NHTSA Complaint #10274557 — 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA

I HAVE A CONCERN INVOLVING MY 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA IT IS A 4 CYLINDER ENGINE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AND ITS BURNING LARGE AMOUNTS OF OIL (1 QUART EVERY 1000 MILES) I BOUGHT THIS CAR IN 2004( SECOND HAND)THE CARS BURNING OF OIL WAS STRANGE TO ME BECAUSE I ALWAYS CHANGED MY OIL APPROXIMATELY EVERY 3000 MILES,SO I STARTED TO DO SOME INVESTIGATING ON THE WEB AND CAME ACROSS A RECALL CAMPAIGN IN 2003 ( #03V084000) I READ WERE FIRE MAY BE CAUSED BY THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND OF 3 INSTANCES OF FIRE TO DATE OF CLOSER OF NHTSA REPORT IN 2003. ALSO NISSAN ACKNOWLEDGING A PROBLEM WITH THE 2002 ALTIMAS CONVERTERS AND ENGINE FAILERS FROM THIS CATALYTIC CON. BEING THAT NHTSA HAS CLOSED THERE REPORT IN 2003 WILL THAT AFFECT NISSAN RESPONSIBILITY TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I DID NOT RECEIVE ANY TYPE OF RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE AND KNOW FINDING OUT ABOUT POTENTIAL FIRES AND ENGINE FAILURES IS STARTING TO SCARE ME THIS IS A FAMILY CAR AND I DO HAVE CHILDREN CAN YOU PLEASE ADVISE ON NEEDED ACTIONS ON MY PART. *TR