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Excessive Oil Consumption
2002 Nissan Altima (Page 1 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
My 02 Altima finally started eating oil like everyone else's after driving it for about 150k miles with the cat out!!!!! I now have 253xxx miles on the car and it's still running like a charm. It eats maybe about a half quart of oil every tank of gas these days. Engine was never rebuilt that I can see on the Carfax and I've never rebuilt it either. I must have gotten lucky and gotten the only good 2.5 out there somehow. All around, it's been a good cheap car, just have to keep an eye on the oil level so it doesn't get low. Might have helped that I change the oil every 3k miles and use conventional Valvoline.
- Ben A., Northfield, US