Should the 2007 Nissan Altima rear sway bar be recalled?

Answer 1

Yes. I have a 2007 Altima and the damn thing snapped on me. Nissan says it's not a defect in their manufacturing but the damn sway bar is hollow on the inside. I took the car to an independent mechanic and had him check the area around the sway bar where the bar had snapped. There was no indication that there was damage in the surrounding area denoting the broken sway bar was not damaged due to running over anything or extraordinary force applied to the bar.

Yes! My 07 altima's just snapped as well! There are several cases of this posted online with pictures. If its not a defect and lots of people are reporting it broken under normal driving conditions then that must mean their sway bar is not adequate for this car which poses a safety concern in my opinion!

I am the owner of a Nissan Altima 2007 and I have experienced the same problem. I have reported the incident to the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration online and recommend all owners who have experienced the same problem to report this. If possible, please provide the VIN of your vehicle. This will allow NHTSA to track down the problem vehicles. The process takes less than 2 minutes. Hopefully, we get Nissan to own up the their manufacture defect and force them to recall. Go here... NHTSA Office of Defects... http://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/index.cfm I hope this helps everyone as I am not happy with the way Nissan has handled this problem. Maybe with enough owners reporting, something will be done.