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

ON MY NISSAN MAXIMA SE 2000 WHICH ONLY HAS 23,000 MILES ON IT, THE LEFT FRONT COIL SPRING BROKE. MY GARAGE TOLD ME THAT BOTH COIL SPRINGS WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED, AN ALIGNMENT NEEDS TO BE PERFORMED AND BECAUSE THE SPRING RIPPED INTO THE TIRE, THE 17" PERFORMANCE TIRE NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. ALL TO A TUNE OF $900. I'M TOLD A COIL SPRING SHOULD NEVER BREAK ON A CAR THAT HAS THIS LOW MILEAGE. NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS OFFERED NO HELP BECAUSE I WOULD NOT HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO A "CERTIFIED" NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHICH WOULD HAVE COST ME MORE MONEY. *NM

MY 2000 MAXIMA HAS 82000 MILES ON IT, AND THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE IGNITION COILS SINCE I BOUGHT THE CAR IN DECEMBER 2004 (WITH 69000 MILES ON IT). I HAVE LEARNED THAT THIS IS AN INCREDIBLY COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2000 MAXIMAS. IF I HAD KNOWN I WAS GOING TO HAVE SO MANY PROBLEMS, I DEFINITELY WOULD HAVE BOUGHT A DIFFERENT CAR. NISSAN'S IGNITION COILS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED AND RECALLED. *NM

SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT CAME ON AT 68000 MILES. TOOK TO DEALER AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WAS A P1320 CODE AND THAT THE PRIMARY IGNITION COIL #4 WAS FAULTY. THEY WANTED ME TO HAVE ALL 6 IGNITION COILS REPLACED AND ALL 6 SPARK PLUGS FOR A TOTAL OF $912. THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT IS PLAGUING A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE. THE PROBLEM IS CAUSING MISFIRING AND ROUGH IDLING. *JB

2000 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH 42000 MILE IN OTHERWISE EXCELLENT CONDITION, GENERATES PRE-IGNITION KNOCK. HAS BEEN DIAGNOSED AND SHOWN NISSAN SERVICE BULLETIN NO: EC01-023 - NTB01-059 INDICATING FREQUENT PREMATURE FAILURE OF SUCH PARTS. NISSAN TO-DATE HAS NOT ISSUED A RECALL OR EXPRESSED WILLINGNESS TO PAY FOR SUCH REPAIRS TO THE TUNE OF ABOUT $800 PER VEHICLE. SUCH WIDESPREAD FAILING, OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE PARTS SHOULD BE REPLACED BY THE MANUFACTURER. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA AFTER LOOKING ON THE INTERNET FOR PARTS TO FIX MY CAR I CAME ACROSS A SITE CALLED CAR SURVEY ABOUT PEOPLE WITH 2000 MAXIMAS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THERE CAR. READING FURTHER INTO IT I HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH MY CAR. THE CAR STALLS IN DRIVE AND IN PARK THIS IS A REAL PROBLEM FOR ALL OF US CONSIDERING THAT NISSAN WANTS ABOUT 1,000 DOLLARS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM WHICH I BELIEVE AND A LOT OF PEOPLE BELIEVE ARE THE COILS. THIS IS A LOT OF MONEY TO MOST OF US TRYING TO RAISE A FAMILY AND DO NOT HAVE THAT TYPE OF MONEY. WHEN I BOUGHT THIS MAXIMA I WAS THINKING I BOUGHT A NICE RELIABLE CAR, NOT KNOWING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM WHICH A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED ALREADY. I AM HOPING THAT THIS LETTER AMONG OTHERS WILL FURTHER CONVINCE NISSAN TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM CONSIDERING IT SEEMS TO BE A DEFECT IN THESE CARS THANK YOU VERY MUCH. *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