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.

0.9

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
205,000 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

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2002 Nissan Altima brakes problems

brakes problem

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2002 Nissan Altima Owner Comments

problem #1

Aug 242013

Altima 4-cyl

  • 205,000 miles

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

My automobile tcs off slip light came on and the car lost acceleration. Once car shutoff the vehicle hesitates for a length of time before it will start. This has occurred for 3 days in a row. I am so afraid this car is going to cause an accident.

- Tulsa, OK, USA

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