Nissan Maxima Complaints (1999)

165 consumer complaints on file.

#10208881November 14, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:SOFTWARE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA WILL DISPLAY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AND CANNOT BE RESET. I HAVE REPLACED THE IGNITION COILS AND SPARK PLUGS PLUS THE AIR TEMP SENSOR. THIS CODE P1320 IS ALWAYS ON AND THERE SEEMS TO BE MANY OTHER NISSAN OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10208619November 11, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
MIL LIGHT ILLUMINATED. KNOCK AND SPARK FAILURE TROUBLE CODES. ERRATIC IDLE AND POWER SURGE AT OR ABOUT 2000 RPM. IN SOME CASES THE IDLE HAS BEEN ERRATIC ENOUGH FOR THE ENGINE TO STALL. THE PROBLEM IS NOT CONSISTENT AND IS TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT. COLD MORNINGS (LESS THAN 50 DEGREES F) CREATE THE MOST PROBLEMS. SUDDEN LOSS OF POWER ON ACCELERATION HAS PROVEN DANGEROUS. REPLACED IGNITION COIL PACKS, SIX PER CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10206610October 23, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I HAVE A 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THAT ALL 3 O2 SENSORS WERE BAD, AND THEY COULD BE REPLACED FOR APPROXIMATELY $700. A WEEK LATER CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS BACK ON, AND NOW THEY ARE TELLING ME THAT IT IS THE #3 CYLINDER MISFIRING, AND THEY RECOMMEND REPLACING ALL 6 IGNITION COILS FOR APPROXIMATELY $1200. I UNDERSTAND THAT THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE IGNITION COILS, AND REALLY DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY TO PAY THEM AGAIN FOR SOMETHING THAT I FEEL SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THEM ANYWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10203969September 24, 2007
TIRES:SIDEWALL, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE VEHICLE HAS SUMITOMO, SIZE 21555HR16 TIRES. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TWO FRONT TIRES CRACKED ON THE SIDEWALLS AND THE TREAD. THE TIRES WERE PURCHASED IN MAY OF 2007. THE CONTACT HAS PICTURES. THE DOT WAS UNKNOWN. THE TIRE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000. THE VEHICLE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 129,000. UPDATED 10/23/07 *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10202458September 10, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CHECK ENGINE KEPT COMING ON. MACHINES KEPT TELLING US IT WAS CYLINDER 2 MISFIRE. WE REPLACED FUEL FILTER, SPARKPLUGS, SPARKPLUG COIL WITH NO RESULTS. WENT TO DEALER, THEY PUT CAR ON MACHINE. THEY HAD TROUBLE FINDING PROBLEM. THEY HAD TO SEARCH BY HAND, WITH NO RESULTS. THEY TOLD ME IT WAS AN ELEC. PROBLEM THAT WAS INTERMITTENT. LIGHT WENT OUT WITHOUT FIXING ANYTHING. HAS NOT COME BACK AGAIN YET. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10202229September 7, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
PRIOR TO GETTING MY 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA INSPECTED, THE 'SERVICE ENGINE SOON' LIGHT TURNED ON AND I EVENTUALLY FOUND OUT THAT THE LIGHT IS ON BECAUSE A FEW OF MY IGNITION COILS ARE NO LONGER WORKING. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS WILL BE ABOUT A $1500 REPAIR (BECAUSE I WAS TOLD THAT I NEED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE COILS BECAUSE THEY CAN'T DETECT WHICH ONES ARE OUT) AND I AM A COLLEGE STUDENT WHO DOESN'T MAKE MUCH MORE THAN TWICE THAT IN A YEAR. I WAS RESEARCHING ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY CHEAPER IGNITION COILS I COULD PURCHASE, AND CAME TO FIND OUT THAT THERE ARE SO MANY PEOPLE WITH THIS EXACT SAME PROBLEM THAT A PETITION HAS BEEN CREATED WITH OVER 3,000 SIGNATURES(HERE IS THE PETITION: HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/MOD_PERL/SIGNED.CGI?NIS_IGN&851). I AM GOING TO CONTACT MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP TOMORROW (AS I WAS BUSY GETTING ESTIMATES FROM OTHER MECHANICS EVER SINCE I FOUND OUT ABOUT MY FAILED IGNITION COILS UNTIL TODAY WHEN I LEARNED THAT MANY OTHERS WITH '99-'03 NISSAN MAXIMA'S HAD THIS SAME PROBLEM) AND HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL BE DONE, BUT MORE THAN ANYTHING I BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD DO WHAT'S MORALLY RIGHT AND ISSUE A RECALL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10194050June 23, 2007
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:SENSOR/CONTROL MODULE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:PADS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
MY 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA SE HAD ONE COIL REPLACED IN 2003. THIS YEAR I REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR AS WELL. MY AIRBAG LIGHT FLASHES CONSTANTLY AND MY CLOCK GOES IN AND OUT OF SERVICE. MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AND THE CAR RUNS VERY ROUGH. WHEN IDLING IT SOUNDS LIKE A CHOKING PIECE OF CRAP AND ON THE HILLS THE LIGHT FLASHES. I WAS TOLD I HAD A BAD COIL AGAIN AND TOOK IT FOR A DIAGNOSTIC THAT SAID MULTIPLE MISFIRE AND REPLACE ALL SIX COILS. I HAVE READ COMPLAINT AFTER COMPLAINT ABOUT COILS. WHEN I BOUGHT MY MAXIMA NEW I THOUGHT I WAS BUYING A CAR THAT WAS RELIABLE BUT I AM HEARING THAT COIL REPLACEMENT IS THE RULE NOT THE EXCEPTION. I ALSO HAVE REAR BRAKE NOISE....SINCE YEAR THREE OF OWNING THE CAR. I HAVE REPLACED TWO SETS OF BRAKE PADS AS WELL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10190626May 14, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:STARTER ASSEMBLY
ANYONE CAN SPEND JUST A MOMENT OF TIME ON THE INTERNET AND FIND THAT NISSAN MAXIMAS FROM 1999 TO 2003 , PERHAPS A LENGTHIER TIME PERIOD, MINE IS A 1999. HAVE MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH IGNITION COILS AND STARTERS. YET NO RECALL HAS EVER BEEN ISSUED! I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF CONSUMER WEBSITES OF PEOPLE REPORTING THESE PROBLEMS WITH COILS AND STARTERS. I JUST HAD TO REPLACE STARTER AND COILS. SOME PEOPLE REPORT REPLACING THEM EVERY 10,000 - 20,000 MILES!!! THIS IS A PRICEY REPAIR AT ABOUT $1000 TO $1500 PER EVENT! PLEASE URGE NISSAN TO RECALL THESE DEFECTIVE PARTS AND REFUND THOSE WHO HAVE HAD TO PAY FOR THIS SERVICE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10187856April 14, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH
I HAVE 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA AND IT STARTED GIVING PROBLEM WITH THE IGNITION COIL WHEN IT HAD ONLY 50000 MILES AND THE MECHANICS WERE NOT ABLE TO FIND WHICH COIL WAS HAVING THE PROBLEM, AND FINALLY ASKED ME TO CHANGE ALL THE SIX COILS FOR AROUND $1000.00. THEY ALSO TOLD ME THIS IS SEEN IN MANY MAXIMA'S AND INFINITY I30. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185666March 20, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, STEERING:COLUMN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:SWITCH, POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY:PEDAL/HAND LEVER(MOTORCYCLE), EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:ANTI-THEFT DEVICES
I HAVE A POTENTIALLY DEADLY PROBLEM WITH MY 133,000-MILE, 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA. IT MIGHT BE RELATED TO THE CRANK SENSOR ON NEWER MAXIMA, A STEERING COLUMN LOCK, A FAULTY IGNITION SWITCH, FAULTY CLUTCH DEPRESSION SWITCH, AND THE ANTI-THEFT KILL SWITCH, PERHAPS EVEN A RANDOM GROUND. THE PROBLEM WAS CONCEIVABLY CATASTROPHIC.*AK UPON ENTERING MY CAR USING THE REMOTE, OCCASIONALLY THE CAR WON'T RESPOND, AND MUST BE UNLOCKED MANUALLY. IN THESE INSTANCES, NEITHER THE DOME LIGHTS NOR THE HEADLIGHTS SHINE. WHEN THE IGNITION KEY IS ROTATED TO THE START POSITION, AS THE CLUTCH IS BEING DEPRESSED, SOMETIMES THE GAUGE LIGHTS APPEAR AND THEN QUICKLY FADE AND DISAPPEAR; THE CAR JUST DOESN'T CRANK. A FAINT, DIMINISHING TELLTALE BUZZING SOUND CAN BE HEARD. WHAT'S WORSE, THIS CAN HAPPEN SPONTANEOUSLY WHILE DRIVING, IN WHICH CASE THE CAR'S STEERING WHEEL LOCKS AND THE BRAKES BECOME INOPERABLE. I HAVE HAD THIS HAPPEN ON THREE OCCASIONS, TWICE WHILE DRIVING IN A MALL PARKING LOT (FEBRUARY AND MARCH ''07) AND THE OTHER TIME (JUST LAST WEEK) WHILE TURNING INTO MY NEIGHBOR'S DRIVEWAY, TO TAKE OUT HER OAK TREE. THE IGNITION CRANK SENSOR MUST SLIP INTO AN INOPERABLE MODE DURING DRIVING OR WHILE ATTEMPTING TO START THE CAR, OR THE ANTI-THEFT SWITCH SOMEHOW INTERFERES WITH STARTING, OPERATION OR DRIVING. MAYBE THE MASTER IGNITION COIL IS FAILING (BUT THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN THE HEADLIGHT AND DOME LIGHT PROBLEMS). THE CLUTCH SWITCH MAY NOT ENGAGE WHEN ITS PEDAL IS BEING DEPRESSED. SOMETIMES, I CAN RESTART THE CAR AFTER AN INCIDENT IN WHICH IT WAS PARKED FOR A WHILE. MY BATTERY IS BRAND NEW, AND THERE DON'T SEEM TO BE ANY SHORTS AS FAR AS I CAN TELL. BUT NOTHING ELECTRICALLY WORKS (NOT EVEN THE RADIO) WHEN I HAVE TO UNLOCK THE CAR MANUALLY. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT DRIVING THE CAR BEYOND MY NEIGHBORHOOD. I MIGHT HAVE TO BECOME A HERMIT, OR WORSE, A COLLEGE PROFESSOR. ANY IDEAS? THE CAR IS IN EXCELLENT SHAPE OTHERWISE AND HAS ALL SERVICE RECORDS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10185170March 15, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
1999 NISSAN MAXIMA. SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT GOES ON. FAULT CODE INDICATES ENGINE MISFIRE. SEVERAL COILS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BUT THEY NOW INTERMITTENTLY FAIL ON CYLINDER 4 AND 6. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10183414February 24, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I AM LOOKING AT $1400 TO REPLACE 6 IGNITION COILS, THIS IS PREPOSTEROUS, THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED. MY CAR HAS LESS THAT 60,000 MILES ON IT, AND I HAVE BABIED IT AND MADE SURE ONLY THE BEST HAS BEEN USED ON IT. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THIS, AND THE PROBLEM REMAINS. I AM FINISHING THIS AND WRITING A LETTER TO MY CONGRESSMAN AND SENATORS. I BOUGHT THIS CAR ON NISSAN'S REPUTATION AND KNOWING THAT THEY ALLOW THIS TO EXIST, I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN, PERIOD.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10182778February 16, 2007
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
I BEGAN HAVING MISFIRES ON MY 1999 MAXIMA IN MAY 2005. DEALERSHIP STATED THAT ONE OF THE IGNITION COILS WAS GOING BAD BUT WOULD HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT TO COME ON BEFORE BEING ABLE TO TELL WHICH COIL WAS MALFUNCTIONING. LESS THAN TWO WEEKS LATER, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THE MECHANIC REPLACED THE DEFECTIVE COIL AT A COST OF AROUND $250. LESS THAN TWO MONTHS LATER, IN JULY, ANOTHER COIL BEGAN MALFUNCTIONING (MISFIRING), THE DEALER REPLACED IT FOR AROUND $250. NOW A THIRD COIL IS MISFIRING. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10178838January 16, 2007
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
TL* - THE CONTACT DROVE HIS 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA SE (130000) TO THE INSPECTION STATION. THE INSPECTOR STATED THAT THE CONTACT DID NOT PASS INSPECTION DUE TO EGR SYSTEM AND KNOCKING SENSOR FAILURE. THE VEHICLES FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE IS 130000. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10176043December 13, 2006
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
CAR STILL HAS CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON AFTER REPLACING IGNITION COILS AND KNOCK SENSOR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10167943September 12, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
AT ABOUT 30,000 MY 1999 MAXIMA GLE STARTED TO MISFIRE RANDOMLY. I WAS TOLD BY A DEALER THAT THERE WAS NO TEST THAT COULD ISOLATE A BAD IGNITION COIL AND THAT ALL SIX COILS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF ABOUT $900. I DID NOTHING FOR A WHILE, BUT WHEN THE PROBLEM BECAME WORSE I CONTACTED MY LOCAL MERCHANT TIRE DEALER AND ASKED IF THEY COULD REPLACE THE COILS WITH NEW COILS BOUGHT BE ME FROM AN AUTO PARTS DEALER. MERCHANT TIRE AGREED TO MAKE THE REPLACEMENT FOR $130. I PURCHASED REPLACEMENT COILS FROM BRIGHTAUTO.COM FOR A TOTAL COST OF $364.63. THE REPLACEMENT COILS ARE IDENTIFIED BY NISSAN AT NISSANHELP.COM AS 22448-31U11, RH COIL (#89057915) AND 22448-31U16, LH COIL (#89057914). I HAVE HAD NO PROBLEM SINCE THE REPLACEMENT. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10167757September 9, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
1999 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS BEEN IDLING ROUGH, AND CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ON, TOOK TO MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSTIC. NEEDS ONE IGNITION COIL AND KNOCK SENSOR REPLACED. FROM RESEARCH THIS IS AN APPARENT COMMON PROBLEM IN THIS CAR. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10165789August 17, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:CALIPER
DT*: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING 3 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED, BUCKED, AND NEARLY STALLED. THIS WAS ACCOMPANIED BY VIBRATION IN THE ENTIRE VEHICLE. SEVERAL MONTHS LATER, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE DEALER WHO DETERMINED THE IGNITION COIL WAS NOT FUNCTIONAL AND THAT THE CALIPERS ON BOTH REAR BRAKES HAD LOCKED UP ON THE WHEEL. THERE WERE NO REPAIRS MADE ON THE CALIPERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164708August 7, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
COULD GET INSIDE OF VEHICLE WITH KEY, BUT COULD NOT START VEHICLE THROUGH IGNITION SWITCH. ELECTRONIC DEVISE WOULD NOT READ KEY, AND COMPUTER HAD LOST THE COMBINATION. *AK DEALER REPROGRAMMED THE KEY. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10164713August 7, 2006
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
ALL COILS HAD TO BE REPLACED. IT SEEMS LIKE A VERY HIGH NUMBER OF MAXIMAS PRODUCED IN 1999 HAD THIS PROBLEM. MINE STARTED OCCURRING AT 39000 MILES. DEALER REFUSED TO COVER REPAIR COST THAT (INCLUDING PARTS) WAS QUOTED AT $1200. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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