2004 Nissan Maxima

DT: THE CONSUMER NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER SIDE TIRE WAS GETTING LOW ON AIR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A SERVICE STATION, AND THE SERVICE MANAGER TOLD HER THE TIRE HAD A CRACK AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE GOODYEAR DEALERSHIP FOUND THAT ALL FOUR TIRES HAD CRACKS ON THE INSIDE BEADING. THE CONSUMER HAD THE TIRES REPLACED AND NO LONGER EXPERIENCED A DEFECT. *AK (12/02/05) *SC

NO INCIDENTS LED UP TO FAILURE. WENT TO NISSAN DEALER AND COMPLAINED OF ROAD NOISE FROM FRONT OF CAR. DEALER SAID 2 TIRES WERE CRACKED AND POSED A DANGER OF COMING APART. SAID THEY WOULD BE LIABLE IF ALLOWED ME TO LEAVE WITHOUT NEW TIRES. INVESTIGATED ON THE INTERNET: THERE ARE MULTIPLE REPORTS OF GOODYEAR EAGLE TIRES ON 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA'S (OEM) THAT HAVE DEVELOPED DANGEROUS CRACKS. THESE SHOULD BE RECALLED. CRACKS ARE APPEARING ON "SIDE FACING INWARD" PART OF TIRES NOT EASILY VISABLE BY CONSUMERS. MILEAGE ON TIRES WAS 30348. WAS TOLD TO TAKE TIRES TO GOODYEAR DEALER BUT HAVE NOT GOTTEN THERE YET.

DT: 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONSUMER STATED THE DRIVER'S SIDE FRONT AND REAR TIRE SPLIT ON THE SIDEWALLS. THE FRONT TIRE SPLIT ON THE COMPLETE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE, BETWEEN THE WHEEL AND THE TREAD. THESE WERE GOODYEAR TIRES, P245/45R18. THESE WERE THE ORIGINAL TIRES FOR THE VEHICLE. THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER PROBLEMS WITH THE OTHER TWO TIRES. *AK

2004 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH 24K MILES. EQUIPPED WITH GOODYEAR EAGLE R-SA P245/45R18 TIRES. LEFT FRONT AND RIGHT REAR TIRES SHOWS SIGNS OF SIDEWALL SEPARATION (ONE INCH FROM RIM). TREAD DEPTH WAS MEASURED AT 7/32 AND 8/32. TALKED WITH DEALER WHO SAID HE HAD ANOTHER MAXIMA GOODYEAR REPLACED THE TIRES ON DUE TO SIDEWALL SEPARATION. GOODYEAR HAS OFFERED TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE TIRES AT LESS THAN THE PRO-RATED WARRANTY AMOUNT. THIS COMPLAINT IS MEANT TO BRING ATTENTION TO POSSIBLY A "BAD" PRODUCTION RUN OR ENGINEERED DEFECT. *NM

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA, IT CAME WITH GOODYEAR TIRES. THE TIRES NOW MAKE VERY LOUD ROAD NOISE. THE DEALER, AFTER 3 OR 4 TRIPS ADVISED THE ROAD NOISE WAS DUE TO A BENT RIM. (THE CAR HAS NEVER BEEN DRIVEN ROUGHLY, BENT RIM MUST HAVE BEEN FROM ORDINARY DRIVING AND/OR AVERAGE POT HOLE). I HAD THE BENT RIM FIXED. HOWEVER, THE LOUD ROAD NOISE CONTINUES. THE DEALER SAYS THERE IS NO RECALL ON THESE TIRES & TELLS ME I NEED TO TAKE THE ISSUE WITH THE TIRE DEALERSHIP, OR MANUFACTURER. THEY EVIDENTLY REFUSE TO BACK THE PRODUCTS, THEY PUT ON THEIR NEW CARS, THEY SELL ON THEIR LOTS. I ALSO HAD A DEFECTIVE STRUT ON THE RIGHT REAR. IT TOOK THREE TRIPS TO THE DEALERSHIP, BEFORE THE PROBLEM WAS FINALLY FOUND. AND THEN A FOURTH TRIP, TO HAVE IT FIXED, ONCE THEY HAD ORDERED & RECEIVED THE PART. IT'S TOO BAD SUCH A POTENTIALLY GREAT CAR, HAS CREATED SUCH A BAD EXPERIENCE FOR ME, A FIRST TIME NISSAN BUYER. THIS, DUE TO LACK OF SUPPORT FROM NISSAN MOTORS & LACK OF QUALITY CONTROL ON SUSPENSIONS & TIRES. I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN AUTOMOBILE, DUE TO THIS EXPERIENCE & LACK OF PRODUCT BACKING BY THE MANUFACTURER. *NM

DT: THE CONSUMER STATED THAT THE TIRES HAD CRACKS ON THE SIDEWALLS. THE TIRES WERE ABOUT A YEAR AND A HALF OLD. THE TIRES CAME ON THE VEHICLE WHEN THE CAR WAS BOUGHT. A GOODYEAR DEALER CHECKED THE TIRES AND THE CONSUMER WOULD REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES. THE TIRES WERE GOODYEAR EAGLES RSA. CONSUMER NOTICED THE CRACKS YESTERDAY. THE FACTORY REPRESENTATIVE WAS WILL CHECK THE TIRES. *AK *JB

DT: 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT HAS CONTINENTAL, CONTITOURING , TIRE, SIZE P225/55/R17 LEAKED AIR ALMOST TO THE POINT OF BEING FLAT. THIS HAPPENS OVER A PERIOD OF TIME, SUCH AS TWO WEEKS, THESE LEAKS WERE SLOW, AND OCCURRED FOUR TIRES. CONSUMER WAS DRIVING ABOUT 35 MPH IN A SCHOOL ZONE AND HEARD A POP, PULLED OVE,R AND THE RIGHT REAR TIRE WAS COMPLETELY FLAT ON THE RIM. THIS OCCURRED NEAR A GAS STATION ,AND CONSUMER DROVE THERE TO GAS STATION TO PUT AIR IN THE TIRE, BUT THE AIR SYSTEM AT THE GAS STATION WOULD NOT WORK. CALLED FAMILY MEMBER TO BRING AN AIR PIGGY AND THE TIRE WOULD NOT INFLATE. WAITED FOR TIRE DEALER TO OPEN BECAUSE THIS WAS EARLY IN THE MORNING AND THEY COULD NOT INFLATE THE TIRE. UPON FURTHER INSPECTION THEY NOTE THA T INSIDE OF THE TIRE RUNNING VERTICALLY FROM THE RIM TO THE TOP OF THE TIRE HAD A SPLIT. DUE TO TREAD SEPARATION THIS COULD NOT BE REPAIRED , AND A NEW TIRE WOULD HAVE TO BE PURCHASED. CONTACTED DEALER, WHO SUGGESTED DISCUSSING THIS MATTER WITH TIRE MANUFACTURER. CONTACTED CONTINENTAL, WHO SAID CONSUMER WOULD HAVE TO TAKETIRE TO AN AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER WHICH WAS A CONSIDERABLE DRIVE FOR INSPECTION OF THE TIRE. CALLED A SECOND TIME, AND THEY SAID THEY WOULD SEND OUT A CALL TAG AND REQUEST TIRES BACK. CONSUMER HAD ALL FOUR TIRES REPLACED WITH A DIFFERENT BRAND AND PAID FOR THIS OUT OF POCKET. HAVE NOT SENT THOSE TIRES TO CONTINENTAL AT THIS TIME. *AK

MAXIMA 2004 HAS EAGLE RS-A 245-45 TIRES WHICH BECAME CRACKED IN A CIRCULAR PATTERN AT 32,000. GOODYEAR REPLACED TIRES AND OFFERED PRORATE, BUT COST WAS STILL $555.00. INTERNET MAXIMA OWNERS HAVE FOUND CRACKS ON INSIDE OF TIRE AS WELL AS EARLY AS 16,000 MILES. I BELIEVE THAT THIS IS DANGEROUS. THE NOISE WAS GREATER, THE GRIP OF THE TIRE SEEMED TO BE LESS, THE BUMPS ON THE ROAD WERE MORE NOTICEABLE, AND THE TIRES FELT "WISHY-WASHY" AT TIMES. ONCE I PUT ON THE NEW TIRES AGAIN WITH EAGLE RS-A THE CAR FELT TOTALLY DIFFERENT AND BETTER, ALTHOUGH IT WAS BITTER SWEET TO HAVE THE SAME TIRES AGAIN. CAN YOU HELP IN THIS MATTER PLEASE? *NM

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SE. WHILE THE CAR WAS AT THE DEALER FOR ROUTINE SERVICE, THE TECHNICIAN TOLD ME THAT THE INSIDE SIDEWALLS OF ALL 4 TIRES WERE SHOWING CRACKS, AND THE FRONT PASSENGER TIRE HAD CRACKS AND A BULGE COMING OUT. THIS WAS WHEN THE CAR HAD ONLY ABOUT 26,000 MILES. HE SAID THE COST TO REPLACE THE TIRES IS $245 EACH TIRE, PLUS INSTALLATION COSTS. HE STRONGLY RECOMMENDED THAT I REPLACE AT LEAST THE TWO FRONT TIRES AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. I THEN TOOK THE MAXIMA TO A DIFFERENT NISSAN DEALER FOR THEIR OPINION AS WELL. THAT DEALERSHIP AGREED THAT ALL 4 TIRES HAD CRACKS ON THE INSIDE SIDEWALLS, AND THE BULGE WAS THERE ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. THEY RECOMMENDED THAT I REPLACE ALL 4 TIRES. I TOLD THEM IT SEEMS ABSURD THAT TIRES THAT ARE SO NEW WOULD NEED REPLACEMENT, AND THEY SAID IT WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THESE TIRES AND I SHOULD GO TO GOODYEAR TO SEE IF THEY WOULD COVER ALL OR PART OF THE REPLACEMENT COST. I CALLED NISSAN HEADQUARTERS (1-800-NISSAN-1) AND WAS TOLD THE SAME THING, IT IS NOT NISSAN'S RESPONSIBILITY, BUT GOODYEARS'. GOING TO GOODYEAR THIS AFTERNOON TO HAVE THEM CHECKED -- AND IF SAFETY RISK EXISTS I WILL OF COURSE HAVE TO BUY NEW TIRES. I HAVE A WIFE AND A 21-MONTH OLD BABY, AND CANNOT RISK A BLOWOUT OR SOME OTHER CATASTROPHE THAT MAY CAUSE INJURY TO MY FAMILY. NO TIRES SHOULD FAIL LIKE THIS SO QUICKLY. GENERAL RULE IS IF SOME OBJECT OR THING GOES INTO A TIRE, THAT IS JUST A RISK THAT THE OWNER MUST BEAR. BUT IF THE TIRES SHOW PROBLEMS COMING FROM THE INSIDE OUT, THAT INDICATES A TIRE DEFECT. I WILL UPDATE THIS AFTER MEETING WITH GOODYEAR. *NM