Nissan Maxima Complaints

6,958 consumer complaints on file.

#8014470July 22, 2002
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE HAS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION AND ENGINE CONTINUES TO ACCELERATE WHEN CLUTCH IS DISENGAGED AND FOOT IS REMOVED FROM GAS PEDAL. VEHICLE WAS CHECKED BY DEALER, WHO ADJUSTED IDLE, BUT PROBLEM STILL OCCURRING. VEHICLE CHECKED AGAIN, AND DEALER ADVISED CONSUMER THAT MAXIMA OPERATES THAT WAY AND NOTHING COULD BE ONE.*AK CONSUMER STATES THAT THIS OCCURS IN ALL FORWARD GEARS AND CAUSES A SURGE IN ACCELERATION WHEN RE-ENGAGING THE TRANSMISSION. *SLC
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764507July 20, 2002
TIRES
TWO OF THESE TIRES ON THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE CAR, LEAKED OUT THE AIR,THEY HAD LESS THAN 5,000 MILES ON THEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014259July 18, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR
AT 30MPH VEHICLE SHUTS OFF. THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER NOTIFIED.*AK CONSUMER STATED PROBLEM WAS DUE TO THE ALTERNATOR. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014276July 18, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:12V/24V/48V BATTERY
BATTERY EXPLODED WHEN STARTING VEHICLE. BATTERY WAS REPLACED BY DEALER IN FEBRUARY 2002. THE DEALER HAS INSPECTED VEHICLE. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014082July 17, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC:ROTOR
ROTORS WERE WARPING AFTER ONLY 15000 MILES. CONTACTED DEALER, AND DEALER CANNOT FIND CAUSE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#764316July 16, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION
I TOOK CAR TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP AFTER NO. 2 COIL WAS BAD AND THEY WANTED TO REPLACE ALL OF THE COIL PACKS, RATHER EXPENSIVE. I GOT A SECOND OPINION, AND THEY REPLCED THE BAD ONE ONLY. A MONTH LATER, NO. 4 WENT BAD WHILE DRIVING IN TRAFFIC. WHEN THE PART CAME IN FOR THIS ONE, IT WAS A DIFFERENT PART NUMBER. SOMETHING IS FISHY HERE. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL. THE PRIVATE REPAIR COMPANY TOLD ME THERE APPEARS TO BE A MASSIVE PROBLEM GETTING PARTS, YET NO RECALL?*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8014004July 16, 2002
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
VEHICLE HAS STALLED 3 TIMES WHEN COMING TO A STOP. WAS TAKEN TO DEALER TWICE. IAC VALVE WAS REPLACED, DID NOT REMEDY THE PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#9006852July 11, 2002
AIR BAGS
AIR BAG LIGHT CAME ON AT ABOUT 80,000 MILES DEALER SAID AIR BAG MODULE WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED---NO ACCIDENT--NO ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013789July 11, 2002
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES:HOOD:LATCH
WHILE LOOKING UNDER HOOD PRESSURE SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING HOOD TO FALL, AND CAUSING INJURY.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8013565July 9, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT TWICE, THE FIRST TIME IT WAS REBUILT, AND CURRENTLY IT IS A PROBLEM AGAIN. TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REBUILT AGAIN FOR THE 2ND TIME.*AK *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763815July 3, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD
I PUT THE CAR IN THE GARAGE AND WENT INSIDE THE HOUSE. I CAME BACK OUT TO THE GARAGE TO GET SOMETHING ELSE OUT OF THE CAR AND I SMELLED A HORRIBLE SMELL, LIKE PLASTIC BURNING. I OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW THE FLAMES. MY NEIGHBOR HELPED ME PUSH THE CAR OUT FHE GARAGE. I RAN A HOSE OVER THE ENGINE TO PUT THE FIRE OUT. HAD I NOT GOTTEN THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE, MY CAR COULD HAVE CAUGHT FIRE, BURNED MY BRAND NEW HOUSE DOWN AND POSSIBLY KILLED ME. I AM APALLED THAT I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS RECALL MORE THAN 1 YEAR AFTER MY INCIDENT. I THOUGHT IT WAS ISOLATED UNTIL I READ ABOUT IT IN THE NEWPAPER. IT COST MORE THAN $650 TO REPLACE THE ALTERNATOR AND FIX THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR. I AM GOING TO CONTACT NISSAN FOR REIMBURSEMENT. I AM VERY LUCKY THAT MY SITUATION DID NOT END UP KILLING ME.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
Yes
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8013244July 3, 2002
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION:MODULE
CONSUMER STATES VEHILCE FAILED TO START BECAUSE THE COMPUTER CHIP IN VEHICLE HAD DE PROGRAMMED. CONTACTED DEALER. REPROGRAM CHIP, PROBLEM REACCURED.*JB
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012997July 1, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
WHILE DRIVING AT 40-50 MPH, CONSUMER FAINTED AND THE VEHICLE RAN INTO THE GUARDRAIL ON ITS RIGHT FRONT END. NONE OF THE FRONT AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AKCONSUMER SUFFERED NECK INJURIES. *JG
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
1
Deaths:
0
#8012906June 28, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS
BRAKE LINE CORRODED, CONSUMER FOUND OUT ABOUT CORRODED BRAKE LINE WHILE DRIVING. CONTACTED DEALER WHO WAS NOT WILLING TO DO ANYTHING.*AKTHE DEALER ESTIMATED DAMAGES AT 1500 DOLLARS. THE BRAKE LINE AND THREE GAS LINES (FUEL, RETURN AND SEND) NEEDED REPLACING DUE TO CORROSION. THE BRAKE LINE LEAKS AT THE POINT UNDER THE LEFT FRONT DOOR. CORROSION COULD BE DUE TO ROAD SALT. *JG
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763540June 27, 2002
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:CONTROL MODULE (TCM/PCM/TECM), SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP
EVERY TIME THE CAR IS WASH ABS SLIP AND TRACTION MALFUNCTIONS. THESE LIGHTS ALSO ARE DISPLAYED IN THE CONSOLE.. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL TIMES. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER AND ON MORE THAN FOUR OCCASIOS, AND PROBLEM STILL NOT RESOLVE. THE STEERING WHEEL AND COLUM MAKES NOISE BUT DEALER STATTES THEY CANNOT DUPLICATE. WHEN EVER I DRIVE OVER BUMPS IT IS VERY PRONUNCED. *AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012620June 25, 2002
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS
WHEN CONSUMER IS INSIDE OF A PARKING LOT OR IF SHE DRIVES OVER A BUMP IN ROAD BRAKES WILLNOT HOLD. THERE IS A NOISE WHEN SHE APPLIES BRAKES. PEDAL GOES ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR DEALERSHIP IS AWARE OF PROBLEM.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012629June 25, 2002
AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A FRONTAL COLLISION OF 45 MPH AND DRIVER'S AIR BAG DID NOT DEPLOY. DEALER AND MANUFACTURER WERE NOT NOTIFIED AT THIS TIME.*AK
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763430June 25, 2002
VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY
ON TWO OCCASIONS (SO FAR) WHILE DRIVING WITH THE SUNROOF CLOSED, THE SUNROOF HAS OPENED BY ITSELF. BOTH TIMES THE BACK OF THE SUNROOF OPENED, INSTEAD OF THE ENTIRE PANEL SLIDING OPEN. THE SUNROOF SWITCH DID WORK TO CLOSE IT. I HAVE NOT YET TAKEN THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR THIS DEFECT NOR HAVE I CONTACTED NISSAN.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#763440June 25, 2002
TIRES
AFTER PURCHASING A NEW 2001 NISSAN MAXIMA SE IN AUGUST 2001, I TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP OVER FIVE TIMES BECAUSE OF THE STEERING AND VIBRATION OF THE TIRES AND THE PROBLEM IS STILL NOT FIXED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#8012459June 24, 2002
POWER TRAIN
SPEEDOMETER IS INOPERATIVE. MILEAGE READING IS INCORRECT. DEALER CONTACTED.*AK
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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