Nissan Maxima Complaints (2000)

360 consumer complaints on file.

#10063657March 22, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
THE OXYEN SENSORS HAVE FAILED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY SINCE PURCHASING THIS CAR. I'VE LOST TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF TIME THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE OXYGEN SENSORS, BUT IT'S AROUND 7 OR 8. THE DATE BELOW IS ONLY THE MOST RECENT OCCURENCE OF THE 'SERVICE ENGINE' LIGHT COMING ON DUE TO THE OXYGEN SENSOR. NUMEROUS OTHER NISSAN'S HAVE HAD OXYGEN SENSOR RECALLS AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS MODEL SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED ALSO.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10062011March 12, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
DEFECTIVE MAF SENSOR ON 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA SE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT THE OWNERS COST. NISSAN HAS IN ESSANCE ADMITTED THAT THE ORIGINAL PART WAS DEFECTIVE BY REVISING THE PART. THE EXACT SAME SITUATION APPLIES TO THE IGNITION COILS AS WELL.*AK NISSAN HAS ISSUED A TSB ON BOTH ISSUES, BUT WILL ONLY REPLACE THE PARTS IF THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY. THEY SHOULD RECALL THE DEFECTIVE PARTS AND REPLACE THEM AT THEIR COST. BOTH CAN CAUSE EXTREME DRIVEABILITY PROBLEMS AND AFFECT THE DRIVER'S CONTROL OVER THE CAR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061886March 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
REPLACEMENT OF (6) ENGINE COILS ON THE CAR WITH 56,035 MILES. COST & 754.72. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM 09/06/2001. AFTER RESEARCHING, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM - NISSAN HAS DESIGNED BAD IGNITION COILS. SHOULD BERECALLED AS DEFFECTIVE PARTS. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10061970March 11, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT TURNED ON WHILE DRIVING AND HAS REMAINED ON. WHEN I FIRST TOOK IT IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTS I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A TUNE UP. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WAS RESET AND CAME ON AGAIN AFTER ONLY ONE DAY. I RECENTLY TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND P1320 WAS DETECTED AND I WAS TOLD THAT MY IGNITION COILS WERE BAD. DEALER RECOMMENDS REPLACING ALL 6 COILS AS THEY CAN'T DETERMINE WHICH COIL IS ACTUALLY BAD. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND FOUND THAT THIS IS THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE DEALER ADVISED ME THAT THE PARTS ARE VERY COSTLY AT LEAST $75 FOR EACH COIL, PLUS LABOR. THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SAFE AS THE CAR DRIVES NORMAL, AND THEN WILL EVENTUALLY SPUTTER, AND VIBRATE RESULTING IN DECREASED SPEED. THE ENGINE FEELS LIKE IT IS ABOUT TO FALL OUT, AND YOU CAN'T PICK UP SPEED UNTIL THE VIBRATION STOPS. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED, THERE HAVE BEEN TOO MANY CONSUMERS HAVING TO PAY THE PRICE FOR THIS DEFECTIVE PART. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10060194March 2, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
ENGINE IGNITION COIL FAILURE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053475February 26, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
THE REMOTE THAT CONTROLLED THE DOOR LOCKS MALFUNCTIONED. WHEN THE REMOTE WAS CLOSE TO THE VEHICLE IT CAUSED THE TRUCK TO POP OPEN UNEXPECTEDLY. THE REMOTE'S BATTERY WAS CHANGED BUT THE PROBLEM PERSISTED. NISSAN CUSTOMER AFFAIRS WAS CONTACTED. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058816February 24, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY
ENGINE STALLS AT IDLE OR WHEN SLOWING DOWN AND THE RPM'S FALL BELOW 600. HAD TO RESTART ENGINE AND KEEP ONE FOOT ON ACCELERATOR AND OTHER ON BRAKE TO KEEP RPM'S ABOVE STALLING POINT. ON WAY TO WORK, I MUST HAVE HAD TO RESTART AT LEAST 25 TIMES AND MULTIPLE MORE TIMES TO GET HOME. HAD TO REPLACE THE ICV OR AAC VALVE AT A COST OF OVER $550 (HAD I GONE TO DEALER); BUT WAS ABLE TO PAY LESS AT AN INDEPENDANT REPAIR SHOP OF $380. THIS PART SHOULD HAVE LASTED LONGER ON MY WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058542February 19, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
2000 NISSAN MAXIMA...I HAVE RESEARCHED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON FAULTY IGNITION COILS AND HAVE SEEN OVER 250 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. COSTS CAN BE UPWARDS OF 800.00 TO FIX. CAR STALLS AT LIGHTS, JUMPS WHEN GASSED. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10058288February 16, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS ON MY CAR THAT I BOUGHT 3 WEEKS AGO HAVE MALFUNCTIONED, AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. MY CAR ONLY HAS 42,000 MILES. IT IS A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056488February 4, 2004
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
FRONT BRAKE ROTORS HAVE BEEN FIXED 3 TIMES WITHIN 30,000 MILES. THE CAR WAS SHAKING AND VIBRATING WHEN DRIVING ABOVE 55 MPH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056432February 3, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION COIL FAILURE. THE CAR IS 47 MONTHS OLD WITH 32,000 MILES. DEALER INSISTS THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY WHICH COIL IS FAILING AND SAYS I HAVE TO REPLACE ALL SIX COILS - FOR $578. I FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT NISSAN HAS REPORTEDLY PRODUCED AN IMPROVED REPLACEMENT. IT SEEMS THE SOLUTION IS FOR ME TO PAY FOR NOT ONLY THE FAILED PART BUT THE DEFECTIVE PARTS BEFORE THEY FAIL.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10056257January 31, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CAR WAS DRIVING VERY ROUGHLY, A LOT OF HESITATION AND MISFIRE. NISSAN DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $120 FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND REVEALED IT WAS THE IGNITION COIL PROBLEM ON MY NISSAN MAXIMA 2000 SE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR ALL 2000 OWNERS, A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ALSO EXISTS. NISSAN VERY WELL KNOWS ABOUT THIS BUT NEVER DONE A RECALL OR FREE COILS REPLACEMENT. DEALERSHIPS CHARGE $500-600 FOR THE REPLACEMENT. I WOULD LIKE NISSAN TO REFUND FOR THE PARTS AND SERVICE, MAKE A RECALL. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054852January 25, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
#5 IGNITION COIL EXPERIENCING MALFUNCTION. AFTER RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOUND THERE TO BE QUITE A NUMBER OF MAXIMA OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, YET A RECALL WAS NOT ISSUED. IN FACT, THE REPLACEMENT PART IS A REDESIGNED IGNITION COIL. THIS SAYS TO ME THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE THE PARTS ARE FAULTY, AND THERE ARE SIX IGNITION COILS IN THE 2000 MAXIMA. NISSAN CUSTOMER CARE WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS MATTER AND I HAD TO FIX ON MY OWN. HAD THIS FAILED A FEW MONTHS EARLIER, AND MY CAR STILL IN WARRANTY, NISSAN WOULD HAVE REPLACE ALL 6 COILS, NOT JUST THE ONE THAT WAS MALFUNCTIONING. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054596January 21, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CAR STARTED STUTTERING SO I HAD MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER DIAGNOSE. HAVE TO REPLACE THE IGNITION COILS = BIG $$$'S! I AM UPSET SINCE I AM HEARING THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN 2000 MAXIMA'S AND NISSAN WON'T RECALL IT AS THEY ARE PROBABLY TOO CHEAP. THIS WILL BE MY LAST NISSAN EVER PURCHASED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054612January 21, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
BAD #2 IGNITION COIL ON 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA. IT IS JUST OUTSIDE OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD WITH 38,000 MILES AND ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. THE CAR EXPERIENCED LOSS OF POWER AND VIBRATING. CORPORATE NISSAN WOULD NOT EXTEND WARRANTY TO COVER THIS DEFECT, EVEN THOUGH THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10055471January 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR COST OF REPAIRING DEFECT. *PH (NAR) IN REFERENCE TO A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP. *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10054296January 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION COIL FAILURE. ENGINE PING AND LOSES POWER WHEN ACCELERATING RESULTING IN DANGEROUS SITUATIONS WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC ON HIGHWAY. MANUFACTURER REFUSE TO COVER REPLACEMENT UNDER POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. *CB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10053915January 13, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL
EXHAUST SYSTEM SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO ERRATIC OPERATION OF THE ELECTRICAL COILING OF THE IGNITION. THE MIXTURE OF THE EXHAUST WOULD BE AFFECTED ALONG WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER SPEWING A LIQUID FROM TAIL PIPES. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052468January 6, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
HAD PROBLEMS WITH ENGINE PING 1 YEAR AFTER PURCHASE. WAS TOLD BY DEALERSHIP TO USE BETTER GRADE OF GAS AND SOME PINGING IS NORMAL. PINGING PERSISTED AND RIGHT AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRED, PINGING GOT SO BAD THE CAR WAS UNDRIVEABLE. ALL 6 COILS AND KNOCK SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. COST ME $1500. NISSAN WON'T COVER ANY OF IT EVEN THOUGH THE PROBLEM OBVIOUSLY EXISTED WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN WARRANTY. DESPITE EFFORTS TO HAVE THE VEHICLE SERVICED, NISSAN WAS NEGLIGENT IN REFUSING TO PERFORM THE NECESSARY REPAIRS AND STALLING UNTIL THE WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10052356January 4, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
REPLACEMENT OF (6) ENGINE IGNITION COILS ON CAR WITH 46,000 MILES. COST $675.00. THERE IS A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN THAT IDENTIFIES THIS PROBLEM AND THE SERVICING DEALER ADMITS SEEING THIS PROBLEM OFTEN. THIS COMPONENT IS DESIGNED TO LAST 100,000 MILES AND THE MANUFACTURER REGULAR SERVICE MAINTENANCE DOESN'T SUGGEST REPLACING AT ANY SERVICE INTERVAL UP THROUGH 90,000 MILES. SO, IF THE DEALERS ARE SEEING THIS PROBLEM OFTEN ON A COMPONENT THAT IS LASTING LESS THAN EXPECTED THEN THE COMPONENT FAILURE AND LONGEVITY RATE ARE UNSATISFACTORY AND CONSUMERS SHOULD BE REIMBURSED AT A PRORATED BASIS AT A MINIMUM. *LA
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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