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.

6.0

fairly significant
Typical Repair Cost:
$600
Average Mileage:
87,000 miles
Total Complaints:
1 complaints

Most Common Solutions:

  1. either buy a new exhaust, or live with the rust (1 reports)
2003 Nissan Altima exhaust system problems

exhaust system problem

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2003 Nissan Altima Owner Comments

problem #1

Jun 162010

Altima SE 3.5L V6

  • Automatic transmission
  • 86,992 miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

The exhausts at the back of the car rusted quite fast. I maintain the car and treat it as my son, and it still acts up and decided to make my life miserable and have to buy a new exhaust system.

- milan.mastracci, Fonthill, ON, canada

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