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Excessive Oil Consumption
2002 Nissan Altima (Page 12 of 13)
This problem may be covered under warranty. Ask your Nissan dealer.
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.
8.7
pretty bad- Typical Repair Cost:
- $3,310
- Average Mileage:
- 96,850 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 243 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- replace the engine (80 reports)
- not sure (65 reports)
- add oil as needed (39 reports)
- new engine (22 reports)
- get rid of it asap (10 reports)
- nissan should replace the engine for the 2nd time (10 reports)
engine problem
Helpful websites
- Nissan Excessive Oil Consumption - Maxima, Sentra, Altima - Nissan Excessive Oil Consumption - Maxima, Sentra, Altima
A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
I bought this used car from a dealer early last year for my son. From Day 1 it seemed to be consuming an unusually large amount of oil, so much so that my son was putting oil in on a regular basis between oil changes. It all came to a head a couple of weeks ago when my son returned home for the weekend and said the oil light was coming on. I was totally shocked to find that there was virtually no oil left, especially since it had only gone 1700 miles since the last oil change. It was all downhill from there.....after filling with oil, it continued to get worse....trouble starting it...rough running.... and the check engine light was on....brought it to the local dealer who proceeded to replace the catalytic converter and said my problems should be over. They also changed the oil again. Not even a week later, it would not start, so I had to tow it to another Nissan dealer. After flushing the system and replacing the spark plugs the tune of $300 (not to mention my rental car charges for both) they ran some additional tests to check on the oil leak. Now they tell me that 2 of the cylinders are misfiring and I need a new engine....another $3700. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN!!!
- cmsuds, Harrisville, RI, US