davisenvy

Sorry if this subject has been run into the ground, but I have a few questions about this model of car. I'm torn between the 08 Altima 2.5 or the Honda Accord. It seems that the Accord has problems with the rear brakes, auto trans locking, and oil consumption to the rate of 1qt every 2k miles that Honda seems to think is normal.

My questions are;

1. CVT vs traditional auto trans. Likes, dislikes.

2. Any problems of "normal" oil consumption

Any other common problems with the car. If there is a link to a previous thread like this one can someone point me in that direction. Otherwise all comments are welcome.

Thanks

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gameguru1360

I think most people on here would say they prefer a traditional auto tranny or the manual obviously. The cvt was designed for fuel economy and is essentially or supposed to be an ideal transmission because it's a sealed system of pulleys asopposed to a traditional automatic transmission.

If you're concerned with rapid oil consumption, I would look into synthetic oil.

The cool thing about the altimas over the accords is that altimas are more fun to drive and most internal engine mods are geared towards nissans. There's not too much in the case of hondas or toyotas.

The only problems I've seen with altimas was with the 3rd gen 02-06 where they had pre-cat issues but could be replaced with aftermarket 4-2-1 headers. The 4th and 4.5 gen altimas don't have that issue. The one big thing about the 4th gens is that nissan moved the fuse box further in the engine bay, so the only kind of intake you can put on is a short ram/warm air intake. The CAIs were only for the 02-06's.

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gameguru1360

if you go with the 08 atima, at least your cvt is covered up to 120k miles. Mine just went caput and it's at the dealer getting it replaced. Mine's got 46k miles on it and according to the nissan dealer service tech, the sensors in and outside of the cvt kept going off even after he tried clearing the MIL codes.

Hopefully it'll be all ready to go thursday, but because I got mine through nissan's certified pre owned program, I also get a free rental and no other cost. Originally they wanted to charge me $120 to do the diagnostic check but it's waived if I decide to go ahead with the repair/replacement.

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