5.8

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
14,333 miles

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problem #6

Dec 152007

Altima

  • 50,000 miles
2000 Nissan Altima bought new and faithfully maintained at dealership (tri-city Nissan tallmadge Ohio) has transmission failure at only 50,000 miles. Dealership offers no explanation for this unheard of problem. Nissan headquarters tells me they will take care of repair B/C it is unheard of. I wait (without a car) for 2 weeks and then headquarters says they will not repair. When I get repair (over $3K) the shop says defective gear and I now have the part. If someone can't help me with this I am going to sue Nissan with punitive.

- Akron, OH, USA

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problem #5

Aug 282004

Altima

  • 36,000 miles
When at a stop engine revved at a high rate. Consumer shifted to neutral, then to drive to stop vehicle. Dealership was notified, but did not resolve the problem.

- Huntington Station, NY, USA

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problem #4

Oct 212002

(reported on)

Altima

  • miles
Car engine blew up causing fire and other damage to cars was in neutral and being flat towed behind a motorhome per specs given by manufacture no damage to tires though transmission is supposedly bad can you give advice concerning cause and or prevention of future problems.

- Pine City, NY, USA

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problem #3

Aug 072001

(reported on)

Altima

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
Transmission jumps in and out of gears while driving. Dealer has inspected vehicle, and could not correct the problem. Please provide additional information.

- Alma, MI, USA

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problem #2

Jul 062001

Altima

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
This vehicle may have a safety problem. When I back the car, I was braking the car. However the engine ouputs too much power and it is very hard to control. Also another time, I have to brake hard to stop the car as the engine output too much power while braking.

- Dublin, OH, USA

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problem #1

Mar 312001

Altima

  • Automatic transmission
  • miles
We have been dealing with an issue with the transmission on this car since the day we purchased it.there actually was a problem before we purchased it & we were told it would be corrected if we bought the car.we have had the car in about this & they are unable to correct it. The transmission has gotten so bad that it failed when my wife & kids pulled out onto a busy road & were almost hit because the automatic transmission failed to stay in gear. The garage keeps telling us that they cannot reproduce any of the symptoms and we are afraid to use the car now.

- Lebanon, CT, USA

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