2010 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

WENT TO GROCERY STORE WITH 2 KIDS (3YRS/2YRS OLD) CAME OUT AND CAR WOULDN'T START. YELLOW KEY LIGHT & RED KEY LIGHT WAS LITE ON DASH. THE CAR WOULD OPEN AND CLOSE WITH KEY FOB BUT CAR STILL WOULDN'T START NEITHER DID IT RECOGNIZE THE KEY FOB WHEN PLACED INTO SLOT. HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO REPAIR SHOP TO LATER FIND OUT A STEERING LOCK MODULE HAD GONE BAD. READ REVIEWS ONLINE ABOUT DIFFERENT YEAR MODELS RECALLED FOR SAME PART #487009N00B BUT NO RECALL ISSUED FOR 2010 MAXIMAS YET SEVERAL PEOPLE ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. REPAIR SHOP AND I CAN NOT GET PART LISTED ABOVE BECAUSE ITS ON NATIONAL BACKORDER WAS TOLD I HAVE TO PAY UPFRONT FOR PART $500 IN ORDER TO BE PLACED ON A WAITING LIST AND PART IS ORDERED THEN WOULD HAVE TO WAIT ANYWHERE FROM 40 TO 60 DAYS AND STILL NOT GUARANTEED. CALLED NISSAN ABOUT ISSUE AND THEY CAN NOT DO ANYTHING UNTIL THE PART IS ORDERED. CALLED AROUND MYSELF TO FIND PART AND VERY DIFFICULT. IF THIS PART WAS AN ISSUE & RECALLED PREVIOUSLY WHY DID THEY CONTINUE TO USE IT? AND NO ALTERNATE PART HAS BEEN MADE TO REPLACE EXISTING PART. IM GETTING THE RAW END OF THE STICK HANDED TO ME. 1ST TO PAY OUT OF POCKET WITH NO GUARANTEE OF THE PART 2ND TO HAVE TO PAY TO HAVE CAR TOWED 3RD FOR THE PART BEING ON NATIONAL BACKORDER. I DONT EXPECT A CAR WITH 52,000 MILES TO GIVE ME ISSUES LIKE THIS & NOT BE COVERED BEING THAT'S ITS A KNOWN PROBLEM. IM VERY FRUSTRATED AT THIS POINT. I HAVE TO MAKE ALTERNATE ARRANGEMENTS TO GET TO WORK. THIS NEEDS TO LOOKED INTO ASAP! *TR

SAME AS EVERYONE ELSE WITH THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK MALFUNCTIONING ON A 3 AND 1/2 YEAR OLD CAR. THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS THAT A PART THAT SHOULD LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR FAILS SO OFTEN AND EVEN MORE RIDICULOUS THAT NISSAN IS NOT EXTENDING THE WARRANTY OR RECALLING IT FOR THE 2010 MODELS. NOT TO MENTION THAT THE PART IS ON BACK-ORDER AND WHO KNOWS HOW LONG I AM GOING TO HAVE TO COME OUT OF PACKET FOR A RENTAL AND OH BY THE WAY WAITING TO PAY $1300 PLUS TO GET THIS FIXED. THIS IS SO UPSETTING... NISSAN SHOULD STAND BY THEIR PRODUCTS AND RECOGNIZE THE FACT THAT THEIR DESIGN FOR THAT PART OBVIOUSLY DID NOT WORK. NISSAN SHOULD ALSO DO RIGHT BY THEIR CUSTOMERS AND TAKE CARE OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

AFTER LEAVING WORK TO DRIVE HOME, CAR WOULD NOT START, YELLOW KEY SYMBOL WAS ON DASHBOARD. KEY FOB STILL WORKED TO LOCK AND UNLOCK DOORS. CAR BATTERY WAS FINE, HEADLIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS STILL WORKED. CHECKED MANUAL AND IT INDICATED STEERING LOCK MALFUNCTION. HAD TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO NEAREST DEALERSHIP. AFTER WAITING 4 DAYS FOR THE PART TO COME IN, I HAD TO PAY OVER $800 TO HAVE THE PART REPLACED. VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NISSAN NOT COVERING THIS PART BECAUSE OF THE MANY OTHERS WHO HAVE REPORTED THE EXACT SAME ISSUE IN THE 2010 MAXIMA -- EVEN WHEN IT IS A KNOWN AND COVERED PART IN THE 2009 MODEL. *TR

WENT TO WORK PARK THE CAR WITH NO PROBLEMS, CAME OUT OF WORK CAR WOULD NOT START. THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERIES IN THE REMOTE DUE TO THE YELLOW LIGHT WITH THE INTELLIGENT KEY ON THE DASH, AND THEN REMEMBER I JUST REPLACED THE BATTERY.THE DOORS WOULD UNLOCK AND LOCK WITH NO PROBLEMS, THE BRAKE PETAL WOULD NOT GO IN. THEN THOUGHT IT WAS THE BATTERY HOOD UP A CHARGER AND IT READ IT WAS ON 70% CHARGED, CALLED THE DEALER THEY TOLD ME TO HAVE IT TOWED IN. THE DEALER CALLED ME THE NEXT DAY AND TOLD ME IT WAS THE STEERING COLUMN, WHEN I ASKED THEM WHY WOULD IT DO THIS THE ONLY ANSWER THEY HAD FOR ME WAS THIS HAS BEEN A PROBLEM WITH THIS YEAR MAKE AND MODEL. WITH THE TOWING AND THE DIAGNOSTIC CHECK AND THE PART WITH LABOR IT'S COSTING ME OVER 1,000 DOLLARS, THE STANDARD WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER ANY OF THIS, ALL OUT OF POCKET. I JUST GOT RID OF A 2008 GL 450 MERCEDES BENZ, BECAUSE OF HAVING PROBLEMS WITH IT, I HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD VISUALLY DISABLED CHILD THAT I AM CONSTANTLY TRAVELING LONG DISTANCES TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS SO THIS IS ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE TO ME. I ALWAYS HAVE LOVED NISSAN AND THIS IS MY 4TH NISSAN AND WAS PLANNING ON PURCHASING A PATHFINDER IN THE FALLTIME. WHEN I PURCHASED THIS CAR I STOOD BY THE DEPENDABILITY OF THE NAME, AND I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED. *TR

STEERING WHEEL LOCKED AND CAR WILL NOT START. BATTERY WORKS FINE, INTELLIGENT KEYS WORK FINE, WINDOWS WILL NOT ROLL UP. I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY COULD NOT TELL THE REASON OF ITS MALFUNCTION SINCE IT WONT START. THEY RAN THEIR TESTS AND CONSULTED THAT IT IS THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKING UNIT. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WOULD COST 750 TO REPLACE. THEY ALSO TOLD ME TO CALL 1800 NISSAN 1 AND FILE A COMPLAINT. I THEN HAD IT TOWED (PAYING OUT OF POCKET THIS TIME) TO MY HOUSE UNTIL I CAN PAY FOR THE PART AND HAVE IT FIXED. IT IS RIDICULOUS THAT NISSAN HAS NOT RECALLED OR EVEN EXTENDED WARRANTY FOR OTHER YEAR MODELS, OR AT THE LEAST MAKE SOME KIND OF CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE COST OF THEIR OWN MANUFACTURING MISTAKES. INSTEAD, THEY ASSUME THAT THIS SAME ISSUE WILL NOT HAPPEN TO OTHER MODELS. YET WITH RESEARCHING, THERE ARE A PLETHORA OF CUSTOMERS GOING THROUGH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE WITH THE EXACT SAME PART AND GETTING SCREWED. SO MUCH FOR CUSTOMER SERVICE, THEY SURELY WILL NOT HAVE MUCH CUSTOMERS IF THEY CONTINUE TO LEAVE THIS ISSUE HANGING DRY. I WILL ASSURE THAT I WILL NOT RECOMMEND OTHERS TO PURCHASE NISSAN VEHICLES. *TR

ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK MALFUNCTIONED ON ME, THIS IS A ISSUE FOR THE 2009 MAXIMA (RECALL) WHICH THE 2010 ALSO HAS SAME PART AND SAME MALFUNCTION AND STILL DOES NOT HAVE RECALL,I PAID OVER A $1000 FOR THIS PART WHICH I REALLY CANT AFFORD. *TR

TOTAL FAILURE OF THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK MECHANISM. THIS IS A KNOWN DEFECT AND HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY NISSAN AT THIS TIME. *TR

YESTERDAY I WENT INTO A STORE, CAME OUT TO FIND OUT MY ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK WENT UP WITHOUT WARNING. ITS A WIDESPREAD ISSUE AND IS HAPPENING TO 1000S OF PEOPLE. I BEEN TOLD NISSAN IS FULLY AWARE OF THE ISSUE, BUT IS ONLY GOING TO TAKE CARE OF THE 2009 MODELS. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A MAJOR COMPANY SUCH AS NISSAN WOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS AND NOT TAKE CARE OF EVERYONE HAVING THIS ISSUE. IT'S NOT A DRIVER ERROR, IT'S A FACTORY ERROR AND NISSAN SHOULD TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY. THE DEALERSHIP I HAD IT TOWED TO SAYS IT'S 900 DOLLARS TO FIX AND THE PART IS ON BACK ORDER AND THEY AREN'T SURE WHEN IT WOULD EVEN COME IN. WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO DO HERE? I DON'T HAVE 900 DOLLARS. THIS IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND I COULD BE OUT OF MY VEHICLE FOR MONTH'S. I HAVE BEEN A MAXIMA LOVER SINCE I CAN REMEMBER. I'VE HAD 3 MAXIMAS. IT'S SAD TO SAY I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN. *TR

THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START OR MOVE DUE TO THE MALFUNCTIONED ELECTRONICS STEERING COLUMN LOCK CONTROL ASSEMBLY. CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE PART WAS ON BACK-ORDER DUE TO THE FACT THAT MANY NISSAN 2009 AND 2010 MODELS HAVING THIS SAME EXACT ISSUE. HAD TO WAIT FOR FIVE DAYS TO GET IT REPAIRED, AND NO LOANER CAR WAS PROVIDED. THE REPAIR COST WAS OVER $800. THE VEHICLE IS LESS THAN THREE YEARS OLD AND HAS ONLY 45000 MILES ON IT. THIS SEEMS TO BE A KNOWN ISSUE WITH MANY ALTIMAS, MAXIMAS, AND 370ZS... NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE ISSUE BUT EXTENDED WARRANTY ON ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK (ESCL) ONLY FOR 2009 ALTIMAS AND MAXIMAS. THIS IS DEFINITELY A DESIGN FLOW ON THE PART OF NISSAN AND AS SUCH SHOULD BE COVERED BY EXTENDED WARRANTY OR RECALL FOR 2010 MODELS AS WELL. *TR

STEERING WHEEL IS LOCKED AND NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. AS PER THREADS ON INTERNET THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE. SOME NISSANS HAVE BEEN CALLED FOR A RECALL BUT NOT THIS MODEL. *TR