace it - whatever is necessary."

Never heard that from GM or F. Their story normally is 'suck it up...' or 'they all do that'.

So true, when I brough my alero in for the intake manifold gasket all they said was "people bring them in for that all the time"

and what do you think woulda happened to the engine in the alero if the gaskets were never fixed and all the coolant leaked out the car... It'll catch fire.

[LAMRONH]

Originally Posted by asim

I'm actually suprised someone hasn't said something like "Kerkorian wants to have a partnership with a company that has cars that catch on fire!"

Maybe the old fool will take one for a nice drive in the country and...

[LAMRONH]

Originally Posted by peterj2706

we will make the customer satisfied - whatever it takes," said Nissan spokesman Fred Standish in Nashville. "Fix it, repair it, replace it - whatever is necessary."

Never heard that from GM or F. Their story normally is 'suck it up...' or 'they all do that'.

See "Detroit's Seven Deadly Sins" in the Industry News section.

Grasshoppah...cannot...escape...Karma....

[Greg Burr]

Originally Posted by rsbaker

Nissan needs to get it's own house in order. Yes GM may have a few problems that are slowly but surely being resolved but it certainly doesn't have any cars that catch fire.

Friends who bought GM cars didn't have the repair bills that I had on my Altima ($2,700 for a tranny at 65K, over $2-3K for a valve job and other items at 100K). In fact, a corvette owner treated his car like crap with high speed driving, infrequent oil changes, etc and did nothing until replacing his clutch at 100K

Serves me right for listening to Consumer Reports!

Why would Nissan, a company that has it's act together want to mess around GM, that gang that the press says can't shoot straight? Maybe because Nissan is not a strong as they're portrayed.

[regfootball]

Originally Posted by mbukukanyau

LOS ANGELES - Nissan North America could face a hefty price tag to remedy a recall of 96,800 2006 Nissan Altimas and Sentras, which may consume an inordinate amount of oil and cause engine fires.

In a June 16 letter from Brad Bradshaw, Nissan's incoming senior vice president for sales and marketing, the company told dealers that it would pick up vehicles from dealer inventories, transfer them to Nissan facilities for inspection, and return them after inspection and repair.

"We have not made a blanket statement that we will replace all the engines, but we are saying we will make the customer satisfied - whatever it takes," said Nissan spokesman Fred Standish in Nashville. "Fix it, repair it, replace it - whatever is necessary."

http://www.autoweek.com/apps/pbcs.dl...1/TOC01ARCHIVE
there is your mighty VQ

read the article it's the FOUR CYLINDER not the VQ six.

[Gm786]

Now this is a good reason for GM not to ally with Nissan.

[Infiniti Z350]

Originally Posted by Gm786

Now this is a good reason for GM not to ally with Nissan.

No it isn't.

[TaHoE]

Originally Posted by Infiniti Z350

No it isn't.

I'm pretty sure (but if not, hopeful) that that was sarcasm.

[Gm786]

Originally Posted by Infiniti Z350

No it isn't.

Oh sure it is.

[Infiniti Z350]

Originally Posted by Gm786

Oh sure it is.

Explain why.

[1931Chevy]

Screw Nissan and Ghosn, Rick, I have a question how much money N/R have on them? GM has 21billion until June

[Infiniti Z350]

The hell with it, I'll settle it right now:

The issue is oil consumption. Fires only occured in rare cases. Just check and add some oil and it's fine. Cripes.

(Sits back and waits for others to completely ignore above statement.)

[impala02]

Originally Posted by Infiniti Z350

The hell with it, I'll settle it right now:

The issue is oil consumption. Fires only occured in rare cases. Just check and add some oil and it's fine. Cripes.

(Sits back and waits for others to completely ignore above statement.)

I hope you are not serious. That is one of the silliest responses I've heard. You think it is OK to buy a brand new car that sucks up oil because of bad rings and that one should just accept it? The issue is not just "oil consuption", it is excessive oil consumption. I wonder if these cars fail emissions tests. At least Nissan doesn't think like you do.

[Infiniti Z350]

Originally Posted by impala02

I hope you are not serious. That is one of the silliest responses I've heard. You think it is OK to buy a brand new car that sucks up oil because of bad rings and that one should just accept it? The issue is not just "oil consuption", it is excessive oil consumption. I wonder if these cars fail emissions tests. At least Nissan doesn't think like you do.

How did you obtain that gem from what I wrote? Perhaps I was unclear.

I didn't say just accept it. I said fires would be a non-issue if you just paid attention to the oil levels.

And yeah Nissan is willing to remedy the issue. So what is the problem?