Nissan Maxima Complaints

6,958 consumer complaints on file.

#10100199November 19, 2004
TIRES:SIDEWALL
GOODYEAR TIRES EAGLE RSA 245/18 SIDE WALL HAS CRACKS IN TIRE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10101248November 18, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SPRINGS:COIL SPRINGS
COIL SPRINGS TENDED MAKE CLICKING NOISE. VEHICLE SHOWED SAME PROBLEM AS FOUND IN 1999 MAXIMA. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR REPAIR ONCE ALREADY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097406November 15, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:EMISSION CONTROL:GAS RECIRCULATION VALVE (EGR VALVE)
BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS FAILED. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY AT FIRST. THEN THE LIGHT JUST STAYED ON. *JB *SC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10098729November 12, 2004
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS
ON 6/30/04, TOOK MY VEHICLE IN TO MY LOCAL DEALER FOR A NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE CAR. IT SOUNDED LIKE THE STRUT WAS BROKEN OR BOTTOMING OUT. DEALER ALSO THOUGHT IT WAS A STRUT, AND AFTER PUTTING TWO STRUT ASSEMBLIES ON THE CAR, THE PROBLEM WAS NOT RESOLVED. SINCE THEN, THIS DEALER AND ANOTHER DEALER HAVE REPLACED LOWER CONTROL ARM, RACK AND PINION, CRADLE, AND NUMEROUS BOLTS TRYING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. NISSAN DEALER TECHNICAL SERVICES AND A NISSAN ENGINEER HAVE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. NISSAN ENGINEER HAS PINPOINTED THE NOISE TO THE FRAME OF THE CAR. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT THERE ARE SUPPORTS OR BRACES WITHIN THE FRAME THAT MAY HAVE BROKEN. THIS VEHICLE HAS NEVER BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT, SO ANY PROBLEM WITHIN THE FRAME ARE A RESULT OF DEFECT CAUSED DURING THE MANUFACTURING OF THE FRAME. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10099774November 10, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
WHILE DRIVING ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. ONCE IT CAME ON IT STAYED ON. THEY REPLACED THE CRANK SENSOR TWICE. HOWEVER, CONSUMER RECEIVED A TSB REGARDING IGNITIION COIL. THE SERVICE BULLIETIN HAD ALREADY BEEN OUT 11 MONTHS PRIOR. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086802November 5, 2004
SUSPENSION, TIRES
FRONT END VIBRATES WHEN DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY. CAR HAS BEEN TO DEALER MULTIPLE TIMES FOR TIRE ROTATION, TIRE REPLACEMENT AND LOWERING OF AIR PRESSURE IN TIRES. ISSUE IS STILL NOT RESOLVED AND I AM TOLD THIS IS HOW NISSAN CARS DRIVE. *AK THE CONSUMER HAS REQUESTED THAT NHTSA DISREGARD THIS COMPLAINT. *SC THE CONSUMER WAS RESPONDED TO ABOUT HER REQUEST TO DROP THE COMPLAINT. FRONT END VIBRATION AS DESCRIBED BY THE CONSUMER MAY RESULT IN A STEERING OR SUSPENSION SYSTEM FAILURE THEREFORE NHTSA REQUESTS FROM THE CONSUMER FOR INFORMATION TO BE KEPT IN FILES. *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10090101October 29, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
RECALL 02V171000 CONCERNING ALTERNATOR. WHILE STARTING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICED A GRINDING NOISE AND A ODOR OF SOMETHING BURNING. CONSUMER CONTACTED THE DEALER CONCERNING THIS RECALL. DEALER INFORMED CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096497October 27, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
THIS VEHICLE HAS MODERATE VIBRATION AT HIGHWAY SPEEDS. THE DEALER HAS DONE THE FOLLOWING TO TRY AND ELIMINATE THE PROBLEM: 1). BALANCED ALL 4 TIRES - 14OCT04. 2). ADJUSTED THE STEERING RACK, AND BALANCED 4 TIRES - 18OCT04. 3). REPLACED FRONT TIRES, AND BALANCED - 25OCT04 (AM). 4). REPLACED REAR TIRES, AND BALANCED - 25OCT04 (PM). THE DEALER'S SERVICE MANAGER RODE WITH ME (DURING THE TEST DRIVE) FOLLOWING EACH OF THESE EVENTS, AND THE VIBRATION STILL EXISTS. ALSO, THE EXTERIOR FINISH HAS A ROUGH FEEL TO IT. IT APPEARS THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS IN AN AREA WHERE CLEAR COATING AS BEING APPLIED (TO A DIFFERENT VEHICLE), AND WAS NOT PROPERLY PROTECTED. VISUALLY, ONE CANNOT TELL. TOUCHING THE VEHICLE, THE EXTERIOR SURFACES ARE NOT SMOOTH TO THE TOUCH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097101October 26, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WITH EXTENSIVE FRONT-END DAMAGE THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *BF WHILE DRIVING OUR VEHICLE ON THE INTERSTATE, MY SON REAR-ENDED A FORD WINSTAR VAN. HE BELIEVES THAT HE WAS GOING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH AND WAS ABLE TO BRAKE TO SOME EXTENT BEFORE HITTING HER REAR BUMPER. FORTUNATELY NO ONE WAS INJURED. HOWEVER THERE WAS EXTENSIVE DAMAGE TO THE FRONT OF THE MAXIMA. THIS INCLUDED THE FRONT BUMPER, GRILL, RADIATOR, HOOD AND OTHER COMPONENTS THAT I WAS UNABLE TO ASSESS. HOWEVER OUR BODY SHOP AND INSURANCE COMPANY FELT THAT THE COST OF REPAIRS EXCEEDED THE VALUE OF THE VEHICHLE SUCH THAT THEY "TOTALED" THE CAR. MY CONCERN WAS THAT WITH SUCH EXTENSIVE FRONT-END DAMAGE THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. NISSAN SEEMS TO THINK THAT THIS WAS APPROPRIATE. HOW CAN WE DETERMINE IF THIS IS CORRECT. PLEASE ADVISE. THANK YOU. *AK FOLLOW UP LETTER FROM 10078979 *TC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096442October 26, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE STOPPED FOR 30 SECONDS AT A RED LIGHT MY 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA SE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED (4000-5000 RPMS) AND SURGED FORWARD. MY FOOT WAS ON THE BRAKE PEDAL ONLY. I APPLIED FULL PRESSURE TO THE BRAKE AND APPLIED THE EMERGENCY BRAKE. THE ENGINE REVS DROPPED DOWN AND INCREASED TWO ADDITIONAL TIMES. WHEN THE REVS DROPPED FOR THE THIRD TIME I QUICKLY PUT THE CAR INTO PARK AND SHUT OFF THE ENGINE. WHEN I TURNED THE CAR BACK ON THE ENGINE RAN NORMALLY. I WAS VERY FORTUNATE THAT THERE WAS ADEQUATE DISTANCE BETWEEN MYSELF AND THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME. I TOOK THE CAR TO A NISSAN DEALER THE SAME MORNING AND NO TROUBLE CODES OR STORED DATA WAS FOUND IN THE COMPUTER. NISSAN HEADQUARTERS TOLD ME A FACTORY REP WILL COME TO DIAGNOSE MY PROBLEM ONLY IF THE CAR IS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097810October 26, 2004
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW
PASSENGER'S SIDE AIR BAG WENT OFF INADVERTENTLY WHILE TRAVELING 20 MPH. CONSUMER WAS NOT INJURED, AND WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE HOME. CONSUMER WILL CONTACT THE DEALER THE NEXT DAY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096463October 26, 2004
SUSPENSION
STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY AT SPEEDS ABOVE 50 MPH. I TOOK THE CAR TO DEALER THREE TIMES. IT WAS NOT ACKNOWLEDGED IN THE FIRST TRIP. FRONT TIRES WERE BALANCED IN THE SECOND TRIP. PROBLEM STILL EXISTS AND THE CAR IS IN THE DEALER FOR THE THIRD TIME. IT HAS LESS THAN 1000 MILES ON IT. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096400October 25, 2004
TIRES
ACCIDENT OCCURRING ON 8/29/2004 DUE TO B. F. GOODRICH TIRE, P225/55TR17 BLOWING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096305October 24, 2004
SUSPENSION
IVE BEEN TRYING TO GET THE PROBLEMS FIXED WITH MY NEW CAR. IT HAS BEEN SHAKING (STEERING WHEEL), ON MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT, APRIL 8/2004 @ DOBBS NISSAN MEMPHIS, TN. IVE HAD THE CAR IN 5 DIFFERENT CAR DEALERSHIPS--- #1APRIL 12/04 COURTESY NISSAN INC., RICHARDSON, TX-- #2 APRIL 14/04 DOBBS NISSAN, MEMPHIS, TN---#3 MAY 7/04 CARLOCK, TUPELO, MS ---#4 MAY 17/04 CRUMP NISSAN, JASPER, AL--- #5 COLUMBUS, MS NUMEROUS TIMES. AFTER 5 (FIVE) SETS TIRES, THATS 20 (TWENTY) NEW TIRES, 12 BEING CONTINENTAL ALL WEATHER AND 8 BRIDGESTONE POTENZA S-03 AND 10 (TEN) BALANCE JOBS, I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM. THE CAR HAS AROUND 10,000 MILES NOW AND ABOUT HALF OF THEM WERE PUT ON GOING TO THE DEALERS. I SENT A REGISTERED LETTER MAY 25-2004 TO CONSUMERS AFFAIRS, AND THEN NISSAN FLEW IN A TECHNICAL SPECIALIST FROM CA. HE TOOK A FEW PICTURES OF THE TIRES. GUESS WHAT? IT NEEDED A BALANCE JOB. NOW, THE DEALER HAS 2 MORE TIRES ORDERED, IVE HAD TO GET ALL THESE TIRES MYSELF, BUT THE LAST TWO. IM NO TECHNICAL SPECIALIST BUT I BELIEVE ITS THE CAR NOT THE TIRES. LOOKS LIKE THE LEMON LAW IS NEXT!!!*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097442October 22, 2004
STRUCTURE:BODY:TAILGATE:HINGE AND ATTACHMENTS, VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
WHILE DRIVING 50 MPH A LOUD EXPLOSION OCCURRED. REAR TAILGATE GLASS AND SUN ROOF GLASS SHATTERED WITHOUT ANY IMPACT. THEN, A YEAR LATER, A RECALL FOR THE SUN ROOF GLASS WAS ISSUED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10096237October 22, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
1. NORMAL DRIVING; 2. BOTH FRONT STRUTS ON THE VEHICLE WERE BLOWN; AND 3. DEALER REPLACED THE PARTS UNDER WARRANTY. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10097231October 20, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#859548October 20, 2004
SEAT BELTS
AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT RETRACTOR CABLE POPPED OUT AND IT WOULD'NT MOVE. NOW IT ONLY WORKS MANUALLY. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095795October 14, 2004
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
THERE IS AN AIR LEAK IN THE REAR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW. I AM WORRIED THIS IS GOING TO CONSISTENTLY GET WORSE AND HAVE MY WINDOW SHATTER AT SOME POINT. AFTER READING ANOTHER COMPLAINT OF THE SAME PROBLEM I FELT COMPELLED TO FILE ONE OF MY OWN. I REPORTED THIS TO MY DEALER AND THEY HAVE NOT LOOKED INTO THE PROBLEM. WHILE IN FOR SERVICE, ANOTHER CUSTOMER WAS COMPALINING OF THE SAME PROBLEM. EVERY PERSON THAT SITS IN THE BACK SEAT NOTICES A VERY DISTINCT AIR LEAK IN THIS WINDOW. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10095624October 12, 2004
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL SHIMMY SINCE PURCHASED IN JUNE, 2004. SHIMMY OCCURS BETWEEN 55 AND 65 MPH. HAVE BEEN TO THE DEALER AT LEAST 4 TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE. THEY EVEN APPLIED THE FOLLOWING SERVICE BULLETIN TO NO AVAIL: SERVICE BULLETIN NUM : 04085 , DATE OF BULLETIN: JUL 16, 2004 NHTSA ITEM NUMBER: 10008836. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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