Altima Hybrid "Bugs"

Replying to: langjie (Nov 09, 2007 7:14 am)

That's excellent info. Oddly enough, we'd just sent an email to our dealership, asking when the fobs would be in (they told us, when we bought the car in August, that the fobs would be replaced "sometime in the fall"). I just checked my fob, and it has two concentric circles, so we're probably good to go. We were kind of looking forward to having 4 fobs (I can lose my keys in the blink of an eye), but this will work. Just have to put my fob on one of those things the school janitors wear, with the retractable chain on it....

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• bcp01scu05 (Nov 26, 2007 3:32 pm)

Guys,
 
Picked up my 2008 Altima Hybrid couple weeks ago, and just the other day I was making a sharp turn and heard something rolling from inside the dashboard from one side to the other. I though it was maybe a pen in the glove compartment at first. Made another sharp turn later and the sound was back. Nothing in the glove compartment this time. It's sounds like a loose screw is rolling from inside the dashboard, door to door, whenever a sharp turn is made. I hope it's a left over screw from a factory and nothing is loose.
 
I have no clue how to get it out. Probably the whole dashboard has to be ripped out - might not be worth the efforts and risking something else getting broken.
I'll ask service technicians on first oil change.
 
Love the car but, how can you leave loose parts behind?
 
Any thoughts?

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Replying to: hiwayman (Nov 25, 2007 9:43 am)

I got a notice from Nissan saying that I could replace the fobs (received it a month or two ago, but just getting around to replacing it, scheduled for tomorrow morning ). To save me the time of retyping what was in it, I've scanned it--see links below. The scan cut off some of the text, but not too much that you can't get an idea of what it said. I also scanned part of the outside so you get an idea of what the mailing looks like (no envelope).
 
Inside
Outside
 
The one important thing to note is that you won't end up with 4 fobs, as they'll take the 2 original fobs away once they reprogram the new ones.

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• karolpl7 (Nov 29, 2007 9:37 pm)
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Replying to: hiwayman (Nov 29, 2007 10:21 am)

Yeah, thanx for the comments.
 
I tried to make some sharp left - right manuvers while driving with my friend who used to be a mechanic and we couldn't hear anything... maybe the loose screw found its home.
Nothing on the floor, it probably got wedged somewhere for good.
Otherwise I'll play ping-pong again...

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• emgr (Nov 30, 2007 6:53 am)

Replying to: karolpl7 (Nov 29, 2007 9:37 pm)

This isn't really a "bug" per se, but it is interesting. I'm a backyard/driveway mechanic. Obviously, there's not much on a hybrid someone like me can do, but at least I thought I could change the oil. I checked the owner's manual. The recommended oil is 0w 20. I thought that was a misprint, so I called the dealership. Yup. 0w 20. Most cars will use something on the range of 10w 30 or maybe a little thicker. Just try to find 0w 20. NO one has it (except Nissan dealers?). I asked the guy at our local autoparts store if I could order a case of 0w 20, and he said he'd check, but he'd never heard of that kind of oil. It can be ordered.....but it's $5.00 a quart. Ouch!
 
The oil filter is almost impossible to get to as well. You need to jack the car up to get to it, and then you need an arm with two elbows. Additionally, the only brand I could find that would come close to fitting is Bosch. Weird. Our dealership does oil changes for $30.00. Guess we'll be taking the car to Nissan from now on......Looks like my days of backyard tinkering are over. Anyone want to buy some tools?

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