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.
8.0
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- No data
- Average Mileage:
- 122,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- repaint vehicle (1 reports)
body / paint problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Paint job is literally falling off the car in multiple places. Hood, roof, trunk lid Never had this happen to a car before. Never had to paint a car. Only has 125k miles!
Only solution is complete paint job by someone competent, not Nissan. Dealer does not care. Will never buy a Nissan again, this is my first. I normally own VWs and Fords for 200k miles or more, never had this kind of POS before.
Also burns oil, ruins catalytic converters, and trunk lid won't close correctly.
- Randy L., Monument, CO, US