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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:
- $3,380
- Average Mileage:
- 117,100 miles
- Total Complaints:
- 64 complaints
Most Common Solutions:
- not sure (31 reports)
- replace engine and cat. converter (31 reports)
- remove the pre cat (2 reports)
engine problem
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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S
Same as everyone else. Had sensor failing a few years ago. fixed in 6 months before the 2003 model was included in the recall. then the manifold was leaking. fixed that. Now it is eating oil like crazy. no idea where to go from here.
- Brad S., Chula Vista, CA, US