so...your car is under warantee and they dont want to pay for the one thing that the car should be under warantee for? the engine?
dude...thats nuts. the altima isnt a shitty car, you just got a shitty dealership. thats why nissan has the recalls. to make you, the consumer happy, but when the local dealership doesnt offer these recalls then there is nothing NISSAN can do. i cant figure out why they wouldnt want to do the recall. the dealership doesnt lose money. nissan pays for everything. if you ask me, they just are a bunch of lazy SOB's. call the next closest dealership and ask them for their opinion.