2010 Nissan Maxima

MY CAR WOULD NOT START WAS ABLE TO OPEN THE DOORS TO THE CAR BUT COULD NOT START THE CAR. CAR WAS TOWED TO NISSAN SERVICE STATION WAS TOLD THE STEERING LOCK HAD TO BE REPLACED FOR INTERNAL FAILURE AND IT WAS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. $899.67 DOLLARS LATER AND AS I'M LEAVING THE SERVICE STATION I'M TOLD MY WARRANTY WAS UP BY A FEW DAYS AND ALSO NISSAN HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY FOR 2009 MODELS BUT NOT 2010 MODELS THIS IS A COPY TAKEN FROM NISSANASSIST.COM RELEASED IN 2013 (Q1.WHAT IS THE REASON FOR WARRANTY EXTENSION? A. TO ENSURE CUSTOMER SATISFACTION. MODEL YEAR 2009 ALTIMA AND MAXIMA VEHICLES ARE EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) UNIT THAT LOCKS THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN THE VEHICLE IS PARKED AND THE IGNITION IS TURNED OFF TO HELP PREVENT THEFT. NISSAN HAS DETERMINED THAT ON A SMALL NUMBER OF VEHICLES, DUE TO A MANUFACTURING IRREGULARITY THAT HAS SINCE BEEN CORRECTED, THE ESCL MAY MALFUNCTION AFTER THE STEERING COLUMN IS LOCKED AND COULD PREVENT THE ENGINE FROM STARTING.WHAT WILL BE THE CORRECTIVE ACTION? A. NISSAN WILL EXTEND ITS NEW VEHICLE LIMITED WARRANTY COVERAGE FOR THE AFFECTED PART NUMBERS FROM ITS ORIGINAL DURATION OF 36 MONTHS/ 36,000 MILES TO 72 MONTHS/UNLIMITED MILES ) I INVESTIGATED ON LINE AND THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS BY OWNERS WITH 2010 MODELS THAT HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM NISSAN ADMITS TO A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM HOW CAN THEY NOT BE RESPONSIBLE FOR REPLACING IT FREE OF CHARGE FOR ALL 2010 WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR

THE ELECTRIC STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM FAILED. NISSAN KNOWS THIS IS A FAULTY PART ISSUE. THEY ISSUED A RECALL FOR 2009 MAXIMAS. THEY CHANGED THE PART OUT IN LATE 2010 MODELS. HOWEVER, THOSE OF US WITH EARLY 2010 MODELS ARE OUT OF LUCK. WE DO NOT FALL INSIDE RECALL AND WE DID NOT GET THE NEW PART SO ALL OF US WITH FAILURE HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE VEHICLES TOWED TO A DEALERSHIP AND PAY $1,000 ($700.00 PARTS & $300.00 LABOR) FOR THE REPAIR. THE VEHICLE LITERALLY WILL NOT EVEN START. YOU CANNOT EVEN GET IT INTO NEUTRAL SO NOT SURE HOW IT CAN BE TOWED. I AM SECOND OWNER AND HAVE LESS THAN 40,000 MILES ON CAR. I LOVE THE CAR AND WAS THINKING ABOUT GETTING A SECOND ONE FOR WIFE TO DRIVE. WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER NISSAN NOR RECOMMEND THAT ANYONE ELSE DO SO IF THIS IS HOW THEY TREAT THE CONSUMER! I WANT THIS FAULTY PART FIXED FREE OF CHARGE! *TR

ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK - (ESCL) FAILED. CAR WILL NOT START. KEY FOB IS OPERATIONAL. KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2009-2010 NISSANS. UNITS ARE DEFECTIVE, NISSAN NOT WILLING TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR 2010 PARTS. FAILURE WILL HAPPEN INSTANTLY, AND WILL LEAVE YOU STRANDED ANYTIME ANYPLACE. VEHICLE HAS TO BE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. REPAIR COST IS >$1,000.00

I TRIED TO START MY CAR THIS MORNING BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT START. THERE WAS YELLOW LIGHT THAT SAID KEY AND WHEN I TRIED TO DEPRESS THE BRAKE NOTHING HAPPENED. THERE WAS AN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR THE 2009 MAXIMAS FOR THE SAME EXACT ISSUE THAT I HAVE - ITS DUE TO THE STEERING COLUMN LOCKING. NO EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS GIVEN FOR THE 2010'S WHICH IS WRONG BECAUSE CLEARLY THERE STILL A PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING COLUMN THAT WAS NOT FIXED FOR THE 2010 MODELS BUT NISSAN STATED THAT IS WAS INFACT FIXED AND NO WARRANTY/DISCOUNT/ETC WILL BE GIVEN FOR THE 2010S. I WILL HAVE TO PAY OVER $1000 FOR FAULTY DESIGN DUE TO NISSAN. NEVER BUYING ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN! *TR

I WENT TO TURN ON THE CAR AND IT WOULDN'T COME ON BUT HAD A YELLOW KEY LIGHT ON THE DASH. KEY FOB WOULD WORK TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE CAR, BUT THE BRAKE WOULDN'T DEPRESS ,AND COULD NOT SHIFT. LOOKED FOR POSSIBLE SOLUTIONS ONLINE AND FOUND NUMEROUS ISSUES FOR THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE STEERING LOCK. WARRANTY ONLY COVERS 2009 NISSAN MAXIMA. *TR

I OWN A 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA ON NOVEMBER 21, 2014 AFTER LEAVING WORK. I NOTICE A YELLOW INDICATOR LIGHT ON MY DASHBOARD. INITIALLY I THOUGHT MY KEY FOB HAD A WEAK BATTERY, SO I CALLED MY BROTHER TO PICK UP MY EXTRA VALET KEY. HOWEVER THAT DID NOT WORK, I WAS EVENTUALLY TOWED TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE MY CAR WAS DIAGNOSE FOR A FAILURE IN THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL), AS A RESULT OF CONSISTENTLY TRYING TO START THE CAR MY BATTERY FAILED TOO. CONSEQUENTLY, I HAD TO PAY FOR THE ESCL PART AND A NEW BATTERY, I WAS OUT OF POCKET $1286.00 DUE TO THE WARRANTY DO NOT COVER THE ESCL PART IN 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA?S. I CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND WAS DENIED A REIMBURSEMENT DUE TO BEING OUT OF THE WARRANTY PROTECTION 36 MONTHS/36,000 MILES. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH I SEE THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE WITH SEVERAL CONSUMERS. I WILL BE DOING MY DUE DILIGENCE TO ENSURE THAT THIS MATTER IS MORE THAN JUST IDENTIFY BY NISSAN BUT THAT A REIMBURSEMENT PLUS EXTENDED WARRANTY IS AWARDED TO ALL 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA?S OWNERS THAT CAN PROVIDE PROOF OF THIS MATTER. *TR

MY VEHICLE HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED, I HAVE CONSISTENT SERVICE RECEIPTS. I PULL INTO MY DRIVEWAY, CUT MY CAR OFF AND WALK INTO MY HOME, AS I ALWAYS DO. I COME BACK APPROX 3 HOURS LATER, AND MY ENGINE WILL NOT START. THERE IS A "KEY" LIGHT ON. MY BATTERY IS NOT DEAD, ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL FUNCTIONS SEEM TO BE WORKING FINE. HOWEVER MY ENGINE WILL NOT START AT ALL. I MUST HAVE IT TOWED. *TR

2010 NISSAN MAXIMA (ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK) ISSUE. AFTER STARTING MY CAR AND DRIVING 5 MINUTES TO THE GAS STATION, I TURNED OFF MY CAR AND WENT INSIDE THE GAS STATION. WHEN I CAME OUT TO START THE CAR, I SAW LITTLE INDICATOR ON THE DASH THAT LOOKS LIKE A KEY. I ALSO SEE AN INDICATION, INSTRUCTING ME TO REMOVE MY KEY FOM FROM THE DOCK. ALL AND ALL MY CAR WILL NOT START, AND AFTER RESEARCH I SEEING THAT LOADS OF OTHER ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE.I'M EXPECTING NISSAN TO NOT COVER THIS. MY CAR HAS BEEN TOWED TO THE LOCAL DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR. I STRONGLY AGREE THAT THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER A RECALL, SINCE IT'S THE EXACT SAME ISSUE THE 2009 MODELS ARE HAVING. *TR

WE OWN A 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA MANUFACTURED IN 2009. WE BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW IN JANUARY 2010. ON MONDAY, MY CAR REFUSED TO START. AFTER CONDUCTING SOME RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED OUR VEHICLE HAS A DEFECTIVE ESCL WHICH IS LEAVING PEOPLE STRANDED BECAUSE THEIR CAR WON'T TURN ON AND NEITHER WILL ANY ACCESSORY FUNCTION THERE ARE HUNDREDS UPON HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET FROM LOYAL CUSTOMERS WHO HAVE SPENT $700 TO $1600 FIXING THIS PROBLEM. 2009 MODELS ARE NOW PART OF AN EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM TO REPLACE THIS PART. MY VEHICLE IS NOT PART OF THAT EXTENDED WARRANTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME EXACT PART. YESTERDAY, I CALLED NISSAN OF AMERICA TO REQUEST THAT MY VEHICLE BE ADDED TO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM. THE EMPLOYEES INFORMED ME THAT I COULD TAKE MY VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR REPAIR, PAY THE BILL AND THEN SUBMIT FOR A "GOOD WILL" REIMBURSEMENT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE GRANTED AFTER AN UNDEFINED EVALUATION PERIOD. LATER IN THE EVENING, I SPOKE TO A SUPERVISOR AFTER SHE CALLED. AGAIN, I RECEIVED THE SAME INFORMATION. AFTER 25 MINUTES, I FINALLY GOT IT BUMPED TO THE EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT FOR CONSIDERATION OF MY REQUEST FOR APPEAL. FRANKLY, I FULLY EXPECT TO HAVE THE SAME RESPONSE TOMORROW. I HAVE NOT BEEN ON THE PHONE DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE FOR ALMOST AN HOUR AND A HALF. NISSAN WANT ME TO GET THE CAR FIXED FIRST AND THEN SUBMIT A REIMBURSEMENT THAT MAY OR MAY NOT BE GRANTED. THIS IS NOT ACCEPTABLE. ADDING MY VIN TO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM WILL SOLVE THIS ISSUE. THE BOTTOM LINE IS I AM RESPECTFULLY REQUESTING THAT MY VEHICLE BE IMMEDIATELY ADDED TO THE EXTENDED WARRANTY PROGRAM TO REPLACE THE ESCL AND FOR MY TOW BILL TO THE DEALERSHIP BE REIMBURSED. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AS IT IS LEAVING MOTORISTS STRANDED BECAUSE THEY CAN'T TURN THEIR CAR ON, CAN'T ROLL DOWN THE WINDOWS, AND CAN'T TURN ON ANY ACCESSORIES. *TR