2004 Nissan Maxima

I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS IGNITION COILS REPLACED OVER THE COURSE OF THE LAST 16 MONTHS. SEVERAL TIMES INCURRING WEEKS WITHOUT THE VEHICLE. THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS RESULTING IN PART REPLACEMENT AND THE ENGINE CATCHING ON FIRE. NISSAN CORPORATE SENT TECHNICIANS TO RESEARCH THE ISSUE AND HAD TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AS A RESULT OF THE FIRE, SAYING FORTUNATELY I STOPPED THE VEHICLE BEFORE THE FIRE GOT OUT OF CONTROL. UNDER THE HOOD WAS CHARRED AND MELTED PLASTIC AND OIL. SINCE HAVING THE ENGINE REPLACED, I HAVE GONE 9 MONTHS AND HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH COIL FAILURES AND REPLACEMENT. I AM PERUSING LEMON LAW ACTION AT THIS TIME BUT NEED TO SEE WHAT ELSE CAN BE DONE. I AM AT THE POINT WHERE I HAVE NO CONFIDENCE IN THE VEHICLE AND EVERYTIME I SMELL SOMETHING OUT OF THE ORDINARY, I FEAR THAT I WILL SEE MORE SMOKE AND ANOTHER FIRE. THE TECHNICIAN SAID THE GROUND WIRE FROM THE BATTERY WAS SHORTING OUT AGAINST THE BODY OF THE ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION. THE WIRE THAT WAS REPLACE 9 MONTHS AGO WAS REPLACED AGAIN TWO WEEKS AGO FOR CORRODING COMPLETELY THROUGH AND MAKING CONTACT WITH THE ENGINE AGAIN. *JB

GOODYEAR EAGLE RSA TIRES P245/45R18, ON NISSAN MAXIMA 2004, WITH 20,000 MILES. ALL FOUR TIRES ARE DEFECTIVE. TREAD IS SEPARATING FROM SIDEWALL. GOODYEAR HAS NO RECALL AND NISSAN HAS NO RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. THE DEALER I TOOK THE CAR TO SAID THAT MINE WAS ABOUT THE 3RD NISSAN HE SEEN WITH THIS ISSUE. I JUST TOOK MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMUM INTO THE DEALER FOR A FRONT SEAT AND UNDERCARRIAGE RECALL ISSUE AND ASK THEM TO LOOK AT MY FRONT TIRE BECAUSE THE SIDEWALL OF THE TIRE HAD A LARGE SPLIT IN IT. THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT ALL FOUR TIRES WERE BAD ON MY CAR AND THE INSIDE OF THE TIRES WERE MUCH WORSE THAN THE SPLIT IN THE SIDEWALL THAT I POINTED OUT TO THEM. MY CAR ONLY HAS 20,000 MILES ON IT AND THE DEALER WOULD NOT REPLACE THE TIRES BECAUSE GOODYEAR WILL NOT ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM AND SEND THE DEALERS REPLACEMENT TIRES. *JB

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED, WHILE DECELERATING OR DEPRESSING THE BREAK PEDAL, THE FRONT WHEELS AND STEERING WHEEL VIBRATED AND JERKED FROM LEFT TO RIGHT. THE PROBLEM WAS RECURRING, BUT NOT CONSTANT. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED AND SERVICED ON FOUR SEPARATE OCCASIONS. EACH TIME, THE FRONT BREAK ROTORS WERE TURNED, ELIMINATING THE VIBRATION FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME. THE MANUFACTURED DETERMINED THE ROTORS OVERHEAT AT TIMES, WARPING THE ROTORS, AND SUGGESTED THE VEHICLE BE TAKEN TO ANOTHER SERVICE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER ALSO CONFIRMED THAT WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED, SO SERVICES WOULD BE PROVIDED AT COST.

MAY 4, 2006 I WAS TRAVELING ON WEST ACADEMY/GREEN ST. NORTHBOUND. THE CLUTCH HAD JUST BEEN REPLACED FOR THE SECOND TIME AND IT MALFUNCTIONED AGAIN. (IT LITERALLY SUCKS TO THE FLOORBOARD WITH NO PLAY TO DISENGAGE TO NEUTRAL, THIS HAD HAPPENED TO MY HUSBAND TWICE PRIOR, I PANICKED DIDN'T SEE THE RED LIGHT OR STOPPED TRAFFIC AND SLAMMED INTO THE CAR STOPPED IN FRONT OF ME AT AN ESTIMATED SPEED ON 40 MPH NEVER HITTING THE BRAKES. THE DAMAGE TO THE CAR WAS SEVERE WITH AN INSURANCE PAY OUT JUST SHY OF $10,000.00 DOLLARS. THE DAMAGE WAS ONLY TO THE FRONT OF THE CAR, NO AIRBAGS DEPLOYED (THERE ARE EIGHT AIRBAGS IN THE FRONT PASSENGER COMPARTMENT) I WAS RESTRAINED BY THE SEAT BELT. IT WAS NOT ENOUGH FOR ME NOT TO BE INJURED, I HIT THE STEERING WHEEL AND GEAR SHIFT CAUSING SEVERE BRUISING TO MY ARMS, LEGS, CHEST AND A BUMP ON THE HEAD. *JB

AT 13K MILES, WHEN TRAVELING OVER 50 MPH AND I STEP ON THE BRAKE, THE STEERING WHEEL AND FRONT END JUDDERS VIOLENTLY. THIS HAS CAUSED MUCH CONCERN AND WORRY. HOWEVER, WHEN I TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALER I WAS TOLD THAT THE ROTORS COULD BE "MACHINED DOWN TO A SMOOTH FINISH AT MY EXPENSE OF $120.00". I ASKED WHY IT WASN'T COVERED UNDER MY WARRANTY AND WAS TOLD, "BECAUSE IT'S CONSIDERED MAINTENANCE." FOR A NEW CAR - 2004, UNDER 30K MILES THAT IS BULL AND NISSAN SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM! *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE TURN SIGNAL BAR WAS LOOSE, AND THE TURN SIGNAL LIGHTS WERE NOT ILLUMINATING, HOWEVER THE HEADLIGHTS WERE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER WHO DETERMINED SOMEONE INTENTIONALLY BROKE THE SIGNAL BAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WITH A LOOSE SIGNAL BAR. AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED, THE BAR WAS BROKEN. UPDATED 07/05/06. *JB

THIS COMPLAINT DOCUMENTS A VERY DISTURBING SITUATION REGARDING GOODYEAR EAGLE RS-A P245/45R18 TIRES ON OUR 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WE ARE THE ORIGINAL OWNERS AND THERE WERE 29,500 MILES ON THE CAR AT THE TIME. WE HAD A VIOLENT FLAT TIRE (PASSENGER REAR) AND UPON REMOVAL NOTICED THAT THE INSIDE SIDE WALL HAD SPLIT IN MULTIPLE REGIONS AROUND THE CIRCUMFERENCE OF THE TIRE. WHEN THE CAR WAS UP ON THE LIFT AS THE TIRE WAS BEING REPLACED AT A GOODYEAR DEALER, IT WAS NOTICED THAT THE REMAINING THREE TIRES ALSO HAD MULTIPLE LONG, DEEP INSIDE SIDE WALL CRACKS, EVIDENT AROUND THE ENTIRE CIRCUMFERENCE. IT WAS OBVIOUS THAT THE CAR WAS EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO DRIVE IN THIS CONDITION, AND WE HAD ALL 4 TIRES REPLACED. WE HAVE NO IDEA HOW LONG THE TIRES HAD BEEN IN THIS CONDITION, THOUGH IT LOOKED LIKE THE RUBBER HAD DEGRADED SIGNIFICANTLY. SINCE THE CRACKS WERE ON THE INSIDE, THEY WERE IMPOSSIBLE TO SEE WITH NORMAL VISUAL INSPECTION. WE CONSIDER OURSELVES EXTREMELY LUCKY THAT WE WERE NOT SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED AS A RESULT. IT IS ALSO EVIDENT THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE CONDITION OF THE TIRES, FOR THIS TO HAPPEN TO ALL FOUR TIRES AT ONLY 29,500 MILES. ONCE HOME, WE CHECKED THE INTERNET TO SEE IF THERE WAS ANY RECALL ISSUED. WE WERE HORRIFIED TO FIND NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS FROM OWNERS OF 2004 NISSAN MAXIMAS THAT HAVE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. WE FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT PRESTIGIOUS COMPANIES SUCH AS GOODYEAR OR NISSAN WOULD BE SO IRRESPONSIBLE AS TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO UNKNOWINGLY DRIVE AROUND ON HAZARDOUS TIRES. WE ARE EXTREMELY CONCERNED THAT OTHER NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS MAY EXPERIENCE THE SAME PROBLEM BUT MAY BE HURT OR KILLED AS A RESULT. IT IS IRRESPONSIBLE OF BOTH GOODYEAR AND NISSAN TO NOT RESPOND TO THIS SITUATION. WE BELIEVE THEY SHOULD ISSUE A RECALL OR SAFETY ALERT AND FULLY REIMBURSE THE OWNERS FOR THE TIRE COST. WE THEN SENT LETTERS TO BOTH GOODYEAR AND NISSAN TO ADDRESS THEIR INTENT. *JB

FRONT STRUTS BAD FROM THE FIRST 3 MONTHS I OWNED THE CAR. ALL REAR AND FRONT DRIVER SIDE WERE REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY, BUT WHEN THE PASSENGER FRONT FAILED AT 50K, THE DEALER WOULD NOT FIX IT UNDER WARRANTY. I HAD COMPLAINED OF NOISE WHILE IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY BUT THE DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE NOISE. SINCE REPLACED, I DO NOT HEAR THE NOISE. NISSAN OFFERED A $200.00 SERVICE CREDIT BUT THE STRUT WAS $400 AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN CHANGED WITH THE DRIVER FRONT AT 3 MONTHS OLD. *JB