Car Puffs Out Large Cloud Of White Smoke

CarComplaints.com Seal Of This Might Hurt

CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2008 Altima has a defect trend of CVT transmission failure showing up around the 100,000 mile mark.

It's an expensive repair at nearly $4,000 average repair cost. For more information see Nissan Altima CVT defect info on NissanProblems.com.

6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
52,500 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
2008 Nissan Altima exhaust system problems

exhaust system problem

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2008 Nissan Altima Owner Comments

problem #1

Sep 222011

Altima S 2.5L 4 cyl

  • CVT transmission
  • 52,500 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

Occasionally, the car puffs out a huge cloud of white smoke that is at least as big as the car. I do not understand why this is happening. Dealer could not explain it. The car is using about 1/2 a quart of oil every 1500 miles. It is not leaking the oil.

- Kelley F., Cullman, AL, US

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