2010 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

AC TURNS OFF AND ON WHILE STATIONARY OR MOVING. I'VE HAD THIS CAR ALMOST 3 YEARS NOW AND EVERY YEAR I'VE HAD TO GET MY AC SERVICED.

DESCRIPTION: NISSAN: KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM ENGINE AND OIL NOT REGISTERING ON THE STICK BUT OIL IS NOT LEAKING ANYWHERE. KNOCKING OCCURS WHEN CAR STARTS AND SOMETIME WHEN DRIVING.

FROM THE TIME I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 12/2015, I'VE HAD NOTHING BUT MAJOR PROBLEMS WITH MY STEERING. IT YANKS ME ALL OVER THE ROAD AND I HAVE TO FIGHT THE STEERING TO KEEP FROM HITTING OTHER CARS NEXT TO ME. IT'S A NIGHTMARE EVERY TIME I HAVE TO DRIVE IT AND IT'S HAD 3 BLOWOUTS ON THE RIGHT FRONT TIRE. MY MECHANIC CAN;T SEEM TO FIND THE PROBLEM WITH IT. HE SUGGESTED PUTTING 4 BRAND NEW TIRES ON THE CAR TO SEE IT IT HELPS. IT DID NOT HELP ONE BIT, WHEN THE ROADS ARE WET IT'S LIKE DRIVING ON GLASS, I'M SO AFRAID THIS CAR IS GOING TO KILL ME. ALSO, I CAN'T KEEP BUYING A NEW TIRE FOR THE FRONT RIGHT EVERY COUPLE OF MONTHS. SOMETHING IS DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THIS CAR, IS THERE ANYBODY OUT THERE THAT CAN HELP ME BEFORE THIS CAR KILLS ME AND POSSIBLY SOMEONE ELSE.

MY POWER STEERING SUDDENLY FAILED AT 80 MPH ON THE HIGHWAY. I DID NOT RECIEVE ANY WARNING OF AN ISSUE. IT JUST STOPPED WORKING .I ALMOST HIT AN EIGHTEEN WHEELER!!

THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING MY CAR TO NOT START. WITH THE PUSH BUTTON IGNITION AS LONG AS I HAVE THE KEY AND STEP ON THE BRAKE THE CAR SHOULD START. THE ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN FAILED SO EVEN WITH THE KEY IT WOULD NOT START. TO MAKE A LONG STORY SHORT THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO RECOGNIZE MY KEY WHICH IT SHOULD DO AUTOMATICALLY WHEN I GET CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE CAR. SINCE THE CAR WAS UNABLE TO DO THIS IT PRETTY MUCH WENT INTO LOCK DOWN MODE AS IF SOMEONE WAS TRYING TO STEAL THE CAR. MY CAR SHOULD NEVER TREAT ME AS SOMEONE TRYING TO STEAL IT ESPECIALLY IF I HAVE THE KEY. AS A RESULT I HAD TO SPEND OVER $1,300 TO FIX IT AND THE WORST PART IS THAT NO ONE CAN TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT CAUSED IT SO EVEN THOUGH I SPENT ALL THAT MONEY TO FIX IT, IT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN FOR NO REASON AND NO ON CAN TELL ME WHY. AND IT NOT LIKE THERE IS ANY WARNING THAT IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I DROVE THE CAR EARLIER IN THE DAY WITH NO PROBLEM. THEN MY FIANCE TRIED TO START THE CAR WHILE IT WAS PARKED IN HER DRIVEWAY AND THE CAR SIMPLY WOULD NOT START. THANK GOODNESS SHE WAS AT HOME WHERE IT WAS EASILY ABLE TO BE TOWED, BUT IF SHE WAS HOURS AWAY FROM HOME IN THE MIDDLE OF NO WHERE AND THIS HAPPENED IT WOULD'VE BEEN A MUCH WORSE SITUATION. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO SEE THAT WHAT HAPPENED TO ME DOESN'T HAPPEN TO ANYONE ELSE.

DASHBOARD IS STICKY AND SHINY WHICH CAUSES THE SUNLIGHT TO REFLECT UP INTO YOUR EYES WHILE YOU ARE DRIVING AND MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO SEE. SOMETIMES IT IS ALMOST BLINDING.WE BOUGHT THE CAR USED AND DIDN'T NOTICE THE DAY WE BOUGHT IT.

TAKATA RECALL THE HOOD SHAKES TREMENDOUSLY WHEN SPEEDS ARE REACHED AT 70+. THE CAR SHAKES SO BAD THAT IT SEEMS AS IF THE HOOD IS GOING TO COME THROUGH THE WINDSHIELD IF YOU DON'T DECREASE YOUR SPEED. WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY AND INCREASING SPEED TO 65+ THE HOOD STARTS TO SHAKE, I THOUGHT AT FIRST MAYBE THAT IT WAS THE WIND BUT THEN I SOON RECOGNIZED THIS COULDN'T BE THE CASE BECAUSE THE SUN WAS OUT AND THE WIND WASN'T BLOWING.

PARKED VEHICLE WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE ENERGIZED FOB START SIGNAL, REQUIRING TOW TO DEALERSHIP, REPLACEMENT OF STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY (PARTS COST $744.68). AT 64,247 MI (OUT OF WARRANTEE), ISSUE IS OF DESIGN WITHOUT EMERGENCY MECHANICAL STARTING PROCEDURE, EXTREME COST OF REPLACEMENT, UNFORESEEN FAILURE NOT DUE TO OPERATOR.

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

IN SEPTEMBER 2015 I PURCHASED A ONE OWNER CERTIFIED PRE-OWNED 2010 MAXIMA WITH ALL SERVICE RECORDS UP TO DATE WITH EXTENDED WARRANTY; THINKING I WAS AS SAFE AS I COULD BE. JUST 5 SHORT MONTHS LATER ON FEBRUARY 8, 2016 AFTER WORK, AT DUSK MY 2010 MAXIMA WITH ONLY 82,700 MILES FAILED TO START. THE BRAKE PEDAL WAS EXTREMELY HARD AND NOTHING HAPPENED WHEN I PUSHED THE START BUTTON. THIS POSES AN EXTREME SAFETY HAZARD, AS I WORK IN THE FIELD IN CRIME STRICKEN AREAS; HENCE BUYING A CPO VEHICLE AND PURCHASING AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THERE WAS NO WARNING WHATSOEVER THAT THIS WAS ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I HAD TO WAIT ABOUT 45 MINUTES, IN THE DARK ON THE WEST SIDE OF SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS FOR A TOW TRUCK TO HAVE MY CAR TOWED TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALERSHIP. BEING THAT IT WAS AFTER 6PM, THE DEALER WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO DIAGNOSE UNTIL THE FOLLOWING MORNING. DEALERSHIP CALLED THE NEXT DAY TO INFORM ME THAT THE PROBLEM WAS THE STEERING LOCK ASSEMBLY, WHICH IS NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY AND WILL COST ME $925+TAX!!! THE CAR WAS OPERATING JUST FINE; NO REASON TO THINK I WAS AT RISK OF BEING STRANDED. ACCORDING TO ONLINE RESEARCH, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS ISSUE AND BEEN STRANDED WITH THEIR CHILDREN AND/OR IN HORRIBLE WHETHER CONDITIONS, YET NO RECALL. 2009 NISSAN MODELS WERE RECALLED FOR THE SAME FAULTY PART. SINCE THE SAME PART CONTINUED TO BE USED ON 2010 MODELS, WHY WAS THIS RECALL NOT EXTENDED FOR 2010 MODELS? NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS EXPENSIVE FAULTY PART BEFORE SOMETHING HORRIBLE HAPPENS TO SOMEONE.