Thread: 06 nissan altima floor rotted !

Ok this is the third case of this ive seen on these body style altima's this particular one is the worst of them . This car was at my shop for a brake inspection and when i put it up on the lift i got a suprise as I gave it a wack and a big chunk of rot fell off ! This car is a 2006 3.5v6 and has only 89k miles and was bought new in PA but i would assume souther cars would not have this issue. So this is a warning to all buying these to probe around the front floors under the car ...

Pics:

Passenger side .. Note the white area in the middle of the rot is the bottom of the passenger side rug !



Driver side ...

Damb that rotted in no time.

they could use some tires

Make sure that's not a chopped car, they tend to rust in those areas.

Holy chit. Someone A: Didn't take care of their car B: didn't care to winterize the car C: Doesn't care because they don't know any better.

looks like some flimsy ass metal lol no wonders nissans just rot away all the time.

Thats what Im saying . Compared to other altimas of the same years they metal is thin and the galvanize or under coating is not as good as it should be . Agai. This must be a issue in the great NE area due to road salting . There is drain like hole where the rot problem is . You can see there is two layers of thin sheet metal the appear to get water in there and just rot away . Throw in salt and you git your self a rot bucket in no time !


This is why i tell people all the When you live up here in the great north east and buy a new or used car to undercoat the crap out of the under carage . It shouldnt cost you more then $25 worth of rubber under coat . My new nissan xterra got 4 cans of coating underneath . I sprayed everthing like ..brake lines , frame , rear end , fuel lines, shock bolts ,body mounts , gas tank straps , ect ect .

I really attribute a lot it to the new calcium salt they are using on these roads. It is brutal. Funny my Maxima does not have it though (crosses fingers)

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