2007 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

THE TIMING CHAIN NEEDS TO BE OVERHAULED DUE TO FAULTY GUIDES. THE ENGINE MAKES A WHINING NOISE AND AUTHORIZED NISSAN DEALER INDICATED IT WAS DUE TO THE TIMING CHAIN.

THE HORN ON THIS VECHICLE DOES NOT BLOW. NISSAN SERVICEMAN TOLD ME THIS WAS COMMON ON THIS VEHICLE, AND IF I DIDN'T REPAIR IT , THERE MIGHT BE AIRBAG ISSUES. I CALL NISSAN AND FILED A CLAIM # 22887303 ON 7-5-2016. WAS TOLD NOT TO MOVE VEHICLE FROM NISSAN REPAIR DEALER. ON 7-6-2016 WAS TOLD BY NISSAN THEY COULD NOT HELP WITH THIS HAZARD PROBLEM.

NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH 07 MAXIMA WE BOUGHT, LATER REPOSSESSED. THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE CAR WOULD SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY ESPECIALLY WHEN BRAKES WERE USED. ALSO WHEELS (NOT FACTORY BUT THEY WERE ON THERE WHEN PURCHASED, BUT ASKED TO REPLACE BUT NEVER HAPPENED) WERE NOTICEABLY BENT. AND LASTLY, THE FRONT AND SIDE AIRBAGS DEPLOYED AFTER SHUTTING MY DRIVERS SIDE DOOR CAUSING MY ARM TO BE BURNED.

ON APRIL 3, 2016 I STARTED MY 2007 NISSAN MAXIMA WHICH THE ENGINE SHOOK THEN STALLED AFTER RUNNING FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS. HAD IT TOWED TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER WHICH INFORMED ME THAT THE TIMING JUMP AND BENT VALVES NOW NEEDING A NEW ENGINE. AFTER RESEARCHING FOUND THAT THERE IS A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN FOR THEIR TIMING CHAIN GUIDE WHICH CAUSES THE TIMING CHAIN TO JUMP AND DAMAGE THE ENGINE. READING HOW DANGEROUS WHEN ANY OF THESE OCCUR WHILE THE VEHICLES ARE IN MOTION, OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLES ARE EXPOSED TO REAR END COLLISIONS AND OTHER ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY THE DRIVER'S INABILITY TO MAINTAIN AN APPROPRIATE SPEED ON THE ROAD. THE FACT THAT THE TIMING CHAIN SYSTEMS ARE PRONE TO PREMATURE FAILURE IS ALSO MATERIAL TO CONSUMERS BECAUSE THERE IS NO SAFE ALTERNATIVE WAY FOR OWNERS OF THE SUBJECT NISSAN VEHICLES TO AVOID THE RISK OF POTENTIAL HARM. AS A RESULT OF ITS FAILURE TO DISCLOSE THE MATERIAL FACT THAT THE TIMING CHAIN SYSTEMS INSTALLED IN THE SUBJECT NISSAN VEHICLES ARE PRONE TO PREMATURE FAILURE, NISSAN HAS RECKLESSLY PLACED THE SAFETY OF OWNERS AND OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLES AT RISK. TRAVELING AT 65 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY MY NEW TIMING CHAIN FAILED CAUSING "CATASTROPHIC ENGINE FAILURE" ON A CAR FOR WHICH I AM DILIGENT ABOUT MAINTENANCE. AGAIN, ALMOST KILLED ON THE HIGHWAY! HAD TO BUY A BRAND NEW ENGINE AT A COST OF $8100!" - 2006 NISSAN PATHFINDER OWNER / LEWISTON, MAINE. AS YOU SEE BY THIS ARTICLE HOW DANGEROUS THIS ISSUE WITH NISSAN IS AND THEY ARE NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. NOW MY ENGINE WILL NOT START AND NISSAN REFUSES TO INSTALL AND NEW ENGINE WHEN THEY NOW IT IS A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. THIS IS MY SECOND ENGINE IN MY 2007 NISSAN MAXIMA, THE FIRST ONE BLEW WHEN MY DAUGHTER DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE PISTON EXPLODED OUT OF THE BLOCK AND ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE BECAUSE THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED.

DURING A MAINTENCE CHECK THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED THAT THE SECONDARY TIMING CHAIN IS MAKING EXCESSIVE NOISE. THEY RECOMMEND I REPLACE THE SECONDARY TIMING KIT FOR $1,500 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THEY ALSO STATED DRIVERS FLOOR PAN RUST AND PASSAGNER SIDE SHOW SIGN OF GOING SOON THEY STATED NISSAN HAD FIX FOR THIS THAT WOULD COST $925 AND THAT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS ALOT TO THIS CARS

DURING A ROUTINE OIL CHANGE, THE DEALERSHIP REPORTED THAT THE SECONDARY TIMING CHAIN IS MAKING EXCESSIVE NOISE. THEY RECOMMEND I REPLACE THE SECONDARY TIMING KIT FOR $1,939.52 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

THE SECOND TIME MY CAR STALLED I WAS DRIVING BACK HOME IN MY 2007 MAXIMA WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING. I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN FROM MAJOR ROAD ONTO MY STREET. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS IN THE LEFT HAND LANE ON A MAJOR ROAD AT RUSH HOUR ACCELLERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT. I TOOK CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND BASED ON ME TELLING THEM I WAS HEARING A WHINING NOISE AND NOT THE STALLING ISSUE THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS FAULTY CAM SHAFT SENSORS AND THE TIMING BELT. SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME IT HAD TO BE REPAIRED OR MY LIFE COULD BE IN DANGER DEPENDING ON WHERE IT DECIDED TO STALL THE NEXT TIME OR THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND KILLED MY ENGINE. THIS COST ME APPROXIMATELY $2000. MY CAR HAD ~100,000 MILES AND I HAVE HAD ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICES PERFORMED AT THE SAME DEALER. REGARDLESS OF THE FAULTY PART I BELIEVE THE CAR BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE AND NISSAN SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE INSTEAD OF USING THE PROBLEM AS A CASH COW.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN MAXIMA. AFTER STARTING THE VEHICLE, THE AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED AT RANDOM. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE IT WAS REPAIRED FOR THE DRIVER SIDE AIR BAG MODULE AND SPIRAL CABLE, BUT THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 61,375.

I THOUGHT A LEAF WAS HANGING FROM BELOW MY CAR WHEN PARKED. IT TURNED OUT THAT THE FLOORBOARD IS COMPLETELY CORRODED THROUGH TO THE INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE ON THE DRIVERS SIDE. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP SINCE PURCHASED IN LATE 2006. THEY EXPLAINED THAT IT WOULD COST BETWEEN $2,000 TO $3,000 TO GET REPAIRED. I HAVE ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR 9 YEARS AND MUCH OF THIS TIME IT PARKED IN THE GARAGE DURING THE WINTER. I WAS SURE DAMAGE WAS NOT A EXPECTED DETERIORATION BASED ON NORMAL USE. THIS WAS CONFIRMED LATER BY RESEARCHING ON LINE AND SEEING OTHER COMPLAINTS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2007 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS AT THE MECHANIC, THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE FLOOR PAN NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. THE FAILURE HAPPENED WITHOUT WARNING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 200,000.