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
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
0 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.
2003 Nissan Altima safety recall regarding defect in fuel pump. Recall#03V251000. The consumer was told by the dealer that they were no longer correcting the defect in southern states.
The consumer received a recall notice from the manufacturer which stated that certain engine operating conditions may cause damage to the pre-catalyst. The consumer scheduled an appointment with the dealer but, the appointment was cancelled due to the parts not being available.
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- Fletcher, NC, USA