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:
No data
Average Mileage:
120,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
seems the piston goes bad, already replace went bad again (1 reports)
The Rack and Pinion first went on the Altima at about 600 miles, it was replaced by the dealer and now there are 125,000 miles the unit is on the way out again.. Also replaced front and rear shocks, struts, 3 times on this car at my cost.. It seems to be a issue with Nissan but not a recall on any of these problems.
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
The Rack and Pinion first went on the Altima at about 600 miles, it was replaced by the dealer and now there are 125,000 miles the unit is on the way out again.. Also replaced front and rear shocks, struts, 3 times on this car at my cost.. It seems to be a issue with Nissan but not a recall on any of these problems.
- thomps@optonline.net, Shoreham, NY, US