Nissan Maxima Complaints

6,958 consumer complaints on file.

#10088561August 25, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I WAS TOLD I HAD A ERROR CODE 1320 AND THAT 1 OF THE IGNITION COILS WAS BAD BUT THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO PINPOINT WHICH COIL WAS BAD SO THEY HAD TO CHANGE ALL SIX COILS AT A COST OF $499. I WENT ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND NOTICED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR IGNITION COIL AND HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS. I CALLED NISSAN AND SPOKE TO A REP WICH TOLD ME THAT SINCE I HAVE A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THIS PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10089484August 23, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
WHILE BACKING OUT VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED UNCONTROLLABLY. DRIVER APPLIED THE BRAKES AND PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR. THE VEHICLE CONTINUE TO ACCELERATE. THIS CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO CRASH INTO A TREE. THE DRIVER WAS KILLED ON IMPACT. AN AMBULANCE AND POLICE DEPARTMENT ARRIVED, AND AN ACCIDENT REPORT WAS ISSUED. *AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
1
#10089454August 20, 2004
EQUIPMENT:APPLIANCE:AIR CONDITIONER
PROBLEMS WITH AIR CONDITIONER COMPRESSOR. *MR *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088110August 18, 2004
TIRES
I AM EXPERIENCING SEVERE VIBRATIONS IN THE STEERING OF MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. IN MARCH OF 2004 AFTER SEVERAL TRIPS FOR ROTATIONS AND BALANCING, ALL FOUR TIRES WERE CRACKED ON THE ENTER WALL OF THE TIRES. NISSIAN SUGGESTED THAT I GO TO GOODYEAR DEALER AND HAVE THE TIRES REPLACED. GOODYEAR REPLACED THE TIRES AND FIVE MONTHS LATER, ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE CRACKED AGAIN. WE QUESTIONED NISSIAN TO SEE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE THAT WAS CAUSING THE TIRES TO CRACK. NISSIAN ADVISE ANY PROBLEM CONCERING THE TIRES SHOULD BE TAKEN UP WITH GOODYEAR AND SAID IT WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO. AT THIS TIME, AUGUST 17, 2004 I STILL HAVE ALL FOUR CRACKED TIRES ON MY VEHICLE AND IT IS VIBRATING EVEN MORE. GOODYEAR ADVISED THAT THE ONLY SET OF TIRES MADE FOR THIS VEHICLE IS GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-AP245/45R18. GOODYEAR ADVISED US THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE THIS TIRE IN STOCK AND IT WILL BE ABOUT A WEEK OR SO BEFORE THEY CAN GET IT. I WAS INFORMED THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL TIRES FOR THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL CAR. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088164August 18, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IGNITION COILS FAILED AFTER 60,000 MILES. NISSAN WAS OF NO HELP. PREVIOUSLY HAD THREE MAXIMAS.....BUT WILL CERTAINLY SWITCH TO TOYOTA ON NEXT PURCHASE. THE COST TO REPAIR WAS ABOUT $800
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10088163August 18, 2004
TIRES
MARCH 2004 ALL FOUR TIRES ON MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA FOUND TO HAVE CUTS TO THE INSIDE SIDEWALL ALL THE WAY AROUND ALL FOUR TIRES.THE RIGHT REAR TIRE RUN FLAT, DUE TO THE CUTS AND CRACKING ON THE TIRES.CAR TAKEN TO NISSAN DEALER.SERVICE DEPARTMENT ADVISED ME THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE TIRES.SUGGESTED I GO TO GOODYEAR DEALER AND HAVE TIRES REPLACED.SUGGESTED THAT THE TIRES CAUSED VIBRATION IN STEERING.GOODYEAR REPLACED ALL FOUR TIRES IN MARCH 2004.AUGUEST 2004 FIVE MONTHS LATER THE SAME PROBLEM PERSIST, ALL FOUR TIRES HAVE CUTS AND CRACKS ALL THE WAY AROUND THEM SAME AS BEFORE.CAR STEERING IS VIBRATING MOORE.PROBLEM NOT SOLVED CAR TAKEN BACK TO NISSAN SERVICE DEPARTMENT.SERVICE MANAGER ADVISED THAT PROBLEMS WITH TIRES HAVE TO BE TAKEN UP WITH TIRE MANUFACTURE,DID NOT EVEN LOOK AT TIRES,TOLD ME HE COULD NOT GET TO ME TODAY AUG 18,04,COME BACK AUG20,04 AND THEY WOULD SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO.GOODYEAR INSPECTED THE TIRES AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY HAVE REPLACED SEVERAL TIRES ON THIS YEAR ,MAKE AND MODEL CAR.IT WAS SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT IN THE CAR THAT IS CAUSEING THE PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES,THE GOODYEAR DEALER DO NOT HAVE THE TIRES IN STOCK,AND DO NOT NO EXACTLY WHEN THEY WILL HAVE THEM.GOODYEAR ONLY MAKE ONE TIRE TO FIT THE MAXIMA SE P245/45R18.MEANWHILE I AM STILL TRAVELING ON THE DEFECTED TIRES PUTTING MY LIFE AT RISK.I HAVE TO TRAVEL 45 MILES ONEWAY TO GET TO THE NEAREST NISSAN/GOODYEAR DEALER.THIS WAS NOT TAKEN INTO CONSIDARATION.GOODYEAR AND NISSAN ARE PLAY ING PASS THE BUCK.HOWEVER THEY ARE PLAYING WITH MY FAMILIES LIFE.PLEASE DO NOT WAIT UNTILL A LIFE IS TAKEN BEFORE YOU ACT,TO MANY LIVES ARE AT RISK.*ALL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087028August 17, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
IN JUNE OF 2003, MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER PAYING FOR THE EXPENSIVE COMPUTER DIAGNOSIS I WAS TOLD THAT ONE OF THE IGNITION COILS WAS BAD. HOWEVER THEY COULD NOT TELL WHICH ONE AND I WOULD NEED TO REPLACE ALL OF THEM EVENTUALLY. SINCE IT WAS SO EXPENSIVE MY MECHANIC SAID WE COULD START BY REPLACING ONE AT A TIME THAT WORKED FINE UP UNTIL NOW. RECENTLY MY CAR HAS STALLED IN TRAFFIC. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IF SO MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS, WHY A RECALL IS NOT BEING DONE AT NISSAN'S EXPENSE. I WISH I WOULD HAVE FOUND THIS WEBSITE BEFORE I PURCHASED MY MAXIMA. I WILL THINK TWICE BEFORE BUYING ANOTHER NISSAN. *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087036August 17, 2004
SUSPENSION, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY, INTERIOR LIGHTING, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT
I WANT TO KNOW WHY NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED THE 1995 MAXIMA DUE THE SPRINGS DEFECT, GEAR SHIFT MALFUNCTION, STARTER PROBLEM AND THE LIST GOES ON. I HAVE 2 1995 MAXIMA'S AND THEY BOTH HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. HAVING DONE QUITE A BIT OF RESEARCH LOOKING FOR CUSTOMER COMPLAINTS, IT LOOKS AS THOUGH EVERYONE ELSE WITH A 95 MAXIMA HAS THE SAME DEFECTS. THE SPRING PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION DEFINITELY SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED AS WAS THE SPRING PROBLEM WITH THE SENTRA. I HAVE DOCUMENTED EVERY COMPLAIN THAT I COULD FIND AND IF MY DAUGHTER OR MYSELF HAS AN ACCIDENT IN THESE NISSAN'S, SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY WILL BE RICH! I DO NOT HAVE $1600 TO REPLACE THEM. I HAVE ALREADY SPENT $1000,S OF DOLLAR REPLACING STARTER, BRAKES, ROTORS, KNOCK SENSORS, BATTERIES AMONGST OTHER THINGS AND I'VE ONLY HAD THE CARS SINCE MARCH OF THIS YEAR. NEITHER CD PLAYER WORKS, INSIDE DOME LIGHT DOES NOT WORK.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086971August 16, 2004
TIRES, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
I HAVE A THREE YEAR LEASE. TWO YEARS INTO THE LEASE I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE ALL FOUR TIRES AND NOW THE BRAKES. THE REAR BRAKES FROZE UP. THE CAPLIERS, ROTORS, AND PABS NEED TO BE REPLACED ON THE REAR AND THE ROTORS ON THE FRONT. I HAVE NEVER HAD TO DO THIS WITH A CAR BEFORE. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087008August 16, 2004
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
I HAVE 43,000 ORIGINAL MILES ON MY 2000 MAXIMA AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE IGNITION MODULES (1 PER CYLINDER) TWICE.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087764August 12, 2004
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
THE ACCELERATOR MOTION SENSOR FAILED WITHOUT WARNING. AS A RESULT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT GO ANY FASTER THAN 30 MPH. A RECALL (02V043000) WAS ISSUED, HOWEVER THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS OUTSIDE OF THE REMEDY SCOPE. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL. *JB INFORMATION.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10082135August 12, 2004
SUSPENSION, STEERING
WHILE DRIVING, THE STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED HEAVILY. IT WAS HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL. *AK THE DEALER EXCHANGED THE VEHICLE FOR ANOTHER AND THE NEW VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEMS. THE VEHICLE WOULD ALSO PULL. *SC *JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087708August 11, 2004
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP
FUEL FILLER PIPE RUSTED. AS A RESULT, WHEN FILLING THE VEHICLE FUEL LEAKED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086470August 9, 2004
SUSPENSION
STERING AND VIBRATION AT 50 TO 70 MPH. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087348August 6, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT
WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED VEHICLE VEERD TO THE RIGHT. VEHICLE VEERED EVEN MORE TO THE RIGHT WHEN THE BRAKES WERE DEPRESSED. DEALER HAS PERFORMED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT TWICE WITHIN A THIRTY DAY PERIOD.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086252August 5, 2004
VISIBILITY:GLASS, SIDE/REAR
WINDOW FOGS UP REGULARLY AND MORE INTENSE IN THE SUMMER. AFTER A COMPLETE CLEANING JOB, THE WINDOWS FOG UP AGAIN. IT CAUSES MAJOR VISIBILITY PROBLEM DURING THE DAY WHEN THE SUN HITS THE WINDSHIELD, AND AT NIGHT WHEN ONCOMING VEHICLES LIGHTS HIT THE WINDSHIELD. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY DID THE 60K MILES SERVICE AND INSPECTED THE CAR, AND WASN'T ABLE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. I CALLED NISSAN 800 # AND THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO HELP ME EITHER.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087160August 4, 2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE PULLING INTO THE DRIVEWAY VEHICLE DECELERATED. VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN AT 15 MPH TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. VEHICLE WAS AT THE TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST FOR 2 WEEKS, AND THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10086179August 4, 2004
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL:DRIVER SIDE:INFLATOR MODULE
I OWN A 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE AIRBAG LIGHT STARTED TO FLASH FOR NO APPARENT REASON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TYNANS NISSAN IN FT. COLLINS, CO ON JULY 2, 2004 FOR DIAGNOSTICS. WAS INFORMED THAT A MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE, AUTHORIZED ORDERING NEW MODULE ($450). RETURNED ON 7/20/04 FOR REPLACEMENT, WAS TOLD THAT THE ERROR WAS MISDIAGNOSED AND A SERVICE BULLETIN (NTB00-043) STATED THAT " IF A 1998 OR 1999 MAXIMA HAS THE SRS LIGHT FLASHING... INSTALL A SRS SIDE AIR BAG MODULE OF THE TYPE INDICATED IN THE PARTS INFORMATION TO RESOLVE THIS INCIDENT. THIS NEW SIDE AIR BAG MODULE (WITH LONG HARNESS) REPLACES BOTH THE AIR BAG MODULE AND THE SEAT SUB-HARNESS." I REFUSED TO AUTHORIZE THIS REPAIR, THE DEALERSHIP THEN REPLACED THE ORIGINAL PARTS. THE PROBLEM THEN WENT AWAY. ROOT CAUSE IS THE MANUFACTURER ORIGINALLY USED A TWO PIECE WIRE HARNESS THAT MAY (IN MY CASE DOES) BECOME DISCONNECTED WHEN THE SEAT IS MOVED THROUGHOUT ITS RANGE OF MOTION. THE REPLACEMENT HARNESS IS LONGER AND HAS A DIRECT CONNECTION ACCORDING TO NISSAN. I STRONGLY FEEL THAT THIS SAFETY ISSUE SHOULD BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OEM NOT THE CONSUMER DUE TO THE FLAW IN DESIGN. IF SOMEONE NOT AS TECHNICAL AS MYSELF (ELECTRONICS AND MANUFACTURING ENGINEER) WAS TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM THEY WOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OVER $1000 IN COST DUE TO NISSANS POOR DESIGN. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10087095August 3, 2004
SUSPENSION:FRONT:MACPHERSON STRUT
WHEN DRIVING 5 MPH A RATTLING NOISE CAME FROM THE FRONT. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHO DETERMINED THAT FRONT STRUT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AND THAT PART WAS ON BACK ORDER. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10083145August 2, 2004
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE:BELTS AND ASSOCIATED PULLEYS
WE HAD BEEN SMELLING GASOLINE INSIDE THE CAR FOR ABOUT A DAY. WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR IN THE MORNING THERE WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULTY STARTING THE CAR. WE BACKED OUT AND NOTICED SOME LIQUID IN OUR PARKING SPACE. UPON CHECKING THE LIQUID SMELLED LIKE GASOLINE. WHEN I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, THERE WAS A GASOLINE LEAK WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR (SPRAYING ALL OVER THE ENGINE). THE INJECTOR FUEL LINE WHERE IT GOES INTO THE FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING AT THE CRIMP CLAMP. THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. (WE WERE AT THE END OF A WEEKS VACATION IN ARIZONA). WE THOUGHT WE FOUND A USED PART BUT IT WAS THE WRONG ONE. FINALLY, AFTER WE HAD TO RENT A CAR TO COME HOME, NISSAN SAID IT WOULD BE SHIPPING THE PART TO OUR MECHANIC'S DISTRIBUTOR AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN 5 - 10 DAYS. I HAD TO TAKE A BUS BACK TO ARIZONA TO PICK UP THE CAR. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHE IF THE CAR HAD CAUGHT FIRE OR IF WE WERE IN A DESOLATE OR PRECARIOUS AREA WHERE WE HAD BEEN EARLIER THAT WEEK. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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