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#2 of 95 Re: Altima Hybrid "Bugs" [hiwayman] by joha Jul 27, 2007 (10:03 am)
Replying to: hiwayman (Jul 26, 2007 2:51 pm) I have had the same experience. My guess is that the power button is very sensitive to the length of time it is held down and rebels if your thumb is too light or too heavy. I have always been able to try again and get the car started. Replies to this message: hiwayman (Jul 27, 2007 4:56 pm)
#3 of 95 Re: Altima Hybrid "Bugs" [joha] by hiwayman Jul 27, 2007 (4:56 pm)
Replying to: joha (Jul 27, 2007 10:03 am) Well, I tried a little experiment. I went out and quickly punched the button, rather than a PRESSSSSSS. About the third try, the "boot-up" freeze happened. That's gotta be it! Whew! Just have to be more casual when starting the car.... I'll have the dealer check the trouble codes next time we have the car in for service, but I think your solution is what the problem is!
#4 of 95 Dead Battery Experience by tomscot2 Sep 06, 2007 (2:21 pm)
My wife and I returned from a Labor Day weekend trip to find a dead NAH in the airport parking lot. At first we thought the cellphone had erased the key memory, but when we went to call a cab the parking lot guy said that our headlights had been left on. My wife did leave the headlight switch in the Auto position. However,that doesn't stop them from turning off in the garage every night. The only thing we could figure is that in her hurry to get the shuttle that she didn't turn the car off. (This is a terrible feature in this vehicle: you can walk off with the key in your pocket and the vehicle stays on). In that case, the Auto function will still work when it gets dark!   Once we figured out it was the dead battery, the lot attendant wheeled over the portable jump start cart they have and we tried to jump start it. We had a heck of a time. First, we had a hard time getting it to go to Ready mode. After reading the manual a few times we found that there is a special procedure to follow if it doesn't happen right away. It involves cycling between On and Off in 5 second intervals.   Once we got the Ready light to come on the engine would come on, but then die. It did this several times. I finally tried to back the car out of the space and it died. We re-jumped it and got it to go a little farther. We drove a couple of hundred feet without dying and pulled into a space to try to let the engine charge the battery more. I found that I had to put it in Drive with the parking brake on to get it to charge. After about 10 minutes, we finally got the needle a quarter of the way into the blue and drove home.   The owner's manual does not describe at all the post jump start procedures. It assumes that you just get to the Ready light and it works. Replies to this message: langjie (Sep 07, 2007 6:02 am) hiwayman (Sep 07, 2007 7:48 am)
#5 of 95 Re: Dead Battery Experience [tomscot2] by langjie Sep 07, 2007 (6:02 am)
Replying to: tomscot2 (Sep 06, 2007 2:21 pm) that's a pretty bad experience, =T
#6 of 95 Re: Dead Battery Experience [tomscot2] by hiwayman Sep 07, 2007 (7:48 am)
Replying to: tomscot2 (Sep 06, 2007 2:21 pm) That's a terrible experience, especially after spending a few hours in a cramped plane, and all you want to do is get home. When stepping us through the details of our new car, our sales guy was very specific, and repeated several times that we should NOT let the battery go flat. We asked him why and he just said, "It's a real problem, if you do." Now I know what he was warning us about. Thanks for the detailed explanation of how you resolved the problem. When we inevitably let the batter run flat, now we'll know what to do.   It's interesting that the car would start and then stall. I'm trying to understand the logic of what might have been going on. There are two batteries in the car. One for the hybrid electric drive and a 12-volt to start the motor and run the accessories. The charging systems for the two batteries are linked (but I'm not sure exactly how), so perhaps each time the charging system tried to charge the hybrid battery, there still wasn't enough juice in the 12-volt to support the gas engine and accessories. Just a guess, but who knows what was really going on. These things are COMPLEX!
#7 of 95 The setup is dumb by gripperdon Sep 07, 2007 (7:40 pm)
I left my car on and did not know it. I got out closed the door to the garage and came out a bit later to find the car running. THe HV battery had depleted so the engine started. Nice Garge full of stink and CO. Way to Go to kill a family, STUPID STUPID, How about a ring a ding ding if you try and leave with the car still in ready and open the door on the drivers side. Might save a big recall and a hell of a lawsuit. Hey NISSAN FORWARNED all the lawyers in the world will reference this if you have a problem. You could even have the car turn off if not moved for an 1/2 in neurtal or park! Replies to this message: hiwayman (Sep 16, 2007 7:21 am)
#8 of 95 Dumb window arrangement. by gripperdon Sep 07, 2007 (7:46 pm)
You walk up with your Intellegent key and hold the button on the key and the windows go down.   Problem you can't get the up unless you get in press the brake and start button and use the windown switch oon the door. Stupid again. They should go back up with the lock button on the intellegent keu or at least the window swith with out having to get the car in ON and then use the dooe switches. Replies to this message: happy_hybrid_1 (Sep 10, 2007 9:47 am) hivoltenginerd (Jul 17, 2008 8:48 pm) quickreply (Jul 31, 2008 9:34 am) langjie (Jul 31, 2008 9:56 am) karolpl7 (Jul 31, 2008 2:35 pm) newgs300 (Jul 31, 2008 3:26 pm)
#9 of 95 Re: Dumb window arrangement. [gripperdon] by happy_hybrid_1 Sep 10, 2007 (9:47 am)
Replying to: gripperdon (Sep 07, 2007 7:46 pm) If you use the actual key in the door you can roll the windows up or down depending on which way you turn the key. FYI.
#10 of 95 thanks by gripperdon Sep 10, 2007 (11:06 am)
OK,Thanks, Just like I didn't pay for a dumb intellegent key.

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