Simply not a true statement.
Maxima has always ranked well in reliability in its class, throughout its model years with the exception of the 2002 MY which has not Been for sale for a long time.
Altima does real well in reliability as well.
The engines are about as reliable as the sun, the new CVTs are quite reliable as well.
Problem years for CVTs were those paired with 4 cylinders and in Altima the model years 13,14,15 and those have not been sold for nearly a decade, so are outside the scope of this ocnversation which is about New vehicles.
Name your favorite brand, any brand, and we can find models that had bad reliability years in the past.
New cars, not so much.
PS: I own 2 Nissan SUVs a '11 at 167,xxx and a 08 at 188, xxx miles respectively.
They burn no oil, perfectly shifting original transmissions despite some very hard summer time towing use for the '08/
The '11 had been flogged again and again at 90-100 mph for a half a tank at a time and more while living in germnay driving from Stuttgart to Berlin and back once a month.
On the 11 nothing had ever needed fixing beyond wear items ( brakes/shocks/bushings) until this year (sensors).
I am convinced competing brands would not have done as well with this kind of use.
I did prophylactically replace the radiators and coolant hoses on both (am in Florida).
), and expensive as well
