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.
1.1
hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
156,000 miles
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The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. While the contact was turning the vehicle to the right at an unknown speed, she noticed that there was no power steering ability. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the entire rack and pinion system needed to be replaced. Prior to the failure, the contact experienced difficulty steering the vehicle. The current and failure mileages were 156,000.
- Manchester, TN, USA
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- Manchester, TN, USA