2009 Nissan Maxima

ME AND MY FAMILY WERE OUT OF TOWN OF A WEEKEND GETAWAY, NOT KNOWING THIS STEERING WHEEL LOCK SITUATION WAS ABOUT TO LEAVE US STRANDED OUT OF TOWN AND RUIN A PLANNED OUT WEEKEND. BASICALLY WE ARRIVED TO OUR DESTINATION AS PERFECT AS CAN BE, PARK THE CAR AND ME AND MY FAMILY LEFT MY 2009 NISSAN MAXIMA PARKED FOR A FEW HOURS AS WE ENJOYED OURSELVES. WHEN RETURNING TO THE CAR IS WHEN THE PROBLEM BEGAN AND SENSE OF WORRY HIT MY FIANCE AND KIDS FACES. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND WE HAD NO CONTROL OF THE CAR NO MORE. STRANDED AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WAS EXACTLY GOING ON WITH THE HELP OF GOOGLE AND YOU TUBE. A LOVELY MEMORABLE WEEKEND AWAY BECAME A NIGHTMARE IN A MATTER OF HOURS. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NISSAN AFTER READING ALL THE SIMILAR COMPLAINTS AND MALFUNCTIONS INDIVIDUALS HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH AND NO SUPPORT OR RECALL FROM NISSAN. ME AND MY FAMILY WERE STRANDED IN A CITY WERE WE HAD NO FAMILY RELATIONS FOR SUPPORT IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. MY NISSAN STEERING LOCK SITUATION REALLY OPENED MY EYES TO THE DANGERS OF THIS. DEFINITELY RECONSIDERING WHAT TO DO WITH MY CAR AND MY NEXT PURCHASE. THANK GOD WITH THE SUPPORT OF A YOU TUBE VIDEO I WAS ABLE TO FOLLOW INSTRUCTIONS TO GET THE CAR STARTED AFTER A FEW HOURS OF TRYING FOR WHO KNOWS HOW MANY MORE TIMES. I DROVE STRAIGHT HOME AND NOW THE CAR SITS THERE NON RUNNING, STEELING WHEEL LOCKED. MY FAMILY WAS MY PRIORITY AND GETTING THEM HOME WAS A NECESSITY. THIS STEERING WHEEL LOCK REALLY PUT US AS PARENTS IN A DANGEROUS AND SCARED SITUATION FOR OURSELVES AND CHILDREN.

TAKATA RECALL - I WAS AT THE BARBERSHOP GETTING MY HAIRCUT AND AFTERWARDS WHEN LEAVING I WAS ATTENDING TO CRANK UP AND DRIVE OFF BUT MY CAR WOULDN'T CRANK AND IT WAS IN LOCK MODE (STEERING WHEEL LOCK MODULE )AND TOOK ME ALMOST A HOUR OR TWO BEFORE IT CRANKED UP, SO I WAS VERY FRUSTRATED BECAUSE THIS HAPPENED AND THERE WAS A LOCK INDICATOR LIGHT ON IN THE DASH AND TODAY ON SEPTEMBER 18TH, 2016 IT HAPPENED AGAIN AND NOW IT WON'T SAY ANYTHING SO I CANT EVEN DRIVE MY 09 MAXIMA SOMEONE PLEASE GET A RECALL FOR THIS.

ESCL DISABLED MY PUSH BUTTON START. NOW I AM UNABLE TO START LET ALONE DRIVE MY VEHICLE. TO ADD INSULT TO INJURY I WILL HAVE TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER (ADDITIONAL COST TO MYSELF) AND THE DEALER IS GOING TO CHARGE CLOSE TO $1200.00 TO FIX THE PROBLEM. APPARENTLY THIS WAS A RECALL BUT EXPIRED IN 2015. WHY WON'T NISSAN BE RESPONSIBLE AND PAY FOR THIS INSTEAD OF THE CONSUMER? THIS WAS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE PRODUCTION OF THE VEHICLE SEEING HOW IT IS SUCH A WIDESPREAD PROBLEM AGAINST NISSAN VEHICLE OWNERS

TURNED CAR OFF TO GO INTO POST OFFICE. RETURNED AND IT WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING. WENT HAD NEW BATTERY PUT IN KEY PAD. STILL NOTHING. CALLED NISSAN FOR SUGGESTIONS. NONE GIVEN. HAD TO HAVE TOWED TO NISSAN. AFTER THEY CHECKED WAS TOLD STEERING LOCK UNIT HAD INTERNAL FAILURE. NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM BEFORE AFTER OWNING SEVERAL CARS. A VERY EXPENSIVE REPAIR AND ONE THAT SHOULDN'T BE OCCURRING ON A 2009 MODEL CAR. I 'M VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THIS CAR SINCE I HAD HEARD SO MANY GOOD THINGS ABOUT IT. I GAVE UP ON CADILLAC'S TO GET A NISSAN. SURE BELIEVE I MADE A BIG MISTAKE. THERE ARE OTHER LITTLE QUIRKS THAT HAVE BOTHERED ME. I'M ON MY THIRD CAR BATTERY. BOUGHT THE LAST ONE IN APRIL 2014.THE KEY PAD LOCKS HAVE TO BE CHANGED EVERY YEAR. THE ORIGINAL PAINT JOB IS VERY SHALLOW. THE MOST IMPORTANT IS THE REPLACEMENT OF THIS STEERING LOCK UNIT.

WHEN WE PURCHASED THE CAR LAST YEAR,THE STEERING WHEEL WOULD GO UP. IT MADE A GRINDING NOISE. THE DEALERSHIP FIXED IT UNDER WARRANTY FOR NO CHARGE. IT STARTED DOING THE SAME THING IN AUGUST OF 2016. CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY NOW. THERE ARE SO MANY FOLKS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE WITH THE SAME YEAR AND MODEL CAR. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THESE CARS AND FIX THE PROBLEM FOR FREE. THE STEERING WHEEL WILL NOT MOVE UP. IT IS STUCK IN THE DOWN POSITION AND MAKES A GRINDING NOISE.

MY 18 OLD SONS CAR JUST HIT 87000 MILES AND THE STEERING LOCK MECHANISM HAS FAILED. NOT ONLY IS THIS A $900 REPAIR BUT IT IS A REOCCURRING PROBLEM WITH NISSAN VEHICLES. MY SON WAS STRANDED IN A PARKING LOT AT 12AM. THIS HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES WHILE HIS CAR IS OFF. HE IS UNABLE TO START IT. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED 3 TIMES WITH THE DEALER SAYING IT WAS A BATTERY PROBLEM. HAD THE BATTERY REPLACED. NISSAN ADMITS THERE IS A STEERING LOCK PROBLEM AND THAT THE RECALL PERIOD ENDED IN JAN 3016. MY SON IS 18 AND JUST BOUGHT THE CAR FROM A REPUTABLE MAJOR CAR DEALERSHIP IN TOWN. ANYTIME A DRIVER IS AT RISK IN A PARKING GARAGE OR LOT OR FREEWAY WITH A CAR THAT HAD THIS NOTABLE PROBLEM IT IS A SAFETY CONCERN.