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1 out of 5 stars

Go with a 2015 altima, i found out until then

CraigBasciano, 10/27/2016
2012 Nissan Altima 2.5 S 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
3 of 12 people found this review helpful

I bought a used 2012 in may 2016 with 46,000 miles, they ripped me off bad, i didnt understand why it was so slow, drove like a truck, the 2.5 uses a lot of gas and handles so poor, i ask the dealer today and they said up til 2015 it weighed 2500 pounds more then it should, that explains why i hate driving it, you wont enjoy it at all

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4 out of 5 stars

Know this!

Greg Lucas, 09/03/2016
2012 Nissan Altima 3.5 SR 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl CVT)
1 of 3 people found this review helpful

Overall great car. Would buy again. Some complaints. Road noise is excessive and hard for people to hear you over blue tooth phone calls. Lack of more and placement of 1 usb port is annoying. Would not buy paint shield, leather protection, or warranties.

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2 out of 5 stars

Catching fire

Vickie nelson, 08/26/2018
2012 Nissan Altima 2.5 S 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
1 of 4 people found this review helpful

That I was driving down the highway and all of a sudden my car started slowing down and I didn't know what was happening, I started seeing smoke coming from under the hood, I couldn't even stop the car, it continued until it stop doors locked and on fire, it was blazing , if it happened been for a passer by ,I would have died in that car on January 5 2017

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1 out of 5 stars

7 times to the dealership to get 2 items repaired

nissansucks12, 10/19/2012
2012 Nissan Altima 2.5 S 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
3 of 20 people found this review helpful

I have had serveral new cars in my life time, but never a Nissan, thought I would give them a shot, bad bad bad bad move, a simple replacement of the 2 rear speakers turned into 5 trips to the dealership for one reason or another, simple tire rotation, left one of my lug nuts in the rim. These are simple items to repair or replace and it seems like this dealership can't get it right, but my car has only 5000 in 7 months, these items should not have been broken to begin with, horrible horrilbe car, buy a Ford, never had an issue with any of them, stay away from NISSAN! I also have 2 friends that work at the plant there, again stay away!!!!!

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5 out of 5 stars

Cherry shot

Nafeesah Jones, 08/23/2019
2012 Nissan Altima 2.5 S 2dr Coupe (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
1 of 7 people found this review helpful

I love my new car. It has everything that I wanted.

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