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.

6.7

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
10,000 miles

About These NHTSA Complaints:

This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.

So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.

2002 Nissan Altima electrical problems

electrical problem

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2002 Nissan Altima Owner Comments

problem #2

May 252002

Altima 6-cyl

  • Automatic transmission
  • 20,000 miles

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

The dashboard light went out on the vehicle. The dealership serviced the vehicle twice for this issue. They replaced the computer and fuse, however the problem recurred. The left front seat was loose and the wipers were inoperative.

- Fresno, CA, USA

problem #1

Oct 232003

(reported on)

Altima

  • miles
While driving instrument panel lights would blink and shut off intermittently. Dealer replaced the cluster on 4 different occasions.

- Harlingen, TX, USA

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