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- Typical Repair Cost:
- $300
- Average Mileage:
- 115,450 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace power steering pump (1 reports)

steering problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Because I was having so many problems with my vehicle, I was not able to repair the power steering pump right away, so I had to deal with a leaking pump for awhile, so I had to buy a lot of power steering fluid, it was not a good situation.
- Callie A., Huntsville, AL, US