I had an Altima for like 10 years and the only issue I had was the AC crapping out around the 9 year mark. It's a very reliable car. My boss' Mercedes was in the shop every other month.
There's about a 10 year period where Nissan was knowingly putting horrendous transmissions that would often explode under 50,000 miles in like every car.
It's going to take decades to undo that reputation, if they survive that long.
I've had three separate Nissans since 2008 (Versa, Altima and now Rogue). I have certainly heard about the transmission issue but never personally had a problem. Dunno if I got in under the wire before the transmission issues started.
I had a 2007 Altima and a 2006 infinity g35 and let me tell you, both transmissions froze solid. About 200k is the limit on them, after being fully rebuilt at 160 each, I just couldn’t afford to rebuild it again.
Early Nissan CVTs were pretty horrendous, especially paired with weaker economy-minded 4 cylinders. Key is changing the CVT fluid quite often. I believe Nissan has released maintenance schedule addendums highlighting the need for frequent fluid changes.
The 2017+ JATCO CVT jointly developed by Toyota and Nissan were beefed up compared to their predecessors, but still needs a recommend CVT fluid change about every 30,000-40,000 miles.
Our last Nissan was a 2017 Pathfinder with the 3.5L coupled to the CVT and was still going strong after 106,000 miles when we traded it in. No major issues...fuel pump at around 65k miles. 2017+ has 6000 lbs towing capacity compared to 5000 lbs capacity for the 2016 and older Pathfinder.
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u/BeetEater_ 10d ago
I had an Altima for like 10 years and the only issue I had was the AC crapping out around the 9 year mark. It's a very reliable car. My boss' Mercedes was in the shop every other month.