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|---|---|
| NHTSA Complaint Number: 007105674 | Incident Date: May, 06 2007 |
| Consumer's City: LAUREL | Consumer's State: MD |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: ALTIMA | Model Year: 2002 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling:exhaust system:emission control:catalytic convertor |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: 1N4AL11D62C | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: May, 13 2007 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Jan, 20 2005 |
| Was Original Owner: No | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 4 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: The 2002 nissan altima 2.5s has 50700 miles on it. i am currently experiencing high oil consumption problem because catalyst substrate particles flew into the engine. these particles have scored the cylinder walls. nissan had a recall on this problem based on nhtsa action number: pe02078, nissan had made preventive changes to the car to prevent this problem, as required by law in 2004. but whatever they did had not fixed the problem because it recurred. so now the altima 2002 had an engine failure because of the pre catalyst overheating problem, and nissan was refusing to address the problem . they stated had done recall procedures in 2004. it was very important for nhtsa to look to this matter as nissan had not fixed the defects just prolonged it. there were lot of altima owners at risk as this problem could result in a fire in certain conditions. so office of defect investigation should open this investigation again to get nissan to fix the pre catlyst overheat problem. *ak |
