Nissan Maxima Complaints

6,958 consumer complaints on file.

#10164111August 1, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I HAVE THE SAME ENGINE IGNITION COIL PROBLEM AS LISTED THROUGHOUT YOUR SITE AND THE INTERNET BY THOUSANDS OF OTHER 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT IS ON, THE CAR IS BARELY RUNNING BECAUSE OF THESE FAULTY IGNITION COILS WHICH THE DEALER RECOMMEND I HAVE REPLACED FOR OVER $1000. NISSAN REFUSES TO ADDRESS THIS DEFECT WITH A RECALL. SOMETHING NEEDS TO HAPPEN. FIRST THEY TOLD IT WAS THE SPARK PLUGS WHICH I HAD REPLACED. THEN IT WAS THESE COILS, THE CAR JUST KEEPS GETTING WORSE DAILY. STALLING, BARELY ACCELERATING, CAN'T TAKE IT ON THE HIGHWAY BECAUSE IT BARELY MOVES. ACCELERATOR FAILS OFTEN, SOMETIMES THERE IS NO RESPONSE FROM PUSHING THE GAS PEDAL DOWN. THE FUMES COMING FROM THE CAR INDICATE THAT GAS IS BEING WASTED. ALSO GETTING TERRIBLE GAS MILEAGE. PLEASE HELP. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10163973July 31, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 20MPH THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. AFTERWARDS, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ADDITIONALLY, THE ENGINE WAS DIFFICULT TO START AFTER SITTING FOR A PROLONGED PERIOD OF TIME. THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN TO AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WAS PERFORMED. ALTHOUGH THE CODE INDICATED THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR FAILED, THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INSPECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS ALSO NOT ALERTED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10163993July 31, 2006
TIRES, TIRES:SIDEWALL
WHILE DRIVING ON THE NJ TURN PIKE AT 70 MPH, MY HUSBAND FELT WHAT SEEMED LIKE A TIRE GOING FLAT. HE PROCEEDED TO TRY TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. SUDDENLY, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW AND HE TOTALLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE WAS HIT HEAD-ON AND IN THE REAR. BOTH HE AND THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. TWO DAYS LATER WE WENT TO SEE THE CAR AT THE TOWING GARAGE AND WE SAW THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS SPLIT ON THE SIDEWALL. THESE TIRES WERE REPLACED RECENTLY AND WERE ROTATED AND CHECKED BY GOODYEAR THREE MONTHS AGO. GOODYEAR SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRES AT THAT TIME. IS GOODYEAR WAITING FOR A DEATH TO OCCUR BEFORE THEY ISSUES A RECALL? THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE RSA18" TIRES. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
2
Deaths:
0
#10163766July 28, 2006
TIRES:SIDEWALL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WERE TEARS ON THE INSIDE WALL OF ALL 4 TIRES. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS UNSAFE TO DRIVE WITH THE TIRES IN THAT CONDITION, HOWEVER THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10163497July 26, 2006
TIRES:SIDEWALL
GOODYEAR EAGLE RSA TIRES P245/45R18, ON NISSAN MAXIMA 2004, WITH 20,000 MILES. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE. TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM SIDEWALL. GOODYEAR HAS NO RECALL AND NISSAN HAS NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. THE DEALER I TOOK THE CAR TO SAID THAT MINE WAS ABOUT THE 3RD NISSAN HE SEEN WITH THIS ISSUE. I JUST TOOK MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMUM INTO THE DEALER FOR A FRONT SEAT AND UNDERCARRIAGE RECALL ISSUE AND ASK THEM TO LOOK AT MY FRONT TIRE BECAUSE THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE HAD A LARGE SPLIT IN IT. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE BAD ON MY CAR AND THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES WERE MUCH WORSE THAN THE SPLIT IN THE SIDEWALL THAT I POINTED OUT TO THEM. MY CAR ONLY HAS 20,000 MILES ON IT AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES BECAUSE GOODYEAR WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM AND SEND THE DEALERS REPLACEMENT TIRES. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10163539July 26, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS IGNITION COILS REPLACED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 16 MONTHS. SEVERAL TIMES INCURRING WEEKS WITHOUT THE VEHICLE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS RESULTING IN PART REPLACEMENT AND THE ENGINE CATCHING ON FIRE. NISSAN CORPORATE SENT TECHNICIANS TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE AND HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE, SAYING FORTUNATELY I STOPPED THE VEHICLE BEFORE THE FIRE GOT OUT OF CONTROL. UNDER THE HOOD WAS CHARRED AND MELTED PLASTIC AND OIL. SINCE HAVING THE ENGINE REPLACED, I HAVE GONE 9 MONTHS AND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH COIL FAILURES AND REPLACEMENT. I AM PERUSING LEMON LAW ACTION AT THIS TIME BUT NEED TO SEE WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE. I AM AT THE POINT WHERE I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE VEHICLE AND EVERYTIME I SMELL SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, I FEAR THAT I WILL SEE MORE SMOKE AND ANOTHER FIRE. THE TECHNICIAN SAID THE GROUND WIRE FROM THE BATTERY WAS SHORTING OUT AGAINST THE BODY OF THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. THE WIRE THAT WAS REPLACE 9 MONTHS AGO WAS REPLACED AGAIN TWO WEEKS AGO FOR CORRODING COMPLETELY THROUGH AND MAKING CONTACT WITH THE ENGINE AGAIN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164749July 25, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CONSUMER COMPLAINT CONCERNING 2000 MAXIMA NDIS COIL DEFECT RECALL. *KB ***NAR*** SIX IGNITION COILS WERE REPLACED. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162955July 20, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: INSTRUMENT CLUSTER/PANEL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 72 MPH, A PISTON IN THE ENGINE FRACTURED CAUSING OIL TO LEAK OUT OF THE VEHICLE. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL FAILED TO PROVIDE A WARNING THAT THE OIL WAS LOW, AND THAT THE VEHICLE WAS OVERHEATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER, WHERE THE DEALER WAS UNABLE TO REPAIR THE PROBLEM.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162831July 19, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED, WHILE DECELERATING OR DEPRESSING THE BREAK PEDAL, THE FRONT WHEELS AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND JERKED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE PROBLEM WAS RECURRING, BUT NOT CONSTANT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND SERVICED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. EACH TIME, THE FRONT BREAK ROTORS WERE TURNED, ELIMINATING THE VIBRATION FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE MANUFACTURED DETERMINED THE ROTORS OVERHEAT AT TIMES, WARPING THE ROTORS, AND SUGGESTED THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO ANOTHER SERVICE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO CONFIRMED THAT WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, SO SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED AT COST.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162418July 14, 2006
TIRES:SIDEWALL
ON FEBRUARY 14TH OF THIS YEAR, DURING A REGULAR TIRE INFLATION INSPECTION, I NOTED THREE BULGES ON THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALL OF THE LEFT FRONT NITTO 450, 225X50X17 TIRE. I IMMEDIATELY KNEW THAT I WAS HAVING A TIRE FAILURE AND THAT IT MUST BE REPLACED ASAP. I IMMEDIATELY TOOK THE CAR TO DISCOUNT TIRE WHERE THE TIRE HAD BEEN PURCHASED AND THEY REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES FOR SOMETHING OVER $300. THE DEFECTIVE TIRE HAS MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES ON IT AND WAS PURCHASED APRIL 6, 2004. I AM RETIRED AND MOST OF THE MILES WERE ACCUMULATED WHILE ON VACATION. THE TIRE HAD LESS THAN 20,000 MILES ON IT AND HAD SUBSTANTIAL TREAD REMAINING. THE TIRE WAS WELL MAINTAINED AND I CONSIDER ITS FAILURE PREMATURE. SUBSEQUENTLY, I E-MAILED NITTO CUSTOMER SERVICE AND WROTE THE NORTH AMERICAN PRESIDENT OF TOYO, THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. THE E-MAIL AND FOLLOW UP LETTER WERE FORWARDED IN FEBRUARY OF THIS YEAR AND ELICITED NO RESPONSE FROM NITTO OR TOYO. I RETAINED THE TIRE AND HAVE IT IN PROTECTED STORAGE. I AM A FAST DRIVER AND SHUDDER TO THINK WHAT MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED IF THE TIRE HAD FAILED AT SPEED. I AM DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED IN THE LACK OF CARE OR RESPONSE FROM NITTO OR TOYO. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162648July 13, 2006
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2000 MAXIMA HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE IGNITION COIL ASSEMBLY. *TS THE AC COMPRESSOR WAS REPLACED. THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACING ALL 6 COILS, BECAUSE IT COULD NOT BE DETERMINE WHICH COILS WERE DEFECTIVE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10162235July 12, 2006
AIR BAGS, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
MAY 4, 2006 I WAS TRAVELING ON WEST ACADEMY/GREEN ST. NORTHBOUND. THE CLUTCH HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME AND IT MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. (IT LITERALLY SUCKS TO THE FLOORBOARD WITH NO PLAY TO DISENGAGE TO NEUTRAL, THIS HAD HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND TWICE PRIOR, I PANICKED DIDN'T SEE THE RED LIGHT OR STOPPED TRAFFIC AND SLAMMED INTO THE CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED ON 40 MPH NEVER HITTING THE BRAKES. THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR WAS SEVERE WITH AN INSURANCE PAY OUT JUST SHY OF $10,000.00 DOLLARS. THE DAMAGE WAS ONLY TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED (THERE ARE EIGHT AIRBAGS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER COMPARTMENT) I WAS RESTRAINED BY THE SEAT BELT. IT WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR ME NOT TO BE INJURED, I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND GEAR SHIFT CAUSING SEVERE BRUISING TO MY ARMS, LEGS, CHEST AND A BUMP ON THE HEAD. *JB
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10162118July 11, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
ALL 6 IGNITION COILS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT 70,000 MILES ON '99 NISSAN MAXIMA DUE TO POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND SES LIGHT. THERE IS AN ONLINE PETITION AT HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/NIS_IGN/ WITH OVER 2300 COMPLAINTS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON '99-'03 CARS EACH COSTING THE CONSUMER BETWEEN $500 AND $1500 DOLLARS FOR THESE NISSAN MAXIMA SERIES (MOST NOT COVERED UNDER GENERAL WARRANTY). IN ADDITION, THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AT NISSAN IS UNRESPONSIVE TO CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. A SIMILAR PROBLEM WAS FOUND AND RECTIFIED BY VOLKSWAGEN AND AUDI OF AMERICA, INC. FOR A GENERAL RECALL RELATED TO FAILED IGNITION COILS. HTTP://WWW.THEAUTOCHANNEL.COM/NEWS/2003/02/04/154251.HTML
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161930July 9, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
7/6/06 SMELLED STRANGE ODOR 30 MINUTES LATER MY 2001 NISSAN MAXIMA LOST TOTAL POWER IN THE FAST LANE, ALL GAUGES WENT TO ZERO, HEARD A HISSING SOUND AS I DODGED TRUCKS GOING BY AT 80 MPH AS I COASTED TO THE RIGHT SHOULDER. I OPENED THE HOOD AND THE BATTERY WAS SQUIRTING FLUID OUT OF ALL THE VENT CAPS. I CALLED THE NEAREST DEALER IN WILKES-BARRE, PA AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT THE CAR FOR A WEEK! I MADE THE DECISION TO TOW IT TO BRENNER NISSAN IN MECHANICSBURG,PA(90 MILES, $346 TOW BILL). THEY MADE AN INITIAL INSPECTION 7/7 AND DETERMINED I HAVE AN ELECTRICAL PROBLEM! I HAVE GATHERED INFORMATION ON NISSAN MAXIMA PROBLEMS AND WILL MEET WITH THE DEALER 7/10 TO DETERMINE HOW THIS PROBLEM WILL BE DIAGNOSED WITHOUT INCURRING $1000'S IN SERVICE CHARGES. THEY SEEMED UNWILLING TO REPLACE THE BATTERY AND THEN SEE WHAT ELSE WAS BROKE. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161853July 7, 2006
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING
FUEL SYSTEM:FUEL INJECTOR FAILURE. FUEL INJECTORS HAVE FAILED SEVERAL TIMES IN THE RECENT PAST. WAS ADVISED BY NISSAN FACTORY TRAINED MECHANIC AT NISSAN DEALERSHIP THAT THE PROBLEM IS IN THE WIRING HARNESS AND THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM AND HAS ISSUED A "SECRET" ADVISORY TO THEIR SERVICE PERSONNEL ABOUT THIS POSSIBLY BEING A FIRE HAZARD, BUT HAVE NOT SEEN ANY PUBLIC INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM DEVELOPED AFTER I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR A STALLING PROBLEM THAT WAS FINALLY DECIDED TO BE THE ECM MODULE. THE ECM MODULE WAS REPLACED COSTING OVER $1000, BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. NISSAN MECHANIC THEN REPLACED A WIRE IN THE WIRING HARNESS, AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY FOR ABOUT 2 WEEKS, BUT RETURNED. HAVE BEEN ADVISED BY INDEPENDENT MECHANICS THAT THE FACTORY INSTALLED HARNESS (VE30DE ENGINE) IS TOO CLOSE TO THE REAR EXHAUST MANIFOLD, CAUSING WIRES TO FAIL, AND THAT NISSAN HAS A FIX FOR THE PROBLEM FOR FREE, BUT CAN'T FIND ANY INFORMATION. CAN YOU HELP? *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161429July 5, 2006
STEERING:RACK AND PINION
VIBRATION IN STERRING WHEEL AT 55 MILES PER HOUR AND 70 MILES PER HOUR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10161267July 3, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CAR BEGAN IDLING VERY ROUGH WHEN STOPPED, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF SHAKING BACK AND FORTH. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, CAR SEEMED LIKE IT HAD ALMOST NO POWER. SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN CLIMBING HILLS, TO THE POINT WHERE CAR WOULD ALMOST STOP AND PUT DRIVER IN DANGER OF BEING STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY TRAFFIC IN THE SAME LANE. HAD TO STOP DRIVING CAR AND BRING TO DEALER. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160849June 27, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE FIRST INCIDENT OCCURRED WHEN MY CAR, 2003 ALTIMA WAS LESS THAN A YEAR OLD. DURING THE SUMMER OF 2004, THE CAR WOULD NOT START. IT HAD A FULL TANK OF GAS, THE BATTERY WAS FINE AND IT WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING AROUND 8AM. I ATTEMPTED TO TURN THE CAR ON AND I GOT NOTHING. IT FINALLY STARTED AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR OF TRYING TO PUMP THE GAS WITHOUT TRYING TO FLOOD THE ENGINE. I CHALKED IT UP TO A HOPEFULLY ONE TIME EVENT. IT HAS HAPPENED 4 MORE TIMES SINCE THEN. AGAIN IN THE FALL OF 2004 AND I DID TAKE IT TO THE DEALER IN ARLINGTON, VA AND THEY FOUND NOTHING WRONG. IT HAPPENED TWICE IN 2005 AND MOST RECENTLY AROUND MEMORIAL DAY AND JUST THIS PAST WEEK. I KEEP THE MAINTENANCE UP ON THE VEHICLE EVERY, PUT "GOOD" GAS IN THE CAR BUT I STILL HAVE THESE ISSUES. THE VEHICLE INFORMATION SECTION OF THIS COMPLAINT ONLY HAD MAXIMA GLE AND FRONTIER LISTED AS VEHICLE TYPE, NOT THE ALTIMA. I SUBMITTED MAXIMA JUST TO GET THROUGH THE COMPLAINT. MY CAR IS AGAIN A 2003 NISSIAN ALTIMA. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160593June 23, 2006
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
AT 13K MILES, WHEN TRAVELING OVER 50 MPH AND I STEP ON THE BRAKE, THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END JUDDERS VIOLENTLY. THIS HAS CAUSED MUCH CONCERN AND WORRY. HOWEVER, WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT THE ROTORS COULD BE "MACHINED DOWN TO A SMOOTH FINISH AT MY EXPENSE OF $120.00". I ASKED WHY IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD, "BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED MAINTENANCE." FOR A NEW CAR - 2004, UNDER 30K MILES THAT IS BULL AND NISSAN SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM! *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10160190June 19, 2006
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TURN SIGNAL
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TURN SIGNAL BAR WAS LOOSE, AND THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATING, HOWEVER THE HEADLIGHTS WERE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO DETERMINED SOMEONE INTENTIONALLY BROKE THE SIGNAL BAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WITH A LOOSE SIGNAL BAR. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED, THE BAR WAS BROKEN. UPDATED 07/05/06. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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