Used 2002 Nissan Maxima Consumer Reviews
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Fast and good looking but eats oil
lostinfresno, 06/21/2014
2002 Nissan Maxima SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6M)
9 of 10 people found this review helpful
Bought my Maxima in 2011 with 106000 car runs great and fast when using premium fuel. Mine has needed strus since the day I bought it. I have put 27K on it and i'm putting KYB strus on. My mechanic said the monroe struts are too weak for a cra of this performance level. Hard to believe my car burns 2 qts every 1k miles. With that said this car runs strong will fry the tires in first and second gear. I have replaced the factory stereo (that was junk) The interior is roomy and trunk is cavernous. I love the Zeon headlights most cars from 2002 don not have these in this price range I have replaced the radiator because the plastic tank developed a pin hole Still have original clutch
40K car for 25K
Vineyard, 02/26/2002
2002 Nissan Maxima SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6M)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Superb car. Very smooth. Very fast. Very comfortable. A tremendous bang for the buck. I would choose it over my Boston car; a 99 Mitsu Eclipse GSX.
2002 Maxima GLE
2002maximachic, 02/03/2013
2002 Nissan Maxima GLE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 4A)
5 of 5 people found this review helpful
Love this car (model/year) - bought in Dallas with 84K and it runs great with 171k now. Just recently I found that during heavy traffic it slips a little. It sort of goes with oil but got that fix. I don't know anything about buying transmissions but where do you start to figure the cost?
FIve years, never an issue
RustyNC, 09/25/2007
2002 Nissan Maxima GLE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 4A)
4 of 4 people found this review helpful
We love this car. Never a problem. The highway ride comfort and noise are the only improvement it needs. Very good in the snow.
Problems, but it never left me stranded. Car changes its own oil. .
driftisfun, 05/03/2012
2002 Nissan Maxima SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6M)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
Ok it's been 5 years since we purchased our gunmetal grey 2002 Maxima w/6 speed manual. The car had roughly 78k on it at the time certified pre-owned vehicle from West Covina Nissan. Now has well over 160k fast, hard miles. Maintenance has been: Front brakes three times, goes thru tires a lot. Front right wheel assembly and hub became loose. Replaced clutch as well. Sound system broke. Power steering leak. Uses 2.5 quarts of oil every month or so, which is a lot. This is very common as are the individual coil packs failing (there's 6), and O2 sensors (4 I believe),Catalytic converter failed. These days my Maxima is firing on only two cylinders and we have thrown in the towel. Car still runs!
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