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
Crashes / Fires:
1 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
99,372 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.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
My exhaust system is to low that it hits every bump even when driving slow, when they lifted the car underneath the car there's a yellow mark from all the speed bumps.also the door handles from the drivers N passenger snap off when I try to enter my vehicle.the shocks don't know if this is why the car is so low.
Had to replace front passenger floor pan because there was a hole about 15 inches long and 5 inches wide due to rust. My front subframe is completely rusted at this point. Rust is expected in New York due to salt, but after talking with Nissan they said they have not heard anyone else having issues despite thousands of hits on a simple internet search about rust issues for Nissan.
Takta recall. Hello, I have purchased a Nissan Altima 2.5 S 2003. My entire carextremely shakes from the moment I start my car until I turn it off. When I'm driving the car, the car at times drives like it's going to fail. Multiple times when driving, the car would stopped opereating properly. When my car is turned on gas/fuel like fumes through the ventilation system and throughout my vehical making it difficult to breathe at times. The door on the driver side, out of knkwhere shifted to where I can't shut my door completely. The door sensor light stays on when I turn my car off and it drains my battery because my door doesn't shut completely, and the door sensor stays on. Also, out of knowwhere the gas tank door, has shifted out of know where to where I can't shut the gasoline door completely. Also, my car"a windshields gets very foggy rapidly after I clean them, making visibilty difficult.
Took car for mo mandated safety inspection. Car failed inspection due to floor pan being rusted all the way thru. When passenger seat carpet was moved, you could see the roadway thru the floor from inside the vehicle. Affected area was approx 24"X9". cost over $1000 to replace affected area.
Purchased a 2003 Altima, 1 owner car for my 16 year old daughter. After having car for about 9 months noticed metal rusted material in the driveway under the passenger side of the car. Inspected and found a hole the size of my fist going all the way through. Ended up replacing most all of the passenger side floor pan due to a major safety issue. If not for the carpet the passenger could have placed their foot through the area. Have talked to others at body shops and found this is a problem with the Altima from 2003-2006. Not a cheap fix either.
The floor boards rotted out, just found out about it, give it a few more months. I can become fred flintstone and start pushing my car around when the camshaft/crankshaft sensor goes out again. Both sensors have been replaced and still had not corrected the problem. Brought the car in today and was told there are no recalls for your car. That's interesting when you can't go anywhere and you are sitting at a light with traffic behind you. That's were meet the flintstones comes in, using foot power to move the car.
Floorboards on drivers and passengers side is completely rusted thru. It is my 82 year old mothers car, which she bought new. The car has always been garage kept and taken care of meticulously by me and is in mint condition. No rust what so ever on the car (except the floorboards) and has only 50,000 miles.
Floor boards are completely rusting through, and it seems this is a problem typical with Nissan vehicles built in this time frame. I fear this will affect safety, and potentially lead to increased risk of carbon monoxide poisoning.
The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Altima. While driving approximately 10 mph, the floor rusted and fell out the vehicle. The dealer stated that the floor panel needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 115,000.
Takata recall - the driver seat door is almost falling off of its hinges. Takata recall - there is corrosion under the car from rusting, making major holes under the car
The underside of vehicle on the passenger and driver's side floorboard area has rusted through completely through to the inside carpeting. Upon researching, it appears to be a common defect that Nissan refuses to acknowledge. There is significant area of deterioration on both sides of underbody of vehicle.
The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Altima. After inspecting the vehicle, the contact noticed a piece of the frame hanging down underneath the vehicle. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic. The technician diagnosed that the front and passenger side frame were completely rusted and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure mileage was 45,000.
The contact owns a 2003 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the floor boards were rusted to the point of deterioration. The contact was able to further inspect the vehicle and upon taking it to an independent mechanic for routine servicing it was determined that the floor boards prematurely rusted and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 77,900.
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