While driving on the highway I heard a "pop" and the steering became unstable on my 2013 Nissan Altima with the car veering left and right. I took my foot off the gas and was able to guide the car off to the side of the highway without incident. I thought I had a blow out but the tires were fine. If it had been rush hour I probably would have collided with another car. I was able to slowly drive the car off the highway and to a local Nissan dealer where they indicated I had a rear control arm failure. The left rear tire was clearly leaning outward and the steering wheel was way out of alignment. Nissan replaced (see attached receipt) the link compl rear, link complete, R; two rod connecting and adsorber kit. They also aligned the car. I had them repair both the broken left suspension items as well as the right as I didn't want this to happen again. I do believe this failure is a serious safety issue and really could have caused a crash in heavy traffic. This incident occurred on the highway when I was travelling in a straight line.

- Amherst, OH, USA

Driving my Altima on tollway felt a shimmy went half way into next lane when I gained controll steering wheel was not straight when I investigated found rt rear control arm rear atachment point broken in half looks like rusted in half took pictures and had car towed to dealer

- Warrenville, IL, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While driving 65 mph, the suspension arm fractured. The contact had to swerve out of the way to avoid crashing. The vehicle was towed to lia Nissan of colonie (2233 central ave, schenectady, NY 12304, 855-983-6728), but no assistance was provided. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 95,000.

- Wynantskill, NY, USA

I was driving and my rear lower control arm broke. I took it to the dealership where I bought it they said it broke because of rust and corrosion and that my warranty wont cover it because it broke from rust and corrosion. I bought the car a year ago and I bought it as a certified pre owed vehicle. I was driving and turning onto another street when it happen.

- Pittsburgh, PA, USA

On January 14th 2019 while driving 30mph, the rear control arm on the Altima failed and made the car un-drive-able, the rear end of the car fell to the ground. Luckily there was no injury as a result of this failure. The car was taken to a local mechanic who diagnosed the control arm failed due to corrosion, and I had the car towed to herb chambers Nissan in westborough MA. It was in their service area from 1/15/2019 - 1/7/2019. This is a very dangerous safety issue, components such as control arms that affect a person's ability to control a car should not be corroding let alone failing in 6 years. Nissan needs to recall cars with this problem and deal with the manufacturer of the part/metal supplier. The issue is same as the one in the NHTSA investigation: Rear suspension control arm failure NHTSA action number: PE18013

- Shrewsbury, MA, USA

Driving vehicle at highway speed on snow and ice covered road when passenger side lower rear control arm snapped off from the vehicle causing a loss of control. Vehicle was not driveable and had to be towed.

- Green Bay, WI, USA

I was driving under 25 mph (in a straight line) on a smooth rode when the driver side of my car felt like it locked up for a second. My steering wheel immediately lost alignment and the wheel needed to be kept at 2:30 to drive straight. I made it less than a mile after the initial incident (I thought it was just wheel out of alignment) but with each rode bump I hit, my back end got looser and looser. I finally pulled off and packed my car. When I went to move it, in reverse, the was a large noise and I could tell something was fractured in the suspension. The driver side rear wheel was crashed into the wheel wheel and the control arm was broken. This appears to be the same thing NHTSA action number PE18013 is in regard to, and I live in cleveland, oh, with more than 100,000 miles of my car's 130,000 miles put on in northern Ohio.

- North Olmsted, OH, USA

February 2018, driver side rear lower control arm broke off (rusted) while driving., towed to garage, part replaced.checked right side it appeared ok. December 2018 christmas night while driving down the highway the control arm on the right rear passenger side broke off (rust). Had to be towed, control arm and other bent parts replaced. Have pictures had trouble downloading

- Belchertown, MA, USA

My control arm snapped while I was driving, due to corrosion. I was driving down a city street into a parking lot.

- Madison, OH, USA

Pulling out and the rear lower control arm broke and fell on the ground!

- Unicoi, TN, USA

While driving yesterday the vehical became difficult to steer and shook vigorously at 35 mph. Stopped to inspect and found the right rear lower control arm broken.

- Virginia Beach, VA, USA

While driving my 2013 Altima the driver side rear lower control arm snapped - lucky car was going slow enough where no accident or body injury occurred. The car just came off the thruway 10 mins before this happened. All work was done at the dealer since purchase and we are the only owner.

- Cheektowaga, NY, USA

Rear passenger control arm broke going down highway at 60 mph. Back end started to fishtail. Luckily did not get into an accident.was able to drive to a dealership and get it repaired for $800. Not sure if I feel safe in the car anymore.

- Franklin, WI, USA

Was approaching highway speeds when car pulled hard into other lane. It felt almost like slipping on ice. Traction control system lit up so I figured it was something faulty electrically. Luckily didn't hit anything, so I kept driving. A few seconds later it did it again this time worse and with shaking. I pulled over on the highway to have a look and noticed one rear control arm was sheered completely in two pieces and the other was almost sheered off as well. Luckily no kids were in the car and no one got injured but could have been pretty ugly. The car is in great condition, no rust or any reason for this part to fail so catastrophically.

- Dartmouth, NY, USA

On 12/27/2018 the rear lower control arm assembly (right) fractured on my 2013 Nissan Altima. This is similar to the NHTSA action number PE18013. I was driving to a destination near my home. As I was nearing my destination I noticed the car handling unusually, with a slight sway. As I parked my car I thought I had pulled up too far and put it in reverse to back up. I heard a loud sound and walked around the car to notice the rear right wheel resting high in the wheel well. I elected to have the vehicle towed to the Nissan dealership for repairs. The tow operator showed me what had happed once it was on the flatbed and he stated that mine was probably the third one he had towed and maybe there was a recall. The next day the service center called and confirmed that the right rear lower control arm had broken. The vehicle was repaired that day and an inspection of the left rear lower control arm was performed and showed no compromised integrity. Upon taking delivery of the car I also took delivery of the broken parts and have included pictures of the compromised area, which are attached. It appears that the partial penetration weld was compromised and caused the thinner of the two joined material to fail.

- New Stanton, PA, USA

I was driving my vehicle in town (35 mph) and was going under a underpass. All of a sudden I noticed my anti slip light came on, steering wheel became hard to steer, and a loud banging coming from the back of the car. I pulled over and looked around the back of the car, seeing nothing out of the ordinary. I continued on, thinking it was possibly something wrong electrically, maybe with the anti slip system. Drove a few more miles, including on the highway (60 mph) and the car still was handling difficult. Arrived home, looked around the back end of car, noticed the rear passenger side wheel was tilted in and lower control arm (right) was snapped. Called tow truck driver to tow to repair shop. Over $1000 in repairs.

- Norwalk, OH, USA

Turning a corner in a housing development when heard a snap/bang and the rear left side of the car dropped. Steering became unsteady. Drove short distance to home and looked and found the left rear lower control arm had rusted thru and broke away from where it is bolted to the frame. The vehicle has 70,789 miles. Checked the right side control arm and it shows signs of rusting but is still reasonably solid looking.

- Erie, PA, USA

I was driving home from work and notice that my back right wheel was shaking. At first it was minor and then about 5 miles into my drive the shaking became severe. I pulled over to the side of the road and called for a tow. The experience was scary, the shaking became very scary like the wheel was going to fall off. I found out from a mechanic that my control arm right rear broke and it was good I got off the road when I did. My right wheel was turned on it's side. I just purchased this car in June 2018 and was told by Nissan marlborough that it was a safe car.

- Shrewsbury, MA, USA

The left rear lower control arm rusted off at one of the welds near the bushing. The part broke while backing up in a parking lot. The car was the driven on the street not knowing what was wrong.

- St. Marys, PA, USA

The contact owns a 2013 Nissan Altima. While the contact's daughter was driving 55 mph, the vehicle pulled to the left. The vehicle was taken to Suburban Nissan (1800 maplelawn dr, troy, mi 48084, 248-649-2300) where it was diagnosed that the rear driver's side control arm was fractured. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The failure mileage was 102,000.

- Troy, MI, USA