CarComplaints.com Notes: Here's a disturbing trend for the 2002 Nissan Altima: the engine starts burning oil like crazy, the catalytic converter goes bad, the head gasket blows and eventually the entire engine needs replacement. Sound familiar? Like a script from a horror film, these Altimas seem doomed to fail around 95k miles.

10.0

really awful
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
96,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. replace frame (1 reports)
2002 Nissan Altima body / paint problems

body / paint problem

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2002 Nissan Altima Owner Comments

problem #1

Jan 062017

Altima 25.5 S

  • Automatic transmission
  • 96,000 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

put on lift, frame on front all rusted through. very bad, must replace or junk, car has only 97,000 miles.

- terrybobo, Westerville, OH, US

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