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5 out of 5 stars

LOVE THIS CAR!!

trek2, 08/05/2013
2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 SV 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

I have owned my Altima for 5 months now and it is by far the best I have ever owned. The mpg I'm getting is better than advertised. When I stay at 60 mph or under I get near 42 mpg on the highway I thought I would be disappointed in its performance considering its a 4 cylinder, but I have been pleasantly surprised. The 4 cylinder is a bit noisy, but easily tolerable.

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4.88 out of 5 stars

2013 AltimaS

art3, 10/02/2012
2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 S 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

I have owned the Altima for 6 weeks and it is the smoothest running vehicle I have owned in 40 years of driving. I have driven 1200 miles so far with it and I applaud the economy and it is spot on as far as mpg advertised. If I had a few more bucks to spend I would have gotten the leather as the cloth i8nterior is ok, but not exceptional. I had rented a 2011 and 2012 Altima before and was impressed with their perfomance. The 2013 is a step above them. I bought it from a highly rated dealership(Priority) and do not expect problems, but my previous experience with them says they will get to the bottom of any problem should one develop. I believe for the money the Altima was the best choice.

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4.75 out of 5 stars

Great comuter car

jasonpaul, 08/17/2013
2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 SV 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

This car seems to be a great car for traveling, I drive 120 miles a day for work and am averaging 35.4 mpg. Im a big guy 6'0" 370 lbs and the seat are comfortable, I drove the camry and the accord and the legacy and all of them seat seemed to short in the leg area and aint comfortable. The navigation works flawlessly I would recommend this car to anyone, I love the long range it has im averaging 600 miles between fillups

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3 out of 5 stars

WARNING - DO NOT BUY!!!

dwlund, 04/09/2013
2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 SL 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Purchased 2013 Altima August 2012 - my first (and last!) Nissan. Nothing but problems. Vibration/rumbling at 1500 rpm's a nightmare. In for service on 4 different occasions - dealership would never admit to problem - stated it was characteristic of CVT. Went to Nissan HQ - they finally admitted there was a problem. Referred me back to dealership to replace belt and tensioner. Worked ok for several hundred miles, then vibration returned. Could not take any more. Traded it in for a 2013 Toyota Avalon - took a loss, but hated the car. Also had problem with heated seats, wind noise protruding from side-view mirror, noise from power steering. In other words - a real lemon!!! Nissan the worst!!!

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4 out of 5 stars

Update to original review

erichards, 04/06/2015
updated 10/09/2018
2013 Nissan Altima 2.5 SV 4dr Sedan (2.5L 4cyl CVT)
2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Just wanted to update my original review & revise some of the ratings (which you can't do to the original review for some reason). In the original review (@29k miles) I said the only issues were the lower-than-expected mileage, and the brake rotors that were starting to glaze. Now with 64k miles on the car (in 25 months) I can report that aside from those things the car has been perfect. I just replaced the brake pads at 63k miles, and am about to put a new set of tires on at 64k. The mileage continues to average 27-28 mpg, although I have experienced outstanding (36-37 mpg) mileage on a few long highway trips (I got 625 miles out of one tank of gas in one instance). Overall very satisfied. Update 4/1/18, 124k miles; 5 years old now, still going strong. Did a proactive transmission fluid change at 85k miles, otherwise have only changed oil regularly, and another set of brake pads. The car has one minor issue - the shift interlock (prevents you from shifting out of park unless your foot is on the brake) starting going bad about a year ago; now I have to use the override switch (under the little square cap next to the shift lever) to take the car out of park. It is a minor PITA, but until I can get around to fixing it I can live with it, and I'm not going to pay the dealer a couple hundred dollars to fix such a minor issue. I will also add, although I have had no trouble with it, after owning two I have decided I won't buy another car with a CVT transmission. They are fine for daily driver type cars, and for people who don't really care about performance or "spirited" driving, but that's not me and there are still sedans out there with more of a performance feel to them, even if they aren't true "performance sedans" in the BMW mold. There are even a few with manual transmissions if you look hard enough.

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