CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2006 Nissan Altima has a trend of engine & transmission problems.
Excessive oil consumption is the main problem reported by owners. Nissan did a recall back in 2006 for oil consumption due to bad piston rings, but many owners report to us that the recall didn't fix the problem. The dealer only had to check the oil consumption rate. Typically 1 qt per 1,000 miles is "acceptable" per OEM standards ... that's a lot of oil!
The 2006 Altima also has a defect trend of CVT transmission failure showing up around the 100,000 mile mark.
It's an expensive repair at over $2,000 average repair cost. For more information see Nissan Altima CVT defect info on NissanProblems.com.
10.0
really awful
Crashes / Fires:
3 / 2
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
70,054 miles
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We purchased a 2006 Nissan Altima (new, never owned) on January 10, 2007. The vehicle has defects and has been bought to the dealer (Nissan of garden city in hempstead, New York) on four occasions;1/25/07, 2/1/02, 2/5/07, and 2/14/07. We filed a complaint with Nissan North America on 1/17/07. File number 5593141. The service representative is slow in providing response and other service representatives refuse to provide name or contact information of managerial staff. Their single means of communication is through E-mail. Their actual policy is to wait 24 hours before returning phone calls. I was advised this by one of their service representatives at their "800" number.
- Fresh Meadows, NY, USA
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- Fresh Meadows, NY, USA