1998 NISSAN ALTIMA Service Brakes, Hydraulic Problems

1. WAS DRIVING SOUTH ON HWY 101 IN CALIFORNIA AT 60 MPH. 2. BRAKES FAILED TO SLOW CAR DOWN, ONLY RELEASED AN ODOR AS THE PADS APPEARED TO BE SMOLDERING. ACCELERATOR APPEARED TO BE FROZEN AND FOR A COUPLE MINUTES ACTUALLY ACCELERATED. 3. APPLIED BRAKES REPEATEDLY, PULLED ON HAND BRAKE, PRESSED ON CRUISE CONTROL ON OFF SWITCH, PRESSED ON CRUISE CONTROL CANCEL AND SET SWITCHES. UP UNTIL THEN THE CRUISE CONTROL WAS NOT WORKING AT ALL ANYWAY. BUT, IT APPEARED THAT CRUISE CONTROL WAS ON AND NON-RESPONDING TO THE BRAKES. WENT PAST EXIT AND CONTINUED DOWN HIGHWAY TOWARD GILROY, CA WITH NO ABILITY TO STOP VEHICLE. AFTER APPROXIMATELY 10 MILES, CAR BEGAN TO SLOW DOWN BY ITSELF AND I EXITED. WHILE DRIVING ON A CITY STREET, ON THE SAME DAY, THE INCIDENT OCCURRED AGAIN WHILE TRAVELING 30 MPH. I WAS ABLE TO FORCE THE TRANSMISSION INTO NEUTRAL AND STOP IN THE RIGHT LANE OF TRAFFIC BY PULLING FORCEFULLY ON THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. AT THE AUTO SHOP, I WAS SHOWN COMPLETELY DISINTEGRATED BRAKEPAD ON THE LEFT AND A PAPER THIN BRAKEPAD ON THE RIGHT. BOTH ROTORS WERE 80% COVERED WITH LARGE BLACK BLOTCHES. BRAKES AND ROTORS WERE REPLACED ONE WEEK LATER. *TR

Mileage: 150,000

POWER LOCKS GO ON AND OFF REPEATEDLY, MAKING ALL KINDS OF RACKET AND BUZZING SOUNDS, EVEN WHEN CAR IS TURNED OFF!! HAVE TO PLAY WITH KEY AND LOCKS TO GET INTO THE CAR... FUEL DOOR OPENS ON OWN REPEATEDLY, WON'T STAY SHUT. BRAKES MAKE A DEEP GROWLING SOUND WHEN GENTLY PRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL. CAR HAS 40,000 MILES ON IT...I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT ON 11/4/03 TO GET THIS REPAIRED..I SHUDDER AT WHAT THIS WILL COST...ANY ADVICE PLEASE EMAIL ME [email protected]. *LA

Mileage: 43,000

VEHICLE VIBRATES WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED DUE TO ROTORS BEING DEFECTIVE. HAD THEM RE URFACED 3 TIMES, PROBLEM STILL OCCURS. *AK.

THE FRONT BRAKE CALIPERS CEASE UP AND PULLS SEVERELY HARD TO THE LEFT INTO ON COMING TRAFFIC. THE CALIPERS LOCK UP WITHOUT APPLYING BRAKES AND EVEN WHEN THE VEHICLE IS NOT TURNED ON. THE CONSUMER CAN SMELL THE BRAKES DUE TO BEING SO HOT. THE DEALER WAS NOTIFIED. NLM

BRAKES HAVE ALWAYS MADE LOUD SQUEAKING NOISE. DEALER "CLEANED" FOR A FEE AND NOISE BECAME WORSE. NOW AFTER COMPLAINING MULTIPLE TIMES, THERE IS A DEFECT IN THE REAR DRUMS. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 23,000 MILES ON IT. *AK

WHEN BRAKING HARD CONSUMER FEELS VIBRATIONS THROUGH THE BRAKE PEDAL. NLM

SQUEAKING SOUND IN BRAKES EACH TIME APPLIED. TRIED SERVICING VEHICLE TWICE AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. *AK

A CAR RAN A RED LIGHT AND TURNED IN FRONT OF ME I TRIED TO STOP BUT THE CAR BRAKES LOCKED AND THE CAR STARTED SKIDDING. I COULDN'T CONTROL THE CAR AND IT SKID INTO THE REAR OF THE CAR THAT PULLED IN FRONT OF ME. THE COLLISION WAS HARD ENOUGH TO FOLD MY HOOD IN HALF BUT THE AIRBAG NEVER DEPLOYED. I WENT TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM WITH CHEST PAIN AND A NUMB LEFT ARM AND HAND. THE AIRBAG FAILED TO DEPLOY.*AK

BRAKES LOCKED UP CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL AND CONSUMER CRASHED INTO CEMENT MEDIAN STRIP CAUSING INJURY TO CONSUMER. *MJS

SQUEAKING SOUND IN BRAKES EACH TIME APPLIED.

VEHICLE EXPERIENCING BRAKE FAILURE. *YC

CONSUMER WAS PULLING OUT A PARKING LOT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE STRUCK HIS VEHICLE ON THE RIGHT CORNER. THEN WHEN CONSUMER TRIED TO DRIVE VEHICLE AWAY FROM THE OTHER VEHICLE, HE STEPPED ON THE BRAKES TO STOP, BUT VEHICLE DID NOT STOP. VEHICLE WENT OVER THE SIDEWALK. *AK