2007 Nissan Altima Suspension

THE REAR SWAY BAR BROKE WHILE I WAS DRIVING THROUGH A PARKING LOT.

HEARD A LOUD POP WHILE DRIVING FORWARD, PULLED OVER ONLY TO FIND A BROKEN STABILIZER BAR, HANGING ON THE REAR DRIVER SIDE. LOOKED ON THE WEB TO FIND MANY PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. PART IS DEFECTIVE, CALLED NISSAN TOLD IT WOULD BE ABOUT $500.00. OWNED MANY DIFFERENT CARS AND NEVER EVER HAD A STABILIZER BAR JUST BREAK. VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH NISSAN AMERICA....

THE REAR SWAY BAR BROKE WHILE DRIVING UNDER NORMAL CONDITIONS. IT PROMPTED ME TO GET ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY PROBLEMS WITH THIS ISSUE. IT SEEMS THAT THERE IS AN ENGINEERING DEFECT IN THE PRODUCT AS THOUSANDS OF ALTIMA OWNERS HAVE ATTESTED TO THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE SWAY BAR. AND, THEY ALL SEEM TO BREAK IN THE SAME PLACE. WHY IS THIS NOT A RECALL ISSUE? IT'S CERTAINLY DANGEROUS ENOUGH DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD WITH A PIECE OF PIPE HANGING DOWN DRAGGING ON THE ROAD. I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY NISSAN IS NOT HELD TO A HIGHER STANDARD OR EXPECTATION, AND WHY SO MANY OWNERS ARE HAVING TO PAY TO GET A DEFECTIVE ENGINEERED PRODUCT FIXED. COME ON GUYS...DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

SWAY BAR BROKE WITHOUT ANY COLLISION AND WITH NORMAL USE. THIS DOES NOT NORMALLY HAPPEN WITH OTHER CARS. THE SWAY BAR IS HOLLOW UNLIKE OTHERS AND MAY BE THE REASON FOR THE PROBLEM. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT IS ON MANY NISSAN FORUMS ONLINE. *TR

WAS AT THE REPAIR SHOP PICKING UP MY OTHER CAR WHEN THE MECHANIC NOTICED SOMETHING HANGING FROM THE BOTTOM OF MY CAR. HE THREW THE CAR UP ON A LIFT AND DISCOVERED THAT IT WAS A BROKEN SWAY BAR. HE WAS SHOCKED AND SAID HE'D NEVER SEEN OR HEARD OF ANYTHING LIKE THAT. I HAVE NO IDEA OF THE SAFETY IMPLICATIONS, BUT AFTER A QUICK SEARCH ONLINE IT SEEMS AS IF THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. WHEN WILL NISSAN GET ITS ACT TOGETHER AND RECALL THIS? *TR

VEHICLE BEGAN TO MAKE A NOISE (RUBBING,SQUEAKING) SOUND FROM THE REAR WHILE TRAVELING AT SLOW SPEED. NOISE SUBSEQUENTLY DETERMINED TO BE A BROKEN REAR ANTI SWAY BAR. FURTHER RESEARCH INDICATES THAT THE OE SWAY BAR IS CONSTRUCTED OF HOLLOW MATERIAL AND FRACTURE IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE ON THIS MAKE MODEL. *TR

THE REAR SUSPENSION BAR (WHEEL TO WHEEL) HAS BROKEN. WHY? IT IS A 5/8 INCH PIPE. I DID NOT DO ANYTHING FOR IT TO GET THIS WAY. I JUST DRIVE . WHY IS IT NOT SOLID? THIS SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. NISSAN SHOULD REPAIR AT THEIR EXPENSE. *TR

JUST FOUND OUT THE REAR STABILIZER BAR #56230-JA10A WAS BROKEN. *TR

I WAS REPLACING (MYSELF) THE BROKEN LEFT REAR SPRING AND NOTICED THAT SWAY BAR IS HANGING UNDER THE CAR. IT WAS SNAPPED OFF ON THE RIGHT SIDE NEXT TO THE BUSHING. THE SNAPPING SURFACE WAS ALREADY RUSTY, WHICH TOLD ME THAT IT WAS BROKEN ALREADY SOME TIME AGO. I WAS VERY SURPRISED TO FIND THAT MY SWAY BAR IS NOT ACTUALLY A BAR, BUT A HOLLOW PIPE!!! ADDITIONALLY, MY LEFT REAR SPRING WAS BROKEN VERY STRANGE - ABOUT TWO THIRDS OF A TURN WAS SNAPPED FROM THE TOP... INTERESTING THAT I DID VISIT NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR TIRE PROPATION - THEY DID NOT FIND NEITHER BROKEN SPRING, NOR SNAPPED SWAY BAR!.. INSTEAD, THEY "STRONGLY RECOMMENDED" THE WHOLE BUNCH OF QUESTIONABLE (AND EXPENSIVE) REPAIRS FOR THE UPCOMING INSPECTION... I HAVE FOUND IN THE INTERNET, THAT BROKEN SWAY BAR IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS TYPE OF VEHICLE (BAD DESIGN - USE OF HOLLOW PIPE INSTEAD OF BAR). ACTUALLY, PEOPLE SUGGEST THAT IT MAY BE THE RIGHT TIME FOR THE RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM. *TR

SWAY BAR BROKE AFTER NO PARTICULAR INCIDENT. THE MECHANIC, A FRIEND WHO I TRUST GREATLY AND HAVE KNOWN FOR A LONG TIME, SAID IT SEEMED ODD THAT THIS PIECE WOULD BREAK FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE PIECE WAS NOT RUSTED OR CORRODED IN ANY ABNORMAL MANNER. *TR

GOT HOME AND SAW A METAL BAR HANGING DOWN FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION. LOOKED AT IT, AND IT'S A HOLLOW BAR. DID RESEARCH ON INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT BROKEN HOLLOW REAR SWAY BARS ON THE 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. I DRIVE LESS THAN 25 MILES A WEEK TYPICALLY, SHORT TRIPS AROUND TOWN, NO ROUGH DRIVING OR RACING. *TR

LEFT SIDE OF SWAY BAR SNAPPED DUE TO CORROSION. NO ACCIDENT, NO FAST DRIVING. WAS FOUND IN THE PARKING LOT. *TR

WALKED OUT TO MY CAR DURING MY LUNCH BREAK AND FOUND WHAT APPEARED TO BE A HOSE HANGING BY MY REAR PASSENGER TIRE. BEING A MOM OF TWO I PANICKED BELIEVING IT WAS A BRAKE LINE. TURNS OUT THE HOLLOW SWAY BAR CRACKED AND BROKE. *TR

THE SWAY BAR BROKE FOR NO APPARENT REASON. I DO NOT DRIVE ALOT AN DID NOT RUN OVER ANYTHING. *TR

I NOTICED SOMETHING HANGING DOWN FROM BENEATH MY CAR WHILE APPROACHING THE VEHICLE YESTERDAY. BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TODAY AND WAS TOLD THAT THE REAR AXLE SUSPENSION BAR IS CRACKED. ONE NISSAN EMPLOYEE IN THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT SAID HE HAD "NEVER HEARD OF" THIS HAPPENING WITHOUT A ROOT CAUSE (ACCIDENT, ETC.). THIS CAR HAS NOT BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, HAS NOT HIT ANY POT HOLES, ETC. MOST LIKELY THE ISSUE IS DUE TO SOME TYPE OF MANUFACTURING DEFECT THAT WOULD ALLOW THE BAR TO EITHER CORRODE OR BREAK SPONTANEOUSLY. I DID SOME RESEARCH TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ISSUE AND FOUND HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS HAVE BEEN LODGED ABOUT THIS EXACT ISSUE WITH THIS YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL. I AM WONDERING WHY THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL YET. THE BACK SUSPENSION OF THE CAR IS COMPROMISED AND THE ISSUE COULD HAVE LED TO SOMETHING MUCH MORE SERIOUS IN TERMS OF SAFETY. I WILL NOT HAVE AN ESTIMATE FOR THE REPAIR UNTIL MORNING, BUT I AM QUITE SURE I NEED TO PURSUE THIS ISSUE WITH THE MANUFACTURER. IF THERE ARE THAT MANY OF US HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND REPORTING IT, THERE MUST BE QUITE A FEW MORE PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO HAVE NOT GONE TO THE TROUBLE OF REPORTING BUT HAVE EATEN THIS EXPENSE/REPAIR AS WELL. *TR

DURING ROUTINE OIL CHANGE AND INSPECTION I WAS INFORMED BY DEALER THAT THE REAR SWAY BAR ON MY CAR WAS BROKEN. THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY ROUGH ROAD CONDITIONS OR ACCIDENT TO HAVE CAUSED THIS. UPON RESEARCH I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A FREQUENT AND KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR AND MODEL AND IT IS DOCUMENTED EXTENSIVELY ON THE INTERNET. *TR

DURING OIL CHANGE TECHNICIAN SAID THE REAR SWAY BAR HAD BROKEN. I WAS NOT AWARE OF A PARTICULAR INCIDENT WHEN IT HAPPENED. NOT KNOWING WHETHER THE CAR WAS SAFE TO DRIVE, I HAD THEM FIX IT. SEARCHING THE INTERNET, I FOUND THAT FAILURE OF THIS BAR DUE TO CORROSION IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR 2007 ALTIMAS. I WILL CONTACT THE DEALER ABOUT IT. *TR

NOTICED SWAY BAR CRACKED IN HALF AT JUNCTION OF BRACKET AND DANGLING UNDER CAR. NO RUST OR CORROSION PRESENT. CAR NEVER IN AN ACCIDENT. NO HEAVY LOADS. THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON COMPLAIN AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY THE NHTSA. A RECALL AND REPLACEMENT SHOULD BE ORDERED. *TR

I HAD MY CAR IN THE DEALERSHIP FOR SERVICE AND THEY TOLD ME THERE WAS A CHUNK OF METAL HANGING DOWN IN THE REAR END WHERE THE REAR SWAY BAR USED TO BE. JUDGING BY THE WEAR ON THE BREAK POINT, IT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN THIS WAY FOR QUITE A WHILE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED, THE MECHANIC STATED THAT THE REAR SWAY BAR WAS RUSTED AND CORRODED. THE MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE REAR SWAY BAR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 40,000.

YESTERDAY WHILE PULLING OUT OF A DRIVEWAY, HEARD A SOUND OUT OF THE RIGHT REAR OF THE CAR AND AFTER PREVIOUSLY SEEING HUNDREDS OF POSTS ABOUT THE WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED REAR SWAY BAR DEFECT IN THE 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA, I CAME HOME, JACKED THE CAR UP, CRAWLED UNDER, AND FOUND WHAT I SUSPECTED; THE REAR SWAY BAR HAD SNAPPED ON THE INSIDE OF THE MOUNTING BRACKET TOWARD THE CENTER OF THE CAR. IT'S NOT DANGLING DOWN BECAUSE IT'S HELD UP BY THE LEFT SIDE BRACKET. THE PORTION REMAINING CONNECTED TO THE RIGHT END LINK IS STILL HELD BY THE RIGHT SIDE BRACKET. IF SOMEONE WHO DIDN'T HAVE A CLUE ABOUT CARS HAD EXPERIENCED THIS DEFECT, THEY MAY HAVE DRIVEN FOR HUNDREDS OR THOUSANDS OF MILES, PLACING THEMSELVES, THEIR PASSENGERS, AND OTHER DRIVERS IN DANGER DUE TO A DIMINISHED CAPACITY IN THE HANDLING OF THE VEHICLE. NISSAN IS WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM, YET FAILS TO OFFER OWNERS ANY ASSISTANCE. THE GOVERNMENT SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM SIMPLY BECAUSE OF THE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THE CAR WILL BE REPAIRED WITH A SOLID STEEL REAR SWAY BAR, NOT THE HOLLOW OEM TYPE FROM NISSAN. THERE IS LESS THAN $20 DIFFERENCE IN THE COST OF THE PARTS (OEM CRAP VS BETTER QUALITY SOLID STEEL). IT'S PAST TIME FOR NISSAN TO STEP UP AND OFFER AT LEAST PARTIAL REIMBURSEMENT TO EVERYONE THAT HAS HAD TO REPAIR THEIR KNOWN DEFECTIVE PART, AND RECALL THE CAR TO REPLACEMENT THE PART FOR THOSE THAT HAVE YET TO FAIL. IT'S PAST TIME FOR NHTSA TO "PERSUADE" NISSAN TO TAKE ACTION. WHAT MAY BE NEEDED IS A CLASS ACTION SUIT TO BEGIN THE PROCESS OF COMPENSATING ALTIMA OWNERS THAT HAVE PUT THEMSELVES AND THOUSANDS OF OTHERS UNKNOWINGLY IN DANGER. I COULD ALSO MENTION THE WELL KNOWN AND DOCUMENTED ISSUE WITH THE AIR CONDITIONER CLUTCH IN THE 2007 2.5L ALTIMA, BUT THERE WOULDN'T BE SPACE HERE TO DO IT. NEEDLESS TO SAY, I WILL NEVER RECOMMEND A NISSAN TO ANYONE, OR EVER BUY ONE AGAIN. *TR

MY MECHANIC NOTICED I HAVE A BROKEN SWAY BAR. BROKEN INTO 2 PIECES MAKING THE CAR VERY UNSTABLE ON THE HIGHWAY. *TR

NOTICED A HANGING PIPE/BAR NEAR MY REAR LEFT WHEEL WHEN CHECKING TO SEE WHAT WAS MAKING NOISES WHEN I DRIVE. I DID NOT KNOW WHAT THAT WAS BUT AFTER SEARCHING ONLINE I CONFIRMED THAT IT IS THE REAR SWAY BAR FOR MY NISSAN ALTIMA HYBRID. READING ONLINE AND TALKING WITH MECHANICS I LEARNED THAT MANY PEOPLE SHARE THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AS ME! BASICALLY A LOT OF PEOPLE DRIVE THEIR CAR NORMALLY AND ONE DAY ALL OF A SUDDEN THE BAR BREAKS! WITHOUT A SWAY BAR THE CAR NOW HAS DEGRADED HANDLING AND IS A HAZARD TO DRIVERS ON THE ROAD. NISSAN USA SHOULD DEFINITELY ISSUE A RECALL IMMEDIATELY REGARDING THIS SWAY BAR PROBLEM. IT IS LONG OVERDUE AND THERE IS PLENTY OF EVIDENCE OF BAD DESIGN/MATERIAL DECISIONS. NISSAN IS OBVIOUSLY NOT RECALLING NOW NOT BECAUSE IT IS UNAWARE BUT BECAUSE IT IS MORE FINANCIALLY BENEFICIAL TO GET SUED AND SETTLE. PERHAPS IT IS TIME FOR A GROUP TO SUE NISSAN OVER THIS. *TR

DRIVERS SIDE REAR SWAY BAR BROKE. NO WEIGHT HAS BEEN PLACED IN REAR OF VEHICLE AND NO REASON FOR PART TO BREAK DUE TO ROAD DEBRIS. CAR IS DRIVEN HIGHWAY MILES ONLY BY AN ADULT. NISSAN NEEDS TO RECALL THIS MODEL DUE TO NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FOR SAME PART BREAKING. SWAY BAR IS DEFECTIVELY MADE AND SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF NISSAN TO CORRECT. *TR

THERE WASN'T A SPECIFIC EVENT BUT ONLY AN ESTIMATED DATE OF PROBLEM. THE REAR SWAY BAR IN MY 2007 NISSAN ALTIMA SNAPPED IN HALF. I CALLED THE DEALER AND, OF COURSE, IT'S NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND NOR IS THERE A RECALL ON THIS PART. I'VE DONE A LOT OF RESEARCH AND NOTICED MANY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THIS SPECIFIC ISSUE. MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE ALSO CONTACTED NISSAN AND HAVE AWFUL RESULTS FROM THEIR CUSTOMER SERVICE. I, ALONG WITH OTHERS, DEMAND THAT A RECALL BE PERFORMED ON THE REAR SWAY BAR FOR 2007 NISSANS. IT'S DEPLORABLE A BILLION DOLLAR COMPANY CAN'T OWN UP TO A MANUFACTURING ISSUE THAT MANY ARE COMPLAINING ABOUT. IT ALSO DOESN'T HELP THAT NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE IS ONE OF THE WORST RATED! *TR