I'm considering purchasing a 1997 Nissan Altima GXE with auto trans.
Anything I should look out for and was there a similar sized car with a
better rating for that year? How is the repair record?

Jerrymeister <jmeister (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote:
: I'm considering purchasing a 1997 Nissan Altima GXE with auto trans.
: Anything I should look out for and was there a similar sized car with a
: better rating for that year? How is the repair record?

Afraid I can't help you with that specific year personally. My parents
leased a '94 or '95 Altima and it held up trouble-free through that
period. I drive a '98 GXE and it, too, has had zero unexpected
maintenance.

Consumer Reports has a generally favorable reliability history on the 97.

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The models never changed from 95 - 97 so prob wont have trouble with it.

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"Jason Compton" <jcompton (AT) typhoon (DOT) xnet.com> wrote

We had a 1996 Altima GXE with auto transmission and had absolutely no
problems with it. Very nice little car. We took road trips all the way
from British Columbia to San Diego and only did routine maintainence. The
only reason we sold it was because we wanted a Subaru Wagon.


"Jerrymeister" <jmeister (AT) nospam (DOT) com> wrote

Great car, only thing i would say is check the plugs and wires and
distributor cap. Other than that the automatic trans my be a little
sticky on a downshift from second to first at about 10 MPH. Be sure
dirver can easily accel. untill trans shifts.

other than that great buy
Brian

"Neal" <neal (AT) ernes (DOT) net> wrote