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:
1 / 0
Average Mileage:
7,300 miles
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Consumer's vehicle was involved in a frontal collision while driving at 40 mph. Upon impact, only the passenger's side air bag deployed. Driver's side seat belt failed to retract. Driver sustained head injuries caused by his head hitting the steering wheel.
- Chesapeake, VA, USA
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- Chesapeake, VA, USA