Nissan Maxima Complaints (2017)

106 consumer complaints on file.

#11365741October 22, 2020
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR FENDER MOULDING IS FALLING OFF OF MY VEHICLE. THIS IS A TRIM PIECE THAT CONNECTS THE REAR FENDER AND THE ROOF. THIS PIECE IS ABOUT 26" LONG. THE PLASTIC CLIPS THAT HOLD IT ON ARE FAILING AND THE LEFT PIECE HAS FALLEN OFF WHILE DRIVING, AND THE RIGHT PIECE IS LOOSE AND FAILING. THIS IS A HAZARD AND MANY OTHER OWNERS HAVE HAD THE SAME EXPERIENCE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11364737October 16, 2020
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I WAS DRIVING THIS MORNING ON THE WAY TO WORK TRAVELING ON THE HIGHWAY AROUND 5:43 AM; AND I HEARD A LOUD BANG SOUNDING LIKE A SHOTGUN. IT SCARED ME TO DEATH AS I SWERVED AND HEARD WIND NOISE AS IF MY WINDOWS WERE DOWN. AND ALSO COULD HEAR GLASS FALLING ONTO MY SUNROOF SHADE. I FOUND A SAFE PLACE TO PULL OVER AND SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS AND WHOA AND BEHOLD MY SUNROOF HAS SHATTERED. IF THE SHADE WAS OPEN THEN THE SHATTERED GLASS COULD HAVE FALEN ON ME POSSIBLY GETTING INTO MY EYES AND CAUSING AN ACCIDENT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11341667July 27, 2020
AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION, AIR BAGS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAGS WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO LYNCHBURG NISSAN (18588 FOREST RD, FOREST, VA 24551, (434) 216-3326) AND THE MECHANIC RESET THE AIR BAGS WARNING LIGHT HOWEVER, THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE CONTACT RETURNED THE VEHICLE TO THE SAME DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE OCS UNIT AND SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT CONFIRMED THAT THEIR VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 16V244000 (AIR BAGS). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 38,400. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11327783June 8, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
1) THE FRONT RADAR OBSTRUCTION WARNING COMES ON RANDOMLY WHEN THERE IS NO OBSTRUCTION WHILE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION. 2) DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK STOPS WORKING FOR DAYS (THIS IS THE 5TH TIME AND I HAVE REPORTED IT TO ORR NISSAN IN SEARCY,AR) STARTED MESSING UP WHILE THERE WAS STILL WARRANTY BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG DUE TO IT NOT MESSING UP WHEN THEY COULD GET IT IN TO LOOK AT. THE KEY FOB, OUTSIDE BUTTON, AND INSIDE BUTTON WORKS ALL OTHER DOOR LOCKS EXCEPT DRIVER DOOR- HAVE TO USE THE KEY TO UNLOCK/LOCK DRIVER DOOR. CAN HEAR THE PART INSIDE THE DOOR REACTING IN A SLOW MANNER PRIOR TO IT NOT WORKING. VERY AGGRAVATING WHEN HAS BEEN REPORTED MANY, MANY TIMES AND NOT BEING FIXED DUE TO IT NOT MESSING UP AT APPOINTMENTS. TRIED TO GET AN APPOINTMENT TODAY WHILE IT'S MESSING UP BUT WAS TOLD IT WOULD BE NEXT WEEK BEFORE IT CAN BE LOOKED AT (PROBABLY WON'T BE MESSED UP THEN!) *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11326558May 29, 2020
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE DRIVING THE FORWARD EMERGENCY BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON. AFTER IT COMES ON THERE IS A REDUCTION OF POWER. IT DISABLES CRUISE CONTROL. THIS HAPPENS WHEN THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION ON A CITY STREET OR WHEN YOU GO TO TAKE OFF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11320756April 10, 2020
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
I PURCHASED 2017 NISSAN MAXIMA SV ON JANUARY 23, 2019 WITH 40,584. WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE, POST PURCHASE, UNSURE OF DATE, "FRONT RADAR OBSTRUCTION" BEGAN APPEARING ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL. ON JUNE 27, 2019 A LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP DOCUMENTED RADAR DISTANCE SENSOR REQUIRES REPLACEMENT.. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11320364April 6, 2020
SUSPENSION
PURCHASED CAR NEW WITH 9 MILES. DAY TWO OWING CAR, SWAY BAR HAD TO BE REPLACE BUT WAS FIXED. THE ISSUE IS THE REAR END OF THE CAR SAGS WHEN THERE IS EITHER BACK SEAT PASSENGERS OR WEIGHT IN THE TRUNK NOW. AFTER THE FIRST MONTH OF OWING THE CAR, THERE HAS BEEN AND STILL IS A CLINGING/CLANGING NOISE FROM THE REAR SUSPENSION AREA. WHILE THE CAR HAD THE ORIGINAL FACTORY WARRANTY, MULTIPLE NISSAN DEALERSHIPS COULD NOT FIND ANY ISSUES THAT WERE VISIBLE. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019, NISSAN STATE'S I NEED NEW REAR SHOCKS TO FIX THE ISSUE. AFTER PURCHASING THE NEW SHOCKS FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND GETTING THEM INSTALLED, ISSUE STILL EXIST AND IT'S WORSE NOW THAN BEFORE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11311851February 27, 2020
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FORWARD COLLISION WARNING LIGHT WAS CONSTANTLY ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CRUISE CONTROL FUNCTION WAS INOPERABLE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO BE DIAGNOSED NOR REPAIRED. AN UNKNOWN DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11281933November 23, 2019
ENGINE
I HAVE HAD MY 2017 MAXIMA INTO THE DEALERSHIP ( TIM DAHLE IN SALT LAKE CITY UT) ON 10-22 2019 FOR AN ANTI-FREEZE PROBLEM. THE ANTI-FREEZE IS BEING USED BUT NOT LEAKING ANYWHERE. THEY REPLACED THE RADIATOR CAP AND DID NOT SEE ANY NOTICEABLE LEAKS , TOPPED OFF THE COOLING SYSTEM AND SAID COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM, SAID IT WAS NORMAL FOR THE HOLDING TANK ON THE SIDE TO BE LOW. I DISAGREED AND THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTERNAL PROBLEM WITH THE ENGINE, THEY SAID COULD SEE NO PROBLEM. A MONTH LATER I HAVE NO ANTI-FREEZE IN MY RESERVE TANK AFTER DRIVING ONLY ABOUT 50 MILES AROUND TOWN. WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR NEW I NOTICED IT WAS LOW ON ANTI-FREEZE, A YEAR AGO I TOOK IT IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE THEY TOPPED OFF ANTI-FREEZE AND IT HAS BEEN LEAKING FROM THE DAY I BOUGHT IT, THEY SAY THAT IS NORMAL AND I DISAGREE. MY WARRANTY IS UP IN JUNE OF 2020.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11279246November 10, 2019
STRUCTURE:BODY
NISSAN MAXIMA SUNROOF BROKE FROM WEATHER CHANGES AND RESULTED IN A LARGE CRACK AND HOLE IN THE CENTER. REALIZED AS I WAS DRIVING BY HEARING WIND IN THE CAR. HAPPENED WHILE STATIONARY
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11270811October 24, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHAT CAUSES MY 2017 MAXIMA'S BLIND SPOT WARNING SYSTEM TO RANDOMLY TURN OFF THEN BACK ON HOURS LATER? COULD FAULTY RADARS IN NISSAN'S EMERGENCY BRAKING KILL PEOPLE? THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AS YOU RELY ON THESE SENSOR WHEN DRIVING AND THIS CAN CAUSE FATAL ACCIDENTS. WHEN THIS BSW SYSTEM FAILED, I DID CYCLE THE BLIND SPOT OFF THEN BACK ON AGAIN TO NO AVAIL. I DID EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEMS WITHIN THE 1ST YEAR BUT I CHALKED UP TO MY NEWNESS TO THE CAR AND BRAND. WHAT IS NISSAN WILLING TO DO RESOLVE THIS UNSAFE SITUATION? TONY IN OHIO, USA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11270065October 21, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
I HAVE AN OBD READING OF P0171 P0174 P219B AFTER I CHANGED THE BATTERY ON IT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11268113October 12, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEAT BELTS
DRIVER SEATBELT INDICATOR DOES NOT CHIME OR DISPLAY WHEN BELT IS UNBUCKLED. ONLY WORKS FOR THE PASSENGER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11257548September 23, 2019
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE
THE FRONT RADAR SENSOR DEACTIVATES ON MANY DIFFERENT OCCASIONS NO MATTER WHAT THE WEATHER IS. IT STATES THAT IT IS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO RADAR OBSTRUCTION BUT THERE IS NOTHING BLOCKING THE RADAR. THE AEB WILL AUTOMATICALLY ENGAGE WITHOUT WARNING FOR NO REASON. THIS HAS HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES, ONCE WHILE I WAS ON A HIGHWAY. I TOOK THE CAR IN THE FIRST IN MARCH 2019. TODAY WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE PERSONNEL THAT HE COULD NOT GUARANTEE THAT IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN, AND HE HATES TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THIS WINTER.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11234064July 23, 2019
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I PURCHASE THE MAXIMA CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED ON JUNE 2017. IN SEPTEMBER 2018, I NEEDED TO HAVE THE DISTANCE SENSOR ARRAY REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IN JULY 2019, I NEEDED TO HAVE THE SAME DISTANCE SENSOR ARRAY REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. WHY DOES THIS KEEP FAILING? THIS SENSOR CONTROLS THE EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM AND THE ADAPTIVE CRUISE CONTROL. THE CAR WILL NOT OPERATE AS ADVERTISED IF THIS SENSOR IS NOT WORKING. SOON MY WARRANTY WILL EXPIRE AND I WILL NEED TO REPLACE THIS EVERY YEAR?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11233558July 20, 2019
SERVICE BRAKES
"TAKATA RECALL" I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2017 NISSAN MAXIMA SV AND SINCE I HAVE ACQUIRED THIS VEHICLE I HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY BRAKES. AS I AM DRIVING THE CAR THE BRAKES MAKE A GRINDING NOISE. I HAVE TAKING THE CAR FOR MAINTENANCE ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASION AT POHANKA NISSAN (WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR) AND COLONIAL NISSAN. BOTH PLACES CONVEYED TO ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH MY BRAKES BUT EITHER LOCATION DID NOT DRIVE THE CAR. THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE FOR A NEWER MODEL VEHICLE TO EXPERIENCE SUCH A DEFECTIVE ISSUE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD AND I FEAR THAT MY BRAKES WILL GIVE OUT WHILE MY FAMILY AND I ARE DRIVING. I HAVE NEVER FILLED OUT A COMPLAINT BEFORE FOR MY NISSANS VEHICLES BUT I AM A FAITHFUL NISSAN BUYER THAT WOULD LIKE THIS ISSUE RESOLVED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11229812July 6, 2019
POWER TRAIN
AFTER NUMEROUS VISITS TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WITHOUT GETTING ANSWERS AND CLEARLY EXPLAINING THAT MY CAR IS EXPERIENCING CVT JUDDER AND VIBRATIONS. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING THE VIBRATIONS AS TOLD TO NISSAN FOR AWHILE BUT I DON'T THINK THEY WANTED TO REPLACE MY CVT TRANSMISSION SINCE IT WAS STILL UNDER WARRANTY SO I WAS TOLD THE NOISE AND VIBRATIONS WERE NORMAL CVT CHATTER. I AM NOW PAST MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND THE JUDDER AND VIBRATIONS HAVE ONLY GOTTEN WORSE. THE 2017 MAXIMA NEEDS TO BE ADDED TO THE VOLANTARY SERVICE BULLETINS LIKE THE 2016 DUE TO ALL THE COMPLAINTS ITS CURRENTLY ALREADY RECEIVING. MY MAXIMA NOW HAS 112,000K MILES BUT I HAVE BEEN SEEING THE SYMPTOMS SINCE AROUND 70K-80K MILES TO ONLY BE TOLD TIME AND TIME AGAIN ITS NORMAL WITH A POSSIBLE $3,700 TRANSMISSION BILL AWAITING ME FOR A CAR THAT HAS ONLY BEEN DRIVEN ON THE HIGHWAY LESS THAN 3 YEARS. NISSAN HAS SHOWN THAT THEIR CVT TRANSMISSIONS ARE EXTREMELY UNRELIABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11228536June 30, 2019
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
FRONT FORWARD COLLISION SENSOR AUTOMATICALLY ENGAGED EMERGENCY BRAKING SYSTEM WITHOUT ANY OBSTRUCTION BEING IN THE ROADWAY WHICH CAUSED A SUDDEN UNSAFE LOCKUP OF THE BRAKES. I WAS ON A LARGE AIRPORT PARKING RAMP IN MOTION. THERE IS ALSO NUMEROUS TIMES WHEN THE FRONT RADAR SENSOR DEACTIVATES AND SAYS UNAVAILABLE DUE TO FRONT RADAR OBSTRUCTION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222961June 27, 2019
AIR BAGS, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
AIRBAGS ARE OFF AND I DID NOT TURN THEM OFF. I AM CONCERNED DUE TO THE RECALLS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#11222963June 27, 2019
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THIS ISSUE IS INTERMITTENT, HAS BEEN CHECKED SEVERAL TIMES BY MY DEALER AND DOES NOT SHOW UP IN ANY ERRORS. THE CAR WILL STALL AT RANDOM TIMES. IT STARTED OUT MOSTLY WHEN I STOPPED ACCELERATING, EITHER WHEN STOPPED AT A LIGHT OR TURNING A CORNER. OCCASIONALLY WILL STALL WHILE DRIVING. USUALLY IT IS VERY BRIEF BUT OCCASIONALLY TAKES A FEW SECONDS TO RE ENGAGE. ONLY ONCE ON THE FREEWAY BUT PRIMARILY ON CITY STREETS. I AM REPORTING THIS TODAY BUT IT HAS BEEN HAPPENING INTERMITTENTLY SAVE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE SINCE MAY 2018.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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