Today as I waited for the service manager at Power Nissan in Torrance, I had a long conversation with a repair man who gave me the skinny about reliability of certain models. The good news is that Maximas, including my 07 Maxima, are hardly ever in for service. They are Nissan's most reliable car. It is apparently a model Nissan has mastered over the years.
The car he sees most often is the 02-06 Altima, both the four- and six-cylinder. Those years are notorious for recalls and endless gremlins. He says they got better for the new 07 model, but suggested that the non-hybrids have, predictably, fewer bugs than the hybrids.
In general, Nissan and Mazda are undervalued in today's marketplace. Hyundai are an up and coming car manufacturer, I have a 2000 Accent with 120K that's been trouble free.
Posted by: Tom Welch | July 25, 2008 at 12:01 PM
According to Autoblog, Hyundai is making exponential improvements, unlike all the other companies.
Posted by: jeffrey McMahon | July 25, 2008 at 01:14 PM