Nissan Maxima Complaints

6,958 consumer complaints on file.

#10959696March 8, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
THE DASHBOARD OF MY 2009 NISSAN MAXIMA MELTED AND BECAME STICKY. THE PATTERN IN THE SUBSTRATE IS NOW SMOOTH AND GLOSSY CAUSING A BLINDING GLARE WHEN DRIVING AS IT REFLECTS LIGHT DIRECTLY IN THE DRIVERS EYES, BOTH FROM THE DASH AND THE GLASS ABOVE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10959036March 7, 2017
POWER TRAIN
WHEN GIVING GAS TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR WILL JERK/JUMP GOING FROM 1 TO 2 RPMS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10959162March 7, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SERVICE BRAKES, ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 50-55 MPH AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT LOST POWER STEERING, POWER BRAKES, AND OTHER ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE RECURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER TO BE DIAGNOSED, BUT THE MECHANIC WAS UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DEALER REPLACED THE VALVE ASSEMBLY, SEAL LIP, STRAINER ASSEMBLY, CLIP, OIL PAN GASKET, O-RING SEAL, WASHER DRAIN, AND NS-3 CVT TRANSMISSION; HOWEVER, THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 13,131.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10959467March 7, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
I BOUGHT THIS CAR FROM A BUY HERE PAY HERE HAD THE CAR FOR 1 MONTH AND THE TRANSMISSION WENT IN IT. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS FROM SEVERAL PEOPLE. THE DEALER WILL NOT HELP ME BECAUSE IT WAS SOLD AS IS. BUT THEY NEVER TOLD ME ANYTHING WAS WRONG WITH THE CAR. IT ACTUALLY DROVE FINE FOR A MONTH. I WAS DRIVING AND THE CAR JUST SHUT OFF. I TRIED TO TURN IT BACK ON WHEN IT DID IT WOULD NOT DRIVE. I HAD A MECHANIC HECK IT OUT. I NOW HAVE TO PURCHASE A NEW TRANSMISSION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10958267March 2, 2017
STEERING, WHEELS
STEERING/STRAIGHT LINE TRACKING ON THIS NISSAN MAXIMA SV (PURCHASED 06/28/2016) IS HORRIBLY UNPREDICTABLE FROM IT'S DATE OF PURCHASE. DRIVER REQUIRED TO BE HYPERSENSITIVE TO CORRECTING TRACKING/LINE DIRECTION OF AFOREMENTIONED VEHICLE. NATURAL TENDENCY OF FRONT WHEELS ARE TO CAREEN TO LEFT AND RIGHT ABRUPTLY AND DANGEROUSLY WITH THE RESULT BEING TO MOVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE OR DRIFT QUICKLY OUTSIDE OF PAINTED LANE LINES. CONSTANT AND INORDINATE ATTENTION IS NEEDED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH OR HIGHER. IN MOTION, HIGHWAY, STRAIGHT PATHS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957732March 1, 2017
POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT A NISSAN MAXIMA 2005 FROM A SECOND HAND AND LOOKS GREAT BUT ONE RIDING THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO MAKE A UFUL NOISE. ONCE I GOT HOME I TURNED OF THE ENGINE. THE NEXT DAY WHEN I START THE ENGINE AND SHIFTED TO DRIVE THE WOULDN'T MOVE. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT I HAVE TO BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT IT'S TO EXPENSIVE. I HOPE YOU COULD HELP ME. THANK YOU
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957913March 1, 2017
ENGINE, FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
AFTER 100,000 MILES TRANSMISSION STARTED SHOES OF FAILURE. SHIFTING PAST SECOND GRAR WOULD CAUSE THE CAR TO STALLL, THEN BUCK. CAR WOULD ALSO BUCK WHEN ACCELERATING AT HIGH SPEEDS. ALSO THE CAR WOULD STALL AND THE ACCELERATOR WOULD BECOME UNRESPONSIVE WHEN SHIFTING AT HIGH SPEEDS. FORCED TO RELEASE THE ACCELORATOT AND THE PRESS IT AGAIN, UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT CORRECTLY AND "CATCH" THE GEAR. MASSIVE GAS CONSUMPTION CAUSED BY FAULTY TRANSMISSION. MOST ERRORS CAUSED WHEN SHIFTING IN HIGH SPEED OR UPHILL. SPECIFICALLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. CAR WOULD SLOW DOWN AND WORK HARDER TO ACCELERATE AFTER DRIVING AT HIGH SPEEDS FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS WOULD CAUSE BUCKING AND THE BODY OF THE CAR TO JERK AND SHAKE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10957700February 28, 2017
POWER TRAIN, SUSPENSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE DROVE ROUGHLY WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. WHILE DRIVING ON AN INCLINE OR BUMPY ROAD, THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CONTROL ARM AND BALL JOINTS ON THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDES WERE RECENTLY REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 80,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10956804February 24, 2017
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
HARSH SHIFTING, JERKING, LOTS SHIFT SLIPPAGE. ACTUALLY SLOWED DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY. DIAGNOSIS RETURNED AS FAILED TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY AND COST $4,100 TO REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10956871February 24, 2017
POWER TRAIN
AROUND 103000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE ENGINE WOULD REV AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLAM INTO GEAR. I HAD A FLUID CHANGE DONE AND NOW NOT ONLY DOES IT SLIP ON ACCELERATION IT ALSO SLAMS WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10956622February 23, 2017
FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2014 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS OPERATIONAL, A NOISE COULD BE HEARD COMING FROM THE REAR PASSENGER SEATS ALONG WITH A FUEL ODOR. THE CONTACT STATED THAT NO LEAKS WERE NOTICEABLE AND THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO ANOTHER DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FAULTY FUEL PUMP THAT NEED REPLACEMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED, BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FUEL DAMPENER THAT NEEDED REPLACEMENT. THE PART WAS REPLACED, BUT THE FAILURE CONTINUED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN BACK FOR DIAGNOSIS OR REPAIR. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10956338February 22, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WHILE MY WIFE WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE ON INTERSTATE 10 HATING WEST TOWARDS TEXAS ON VACATION THE SUNROOF EXPLODED. I FEEL THIS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND UNSAFE THAT TEMPERED GLASS IS BEING USED FOR A SUNROOF ABOVE A DRIVER AND NOT LAMINATED GLASS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10956176February 21, 2017
STEERING:COLUMN LOCKING:ANTI-THEFT DEVICE, STEERING
STEERING COLUMN FAILURE. THE STEERING LOCKING MECHANISM SUDDENLY STOPPED WORKING. HAD TO GET IT TOWED AND COST NEARLY $1,500 TO GET THE VEHICLE FIXED. FOR A WELL MAINTAINED 2010 MAXIMA, THATS A LARGE UNEXPECTED BILL. SEEMS TO BE HAPPENING TO LOTS OF NISSAN MODELS. NISSAN NEEDS TO CORRECT THIS SITUATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955662February 20, 2017
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
IN LATE NOVEMBER 2016 THE ABS AND OTHER WARNING LIGHTS ON MY 2016 NISSAN MAXIMA BEGAN INTERMITTENTLY APPEARING ON THE DASHBOARD. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD TO MENTION IT DURING THE NEXT SERVICE APPOINTMENT WHICH WAS SCHEDULED FOR DECEMBER 27. AT THE APPOINTMENT I WAS NOTIFIED OF SEVERAL RECALLS AND THE VEHICLE WAS KEPT OVERNIGHT. WHEN I PICKED IT UP THE NEXT DAY THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT INDICATED THAT THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE ISSUE. I WAS ALSO NOTIFIED THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON AN ABS BRAKE ACTUATOR PUMP HOWEVER THE PART WAS BACK ORDERED FROM NISSAN. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ASKED ME AND TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE DASH IF THE INDICATOR LIGHTS APPEARED AGAIN. APPROXIMATELY 1 WEEK LATER THE LIGHTS REAPPEARED AND I TOOK THE ATTACHED PHOTO. I NOTIFIED THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY INDICATED THEY WOULD LOOK AT IT WHEN THE RECALL PART WAS INSTALLED AND WOULD SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT ONCE THE PART ARRIVED. ON JANUARY 19, 2017 THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE AFTER SITTING FOR OVER 2 HOURS AND BURNED TO A TOTAL LOSS. AT NO TIME WAS I NOTIFIED THAT THE RECALL WAS A FIRE HAZARD. SINCE THE INCIDENT I HAVE FILED A CASE WITH NISSAN HOWEVER THEY HAVE TAKEN OVER A MONTH TO RESPOND AND BY THE TIME THEY INSPECT THE VEHICLE IT WILL BE OVER 45 DAYS. THE VEHICLE HAS BEEN INSPECTED BY MY INSURANCE COMPANY AND ALL INDICATORS POINT TO A DEFECTIVE PART.
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955559February 20, 2017
SERVICE BRAKES
2016 NISSAN MAXIMA BREAKS SQUEAK ON EVERY STOP. DEALER, HEARS THE NOISE, CLAIMS RESURFACED ROTORS, SANDED BREAK PADS HOWEVER THE NOISE PERSISTS. CONCERN OVER THE RELIABILITY OF THE BREAKING SYSTEM. HAD DEALER LOOK AT THE BREAKS 5 SEPARATE APPOINTMENTS. THEY NOW SAY THE NOISE IS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PADS AND I HAVE TO LIVE WITH IT. MY CONCERN IS THERE MAY BE A DEEPER ISSUE THAT THEY ARE NOT ADDRESSING. I COMMUTE 100 MILES DAILY ON A MAJOR HIGHWAY. I AM EXPRESSING THIS CONCERN FOR SOMEONE TO LOOK INTO THE SAFETY OF THIS ISSUE. NEW CAR BREAKS JUST DON'T SQUEAL ON EACH BREAKING ACTION. PLEASE REVIEW AND ADVISE ME OF ANY AVENUE THAT I CAN USE TO GET THIS ADDRESSED AS WELL AS TAKE MY COMMENTS TO ADDRESS OTHERS WITH THE SAME CONCERN. THANK YOU.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955570February 20, 2017
ENGINE
WHILE DRIVING ON HIGHWAY AT ABOUT 55 MPH CAR LOSES POWER WITHOUT ANY WARNING, THERE WAS NOT MUCH TRAFFIC SO I WAS ABLE PULL OFF THE ROAD. THE CAR REGAINED POWER WITHOUT HAVING TO START ENGINE AND I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE A LITTLE FURTHER AND IT HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES AGAIN. THE "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT COMES ON AS THIS IS HAPPENING BUT DOESN'T STAY ON. (I CANNOT RUN TEST TO FIND OUT WHAT IS GOING ON AS "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT ONLY COMES ON AS THIS HAPPENING). THE ENGINE IS STILL ON/RUNNING BUT THERE IS NO POWER/ACCELERATION TO THE VEHICLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955485February 19, 2017
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN OUR COMMUNITY ALL OF A SUDDEN A LARGE BANG AND OUR SUNROOF EXPLODED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955540February 19, 2017
SEATS
DRIVER SEAT "ROCKS" UNDER HARD BRAKING OR LEANING INTO THE SEAT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955539February 19, 2017
EXTERIOR LIGHTING
WATER VAPOR OR FOG DEVELOPS IN THE HEADLIGHTS WHICH HAVE CAUSE A HAZE ON THE INTERIOR OF THE HEADLAMPS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10955191February 17, 2017
STEERING
MY MAXIMA WON'T START OR DO ANYTHING. I TOWED THE CAR TO MOSSY NISSAN AND THEY SAID IT WAS THE STEERING LOCKING MECHANISM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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