Nissan Maxima Complaints

6,958 consumer complaints on file.

#10117443April 5, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:CONTROL ARM
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE STEERING WOULD BE HARD TO STEER. RECALL 02V146000 CONCERNING FRONT SUSPENSION ARM WAS ISSUED. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT REPAIR FREE OF CHARGE BECAUSE THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117485April 5, 2005
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE TRAVELING AT 50 MPH IN THE RAIN CONSUMER SAW A TREE THAT FELL ON THE ROAD. CONSUMER COULD NOT AVOID HITTING THE TREE. IMPACT FLATTENED THE HOOD, AND THE WINDOW SHIELD CAME INTO THE VEHICLE. ALSO, SUN ROOF WAS SMASHED. UPON IMPACT, AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CONSUMER STRUCK HER HEAD ON THE STEERING WHEEL. VEHICLE WAS TOTALED.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#10116373April 4, 2005
EXTERIOR LIGHTING:TAIL LIGHTS, SUSPENSION:FRONT:WHEEL BEARING
LOUD KNOCKING UNDER FRONT OF THE CAR, I REPLACED THE BEARINGS AND NOISE STOPPED FOR A WHILE. THE KNOCKING HAS COME BACK AND THE STEERING WHEEL WILL BE HARD TO MOVE AND SOMETIME JERKS TO THE SIDE. ALSO THE WHOLE TAIL LIGHT GOES OUT, I HAVE CHANGED THE LIGHT BULBS FOUR TIMES ALREADY WITHIN A MONTH.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117096March 30, 2005
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
RECALL CAMPAIGN 95V244000 CONCERNING FUEL TANK ASSEMBLY: PIPE FILLER NECK: WHILE REFILLING THE VEHICLE CONSUMER NOTICE THAT FUEL WAS LEAKING FROM THE FILLER NECK TUBE ONTO THE GROUND. CONSUMER NOTICED THIS RECALL INFORMATION ON NHTSA WEBSITE AND CONTACTED THE DEALER, WHO INFORMED THE CONSUMER THAT THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER THIS RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10117068March 29, 2005
SEATS:MID/REAR ASSEMBLY
DRIVER NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WATER CAME IN FROM THE WHEEL WELDS AND STARTED LEAKING ONTO THE REAR SEAT. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH REAR SEATS AND BOLTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115956March 28, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA ABOUT 80K MILES. IN THE LAST TWO MONTHS I HAVE HAD MY CAR IN THE SHOP 4 DIFFERENT TIMES FOR MY SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT. MY INDEPENDENT SERVICE STATION TRIED WHAT THEY COULD, BEFORE FINELY REPLACING AN OXYGEN SENSOR. THIS KEPT THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT OFF FOR THE BETTER PART OF TWO WEEKS. BUT IT'S BACK AND THIS TIME THE COMPUTER CODE IS REGISTERING A FAULTY AACV VALVE. MY MECHANIC SAYS THAT THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH THESE ENGINES AND THAT NISSAN MIGHT HELP FOOT THE COST OF REPAIRS CONSIDERING THAT THE SEAL INSIDE THE ASSEMBLY IS THE KNOWN CULPRIT. MY MECHANIC COULD MAKE THE REPAIRS HIMSELF BUT THEN THE CAR WOULD NEED TO BE TOWED TO NISSAN SINCE THE SECURITY CODES WOULD NEED TO BE RESET AND ONLY NISSAN CAN DO THAT. I CALLED MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP (WHERE I PURCHASED THE CAR) AND WAS TOLD THAT SINCE I HAD USED AN INDEPENDENT RATHER THAN THEIR SERVICE CENTER FOR REPAIRS, THE BEST I MIGHT GET WOULD BE A HAND SHAKE. IS WHAT MY MECHANIC SAID CORRECT? IS THIS IS FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM? AND, IF SO, HOW DO I GET NISSAN TO ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY IN AS MUCH AS THEY USED FAULTY MATERIALS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE AACV VALVE?
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10105095March 28, 2005
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE THE BRAKES SQUEALED. CONSUMER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND THE DEALER PERFORMED A FACTORY INSPECTION. LATER, THE BRAKES FAILED, AND THE RIGHT REAR CALIPERS WERE REPLACED. AFTER A 60,000 MILES FRONT PADS, ROTORS, AND CALIPERS HAD TO BE REPLACED. VEHICLE MADE A HUMMING NOISE FROM THE LEFT BRAKE. *AK CONSUMER STATES AFTER VEHICLE WARMED UP BRAKE PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, PUMPS BRAKE PEDAL COMES BACK. REPLACED REAR BRAKES AND REPLACE ROTORS. *BF *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115809March 24, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
WHILE DRIVING AT FAIRLY HIGH SPEEDS VEHICLE SHAKES. WHEN TAKEN TO DEALER FOR SERVICE IT WAS DETERMINED THA TSHAKING WAS DUE TO BALANCING AND ALIGNMENT. THE FRONT RIGHT SHOCK STRUT HAD TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WEAR.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114545March 23, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
IN LATE OCTOBER MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO FOREIGN AUTOMOTIVE AND THEY RAN A SCAN OF MY ENGINE. THE FEED BACK SHOWED THAT THE CODE SHOWED THAT MY IGNITION COIL(S) WERE GOING OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS DID A SEARCH FOR SERVICE RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS ON 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA'S AND FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN DATED SEPTEMBER 6, 2001 THAT SHOWED THAT THE IGNITION COILS INSTALLED IN CERTAIN VINS WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE OWNER OF THE SHOP CALLED NISSAN AND ASKED IF THEY WERE PAYING FOR THE COILS AND THEY INDICATED THEY WERE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR THE COILS OR THE SERVICE. THE SHOP RE-SET MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT AND I TOLD THEM I WOULD GET THE COILS REPLACED LATER IN THE YEAR. WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND MY ENGINE STARTED "KNOCKING". I DECIDED TO GET THE COILS REPLACED. WHEN THE SHOP ORDERED THE COILS, TWO OF THE 6 WERE ON BACK ORDER BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF FAILURES OF THESE COILS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114463March 22, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CAR RAN ROUGH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER SAID ALL COILS NEED TO BE REPLACED. NOT UNDER WARRANTY. OVER $600 FOR THIS . CALLED NISSAN DIRECT. THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR DEFECTIVE PARTS EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE NISSAN MAXIMA !
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114424March 21, 2005
SUSPENSION:FRONT:SHOCK ABSORBER
BRAND NEW 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA, DRIVEN NORMALLY FOR MONTHS AND RECENTLY STARTED NOTICING THE STRUTS MAKING A BANGING NOISE OVER NORMAL LIGHT ROAD BUMPS. THE RIDE QUALITY HAS SINCE DETERIORATED AND IS NOW REACHING THE POINT OF BEING DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. IT HAS BEEN TO TWO NISSAN DEALERS SO FAR WHO REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND KEEP TRYING TO BLAME IT ON ME, MEANWHILE HUNDREDS OF OTHER PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM, AND MANY OTHER DEALERSHIPS ACKNOWLEDGE IT. THERE MUST BE SOMETHING DONE AT THE COROPRATE LEVEL FROM NISSAN TO RECTIFY THIS PROBLEM. ALLOWING THE DEALERS TO DECIDE WHAT IS GOOD AND BAD, WHILE HALF OF THE PARTS ARE DEFECTIVE IS SOLVING NOTHING, AND ONLY CREATING MORE OF A HAZARD AND HASSLE FOR ALL MAXIMA OWNERS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114275March 18, 2005
TIRES:SIDEWALL
GOODYEAR HAS A KNOWN DEFECT ON THEIR GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A TIRES (245/45R18) THAT WERE INSTALLED ON THE2004 NISSAN MAXIMA (AND WHO KNOWS HOW MANY OTHER VEHICLES). THE TIRE SIDEWALL WAS NOT PROPERLY MADE AND DEPENDING ON MILES (I HAVE SEEN THE PROBLEM ON MAXIMA'S WITH MILEAGE RANGING FROM 4,000 MILES UP TO 30,000). GOODYEAR STATES YOU SHOULD CONTINUELY INSPECT THEM AND IF CRACKING OCCURS, THEN THEY WILL REPLACE THEM. I AM VERY COCERNED FOR MY FAMILIES SAFETY WHEN DRIVING NOW, ESPECIALLY LONG DISTANCE, I MAY BE ABLE TO INSPECT THE OUTSIDE SIDEWALLS, HOWEVER NOT THE INNER. IF I CAN'T SEE THE PROBLEM I CANNOT GET IT CORRECTED. THE CRACKING AND COMPOSITION OF THE SIDEWALLS COULD LEAD TO A BOWOUT OR ROLLOVER IF IN A TURN WHEN THE PRESSURE AGAINST THE TIRE SIDEWALL IS GREATEST. A NISSAN MAXIMA IS A PERFORMANCE FAMILY SEDAN SO SOMETIMES DRIVEN HARD. MY NEXT CONCERN IS HAVING TO HEAR ABOUT THIS PROBLEM FROM WORD OF MOUTH THROUGH OTHER MAXIMA CAR OWNERS. NO SAFETY LETTER FROM GOODYEAR TELLING OWNERS TO INSPECT TIRES REGULARLY, NOTHING. THEY ARE PLAYING THE NUMBERS WITH MY FAMILY AND MY LIFE AND THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. PLEASE FORCE THEIR HAND TO DO SOMETHING. THANK YOU. ALSO YOU CAN READ AN INTERNET THREAD FROM OTHER CUSTOMERS WITH THIS PROBLEM AT, OVER 5 PAGES: HTTP://FORUMS.MAXIMA.ORG/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=388048. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10115080March 14, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
NHTSA RECALL CAMPAIGN 02V171000 CONCERNING THE ALTERNATOR. A FEW MONTHS AFTER HAVING THE ALTERNATOR REPLACED THE PROBLEM RECURRED, AND THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED AGAIN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114085March 14, 2005
POWER TRAIN:CLUTCH ASSEMBLY
2003 NISSAN MAXIMA EXPERIENCED CLUTCH FAILURE @ 23,000 MILES WITH NORMAL WEAR. CAR HAS ORIGINAL TIRES AND WAS DRIVEN BY AN EXPERIENCED DRIVER. OUR EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN THAT CLUTCHES NORMALLY LAST MORE THEN 75,000 MILES. THIS WAS A $900.00 REPAIR ON A TWO YEAR OLD CAR AND NISSAN OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10094097March 14, 2005
WHEELS, FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE
CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO DEALER FOR RECALLS 95V244000 AND 94V194000 REPAIRS CONCERNING WHEELS AND THE FUEL FILLER. CONSUMER WAS CHARGED FOR THE LABOR, AND THE REPAIRS ON THE WHEELS WAS NOT PERFORMED. *AK THE VEHICLE HAD A FUEL LEAK UNDER THE INTAKE MANIFOLD. A BROKE VACUUM LINE CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO IDLE POORLY. THE VEHICLE'S WATER PUMP WAS REPLACED. *NM
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113948March 11, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (CEL) CAME ON FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 3 YEARS. FIRST TIME AT 27000 MILES WAS DUE TO ERROR IN ECM PROGRAM. 2ND OR 3RD TIMES (43000 AND 61000 MILES) WERE BOTH DUE TO IGNITION COILS. BOTH TIMES ALL SIX IGNITION COILS HAD TO BE REPLACED BY NISSAN AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113876March 10, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
97 NISSAN MAXIMA - I GOT THE ALTERNATOR RECALL AND TOOK IT INTO A NISSAN DEALTERSHIP. AFTER THEY FIXED IT THEY TOLD ME THAT THEY HAD TAKEN OUT A "BOLT" OFF A CERTAIN PART, AND THEY COULD NOT PUT IT BACK ON, AND THAT MY CAR WOULD MAKE NOISES IT I DIDN'T PAY TO GET THAT PART FIXED. NOW FOR 2 YEARS MY CAR MAKES A SCREACHING NOISE WHEN I TURN IT ON FOR ABOUT 45 SEC - WHICH WAKES UP THE WHOLE NEIGHBORHOOD. THE REASON I AM FILING THIS IS BECUASE, BEFORE THE RECALL THE CAR WAS FINE. I DID SOME RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET, AND IT SEEMS THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE HAD THE SAME NOISE, SO I FEEL AS IF IT IS ALMOST AN EPIDEMIC AMONGST NISSAN'S, MAXIMAS SPECIFICALLY. PLEASE ADVISE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10114963March 10, 2005
POWER TRAIN:AXLE ASSEMBLY
WHILE TURNING THE DRIVER HEARD A LOUD CLANKING NOISE COMING FROM THE LEFT FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. WHILE ACCELERATING 35MPH, THE CLANKING NOISE ESCALATED LOUDER. THE DRIVER DROVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER. THE DRIVER INFORMED THE MECHANIC THAT THE POWER TRAIN AXLE NEEDED TO BE REPLACEMENT DUE TO CORROSION. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10112702March 8, 2005
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
HAVING PUT LESS THAN 1,000 MILES ON OUR (NEWLY PURCHASED) USED NISSAN MAXIMA (67,000 MILES TOTAL), WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE STARTING PROPERLY. IT WAS TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR, AND WE HAD TO REPLACE ALL 6 IGNITION COILS AT A COST OF OVER $600. IT WAS THEN TOLD TO US THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT THE SHOP HAD SEEN ON MANY OCCASIONS.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10113464March 4, 2005
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE ENGINE WARNING LIGHT REMAINED LIT. DEALERSHIP WAS NOTIFIED, BUT DID NOT RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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