2000 Nissan Maxima

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT WENT ON WHILE ON A TRIP. THE CODES INDICATED OXYGEN SENSORS ON THE FRONT AND REAR BANKS. THE CAR HAS 45,000 MILES ON IT AND THIS IS THE THIRD TIME IT HAS NEEDED OXYGEN SENSORS REPLACED, EACH TIME AT APPROXIMATELY 15,000 MILES. THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART, ALSO EACH TIME THEY REFLASH THE ECM "SO IT DOES NOT HAPPEN AGAIN", THIS IS DEFECTIVE PARTS AND NISSAN SHOULD EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THEM. AT $650 FOR THE REPAIR, IT IS A VERY EXPENSIVE MAINTENANCE ITEM. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE IS RUNNING ROUGH. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN SEPT '02 AND THEY DETERMINED THE COILS WERE NO GOOD. THEY REPLACED THEM UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THE CAR IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN AND THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE COILS NEED REPLACING AGAIN. DEALER MENTIONED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL COILS. OBVIOUSLY THEY USED ORIGINAL COILS WHEN THEY REPLACED THEM IN 2002. NOW THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE THEM AGAIN BECAUSE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. CONTACTED NISSAN DIRECTLY AND THEY ALSO REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE COILS OR THE LABOR.*AK

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE TRAVELING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC, AND THE ENGINE COILS WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. A COMPLAINT WAS REGISTERED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. HOWEVER, MANUFACTURER REFUSED ASSISTANCE.*AK......THESE COILS HAVE A FLAW IN DESIGN WHICH RESULTS IN ONE OR MORE ENGINE MISFIRES. NISSAN HAS IMPROVED THE DESIGN IN NEWER MODELS. HOWEVER, NISSAN REFUSED TO HELP CUSTOMERS. TOTAL COST OF REPLACING THE COILS WAS $750.00. *AK

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

THE OXYEN SENSORS HAVE FAILED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY SINCE PURCHASING THIS CAR. I'VE LOST TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF TIME THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE OXYGEN SENSORS, BUT IT'S AROUND 7 OR 8. THE DATE BELOW IS ONLY THE MOST RECENT OCCURENCE OF THE 'SERVICE ENGINE' LIGHT COMING ON DUE TO THE OXYGEN SENSOR. NUMEROUS OTHER NISSAN'S HAVE HAD OXYGEN SENSOR RECALLS AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS MODEL SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED ALSO.