TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CROSSED IN FRONT OF THE CONTACT'S VEHICLE. AS A RESULT, THE CONTACT CRASHED INTO THE DRIVER SIDE OF THE OTHER VEHICLE. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE FACE AND NECK THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000. *BF *JS
2017 Nissan Maxima complaints
Owner reports filed with NHTSA about this vehicle, newest first and reproduced as filed. They are unverified accounts: one proves nothing, and a pattern across many is the thing worth reading. Back to the full 2017 record →
TAKATA RECALL
WHILE WAITING AT A INTERSECTION TOO MAKE A TURN, THE STEERING WHEEL BECAME VERY STIFF. IMPOSSIBLE TO TURN, AND A RED LIGHT CAME ON INDICATING NO POWER STEERING FLUID. NOTE THE CAR IS A 2017 AND HAS LESS THAN 2,000 MILES.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2017 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THE GLARE FROM THE CHROME ON THE SIDE VENTS BY THE PASSENGER AND DRIVER SIDE OF THE DASHBOARD WOULD REFLECT IN THE SIDE VIEW MIRRORS OBSTRUCTING THE VIEW. THE CONTACT STATED THEY HAD ADJUSTED THE MIRROR AND THE SEAT HOWEVER THE FAILURE REMAINED. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN OF ROUTE 46 DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE'S SIDE VIEW MIRRORS HAD NO DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CONTACT HAD CONTACTED THE MANUFACTURER WHO OPENED UP CASE NUMBER: 27931632 HOWEVER, THE CONTACT HAD NOT HEARD ANYTHING THUS FAR. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 3,000.
THE STEERING ARM FROM THE RACK TO THE LEFT WHEEL ASSEMBLY JUST SNAPPED WHILE DRIVING ON A SMOOTH CITY STREET AT A LOW SPEED LEAVING THE CAR COMPLETELY OUT OF CONTROL.
DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD IN OUR COMMUNITY ALL OF A SUDDEN A LARGE BANG AND OUR SUNROOF EXPLODED.
Reading these
NHTSA publishes every complaint as the owner wrote it and investigates only a fraction. Spelling, capitalisation and judgement are the filer’s own. What carries weight is repetition: the same component failing the same way across many filings, and whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.
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