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On Feb 8, 2007, my stepdaughter purchased her FIRST vehicle from Essex Motors, a 1998 Nissan Altima. The car had high mileage (175299 ) but she was assured by the salesman ""This is the car for YOU"". Having a bundle of cash from her Tax return, she made the decision to pay cash -$3500 - and was SO proud of her accomplishment !!! Before she had put 200 miles on it, the car began running rough, so she took it to a family friend ( mechanic - certified - 35 yrs. exp. ), who tested it via computer analysis, and he found that it needed a new ""air exchanger"" at a cost of $350, so now we know why Essex Motors DID NOT provide an emissions certificate (as required in the county in which she purchased it ). Approximately 1 month later ( she had taken the car to Arkansas to her grandmother's funeral - about 2800 miles ) the car started running ""rough"" again, and she took it back to my mechanic, and ""LO AND BEHOLD"", it needed a new timing chain. Once again, we paid approx. $1200 to have this repaired. By this time, we are beginning to suspect ""LEMON"", and sure as heck, one of the ""like new' tires started to show metal , so there's another $50. She was assigned work duty in a small mountain town for a couple weeks, and we were just starting to think ""finally"" we're done with expenses. The third day she went to work in Estes, the car ""DIED"" on the way home. We had it towed to their lot and ""THEIR"" mechanic found the screw in the distributor stripped and loose. Instead of replacing the screw, he put the old one back in, and two days later it ""DIED"" again. I replaced the screw. About 3 weeks later, she went camping and on the way home, the radiator ""split"" clear across the top - another $170, plus labor. Enough??? NO, not hardly.........Last week, she was on her way home from work, and the ""CAR"" died again. This time, I found the remnants of a ROD BEARING CAP under it. It still had oil in the crankcase, but attempting to restart it, it locked up.....SO, my review is complete !!!
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