CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2005 Nissan Altima has two fairly significant problems with the floor pan rusting through & motor mounts breaking.
Altima owners report that up to a basketball-size hole develops under the floor mats where the floor pan metal rusts through. Average repair cost is over $1,000.
The broken motor mounts are less of a problem - they break at ~75,000 miles average & it's $400 to fix. Still, motor mounts should not break!
Terrible squeaking from front suspension when it starts getting cold outside. Even louder when it is winter time. It goes away when the summer rolls around. The plastic covers over the passenger pillar also gets a rattle when it gets cold out. I brought it to Nissan at they said it was normal to squeak when it gets cold out. They never even bothered to take it in. They told me to live with it. I never heard of this before, none of my others cars have done this.
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Terrible squeaking from front suspension when it starts getting cold outside. Even louder when it is winter time. It goes away when the summer rolls around. The plastic covers over the passenger pillar also gets a rattle when it gets cold out. I brought it to Nissan at they said it was normal to squeak when it gets cold out. They never even bothered to take it in. They told me to live with it. I never heard of this before, none of my others cars have done this.
- sdong77, Staten Island, NY, US