NHTSA complaint: 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA — STEERING
MY CAR WAS UNATTENDED WHEN IT WAS STRUCK, MORE LIKE SIDESWIPED. THERE WAS A CREASE APPROXIMATELY 3/4 OF THE WAY OF THE LENGTH OF THE CAR. I AM NOT SURE HOW IT HAPPENED BUT THE ANGLE THE CAR WAS HIT, PERHAPS AT THE WHEELWELL SENT THE CAR ONTO THE SIDEWALK. I EQUATE THE "INCIDENT" WITH HITTING A POTHOLE. AFTER THE POLICE LEFT AND I TRIED TO REMOVE THE CAR FROM THE SIDEWALK POSITION AND PARK IT I HAD NO STEERING WHATSOEVER. THE STEERING WHEEL JUST WENT AROUND AND AROUND AND AROUND. I LEARNED THAT A KNUCKLE WAS BROKEN, A BEARING WAS BROKEN AND THE AXEL WAS BROKEN. HOW? I NO LONGER FEEL SAFE IN THIS CAR. WHAT IF I HIT A POTHOLE, WILL THE CAR LOOSE ITS STEERING AGAIN? *LA
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration — Office of Defects Investigation