Nissan Maxima

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Besides the complaints below, many 2003 Maxima owners complain that their headlights are being stolen repeatedly.

• Nissan Maxima - stolen headlights

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Jason of Kihei, HI September 18, 2009

Flaw in design with moonroof has rust around the front area poorly created 2004 sl maxima. leaking seals destroyed headliner, leather interior and also electronic devises in car. what a joke and this is a luxury car for nissan. what a terrible decision to purchase a nissan

Takiyah of Arlington, TN September 15, 2009

The 2004 Nissan Maxima has a faulty transmission, that Nissan fails to acknowledge. I have contacted Nissan to no avail. Their own repair technicians acknowledge the WIDESPREAD problem, yet offer no assistance. The transmission jerks, and ultimately fails. I have had to have the transmission rebuilt to the tune of 3600 with other expenses (tires as a result of the car design) of about 400. The car is a lemon and Nissan won't recall the parts or offer any assistance with repairs. I have recommended to others not to purchase the same type of car. Every owner of a Nissan Maxima that I have talked to has the same type of issues to varying degrees. Sad Nissan case...My bank account has suffered a 4000 loss, and a planned retirement has been placed on hold.

Sabrina of Live Oak, TX September 10, 2009

My husband purchased me a 2009 Nissan Maxima while I was in Iraq, July 2008. Upon my return home in September 2008, he may have driven it approximately 70 miles and that was back and forth from the dealer to our home. After pulling into the drive way and he let the garage door up and I spotted that beautiful clean lines of the 2009 Nissan Maxima; I felt appreciated and deserving.

Two weeks later we traveled to Louisiana for a funeral and upon a return back to Texas, the "smart box" in the vehicle went out and we were stranded over a week due to no one knew how to replace the broken part. After this episode, the next frustrating issue was cell phone connection. Upon each call when I utilize the voice activation, I would only get connected to my mother's telephone number even if I was calling my husband.

Took it to the Nissan dealership and they did not know how to fix it due to it was a new car; unacceptable in my eye sight. Needless to say, I fixed the problem by trouble shooting.

Next issue...steering column going out after 1 year of driving. Took vehicle to dealership; needed to order part (understandable but why did this happen on a new vehicle). Today upon leaving work, I decided to open my sun roof and let my windows down due to the nice cool breeze. The material surrounding the sunroof buckled under preventing the sunroof from opening and now I have bunched up material on the sunroof.

We have 4 vehicles and this car has been in the shop more times than the other 3 put together. The reason why we purchase new vehicles is due to we do not want vehicle issues. I am at the point of trading this beautiful but problematic vehicle in for something more reliable. I am afraid of getting on the highway with this vehicle and will not recommend it to anyone.

Sabrina of Live Oak, TX September 10, 2009

My husband purchased me a 2009 Nissan Maxima while I was in Iraq, July 2008. Upon my return home in September 2009, he may have driven it approximately 70 miles and that was back and forth from the dealer to our home. After pulling into the drive way and he let the garage door up and I spotted that beautiful clean lines of the 2009 Nissan Maxima; I felt appreciated and deserving. Two weeks later we traveled to Louisiana for a funeral and upon a return back to Texas, the "smart box" in the vehicle went out and we were stranded over a week due to no one knew how to replace the broken part. After this episode, the next frustrating issue was cell phone connection. Upon each call when I utilize the voice activation, I would only get connected to my mother's telephone number even if I was calling my husband. Took it to the Nissan dealership and they did not know how to fix it due to it was a new car; unacceptable in my eye sight. Needless to say, I fixed the problem by trouble shooting.

Next issue. . . . .steering column going out after 1 year of driving. Took vehicle to dealership; needed to order part (understandable but why did this happen on a new vehicle). Today upon leaving work, I decided to open my sun roof and let my windows down due to the nice cool breeze. The material surrounding the sunroof buckled under preventing the sunroof from opening and now I have bunched up material on the sunroof. We have 4 vehicles and this car has been in the shop more times than the other 3 put together. The reason why we purchase new vehicles is due to we do not want vehicle issues. I am at the point of trading this beautiful but problematic vehicle in for something more reliable. I am afraid of getting on the highway with this vehicle and will not recommend it to anyone.

Mary of Thousand Oaks, CA September 7, 2009

June of 2003 I bought a 2004 Maxima3.5SE. On 6/14/2008 I noticed a problem with the paint job,Perma Plate said at that time it is a bad paint job. June 30,2009 the paint looks alot worse,contacted Nissan they opened a claim then told me on 8/6/2009 they will not pay for a paint job because the warranty had expired and the milage on the car (73,000 miles). File number with Nissan #6537875. A paint job should last longer than 4 years on a quality car. This is just a brief statement. I have 2 estimates one for 2,970.00 and 1,600.00

Jason of Elmwood Park, IL August 21, 2009

I own a 2001 Nissan Maxima. The ECM (engine control module, also known as the brain) has malfunctioned on it. It has been diagnosed by three separate auto mechanics.I believe that an eight year old car from a company that prides so much on quality shouldn't need such an expensive repair especially since the problem is on many other Nissan Maxima's specific to my year and model.Even the credible website, MSN Autos, has my exact issue documented under the "engine" category. There are many consumer complaints posted on the web with my identical problem. What does it take for them to recall this very dangerous issue?

Kimberly of Corona, CA August 5, 2009

Issues with 2004 Nissam Maxima with less than 88,000 miles. Am on my 3rd transmission and 3rd set of motor mounts. I have noticed there are over 400 complaints on the NHTSA website. Same response from Nissan that its not a "known" issue. Find that hard to believe. Dealerships and others in the auto repair industry disagree that it IS a KNOWN issue yet they are doing nothing. Am out 5000 on a Nissan that should only be half way thru its life.

Cost of new 2nd transmission 3500. (luckily it was under warranty when IT went out). Cost of motor mounts- two times 1000. Cost of aggrivation with Nissan not acknowledgingl his: cannot put into words. Are there lemon laws that woull apply; has there been any start of a class action suit. Would like to join in!

Carlos of Long Beach, CA July 27, 2009

I purchased a 2004 Nissan Maxima and it all seemed fine for a bit but once i hit around 90k miles, the transmission started having problems. First, when I shift from Park to any other gear. It seems to either hesitate to shift into gear and once it does it shifts in a horrible KNOCK! I took it in for service and they replaced motor mounts. I suggested it may be the transmission, The dealership ignored that. Now, it continues to do the same problem as well as slip gears while in motion. It usually slips from 1st to 2nd, or 2nd to 3rd. It causes the car to rev and shifts when it wants. That makes it snap even harder. This to me seems very dangerous and I don't know what to do because my car just ran out of it's extended warranty. I don't have the money for a transmission repair.

Chris of n chas, SC July 10, 2009

I own a 2005 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE. Buying it brand new and recognising Nissan's reputation, I expected a quality product. Obviously I was mistaken. The first issue I had with this vehicle was the center console instrumentation; specifically the CD/radio. It was replaced under warranty and I was,of course, told that it was extremely rare occurrence. I accepted this as truth and continued on for approx. 1 year without any problems. Next the A/C compressor and condensor went out. 4 estimates later I found out the cheapest I could get this fixed was 1400. Appearently Nissan runs a monopoly on their parts and (at the time) no aftermarket parts were available. By the way, the cheapest estimate I could get was by the Nissan dealership and that was because they didn't have to pay the mark-up on their own parts.

Now,two years later, the transmission is beginning to go. While shifting from 1st to second and second to third the car lerched forward and spins the tires. It also shifts into nuetral and revs the RPMs. When it finally catches, it jerks the car and at times is hard to control. It also does this when it down shifts. Once again I thought this was an isolated circumstance until I started doing my research on-line. I have found numerous complaints for this exact same problem. Unfortunetely I recieved no help from Nissan customer service. The only recomendation was to take it to the dealership and have them run diagnostic tests. I can't help but be sceptical after reading many other unfortunate Nissan consumers given this same advice.

Joseph of Sugar Land, TX July 10, 2009

I have a 2004 Maxima SE. I also have had transmission problems with the car. PROBLEM 1: Changing gears from R to D the car, stalls for a few seconds then catches on D, but then JERKS the whole car. Very annoying problem. I have taken to the Sterling McCall dealer in they re-programed the transmission module and flush the fluid for 400+. What a waste of money. After servicing the car, the problem remained and continued to JERK. The second time, the dealer could not repair and I was told I needed a NEW Transmission ( 3800+ ). This car only has 84K miles. As a longtime Honda owner of 4 Hondas, I thought Nissan would be a dependable car with little problems. I was wrong. I also have had the Engine Motor Mounts replaced also. (500+). I plan to aggressively purse a complaint to corporate to cover the cost of repair, and post on many consumer websites to spread the word.

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