2002 Nissan Altima Consumer Discussions Page 8

Nissan Altima Engine Failures

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Written by: marcogallo1986 on May 02, 2008 07:19 PM

What has bin rong with your 2004 Nissan Altima bisides the recalls and now the engian light cumming on at 100900 Miles and the dealer telling you that you nead a new oxygen sencer. Probbly one is bad not boath Oxygen sencers. My dad baught a hundai with 90000 Miles that the engian light came on when he got it and it was a bad Oxygen sencer. that does not make a car a lemin ... Read More...

Re: 2003 Altima Oil Consumption Nightmare! [jd10013]

Written by: smoothride4me on Apr 25, 2008 07:28 AM

I Have a 2002 Altima, After taking it to have the pre cat changed at the tune of $700 the car was runing like it should. Well thats before I checked the oil.. It ended up using one quart every 500 miles.. I took it to the dealer and they said there was no recall on the pre cat or oil consumption.. Both these problems occured within a month of each other.. They also told me ... Read More...

How do you avoid this?

Written by: lnesomdove on Apr 25, 2008 06:46 AM

I have patiently read the previous 260 posts as well as other posts on the internet in various forums and suffice it to say, it can be very depressing owning one of these cars. I only found these threads after my own daughter experienced an issue with her car that was exhaust related. She purchased her 2002 Altima back in March of 2008 with 112,000 miles on it. She researched ... Read More...

Nissan Altima Prices Paid & Buying Experience

Every one Pleas read. You should all go to Fits Mall.com Look at the Prices

Written by: marcogallo1986 on Apr 18, 2008 08:30 PM

That they Have on the Nissan Altima grate deals can be had on anny Nissan or toyota or Hundai or what ever other dealers they have I am so sick of Peapol Conplaning about the Littlest things about there Nissan Altimas. Or any car for that Matter. and I also think they should change the Name of the Nissan Altima engian Fallyors To Nissan engian Problems Cause There Owners ... Read More...

Nissan Altima Engine Failures

Re: 2002 Altima with "THE" oil problem [laura19]

Written by: czander on Apr 17, 2008 07:42 AM

CALL NISSAN -- THEY WILL REIMBURSE FOR THIS, SEE BELOW Owners can contact Nissan at (800) 647-7261 or NHTSA at (800) 424-9153. Reimbursement is possible but you need to report it to Nissan first, then take to Nissan Dealer, then send in receipts for reimbursement.... 2006 - NISSAN RECALLS NEARLY 100,000 VEHICLES .... According to Edmund's Inside Line, Nissan ... Read More...

Re: 2002 Altima with "THE" oil problem [laura19]

Written by: czander on Apr 17, 2008 07:31 AM

did you see this note on Edmunds -- dated 2006.... reimbursement is possible but you need to report it to Nissan first, then take to Nissan Dealer, then send in receipts for reimbursement.... NISSAN RECALLS NEARLY 100,000 VEHICLES .... According to Edmund's Inside Line, Nissan has recalled 96,800 2006 Altimas and Sentra SE-Rs because of a risk of engine fire. ... Read More...

Nissan Altima Prices Paid & Buying Experience

Looking in to getting a 2008 Nissan altima 4 sil base mottle

Written by: marcogallo1986 on Mar 12, 2008 07:34 AM

How Mutch should I pay for one and what options does that car come with. I am in the New York Area. SUmone elce will be driving this car for me I cant drive I am Leaguly blind. Looking at sand color Or gold. Frum what I have bin reading the Nissan altima is a verry good car. My dad had an altima he sold a few years back got it used was a1995 stick shift car verry good car gold Color. ... Read More...

Nissan Altima Engine Failures

Re: 2002 Altima in Trouble [scttcrssmn]

Written by: jd10013 on Mar 14, 2008 03:11 PM

What I found interesting, and others in in the forum I linked to tried was, take it in under the 80k emmision warranty. thats what one of the people in there did, and got a new engine because of it. oddly enough though, nissan put the same exhaust back on Anyhow, as the people in that forum have concluded, your best bet is to either remove and replace the exhaust manifold ... Read More...

Re: 2002 Altima in Trouble [electricdesign]

Written by: scttcrssmn on Mar 13, 2008 08:34 PM

Thanks for the link to the precat mod. For readers with 02 Altimas with this problem, here's a link to the NissanHelp knowledgeBase. http://x.nissanhelp.com/forums/Knowledgebase/links/280 Once there, you can enroll for free, then put NTB03-070c into their search field to get the recall info. It may get you nowhere, but you can at least see what Nissan knows ... Read More...

Re: 2002 Altima in Trouble [electricdesign]

Written by: scttcrssmn on Mar 11, 2008 09:00 PM

Hello E.D. Been working with my mechanic on the 02 Altima engine with excessive oil consumption. He got access to Nissan's technical database and discovered there is a voluntary recall on this engine, for a certain range of VIN's, with excessive oil consumption. I'm guessing "voluntary recall" means it's not mandatory, and if you find out about it, Nissan will ... Read More...