2001 Nissan Altima GXE Limited Edition from North America - Comments

Brakes went bad at 37,000 miles.

Paint peeled of both mirrors at 40,000 miles.

I also have a 2001 GXE Limited Edition. I will never purchase another Nissan under any circumstances. I had to have my brakes completely rebuilt at 37k miles; I wrote Nissan about this and never once received a response.

Nissan also replaced all four window regulators after I had already paid to have two replaced. And yes they did reimburse me my money.

But the most aggravating is both of my mirrors have lost most of the paint, I mean they look like they were dunked in some kind of toxic material. And this car was garaged parked for the first three years. They look awful and I wrote and called Nissan of North America several times, and they never once replied to me.

Overall I like the car, rides fair, and I haven't had to spend a fortune on repairs. But after the POOR customer service from Nissan USA, I won't buy another one. Next time I will buy a Honda, which is what I should have done in the first place.

I too have a 2001 Altima GXE Limited Edition, and the paint has peeled off of my mirrors. The only window that has fallen down a little bit is my passenger one. On the freeway if my music is not turned up high enough I can hear some irritating wind noise because of it. Have you noticed the rattling hubcaps? I can't tell you how embarrassing they are! I've gone to the dealership a few times and there seems to be no way to fix the rattling. What else? Oh yes, the brakes seem to squeal all the time. I've gotten them looked at and replaced before, but they never seem to cease squealing. Have you noticed that if you put the car in reverse and drive, and then brake and put it in drive it pulls back a little bit? My car makes an odd grinding sound too...

Another thing, does your car pull to one side a lot? I've gotten my wheels aligned numerous times, but the car still pulls to the right.

It's an extremely tough and reliable little car though.

I too have the "rattlin gattlin" hubcaps. Boy those bug me. I just never roll down the windows, and turn up the stereo a little bit louder to make it disappear. What were they thinking when they made them? Nobody would notice? Other than that, my car has had very few problems.

I also have a Altima limited edition. I heard the hubcaps rattle when I first test drove it and they said there wasn't any way to fix them, but they replaced them for me. I have noticed that when you turn on the cruise control it doesn't always stay at the speed you set it at instead it slowly decelerates. but other than that I can't say I have any serious problems. I think that it's a nice car to drive except for the wind noise at faster speeds.

I too have an Altima Limited Edition. It's a great car, and the only problem (other than hubcaps) is the sun roof; it opens great, but won't close unless I play with it for awhile. I can't seem to get it to work.

The hub caps are the most annoying and embarrassing problem with this car. The dealership was going to charge me $100 to clip-off the excess clips and then install some foam padding. I decided to just buy a new set on Ebay because the Nissan emblems had fallen off. Quiet as can be for a few weeks until the emblems fell off again and now I'm just stuck with the noise.

I too have noticed that the car always seems to pull to the driver's side even though the alignment is not off and the tires seem to wear that way too.

Another common problem is the intake manifold gasket. You will notice your car idling EXTREMELY rough and eventually it will die when you're stopped. To fix this problem it costs about $600!!! Mine went bad in year 3 of owing it about 75,000 miles. I only figured out the problem by doing an internet search and finding hundreds of complaints regarding this same issue.

The idling problem I had the same thing, luckily I have a good friend that works at Nissan and he did it for $400, the part isn't more than $30, its all labor. The wheels suck I just can't say enough bad things about them but the car over all is great!