Not recommended.. new lower-end Nissan...they can't go straight...for very long.

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I'm in Fla going up and down the I95 (one of the straightest parts) in an Altima rental with 500mi. on the odometer.

Every 2 sec. I have to make a steering correction...exactly the same as on sentras and versas I have rented over the past 5 years. There is no dead zone and they over correct.

drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - drift left - correct - drift right - correct - etc.

It is very tiring and dangerous as the car will drift out of the lane if not corrected.

Nissan can't seem to get the electric steering right and must have poor test drivers and poor engineers who don't seem to give a damn or have no familiarity with how a car should drive. If they put this junk in the IDX...good luck on a track.

Early Toyotas with electric power steering had this same problem..but the improved it. Kia's seem to be 1/2 way there. Not sure about Honda and Hyundai yet...more renting to do.

S2000's and NSX's never ever had this problem.

Edited March 18, 2014 by Blue