2004 Nissan Maxima

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCKS WORKED INTERMITTENTLY AND AT INAPPROPRIATE TIMES. ON OCCASION, THE VEHICLE'S DOORS OFTEN WOULD LOCK AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT THE CONTACT'S EFFORTS. SOMETIMES THIS OCCURRED WITH THE DRIVER DOOR AND OTHER TIMES WITH ALL DOORS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALERSHIP TWICE WHERE THE PROBLEM COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE DOORS DID NOT AUTOMATICALLY LOCK WHILE DRIVING ALSO THE REAR SEAT BELT WENT INTO SAFETY CATCH/LOCK MODE WHEN SOMEONE BARELY FLICKED THE SEAT BELT. THE CONSUMER COULD OPEN THE DOOR AT ANY TIME, THE DOORS WOULD NOT LOCK AT TIMED. UPDATED 09/13/06. *JB

2004 NISSAN MAXIMA ALL FEATURES HAD LOCKED UP. CONSUMER TRIED TO FIX THE PROBLEM, WHEN TRYING THE CAR JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND ROLLED DOWN THE DRIVEWAY HITTING A TAURUS AND A TRAILER. AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *KB ***NAR*** THE CONSUMER WAS INJURED AND AS THE VEHICLE WAS ROLLING DOWN THE DRIVEWAY A FAMILY MEMBER, WHICH THE VEHICLE NEARLY MISSED FELL BACKWARDS AND BROKE HER WRIST. THE CONSUMER STATED THERE WAS NO REASON FOR THE GEAR SHIFT TO LOCK OR FOR THE VEHICLE TO JUMP AND ROLL. THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN PLACED IN PARK AND THE PARKING BRAKE HAD BEEN PULLED PRIOR TO THE INCIDENT. *JB

PROB #4 ON AUGUST 9, 2006, I WENT TO LEAVE FOR WORK AND MY CAR WOULD NOT START AT ALL. WHEN I TURNED THE KEY IT SOUNDED AS IF IT WOULD START, BUT IT WOULD NOT TURN OVER. IT IS AN ALTERNATOR PROBLEM. I HAD ENOUGH WITH THIS CAR. AFTER READING AND PRINTING ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITE, I ENDED UP WITH 42 PAGES OF COMPLAINTS, 3 TO A PAGE. A NUMBER OF THE COMPLAINTS HAD ALTERNATOR PROBLEMS AND THE MAXIMA DYING ON THEM WHILE DRIVING AROUND THE SAME MILEAGE THAT MY CAR IS AT RIGHT NOW, 27,300. MY CAR IS ONLY 3 YEARS OLD AND IT WOULD NOT START!!! WHEN MY HUSBAND CAME HOME FROM WORK IT STARTED RIGHT UP FOR HIM. I REFUSE TO DRIVE THIS CAR NOW. I AM PREGNANT AND CANNOT RISK BEING STUCK ON THE SIDE OF THE ROAD SOMEWHERE. MY HUSBAND CALLED THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND SPOKE THE MAN WHO SOLD US THE CAR, WE ARE GOING TO TRY TO GET OUT OF THE LEASE. I HAVE A COMPLETE LEMON. ON TOP OF ALL THIS, I RECEIVED TWO RECALL NOTICES ON THIS CAR. THE FIRST ONE IS FOR CORROSION IN THE BACK BUMPER FOR "SALTY" STATES. SINCE NY IS CONSIDERED A SALTY STATE, I AM SUPPOSE TO GET THIS TAKEN CAR OF BY THEIR "CARING" DEALERSHIPS. I CALLED NISSAN IN SMITHTOWN, NY AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR 7/20/06 WHO LOST MY APPT. I MADE THIS APPOINTMENT A MONTH AND HALF BEFORE THIS. SHE PUT THE SERVICE MANAGER ON THE PHONE WHO TOLD ME HE CANT MAKE AN APPOINTMENT FOR ME UNTIL NOV! I TOLD HIM I WOULD CALL CORP AND HE SAID GO AHEAD. ANOTHER COMPLAINT TO CORP, NOTHING DONE. RECEIVED ANOTHER RECALL NOTICE THAT THE COILS IN THE HEAD REST CAN GO ON FIRE! NOT ONLY IS THE CAR TERRIBLE, BUT THE DEALERSHIPS ARE NO BETTER. ALL THIS MONEY CUSTOMERS SPEND ON THIS CAR AND THE SERVICE WORKERS AND MANAGERS AT BOTH HABBERSTAD AND SMITHTOWN ARE RUDE & OBNOXIOUS. CORP TOLD ME TO TRY ANOTHER DEALERSHIP! I TOLD HER I WILL NOT DRIVE ALL OVER LONG ISLAND TO FIND A DEALERSHIP WHO WILL ACTUALLY HELP THEIR CUSTOMERS, AND THAT THE AMOUNT OF MONEY I PAID FOR THIS CAR, NO ONE SHOULD BE TREATED THIS WAY. NISSAN SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. *NM

PROBLEM 2 OF 5: PURCHASED 2004 MAXIMA BRAND NEW. CAR IS NOW 10 MONTHS OLD. ON OR ABOUT 2/24/05 MY STEERING WHEEL WAS STUCK IN THE UP POSITION. THE MAXIMA'S TILT MOTOR WAS NOT WORKING. WHEN YOU TURN THE KEY THE STEERING WHEEL MOVES TO DRIVER'S MEMORY POSITION. MY CAR WAS STUCK UPRIGHT. IT WAS STUCK SO HIGH UP IT WAS LIKE DRIVING A BUS AND VERY HARD TO TURN. I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP RIGHT AWAY BECAUSE I COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR WITH THE STEERING WHEEL UP LIKE A BUS DRIVER. IT WAS DANGEROUS AND VERY HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL. THE DEALERSHIP HAD TO ORDER THE PART AND HAD TO MANUALLY ADJUST MY STEERING WHEEL TO A MORE COMFORTABLE POSITION SO I CAN DRIVE MY CAR UNTIL THE PART CAME IN. ON 3/11/05 THE DEALERSHIP FINALLY REPLACED THE INOP TILT MOTOR. ALSO, MY TRUNK STILL POPS OPEN SOMETIMES IN REVERSE.

PROBLEM 1 OF 5: PURCHASED 2004 MAXIMA BRAND NEW ON 4/12/04. END OF JUNE, 2004, NOTICED TEMPERATURE GAUGE PINNED AT HOT. ALSO, SOMETIMES WHEN I REVERSE, MY TRUNK POPS OPEN. CALLED NISSAN TO BRING CAR IN. WAS NOT GIVEN APPOINTMENT UNTIL 7/12/04. OF COURSE, THE WONDERFUL MECHANICS AT NISSAN HUNTINGTON COULD NOT EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM AND SAID MY CAR WAS OPERATING PROPERTY AT THAT TIME. GAVE ME MY CAR BACK AND WAS TOLD THE NEXT TIME MY CAR IS PINNED AT HOT, BRING IT RIGHT IN. THEN, A FEW WEEKS LATER, THE THERMOSTAT WAS PINNED AT HOT AGAIN. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN THE WOMAN WHO ANSWERS THE PHONE FOR SERVICE WOULD NOT LET ME BRING MY CAR IN DESPITE WHAT THE MECHANIC TOLD ME A FEW WEEKS BACK. SHE WOULD NOT GIVE ME AN APPOINTMENT UNTIL THE FOLLOWING WEEK. I TOLD HER THAT THIS COULD BE A MAJOR ENGINE PROBLEM AND WHAT IF MY CAR ENGINE FAILS. SHE DID NOT CARE. SO I DROVE THE CAR IN ANYWAY, AND HAD TO CUT THE LINE AT THE SERVICE DEPT AND GRAB A MECHANIC SO THEY CAN SEE FOR THEMSELVES THAT THE THERMOSTAT WAS INDEED PINNED AT HOT AND I AM NOT CRAZY. THIS WAS ON 8/11/04, MY CAR IS JUST ABOUT 4 MONTHS OLD NOW. THE DEALERSHIP FINALLY DETERMINED FAULTY TEMPERATURE GAUGE AND PLACED GAUGE. I ONLY HAD 3,992 MILES ON THIS CAR. THE DEALERSHIP DID GIVE ME A RENT A CAR BECAUSE I MADE A BIG STINK ABOUT MY CAR BEING BROKEN AND I WOULD BE OUT OF A CAR FOR 4 DAYS. *NM

3RD PROBLEM WITH MAXIMA: PURCHASED 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA BRAND NEW. AFTER 2 MAJOR PROBLEMS THAT I SPOKE ABOUT IN TWO EARLIER COMPLAINTS, I AM NOT ON #3. IN OCTOBER, 2005, TWO WEEKS BEFORE MY WEDDING, WHILE MY AREA WAS GETTING SOME RAIN. I GOT IN MY CAR AS USUAL TO BEGIN DRIVING TO WORK, WHEN I NOTICED A BIG PUDDLE ON MY PASSENGER LEATHER SEAT. MY SUNROOF WAS LEAKING. WHEN I CALLED NISSAN IN HUNTINGTON, NY, AGAIN, I HAD TO WAIT DAYS BEFORE I CAN GET AN APPOINTMENT, EVEN THOUGH IT WAS STILL RAINING. THE DEALERSHIP VERIFIED THE SUN ROOF GLASS SEAL WAS LEAKING AND THE REPLACED SUNROOF GLASS ASSEMBLY. THEY ACTUALLY GAVE ME A RENT A CAR THIS TIME, BECAUSE I COMPLAINT TO A MANAGER. *NM

PROBLEM #2 (OUT OF 4/5): PURCHASED 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA BRAND NEW. MY SECOND MAJOR PROBLEM, I THINK THE CAR WAS ABOUT A YEAR OLD. WHEN YOU TURN THE CAR OFF AND ON THE STEERING WHEEL ADJUSTS TO YOUR LIKING AUTOMATICALLY. WELL, IT BROKE. SO WHEN I TURNED THE CAR ON, MY STEERING WHEEL WOULD NOT MOVE TO ME, IT WAS STUCK IN THE UPRIGHT POSITION. WHEN I TRIED TO MANUALLY MOVE TO DOWN AND CLOSER TO ME SO I CAN DRIVE THE CAR, IT WOULD NOT BUDGE. THE STEERING WHEEL WAS STUCK UPRIGHT LIKE A BUS DRIVER'S STEERING WHEEL. I HAD NOT CHOICE BUT TO DRIVE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE DEALERSHIP LIKE THAT. IT WAS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING LIKE THAT, SINCE IT WAS VERY HARD TO TURN THE WHEEL, CONSIDERING HOW HIGH IT WAS AND CLOSE TO THE WINDSHIELD IT WAS. HUNTINGTON, NY DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE PART TO FIX THE STEERING WHEEL, AGAIN A ELECTRONIC PROBLEM. I DID NOT HAVE MY CAR FOR A FEW DAYS. I HAD TO MAKE ANOTHER COMPLAINT TO THE CORPORATE OFFICE, WHICH BY THE WAY, DOES NOTHING. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT AT THIS DEALERSHIP TREATS CUSTOMERS LIKE GARBAGE, ESPECIALLY IF YOU ARE WOMAN. ALSO, STILL HAVE THE PROBLEM, EVERY NOW AND THEN WHEN I REVERSE, MY TRUNK POPS OPEN. *NM

THIS IS PROBLEM #1: (I HAD SO FAR 4/5 MAJOR PROBLEMS) PURCHASED 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA BRAND NEW. WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF DRIVING THIS CAR, THE THERMOSTAT KEPT REGISTERING AT H, PINNED AT H. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN HUNTINGTON, NY, THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD, WHEN IT PINNS AT HOT AGAIN, BRING THE CAR IN. WELL, WHEN I DRIVING TO WORK AND THE THERMOSTAT WAS PINNED AT HOT AGAIN, I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO TELL THEM AND THE RECEPTIONIST SAID I COULD NOT BRING MY CAR IN, IT WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY. I INFORMED HER THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PROBLEM THIS CAN BE AND WHAT IF MY ENGINE CEASES? SHE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING I CAN DO, AND I CAN COME IN NEXT WEEK. I DROVE THERE ANYWAY, AND HAD TO GRAB A MECHANIC TO SEE THAT MY CAR THERMOSTAT WAS INDEED PINNED AT HOT. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A "ELECTRICAL" PROBLEM AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE THERMOSTAT, AND DASH BOARD. ALSO, WHILE ALL MY PROBLEMS WERE GOING ON, MY TRUNK POPS OPEN WHEN I REVERSE EVERY NOW AND THEN. OF COURSE, THE WONDERFUL MECHANICS AT THE SERVICE DEPT IN HUNTINGTON COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.. WHAT A SURPRISE?? *NM

WHILE DRIVING ON THE NJ TURN PIKE AT 70 MPH, MY HUSBAND FELT WHAT SEEMED LIKE A TIRE GOING FLAT. HE PROCEEDED TO TRY TO GET TO THE SHOULDER. SUDDENLY, THE LEFT REAR TIRE BLEW AND HE TOTALLY LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. HE WAS HIT HEAD-ON AND IN THE REAR. BOTH HE AND THE DRIVER OF THE OTHER VEHICLE WERE INJURED AND TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. TWO DAYS LATER WE WENT TO SEE THE CAR AT THE TOWING GARAGE AND WE SAW THE REAR PASSENGER TIRE WAS SPLIT ON THE SIDEWALL. THESE TIRES WERE REPLACED RECENTLY AND WERE ROTATED AND CHECKED BY GOODYEAR THREE MONTHS AGO. GOODYEAR SAW NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TIRES AT THAT TIME. IS GOODYEAR WAITING FOR A DEATH TO OCCUR BEFORE THEY ISSUES A RECALL? THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE RSA18" TIRES. *JB