5.0

fairly significant
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
20,000 miles

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problem #2

Oct 142016

Altima 4-cyl

  • miles
Floor boards (driver & passenger sides), extensive rust causing pieces of floor boards to fall off, or easily be removed with hand by mechanic, leaving insulation exposed on exterior, and hole under carpeting. Smell of gas fumes in cabin. Also, squeaking and cracking sounds under driver seat and surrounding area, when driving over minor/small bumps in road, or when shifting weight, when sitting in driver seat. Note: One owner, garage kept, driven by 115-lb. Person only. Pictures available. (is my seat falling through the floor" is my car safe to drive")

- Round Lake Beach, IL, USA

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problem #1

Nov 012007

Altima

  • 40,000 miles
Every winter or when the weather gets cold there is a strong smell of raw gas coming in through the air vents, when car warms up in morning even with all windows open smell is choking and unbearable. Also brakes squeak terribly like a big truck when turning to left and braking, even at slow speeds, such as in a drive thru or parking. Even brand new brakes. Lastly and most scary is the driver seat shifts, rocks, forward and back when braking hard or during a sudden stop. Purchased car in 2007 as a lease return.

- Huntington Station, NY, USA

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