Check Engine Light On problems of the 2002 Nissan Altima - part 1

Our car has shut off at any speed without warning for several months. The check engine light has also been on.

I have a 2002 Altima but I only purchased it about 8 months ago. Somewhere around 2 months ago my check engine light came on. So I had it looked at and they said it was a crank sensor code, so I had it replaced. Didn't fix the problem for long. The light came back on, throwing the same code. Well then a week later my car completely shut off while I'm driving down the road. When I begin to restart it, nothing. It takes several attempts before it will start. Since that incident I've had this happen several times. I'm very concerned that I or my children will be in an accident due to the vehicle shutting off while driving. Please someone help!.

I have replaced the camshaft/crankshaft sensors in may car and it's still stalling out at times; I have reed other complains of other customers with the same related problem and I need something to be done before, I end up getting killed on the highway driving this car, my car has 162000 miles on it and with keeping up with my maintains this should not be occurring. I have called the Nissan dealership in snellville, GA three times and no one has returned my call on this problem. I need help on fixing this problem, I should not have to keep paying for the same repairs three times in a row within a three month period. The problem first arose in December 2015, when I was traveling on the highway I was traveling at speeds of about 70 mph when the car appeal to be hesitating as if it wanted to cut off and proceed to so when I decided to pull off on the next exit. The check engine light came on, and has remained on since December.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. While stopped at an intersection, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was able to restart, but the failure recurred on numerous occasions. In addition, the contact stated that the vehicle would consume oil rapidly and the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a dealer who diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 77,000.

Did check engine light repair fixed crank position sensor . I drive to the store car shuts down to 5mph I pull over reset check engine light then it works fine.

Car was being driven at approximately 35 mph when it stopped running. Diagnosis: the cam position sensors were bad and needed replacement (replaced 2 sensors). The check engine light remains illuminated after replacing the sensor with parts obtained from the dealer. There is a recall on vehicle which was never fulfilled, however, Nissan claims it does not affect my vehicle.

Hi, I own a 2002 Nissan Altima. It shows up a check engine light with issue on catalytic converter and consumes a lot of oil. I am very much concerned on the safety of the car. Requesting Nissan to fix this issue as this is a very much known issue with recalls. Thanks!.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while parked, the check engine warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle would also stall while driving at various speeds and would often hesitate to start while parked. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The mechanic stated that the crank shaft and the cam shaft position sensors would have to be replaced. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling) that could have been related to the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

The check engine warning light illuminated on the instrument panel. The vehicle would also stall while driving at various speeds and would often hesitate to start while parked. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic for diagnostic testing. The mechanic stated that the crank shaft and the cam shaft position sensors would have to be replaced. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling) that could have been related to the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and advised the contact that the VIN was not included in the recall. Also my car is loosing coolant and dont know where the cooling is going, took it to Nissan they dont have a clue either. Also I sometime smell gas when the car start up after a long stall crank.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. The contact was driving 60 mph when the check engine light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was restarted after thirty minutes and was taken to the dealer where the dealer confirmed that a new engine was needed. The manufacturer was contacted and they confirmed that the VIN did not qualify for repairs under NHTSA campaign id number: 07v527000(engine and engine cooling). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileages were 72,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. The contact stated while driving approximately 45 mph the check engine light illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was towed to the contacts home. The manufacturer filed report 721-1351 and advised the contact that his vehicle was not included in NHTSA campaign id number: 06v242000, engine and engine cooling; therefore, they would not assist with the repair. The vehicle was not repaired. The current and the failure mileage was 120,000.

Tl - the contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that after having the vehicle serviced under NHTSA campaign number: 03v084000 (engine and engine cooling), the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was diagnosed that the engine needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was unknown and the current mileage was 122,000. Dr.

Tl- the contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. While driving approximately 15 mph the vehicle suddenly stalled. The failure occurred two different times. The contact stated the failure also occurred while idling. The check engine light, battery light and oil light illuminated on the instrument panel when the vehicle stalled. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostics. There was a recall under NHTSA campaign id number: 03v455000 (engine and engine cooling) that may be related to the failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 173,683. Ds.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that the check engine light was illuminated. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who was unable to diagnose the failure but advised that she should contact the dealer because there was a recall related to the failure. The dealer stated that NHTSA recall campaign id number: 07v527000, engine and engine cooling had already been repaired. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 126,761.

Vehicle experiencing some hesitation at speeds of over 40mp but was intermitent. Eventually it would stall frequently at low speeds. Regular mechanic could not diagnose the problem - no engine light. I looked up recalls and found two recalls for my make , year and model. One related to ecm sensor - which caused the stalling. Recall indicates that sensor would be reprogrammed. I took it to Nissan dealer - they reprogrammed it and sent me off on my way. Same day the car was running worse than before - rpm racing and could not get the car over 40 - then it would run ok and then start up again. The stalling continued. I took the car back to the dealer and was told the reprogramming would not fix the problem and would actually cause the car to run worse. I was never told this when I walked out the first time. The car is not safe to drive and the dealer is telling me to look at it they need to charge me $120 plus what ever it cost to fix.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. While having the vehicle serviced by an authorized dealer for the check engine light the contact was told that the engine needed to be replaced due to catalytic converter failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The contact also stated that there were no other signs or any failures other than the check engine light. The failure and current mileage was 133,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving approximately 65 mph when he noticed the check engine light illuminate on the instrumental panel, then suddenly the vehicle stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle within a few minutes. The vehicle was inspected by an independent mechanic who stated that the failure was due to the converter. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted and offered no assistance. The failure mileage was approximately 85,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. While the contact was driving approximately 45 mph, he noticed that the engine light appeared on the dashboard. The vehicle was taken to the dealer where the contact was informed that the 02 ring needed to be replaced. The contact noticed prior that the vehicle would not start or would hesitate while being driven. The vehicle has not been serviced and the current and failure mileages were 77280.

The car had dark oil on the car lot and we just asked to have oil changed, we have mentioned this when we took the car for recalls, always having to add oil and now losing anti freeze. No one could find out where the oil and antifreeze were going-not on the driveway or anywhere. A mystery. Even the first diagnostic test did not show what was going on. Left the car all night to test it. This has been going on for years and we wanted to find the cause because we had a bumper to bumper warranty up until July of 2009. Last week we took it again to have it checked, because it is getting worse and the check engine light is on- finally this repair center found the reason-we need an head gasket, a bad head, etc. So now I am researching and I find a web site-car complaints. Com and boy are there many many complaints about the same thing. It is not right what Nissan is getting away with. My car would probably be worse if I was not always checking it from the beginning. Something needs to be done about this. Please read the letter and I am sure if I go to other websites I will find alot more of the same problems. Some people don't know how to go about these things, but I assure you I will get to the bottom of this. I am on a fixed income and cannot afford another car right now. People think Nissan is an honest company. All the letters I read tell me they are not. These things have been happening to my car since I drove it off the lot on 7/07/03. It had 17,766 miles on it at the time. I would like to file a class action law suite and so would some of the people on that website. The people in this country are tired of being taken advantage of. This is not fair and the media needs to know about this too. Please let me know what to do about this. Thank you for your help in this matter.

My car was serviced for a recall issue in 3/09 by the manufacturer. In August of 09, my car began to hesitate when starting, there was loss of power and hesitation during operation, soon afterwards the check engine light came on and finally the car failed to start. I brought it in to a local service center and they diagnosed that the crank position sensor and the camshaft sensors needed to be replaced. I was advised to bring the car into the dealer for additional servicing when I called Nissan consumer affairs. I opened a claim for reimbursement for the cost of the parts that were replaced that were supposed to be part of the recall work, but Nissan is saying that the parts that I had installed had nothing to do with the recall campaign.

Tl- he contact own a 2002 Nissan Altima. The contact stated notice he vehicle would consume excessive amounts of anti freeze and oil. Eventually the check engine light illuminated on the contact's instrumental panel. The vehicle was taken independent mechanic. The mechanic stated head gasket and seeped thru and rotted out the catalytic converter. Both would need to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired. 8 months later the check engine light indicator illuminated again on the contact instrumental panel. The vehicle was taken to another independent mechanic. The mechanic stated a cylinder 3 misfire code had caused the pistons to freeze and now the entire engine would need to be repaired. The vehicle was repaired. The failure reoccurred. The vehicle was repaired. The failure mileage was 76,000. Az.

My 2002 Nissan Altima's check engine light came on. The car started running sluggish, and totally ran out of oil! mechanic said I needed a new engine. I bought one - and that one went on the fritz two days after fixing it. The diagnostics test said it was an O2 sensor. It ran out of oil. Now I find out the car is a lemon, after I bought a new engine to boot. Two engines are ruined in this car, and I still don't have it paid for.

2002 Altima began stalling during low speeds triggering check engine light and accompanied by reduced engine power. Diagnostics indicated problem with crank shaft position sensor which was clearly listed under recall. Nissan would not acknowledge recall stating that I needed to have to ecm reprogrammed which would not fix stalling problem but would make the ecm more sensitive to the problem with the csp sensor. Nissan would not perform the ecm reprogram with the check engine light on. Nissan wanted to run a $90 diagnostics test first. I took car to a private mechanic the have crankshaft position sensor replaced with updated factory model. The sensor that was removed was clearly the older flawed model which was under recall.

Car is sucking up oil makes noise and engine light is always on.

My engine light will not shut off!!!!.

I own a 2002 Nissan Altima which is exhibiting the symptoms very typical with 100's of other Altima owners. One month ago the check engine light came on, engine is consuming large quantities of oil, power is sluggish especially at startup, coolant is being consumed etc. Took the car in to the dealer and the fault code was for faulty catalytic converter. Dealer suggests complete replacement of long block. Since the recall (ntb03-070c) had been done on my car a few years ago, previous to me owning the car, they are "no longer responsible for the recall". Seems unfathomable that so many owners are experiencing the same problem and no definite action is being taken from Nissan or being forced to be taken from the government oversight.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. While driving 75 mph, the contact heard a bumping sound from outside the vehicle and noticed that the check engine light illuminated. The vehicle lost power and the brakes failed. The contact had to use the emergency brake to stop the vehicle. Once the vehicle was stopped, she was unable to place the vehicle into park. The contact exited the vehicle and noticed that the front end caught fire. There were no injuries and a police report was filed. The current and failure mileages were 143,000.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. The contact received a recall notice for NHTSA campaign id number 07v527000 (engine and engine cooling). Nissan refused to perform the recall repair because the check engine light was illuminated. The vehicle does not always start, it is losing coolant, and the oil and check engine lights illuminate intermittently. The failure mileage was 94,400.

The contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. The check engine light illuminated intermittently and the vehicle hesitated to start. On December 1, 2007, the vehicle would not start at all and was towed to a mechanic. A diagnostic was performed, but no failures were found. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and they stated that the cam shaft, crank shaft, and spark plugs needed to be replaced. There are two NHTSA campaign id numbers regarding engine and engine cooling (03v455000 and 07v527000). The contact was informed that the recall repair had previously been performed on the vehicle. The purchase date and mileages were unknown. Updated 03/06/08. The camshaft sensor and crankshaft were replaced. The consumer stated the engine light illuminated again. Updated.

My engine blew up. I called my nearest Nissan dealer who forwarded me to Nissan corp, who sent me to Nissan north America and after telling them my story 3 times, they advised me there was nothing they could do since it as not yet a recall. I looked online and many had the same issue and were trying to get this to be a recall. I had just moved to that area, I had no job, no money and was attending school. My car sat in front of my house for 6 months while I paid $430 a month on my note. When I finally had the money to fix it, I explained to them I had just gotten a new engine and only needed them to restart the computer. They advised me there was a recall on it, I asked for what and they could not explain. They then said they could not restart my computer or do the recall because it had a code that needed to get fixed. I said fine, and paid for them to fix it and the recall. Later that day my engine light came back on and they had me come back in a week later and advised me a new code came on. I asked why they didn't tell me about it when I was there and they said they didn't see it then. I did more research and found out that the codes they found were part of the recall, and that was the reason my engine blew up. But they would not fix or pay for it. I have been back and forth on this and finally I found a number to call regarding Nissan recalls. The person I spoke with advised me that it was Nissan's responsibility to have fixed the issue at no cost since it was a recall and it was all connected. (had that recall or problem been fixed my engine would have never blown up! recall or no recall, this was obviously a manufacturing issue! they never even contacted me about that recall! I found out about it when I took my car in!) she filed a claim for me and said someone would call me. It has been a week and no call from Nissan north America yet. I call them everyday and everyday they say someone will call me. At least Toyota is taking care of their customers! updated ivoq 08/20/10 updated 10/27/10.

I purchased a new 2002 Nissan Altima from pence Nissan on 3/23/02. Since the 2002 was a new model year for the Altima, I also purchased a security+plus gold vehicle warranty for $995. 00 extending the warranty to 3/23/2008 or 75,000 miles whichever occurs first. After having recurring clutch problems, I started researching on the internet and found that this model had frequent complaints regarding engine failure due to the catalytic converter breaking apart. Because of this I made especially certain that I checked my oil every week, that I had all scheduled maintenance performed and that they were performed by pence Nissan (I have copies of each receipt totaling $3,853. 06). Despite all of these precautions, my check engine light illuminated on September 25th. I took the car immediately to the dealer who said that the catalytic converter had broken apart some. I was advised not to drive the car until I replaced the converter and two oxygen sensors. I was told particles from the converter could enter the engine and destroy it resulting in an $8,000 repair. I took the dealer?s advice and replaced the catalytic converter and both oxygen sensors at a cost of $1251. 05. Upon inspection, the dealer noted that there were no signs of metal in the oil. I was told that although the oil looked clear, there was no guarantee that fragments from the converter hadn't made their way into the engine and it could be two weeks or two years before possible engine failure. After hearing this, I decided to purchase a new car. Given my experience with the 2002 Altima and what I read from other owners, I feel that this is a manufacturing defect and Nissan should take responsibility for the repairs. I sent Nissan two letters respectfully requesting that Nissan consider reimbursing me for the $1251. 05 repair charge, but have not heard anything back.

Twice last month the car just cut itself off and I was able to pull to the side of the road. Thank god I was on a secondary road and not going over 35 mph. I got an appointment with the roanoke va dealership and took the car in. Because the check engine light did not come on, the service mgr stated they could find nothing wrong with the car--he then charged me $77 and told me to drive on the right side of the road in case it happened again!! I copied reports of the recall for the crank position sensor and left for th service dept, but because the "code" did not show up, they will not replace it. I will never ever buy a car from first team Nissan again. They replaced the crank sensor in 2004 after I receiced a recall letter. But I found out that some of the replacement parts were defective too-I left that information and hi-lited the part about bad replacement parts. No help from dealer at all!!.

Overthe past two months both the cam sensor & crank sensor failed on my 2002 Altima. The cam sensor failure turned on the check engine light. However the crank sensor failure shut down the engine while I was in traffic making for a very unsafe condition. Just last week I was notified by the dealer of a recall for the crank sensor, two weeks after it failed. Why I wasn't notified sooner is beyond me. I contacted the dealer & was given a 800 to call for reimbursement of my expenses. Looking over this site it appears the crank sensor recall is a few year's back- why did I just receive the call about this recall? I also noticed that there are cam sensor failure complaints. Why was there not a recall for this problem initiated?.

- the contact owns a 2002 Nissan Altima. The contact stated that while driving at 40 mph under dry conditions when the vehicle lost power, the contact was able to get the vehicle to the side of the road without a crash. There were no warning lights before the failure, but once the vehicle restarted the check engine light stayed on. There was recall 03v455000 for the crank position sensor, and was is the same failure that autoway of Nissan told him he had. The contact stated that he received a call on 12-4-06 from the dealer, stating that this vehicle was not affected by the recall due to the VIN . The contact has a diagnostic report, and repair order stating that the crank position sensor was the cause of the failure. The crankshaft position sensor was replaced under recall back in March of 2004, the recall replacement failed on Jan 9, 2007. The consumer stated the part has been replaced 3 times. Updated 02/02/07.

: the contact stated while traveling 40 mph, the check engine warning light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic, where the problem was identified as a failed crank shaft position sensor and recall information was provided. The vehicle was taken to a service dealer where the contact was informed the vehicle was not included in recall # 03v455000 for engine and engine cooling due to the VIN. The manufacturer was notified. Updated 12/5/2006 -.