Used 2002 Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 5M) Consumer Reviews
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Money Pit
Valerie, 05/03/2010
Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Beautiful car. Has needed a lot of work biggest complaint: it Burns oil a lot of oil I put oil in it every other day! Oil oil oil! This car should be recalled for the oil problem.
Worst Engine by Nissans Ever
Chris, 06/04/2009
Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 5M)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Only consider purchasing a 3.5L engine do not buy a 2.5L 4 cyl lemon!!! These engines have problems with pre-cat manifold, bolts from intake manifold can potentially enter the cylinders, crank/cam position sensors go bad, heating/AC problems. Other then that the car is great, really liked brakes and suspension, and gas mileage which varied from 21 to 27mpg. I bought the car around 75k-80k miles and it was already loosing oil since I fortunately noticed it right away after I bought it. Car had pre-cat replaced under warranty right before I bought it but the damage to engine from intake bolts or pre-cat was already done. The car mysteriously was losing 1qt of oil every week, after full
Stay away from thw 2002 Altima
Gone Driving, 04/18/2004
Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 5M)
2 of 3 people found this review helpful
The car is just shy of 2 years old and has had a new catalytic converter, radiator, engine mount, heater core and ABS sensor. It has ongoing problems with vibration and wind noise which have still not been corrected . There is rust on one of the engine brackets which according to Nissan has no metal in it. The car had starting problems. The brakes have no power assist in very cold weather for the first minute or two after starting the car. Unfortunately all the excitement that I had when I bought this car has turned into lack of confidence in Nissan Products.
Great looking car... that's all
mcitv08, 09/03/2008
Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 5M)
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
My "used to have" 2002 Nissan Altima was a great looking car, even up to the end when I traded it in last week. The comfort and ride quality is excellent. Amenities with the vehicle are to a minimum but overall the car is very nice. However this car does have many issues. The car at 97k miles had been burning oil (a qt a week) thus flooding the motor to where it can't start. 02 sensors were bad, fuel pump went out twice, recalled gas tank, very cheap interior materials. However when the car did run, of which it did very well 90% of the times, it drove smoothly and quietly.
Do not buy this car!
Drew, 06/17/2008
Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl 5M)
0 of 0 people found this review helpful
I had my engine and cat converter replaced in Aug of 07 free of charge due to only having 78,000 miles on my car. But they charged me for replacing my O2 sensors which was $450.00. Just last month in April one of my ignition coils went bad. Dealership wanted to replace all four. I declined and just got the bad one replaced. Two weeks ago my car stalled out on me when I was getting off the freeway, and I was barely able to drive it to the nearest dealer. Intake manifold and gaskets were damaged; they also recommended changing my spark plugs. Bottom line is these cars are pieces of crap, no matter how much money you invest in these cars to fix them something else is bound to go wrong.
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