2009 Nissan Maxima

I SHOULD BE GETTING 4 NEW TIRES FROM MY AUTO DEALER IN A PROGRAM THAT IS IF I SERVICE MY CAR WITH THEM I GET TIRES WHEN THEY MEET THE REQUIRED WEAR. SOME TIME AGO I HAD TO REPLACE ONE TIRE DUE TO A ROAD HAZARD AND NOW ONLY 3 TIRES MEET THE WEAR REQUIREMENT. NOW I HAVE ASKED SEVERAL TIRE RETAILERS ABOUT THIS AND RECEIVED SEVERAL DIFFERENT REPLIES ABOUT THE WEAR AMOUNT BUT ALL SAID IF THE 4TH TIRE HAS LESS HALF WEAR LEFT IT IS DANGEROUS NOT TO REPLACE THE 4TH TIRE. THE 4TH TIRE HAS BEEN MEASURED AT 6/32 WEAR LEFT AND I?M TOLD THAT IS LESS THAN HALF BUT I/M NOT GETTING THE 4TH TIRE REPLACED. I HAVE HAS A DISCUSSION WITH THEM BUT THEY WILL NOT REPLACE THE 4TH TIRE. WHAT IS NHTSA READING ABOUT THIS TIRE REPLACEMENT? IS THIS A DANGEROUS ACTION TO TAKE AND WOULD NHTSA TAKE ANY ACTION WITH THE APPROPRIATE DEALER? *TR

MY WIFE WAS LEAVING HOME FROM WORK LATE NITE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START I CAME DOWN AND JUMP THE CAR AND IT WAS NOT THE BATTERY THE KEY WOULD NOT REGISTER AT ALL. IT WAS ALMOST AS IF IT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEY. I STILL HAVE TO GET THE CAR TOWED TODAY WHICH IS ALREADY 150 PLUS THE DEALER IS SAYING TO FIX IT WILL BE 500 PLUS. ARE YOU SERIOUS NISSAN AS SOON AS I GET IT FIXED AT THE DEALER IM TRADING IT IN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SOMETHING HAS HAPPEN WITH THAT STEERING WHEEL. *TR

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK ISSUE IS LEAVING MAXIMAS STRANDED UNABLE TO START THE CAR WITH THESE SYMPTOMS: WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU TRY TO START THE CAR, WITHOUT WARNING, THE ELECTRIC LOCK FAILS TO UNLOCK SENDING ERROR MESSAGE TO THE BCM. THE CAR WILL NOT START IN THIS CASE AND WILL FLASH THE INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING IN THE CLUSTER. *TR

I STARTED MY CAR JUST FINE THIS MORNING BUT ON MY WAY TO WORK I STOPPED AT A STORE AND THE CAR DID NOT WANT TO START BACK UP. I CHANGED OUT THE BATTERY FOR THE PUSH START KEY AND THE CAR BATTERY. THIS PROBLEM FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING IS AN ISSUE WITH THE 2009 MAXIMA 370Z AND THE GTR. THEY HAVE THE SAME PARTS FOR THE IGNITION SYSTEMS. PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM. I'M FROM TEXAS BUT WORK AS A CONTRACTOR IN PENNSYLVANIA. I LOVE MY MAXIMA AND IT'S A SHAME THAT I HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE COLD FOR 5 HOURS TRYING TO GET A TOW TRUCK AND TALKING TO MY INSURANCE. THANK YOU. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING INSPECTED BY THE DEALER, IT WAS FOUND THAT THE PASSENGER'S SIDE FRONT STRUT MOUNT WAS FRACTURED. THE DEALER ALSO INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 09V358000 (SUSPENSION). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 107,000.

GOT IN THE CAR TO GO HOME FROM WORK AND PUSHED THE START BUTTON. THE STEERING COLUMN WENT DOWN LIKE NORMAL THEN A GRINDING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS MADE. AT THAT POINT, THE STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE RAISED MANUALLY WITH QUITE A BIT OF PRESSURE. SO MUCH SO I WAS ALMOST AFRAID THE AIRBAG MAY DEPLOY. HAS NEVER WORKED, LIKE IT DID WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW, SINCE. STILL MAKES A NOISE WHEN ITS SUPPOSE TO GO UP OR DOWN BUT NEVER MOVES ON ITS OWN. *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT PARKED AT MY JOB PARKING LOT AND WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE HOME AFTER WORK THE CAR SIMPLY DIDN'T WANT TO START. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEARBY DEALERSHIP WHICH STATED THAT THE ISSUE IS RELATED TO THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO STATE WHY IT HAPPENED JUST THAT IT JUST HAPPENS SUDDENLY WITHOUT REASON AND NOW IT'S GOING TO COST APPROX. $1000 TO FIX. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH THIS MAY COST IF THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE CARS AND THERE IS NO REAL CAUSE WHY IT HAPPENS PER THE TECHNICIAN AT NISSAN'S OF BURLESON STATED. *TR

I BOUGHT MY MAXIMA IN APRIL OF 2011. IT WAS PRE-OWNED WITH ABOUT 14000 MILES. THE TELESCOPIC AND TILT FUNCTIONS FOR THE STEERING WHEEL STOPPED WORKING. MY STEERING WHEEL IS STUCK IN THE LOWER POSITION MAKING A BIT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE SPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE TO BACK UP; IT ACTUALLY FEELS A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS. I WILL BE GETTING IT FIXED NEXT WEEK. SINCE NISSAN DENIED MY CLAIM FOR THEN TO PAY FOR THIS. I SPOKE WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIR SPECIALISTS AND THEY CAME BACK TELLING ME THAT IT IS NOT COVERED IN THE WARRANTY ANYMORE AND THAT IT WILL BE UP TO ME TO GET IT FIXED. OBVIOUSLY, WHEN I FIRST CALLED THEM I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE WARRANTY WAS OVER. I WAS HOPING THEY WOULD SEE THIS AS A SERIOUS ISSUE SEEING THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS ALREADY RELATED TO THE TILT AND/OR THE TELESCOPIC MOTORS GOING BAD. THE COST FOR THIS REPAIR IS $975. I WOULDN'T MIND SPENDING THIS ON TIRES AND BRAKES, BUT THE FAILURE OF THIS MOTORS SO EARLY IN THE LIFE OF THIS CAR IS UNACCEPTABLE. I AM SURPRISED OF NISSAN NOT HAVING INITIATED A RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR THIS. VERY DISAPPOINTING. THIS IS MY THIRD NISSAN BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY SEEM TO CARE FOR ISSUES OF THEIR CUSTOMERS IT MAYBE THE LAST ONE. *TT

MY STEERING TILT STOPPED WORKING ABOUT A WEEK AGO (AUGUST 2013). THE POWER TILT MAKES A GRINDING SOUND AND WILL NOT GO INTO THE UP POSITION BUT RATHER GETS STUCK ON THE LOWEST LEVEL. I HAD TO FORCE IT BACK UP MANUALLY IN ORDER TO ENTER/EXIT THE CAR AND TO DRIVE WITH THE STEERING WHEEL AT THE PROPER LEVEL. I TURNED OFF THE COMFORT SETTINGS AND HAVE TRIED NOT TO CHANGE ANY OF THE OTHER SETTINGS UNTIL I CAN GET THIS ISSUE LOOKED AT BY THE DEALERSHIP OR FIXED. MY HUSBAND AND I BOTH DRIVE THE VEHICLE SO THIS HAS BEEN AN INCONVENIENCE FOR BOTH OF US. EVEN WITH THE COMFORT SETTINGS OFF, THE TILT STILL CHANGES POSITION AT TIMES (POSSIBLY BECAUSE OF UNLOCKING FROM THE DRIVER'S SIDE DOOR? I READ SOMETHING ABOUT THAT HAPPENING FROM ONE OF THE FORUMS). I PURCHASED MY NISSAN AS A PRE-OWNED CERTIFIED CAR IN APRIL OF 2012 WITH 32,900 MILES ON IT. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR JUST OVER A YEAR SO THIS IS VERY DISAPPOINTING. I'VE READ SEVERAL FORUMS THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM BUT THAT NISSAN HAS NOT ADDRESSED IT WITH A RE-CALL. I AM HOPING MY ISSUE WILL BE COVERED UNDER MY EXTENDED WARRANTY AND IF SO, IT SHOULD ONLY BE A DEDUCTIBLE OF $50.00 ACCORDING TO WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ON THE FORUMS. HOWEVER, OUT OF POCKET THIS PART CAN COST UPWARDS OF $600.00. *TR