1999 Nissan Altima GXE from North America - Comments

I own a "99" Nissan Altima, I bought it used from a rental place. The car been good so far. Had to replace crack intake manifold. I notice that a lot of people mention that the car shakes at higher speeds. This has to do with wheel bearings. The bearings wear out fast. I like this car, good and bad. This car that I have has 130,000 miles on and still runs great.

I own a 98 altima. I love the car and have had very few issues. The only thing that has occurred is the idler pulley. That has been replaced twice now in the last 2 years. My car is in the shop again for the same issue. Once again, I have heard the famous "we can't get the problem to duplicate" line. That is my only gripe with Nissan... their service department!!!

My friend's got a '99 Altima w/4cyl and he puts it through hell. It's actually owned by his grandpa, but its "his" to drive. He doesn't have to pay for repairs and drives it accordingly. It has over 150,000 miles on it now and runs perfect.. I've driven it myself and it feels super-solid. Been in it on highway sometimes at speeds above 80mph and no vibration or shaking. Very impressed with how its holding up despite his abuse, and would buy one myself if I had the money.

Hello! I'm a proud owner of a 1995 Nissan Altima GXE. I got it in 2003 for $2900 when it was blue booked at $4300. It had 90,000 miles when I bought it. I put 40,000 miles on it in ONE YEAR! I did a lot of long distance driving from Colorado to Arizona and California. The only thing that it has ever needed was tires and a new alternator. The timing chain has never been replaced and no other part either. I know the car has been in an accident in the past, but I've exceeded 100mph and the car is as solid as a rock. The paint on it is still great except for a few nicks due to highway driving.

For the people with speaker problems, I have a factory tape player with the factory in-dash 6 CD changer with the stock speakers as well and the sound is still superb on it. I do all the maintenance on it myself at home. I did replace the brake pads and rotors with the best ones I could get from the local auto store and the whole job only ended up costing $150 dollars (All the parts even have a lifetime warranty) Now I'm only 19, and you can imagine how I drive. I've put this car through hell AND I live in colorado with hills going up and down no matter where you go using brakes going down hill alot and I've never had a squeaking problem.

My gas mileage is excellent as well. I have a K&N air filter in the car and I have the "BOSCH Platinum+4" spark plugs on it as well. I make it all the way to Vegas (1000 miles) on 2 3/4 tanks of gas. That's about 35 gallons of gas. I've had nothing, but a blast with this car and its my 2nd Nissan. I've owned a 1995 Pathfinder SE in the past and also had absolutely no problems with it. My altima has been great and still is. I drive approximately 500 miles a week on average right now and I have absolutely no problems with this car at all. Maybe its cause I use AMSOIL on it, but who knows. All I know is that this car is doing great for me. Low maintenance costs and great mileage. Got any questions, let me know, I've got a lot of experience with Nissan considering I've owned 2 and did any work to them myself.

reshak@uccs.edu.

I bought a 1999 Nissan altima GXE in December of 2004.

It had 119,000 miles on it at that time and now in June

of 2005 it has 129,000. The ride is somewhat rough, but

it has adequate power from the 2.4L 4 cylinder engine.

The paint and interior are like new. I liked this car

very much until about one month ago when the engine

trouble light came on. The trouble code read number 4

cylinder misfires and engine fuel mixture is lean. I

always do my own repairs, so I got a repair book for

Nissan`s at the library. While the trouble light is on,

the car runs perfect at running speeds, but the idle is

somewhat rough and there is a puff, puff sound at the tail

pipe. After many hours checking the various sensors under

the hood I could`nt come to a conclusion as to what the

problem was. So since the trouble code said number 4 cylinder misfires I changed the spark plugs and installed a new fuel injector in number 4 cylinder. The puff, puff is still there. Next I sprayed a light dose of starting fluid in the area of the number 3 and number 4 cylinders and the engine sped up and the puffing sound from the exhaust stopped temporarily. My conclusion is that there is an

intake manifold vacume leak and normally I would`nt consider this to be too hard to repair, but on this engine

the book recommends removing the cylinder head with the

input manifold still installed and then removing it because

access to the intake manifold bolts is about impossible

otherwise. This turns out to be a big job so I`m now

hesitant to tackle it. Since the car still runs fine I`ll

wait on this problem until it gets worse. So my suggestion is that this is a good car, but the repair access could be

better. If I were to bring it to a shop I think the repair

bill would be quite high. The fuel injector I replaced

cost $113 plus the cost of new O ring seals.

If you have a question or suggestion I`m at ra7434@Merr.com.

I have the same problem with my 1999 nissan altima. It has an intake manifold leak requiring me to replace the gasket. according to the mechanic it is a four and a half hour job at 80 dollars and hour which computes to over 400 dollars. I have 94000 miles on the car and this is the only problem I have ever had so fix it I will.

I have a 99 Nissan Altima. It was my third Nissan and the first one that had less than 200,000 on it when I got it. (Other two were inherited from parents).

It had 40,000 miles when I bought it 3 years ago and now has almost 100,000 miles. I am happy with it so far. There are many small things that irritate me (wind noise, vibration, etc) but mechanically, it has been a really solid car, which is the most important thing.

There is always wind noise in the car, which irritates me, and it's starting to get that strange vibration other people have mentioned, so I think it's time to get the bearings replaced. Today, the windshield wiper motor gave out on me and left me stranded in an ice storm, but these are the only repairs I've had to do in the last 3 1/2 years.

Mileage seems to be pretty good without air conditioning, but the a/c sucks the life out of this car, especially as my car gets older.

Still, it's a solid car and I never have to worry about it. I expect to be driving it for at least 100,000 more miles.

(My 87 Maxima had 225,000 and my 92 Stanza had 250,000 when I got rid of them -- original motors. The stanza still had lots of life in it too. The Maxima, not so much.)