2000 Nissan Maxima

BEGINNING AT 17,000 MILES AND CONTINUING TO 73,000 MILES REPEATED HARNESS WIRING BREAKS RESULTING IN ENGINE COIL FAILURE, EMISSION CONTROL MALFUNCTIONS, CATALYTIC CONVERTER FAILURE, AND ENGINE MISFIRING. CAR LOST POWER AND BECAME UNUSABLE FOR BRIEF TIME PERIODS. APPREHENSIVE DRIVING CAR FOR FEAR OF PROBLEM OCCURRING UNEXPECTEDLY. CAR HAD BEEN REPAIRED EIGHT TIMES. EMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPLACED AND EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM REPROGRAMMED. COILS REPLACED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND FRAYED WIRES REPAIRED. CATALYTIC CONVERTER REPLACED. *NM

START-UP AND IDLE PROBLEM FROM 2004 TO 2006 FUEL SYSTEM INDUCTION SERVICED NOVEMBER 2004 THROTTLE BODY SERVICED IN NOVEMBER 2004 STARTER MOTOR ASSEMBLY REPLACED IN DECEMBER 2005 FUEL SYSTEM INDICATION SERVICED IN NOVEMBER 2005 THROTTLE BODY SERVICED IN NOVEMBER 2005 SIX (6) ENGINE COILS REPLACED IN JANUARY 2006 EACH TIME TAKEN IN TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR DUE TO THE START-UP AND IDLE PROBLEM. DEALERSHIP WOULD NOT IDENTIFY THE DEFECTIVE ENGINE COIL AND REPLACE IT ALONE. DEALERSHIP REQUIRED ALL SIX ENGINE COILS BE REPLACED DUE TO NISSAN DIRECTIVE. *NM

MY 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA HAD LESS 24,000 MILES WHEN MY MECHANIC RECENTLY REPORTED IT NEEDED A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER. HE SAID THIS DOESN'T OCCUR UNTIL ABOUT 80,000 MILES AND IT WAS PROBABLY CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP FROM THE MANUFACTURER. WITHOUT THIS EXPENSIVE REPAIR MY CAR WILL NOT PASS THE SMOG TEST. NISSAN CORPORATION REFUSES REPAIR ASSISTANCE BECAUSE OF THE END OF THE WARRANTY PERIOD EVEN THOUGH THE MILEAGE IS FAR BELOW THAT COVERED BY WARRANTY. THE ONLY EXPLANATION IS A DEFECT IN NISSAN'S MATERIAL OR WORKMANSHIP THAT THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR. *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WAS RESET BY THE DEALERSHIP, HOWEVER IT ILLUMINATED AGAIN. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION, THE DEALERSHIP PERSONNEL DISCOVERED THE OXYGEN SENSOR AND THE COIL PACK NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 02/07/06. *JB

CAR WAS LEASED IN 2000, BROUGHT IT IN TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN 2002 FOR A REPAIR. THE CAR WAS ALMOST STALLING OUT AT LIGHTS. DEALERSHIP SAID THERE WAS A FAULTY COIL AND REPLACED. HOWEVER, 4 YEARS LATER THE SAME THING HAPPENED AND WHEN I BROUGHT THIS TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC THEY SAID THERE WAS A TSB FROM 2001 THAT SAID NISSAN RECOMMENDS REPLACING ALL 6 COILS. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN AFTER FINDING THIS OUT, THEY BASICALLY SAID YOUR CAR ISN'T UNDER WARRANTY AND WE DON'T GRANDFATHER THESE IN. MY QUESTION IS, WHY DIDN'T THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP LOOK A THEIR OWN TSB AND REPLACE ALL OF THESE WHILE UNDER WARRANTY? *NM

I PURCHASED A USED 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT HAD 28,000 MILES ON IT ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO. I HAVE ONLY PUT 6,000 MILES ON THE CAR, BUT HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC WHEN IT HAD TO PASS SMOG INSPECTION. HE TEMPORARILY FIXED THE ENGINE LIGHT PROBLEM, BUT SOON AS I ACCELERATED OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR, THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES, WHICH HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED TWICE, THE IGNITION (CAR WOULDN'T START), AND, A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR WHEN DOWNSHIFTING (ENGINE SEIZES UP VIOLENTLY). THERE IS ALSO A SUSPENSION PROBLEM, AS CAR MAKES LOUD NOISE EVERY TIME I HAVE TO GO OVER SPEED BUMPS. MY SON IS READY TO GET HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND I WILL HAVE TO GET RID OF THIS CAR AT A LOSS, AS I DO NOT FEEL THE CAR IS SAFE FOR HIM TO DRIVE. *JB