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.

8.0

pretty bad
Typical Repair Cost:
No data
Average Mileage:
67,200 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. not sure (1 reports)
2002 Nissan Altima fuel system problems

fuel system problem

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2002 Nissan Altima Owner Comments

problem #1

Aug 102012

Altima S 2.5L 4i

  • Automatic transmission
  • 67,176 miles

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

I would like to know besides having to shell money out of my own pocket, I bought this vehicle used from a Nissan Dealership and DID NOT LOOK at the gas cap to tell if there may be a problem with the gas cap not sealing and the check engine light coming on.

I can also smell gas vapors outside the car when I shut off the engine and get out.

Who pays for the NEW gas filler Nozzle?????

It had better NOT be me, I've only had the car a week, nice eh??

- Joe N., Oshawa, Ontario, Canada

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