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.
6.0
fairly significant- Typical Repair Cost:
- $600
- Average Mileage:
- 87,000 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- either buy a new exhaust, or live with the rust (1 reports)
exhaust system problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
The exhausts at the back of the car rusted quite fast. I maintain the car and treat it as my son, and it still acts up and decided to make my life miserable and have to buy a new exhaust system.
- milan.mastracci, Fonthill, ON, canada