Nissan Maxima Complaints

6,958 consumer complaints on file.

#10536024August 19, 2013
POWER TRAIN
MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA DOESN'T WANT TO SHIFT. IT WILL REV THE ENGINE AND SHOOT THE RPM UP TO 4. I THEN HAVE TO LET OFF THE GAS IN HOPES THAT IT WILL SHIFT. THEN TODAY AS I WAS DRIVING IT OF COURSE DID THIS AGAIN BUT THEN I STOPPED IN A TURNING LANE TO TURN AND WHEN I WENT TO START TURNING MY CAT WOULD NOT GO, REVVING THE ENGINE ONCE MORE, I WAS ALMOST HIT. IT FINALLY DECIDED TO GO. I HAVE READ REVIEWS AND SEEMS THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM WITH MOST NISSAN MAXIMA'S. I THINK THEY NEED TO CHECK INTO A RECALL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536101August 19, 2013
STEERING
MY STEERING TILT STOPPED WORKING ABOUT A WEEK AGO (AUGUST 2013). THE POWER TILT MAKES A GRINDING SOUND AND WILL NOT GO INTO THE UP POSITION BUT RATHER GETS STUCK ON THE LOWEST LEVEL. I HAD TO FORCE IT BACK UP MANUALLY IN ORDER TO ENTER/EXIT THE CAR AND TO DRIVE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL AT THE PROPER LEVEL. I TURNED OFF THE COMFORT SETTINGS AND HAVE TRIED NOT TO CHANGE ANY OF THE OTHER SETTINGS UNTIL I CAN GET THIS ISSUE LOOKED AT BY THE DEALERSHIP OR FIXED. MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH DRIVE THE VEHICLE SO THIS HAS BEEN AN INCONVENIENCE FOR BOTH OF US. EVEN WITH THE COMFORT SETTINGS OFF, THE TILT STILL CHANGES POSITION AT TIMES (POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF UNLOCKING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR? I READ SOMETHING ABOUT THAT HAPPENING FROM ONE OF THE FORUMS). I PURCHASED MY NISSAN AS A PRE-OWNED CERTIFIED CAR IN APRIL OF 2012 WITH 32,900 MILES ON IT. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR JUST OVER A YEAR SO THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING. I'VE READ SEVERAL FORUMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT THAT NISSAN HAS NOT ADDRESSED IT WITH A RE-CALL. I AM HOPING MY ISSUE WILL BE COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND IF SO, IT SHOULD ONLY BE A DEDUCTIBLE OF $50.00 ACCORDING TO WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ON THE FORUMS. HOWEVER, OUT OF POCKET THIS PART CAN COST UPWARDS OF $600.00. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10536124August 19, 2013
SEAT BELTS
GOING ABOUT 45 MPH AND HIT 2 PARKED CARS. DRIVERS SIDE SEATBELT DIDN'T CATCH. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10536156August 19, 2013
POWER TRAIN
AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING ISSUES. GOT THE CAR AND THE GEAR SHIFTING 2-3 WAS JERKY. DEALERSHIP SAID IT WAS NORMAL AS A LIE. UPON DRIVING 30-40 MINS, THE SHIFTING FROM D TO R AND R TO D HAS A DELAY AND BIG BANG/THUMP ON THE VEHICLE, AGAIN THE DEALER SAYS THAT THIS IS NORMAL. DOWNSHIFTING FROM 3-2, THE RPM REVS UP AND THE CAR SHIFTS WITH A DELAY AND SLIPPING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535804August 16, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION ON MY 2006 MAXIMA IS SLIPPING SIGNIFICANTLY!!! INITIALLY BEGAN ACTING UP WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE FROM PARK OR GOING FROM REVERSE TO 1ST. HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHECKED--NO PROBLEM FOUND. NOW, HOWEVER, IT SLIPS WHEN ACCELERATING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE RESULTING JERK IS AS BAD AS HAVING BEEN REAR-ENDED!! SEVERAL TIMES THE TRANSMISSION HAS HESITATED SO LONG WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THAT I HAVE BEEN AFRAID OF BEING HIT BY THE CAR BEHIND ME. MOREOVER, THE SLIPPAGE SEEMS TO BE EXACERBATED WHEN THE A/C IS RUNNING--WHICH MAKES NO SENSE TO ME--BUT THE JOLT I GET WHEN IT FINALLY FINDS THE NEXT GEAR IS CLEARLY MUCH WORSE. AT 100,000 MILES, I'M GOING TO BE OUT-OF-POCKET FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT SHOULD HAVE LASTED AT LEAST TWICE THE MILEAGE!! I TAKE CARE OF MY CARS--GOT NEARLY 250,000 OUT OF EACH OF MY PREVIOUS CARS: 2000 ACCORD, 1993 MAZDA 626 AND 1985 CAMRY. THIS IS THE FIRST AND LAST NISSAN I WILL EVER BUY!!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535619August 15, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
I HAVE EXTENSIVE RUST THROUGH ON BOTH DRIVER SIDE AND PASSENGER FRONT FLOOR PANS. IT APPEARS THERE WAS ORIGINALLY A DOUBLE LAYER OF METAL AND BOTH LAYERS ARE RUSTED WITH LARGE HOLES IN THEM. THE CAR IS BEYOND THE FIVE YEAR RUST THROUGH WARRANTY BUT THIS REALLY IS SEVERE AND DIFFICULT TO NOTICE SINCE IT IS UNDER THE CAR. THE RUST DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE FROM THE OUTSIDE BUT APPEARS TO BE FROM THE INSIDE OUT. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT WOULD CAUSE THE RUST TO BEGIN FROM THE INSIDE BUT SEEMS TO BE A DESIGN DEFECT TO ME. I WILL TAKE THIS UP WITH NISSAN AS I BOUGHT THE CAR NEW, BUT I DOUBT THEY WILL OFFER TO STAND BEHIND THIS, SINCE THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AS IT IS POSSIBLE FOR FUMES OR ROAD DEBRIS TO COME THROUGH THE CARPET AND INTO THE PASSENGER COMPARTMENT. I AM NOT CERTAIN WHAT THE MILEAGE WAS WHEN THIS BEGAN BUT THIS AMOUNT OF RUST DID NOT BEGIN RECENTLY. I SUSPECT MAY NISSAN MAXIMA'S ARE AFFECTED BY THIS PROBLEM AND THERE SHOULD BE SOME SORT OF SAFETY NOTICE TO CURRENT OWNERS TO MAKE THEM AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535624August 15, 2013
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535369August 14, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY, POWER TRAIN
MY 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS BEEN FEELING WEIRD FOR SOME WEEKS NOW. EVERY TIME IT WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC SHOP THEY WERE NEVER EVER ABLE TO PINPOINT THE ISSUE. AFTER HAVING SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON A NEW VALVE BODY, TRANSMISSION FLUSH, ETC. THE ISSUE NOW SEEMS TO BE THE TRANSMISSION! MY TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY OUT! I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT I HAVE SPENT $21,000+ ON THIS CAR TO GET NOTHING BUT DEPT OUT OF IT! AFTER ALMOST GETTING INTO MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS FROM THE SUDDEN JERKING OF THE TRANSMISSION, I CAN SAY I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN VEHICLE AGAIN!!!!! I WISH I WOULD HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THIS VEHICLE SOONER SO THAT I COULD HAVE TRADED IT IN BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE. MY MOTHER WHO ALSO PURCHASED A NISSAN (QUEST) IS BEGINNING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE COMPANY. THE LEAST NISSAN COULD DO IT REPAIR THE DAMAGE FOR ALL THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME ISSUE! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535368August 14, 2013
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR JERKS OR HESITATES AS IT SWITCHES TO DRIVE; GEARS ARE GETTING STUCK AS THEY SWITCH IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535191August 13, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE ATTEMPTED TO ACTIVATE THE AIR CONDITIONER BUT IT WOULD NOT START. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THEY STATED THAT THE A/C CONTROL UNIT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 185,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10535222August 13, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I WAS PULLING OUT OF TACO BELL DRIVE THRU WHEN MY CAR JUST JERKED SO HARD CAUSING ME TO WHIP LASH. I ALMOST GOT REAR ENDED ONCE I WAS ON MAIN ROAD BECAUSE MY CAR WAS SUPER SLOW TO ACCELERATE WHEN THIS JERK HAPPENED. THANKFULLY THE CAR WAS ABLE TO MERGE ONTO OTHER OPEN LANE. I HAVE RESEARCHED LOOKING TO SEE HOW I CAN FIX IT AND ALL I SEE IS 04 AND 05 NISSAN MAXIMA COMPLAINTS OF ALL SAME SYMPTOMS. THEN FOUND OUT NISSAN KNOWINGLY PUT A TRANSMISSION THAT THEY KNEW WOULD FAIL IN TIME BUT SAID NOTHING WHEN THEY STARTED MAKING PROFITS FROM TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND PARTS. THEY ARE PUTTING MY KIDS AND I IN DANGER. ITS GOING TO TAKE A DEATH FOR SOMEONE TO ACT ON THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534877August 12, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING, JERKING AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. I AM FILING A COMPLAINT TO DOCUMENT THIS EARLY TRANSMISSION FAILURE, HOPING FOR NISSAN TO ISSUE A RECALL OR ASSIST WITH THE REPAIR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534994August 12, 2013
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, SEATS, EQUIPMENT ADAPTIVE/MOBILITY
I WAS DRIVING TO WORK JULY 3RD, 2013 AROUND 7:00AM. I SMELLED SMOKE IN MY CAR SO I PULLED OVER, OPENED MY HOOD AND I DIDN'T SEE ANYTHING. I GOT BACK IN MY CAR AND CONTINUED TO DRIVE TO WORK. I SMELLED SMOKE AGAIN, ONLY THIS TIME TO REALIZE THAT MY BOTTOM WAS GETTING HOT. I LOOKED DOWN TO THE RIGHT TO SEE IF MY SEAT WARMER WAS ON AND IT WASN'T. THEN MY SEAT BEGAN TO MOVE FORWARD & BACKWARD BY ITSELF ABOUT 3 TIMES. I TURNED BACK AROUND TO THE FRONT AND THERE WAS A CLOUD OF SMOKE IN MY FACE & FLAMES AT MY FEET. I QUICKLY GRABBED MY PHONE AND MY IPAD, RELEASED MY SEAT BELT, PULLED UP MY EMERGENCY BRAKE, OPENED THE DOOR AND JUMPED OUT OF MY CAR FALLING ONTO THE GROUND, JUMP UP, AND CALLED 911. WHILE WAITING ON THE FIRE DEPARTMENT & THE POLICE I STOOD THERE CRYING HYSTERICALLY, TERRIFIED AND WATCHED MY CAR GO UP IN FLAMES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10534344August 8, 2013
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL MADE GRINDING NOISE THEN FROZE IN LOWEST POSITION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533602August 5, 2013
POWER TRAIN
CAR STARTED SLIPPING AND JERKING. THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING AT 84,000 MILES. WHEN CHANGING GEARS FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE THE CAR JERK VERY HARD AND SOUNDED LIKE AN EXPLOSION EVERYTIME I SHIFT GEARS. ALSO WHEN DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE GEARS FELT LIKE IT DIDN'T WONT TO CHANGE AND WHEN ITS FINALLY CHANGED GEARS THEN IT JERK FORWARD WHILE DRIVING. THAT WAS A HAZARD. HAD THE TRANSMISSION REPLACE AND NOW IT STARTING TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533667August 5, 2013
AIR BAGS
THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG TURNS OFF WHEN EITHER WHEN MY HUSBAND WHICH IS 230LBS AND MYSELF 132 LB AND SOME OTHER PASSENGERS. REPORTED THIS TO NISSAN BROUGHT THE CAR IN. THE SAY ITS WORKING FINE. EVEN WHEN I HAVE VIDEO THAT THE AIRBAG HAS CLICKED OFF FOR LONG PERIODS OF TIME. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533678August 5, 2013
AIR BAGS
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: AUGUST 5, 2013 MY HUSBAND AND I OWN A 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT WE PURCHASED NEW IN 2010. OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ON FOR DIFFERING LENGTHS OF TIME AND DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. AT SOME POINT WE READ THE OWNERS MANUAL ABOUT THIS WARNING SIGNAL. IT SAID THE LIGHT SHOULD COME ON WHEN YOU START THE CAR AND GO OFF ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER. THIS WASN??T ALWAYS THE CASE. THIS WARNING LIGHT TELLS ME THAT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT AND A PASSENGER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WILL HAVE NO PROTECTION. I VIEW THIS AS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. AIR BAG LIGHT ON READS, "AIR BAG"?? AT THIS POINT, AUGUST 2013, THE CAR HAS ONLY 19,000 MILES ON IT. THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED, BUT MORE FREQUENTLY. IN THE SPRING OF 2013 WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED IT. THEY TESTED IT WITH THEIR COMPUTER AND DETECTED NO PROBLEM. THEY SAID THE COMPUTER DIDN'T RECORD ANY INSTANCES OF THAT EVENT OCCURRING. RECENTLY WE STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH ON LINE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM. SOME RESPONSES THAT WERE GIVEN BY NISSAN INCLUDED PASSENGER NOT HEAVY ENOUGH. ONE WOMAN WEIGHED ABOUT 110 POUNDS AND ANOTHER WOMAN WEIGHED ABOUT 145 POUNDS. THEIR RESPONSE WASN'T LOGICAL. ANOTHER RESPONSE WAS THAT THE LEATHER WASN'T SOFT ENOUGH. THE SEATS IN OUR CAR ARE FABRIC, AND VERY SOFT. NISSANS RESPONSE WAS STUPID!! APPARENTLY NISSAN HAS NO IDEA ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE VERY UNEASY ABOUT USING THIS CAR WITH THIS VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. AN EASY FIX THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS TO DISCONNECT THE WARNING LIGHT AND ARM THE AIRBAG FULL TIME, EVEN IF NO ONE IS IN THE SEAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533776August 5, 2013
POWER TRAIN, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
RECENT DANGEROUS ISSUES WITH MY 2006 MAXIMA. LATELY IT HAS BEEN JUMPING, OR JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, OR AFTER MILD BRAKING. IT IS SO SUDDEN, FEELS LIKE I MAY HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED! I NOTICED TWO WEEKS AGO A LITTLE JUMP IN THE RPMS, BUT NOTHING TOO MAJOR. ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND "EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD". THAT'S WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY.. SAT AUG, 2, 2013, TURNED INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA FROM A HIGHWAY, MY RPMS JUMPED SO HIGH AND MY CAR SEEMED TO ALMOST STALL OR FREEZE, IT JUMPED TO RPM 6. I WAS SO STARTLED I STOPPED THE CAR AND TURNED IT OFF. LATER IN THE NIGHT IT DROVE AGAIN FINE. TWO DAYS LATER, AFTER GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR DID IT AGAIN, UP TO 5, THEN A MOMENT LATER UP TO 4-5. I THEN CAME TO A FOUR WAY STOP AND GENTLY ACCELERATED ONLY FOR MY CAR TO FREEZE/JUMP/JERK AGAIN BUT THIS TIME ALL THE WAY TO 7. I HAD TO DRIFT OFF TO THE SIDE OF ROAD AND TURN MY CAR OFF AGAIN. SAT THERE FOR 20 MIN UNTIL TRYING TO START ENGINE AND DRIVE HOME, 3 MILES FROM HOME, EXITING A MAJOR HIGHWAY. 10- 45 MPH. NOT CATCHING THE CORRECT GEAR, OR NOT RECEIVING THE FUEL PROPERLY TO THE ENGINE, INHIBITING ALL DRIVING ABILITIES, SPEED AND SAFETY. LITERALLY CAN FEEL IT AS A DRIVER. INCREDIBLY SCARY, SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE, EXPENSIVE CAR. DO NOT WANT TO BE KILLED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER, ALL BECAUSE NISSAN WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, CLAIM A RECALL THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A NATION WIDE ISSUE. 255 OUT OF 375 COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITES ARE FOR THE POWER TRAIN OF 2006 MAXIMAS. POWER TRAIN=THAT IS 92.7 % OF THE PROBLEM WITH 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. IF THAT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE FAULT, THEN WHAT DOES? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE INJURED, OR KILLED BEFORE THIS IS RECOGNIZED? DISGUSTING, ASHAMED, PATHETIC. HTTP://WWW.COURTHOUSENEWS.COM/2012/01/13/NISSAN.PDF. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533379August 3, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED JULY 2013 TEST DROVE FINE BUT IT WAS A SHORT DRIVE AFTER AN HOUR OF DRIVING THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION HIT VERY HARD IN REVERSE AND GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND TOOK THE CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION THEY REPLACED IT W A USED ONE WHICH SCARES ME BUT THEY DID FIX IT NO CHARGE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CAR AND I HOPE IT WORKS OUT I OWNED A 2001 I30 INFINITI AND IT WAS A GREAT NISSAN PLEASE DO A RECALL NISSAN TOO MANY EXPENSIVE FIXES FOR FOLKS WHO LOVE YOUR CARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10533391August 3, 2013
POWER TRAIN
1. WHEN SLOWING DOWN AROUND A TURN, UPON ACCELERATING, THERE WAS A HARD KNOCK. ALMOST FELT AS IF I HAD GOTTEN REAR ENDED. 2. WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP, SHIFTING FROM 3 TO 2 WAS ALSO VERY HARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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