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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
Consumes about 1L per 1000 km. So that means I add more oil BETWEEN oil changes than I do when the oil is changed.
Nissan will not help you with this problem, despite postings all over the net about Maximas/Altimas/350Z etc consuming oil.
They will tell you it is in the "normal" range and deny you until your warranty is up.
Will not buy another Nissan. Will not recommend one to anyone. Will suggest to anyone to pay a bit extra and get a Honda/Toyota. My 95 Civic does not consume a drop of oil between changes and has not had one interior piece of trim break/fall off like the Altima but thats another complaint
Nissan will learn like GM/Ford/Chrysler that once you get a reputation for building $@%, that reputation will stick to you like %%$@#
Shame because the car looks and drives great but thats not much consolation
- nomore nissan, Toronto, ON, Canada