Nissan Maxima — reported problems

What owners report: issue areas

Owner complaints are classified by the system they concern: 15,390 classifications in all. One complaint can concern several systems, so these add up to more than the number of complaints.

• Powertrain (transmission & drivetrain)4,802 (31.2%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2002.
• Electrical system1,632 (10.6%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 1997–2006.
• Engine1,424 (9.3%)Official recall records for this system: 3, covering model years 2001–2003.
• Steering1,014 (6.6%)Official recall records for this system: 1, covering model years 2007.
• Air bags (restraint system)960 (6.2%)Official recall records for this system: 12, covering model years 2001–2017.
• Brakes784 (5.1%)Official recall records for this system: 13, covering model years 2016–2018.

Other / uncategorized: 632 classifications (4.1%) were not assigned to a specific system by the source. They are counted but not treated as an issue area.

These are counts of records held by CarFaultIQ, not a failure rate. More records can simply mean more vehicles were sold or more owners reported. No vehicles-in-service figure exists in this data, so no reliability or risk score can be derived from it.

What the records are about, by source

Each source is kept separate: owner complaints, recalls, manufacturer communications and investigations are different kinds of record and are never added together. All model years.

• Owner complaints (12,080 records, model years 1995–2023) are most frequently classified under: powertrain (transmission & drivetrain), electrical system and engine.
• Safety recalls (103 records, model years 1995–2020) are most frequently classified under: lights, air bags (restraint system) and brakes.
• Transport Canada recalls (59 records, model years 1997–2019) are most frequently classified under: brakes, air bags (restraint system) and suspension.
• Manufacturer communications (3,667 records, model years 1995–2023) are most frequently classified under: electrical system, equipment & accessories and powertrain (transmission & drivetrain).

"Most frequently classified under" reports how the records are filed by the source. It is not a finding about causes, and a record can be filed under more than one system. Read the individual records

Mileage reported when the issue occurred

• 8,912reports included a mileage
• 81,632average of those mileages

This is the mileage owners recorded at the time they reported, not an expected failure mileage and not a prediction for any individual vehicle. The lowest and highest figures on record are not shown: they are unverified odometer entries that include zeros and implausibly high readings, so they would not describe a real range. A median is not shown either, because the stored figures are group totals and a median cannot be recovered from them.

Evidence by model year

Records held per model year. Select a year to narrow this page to it.

1. 1995 241 records for 1995 241
2. 1996 175 records for 1996 175
3. 1997 185 records for 1997 185
4. 1998 194 records for 1998 194
5. 1999 233 records for 1999 233
6. 2000 479 records for 2000 479
7. 2001 288 records for 2001 288
8. 2002 303 records for 2002 303
9. 2003 281 records for 2003 281
10. 2004 1,544 records for 2004 1,544
11. 2005 1,045 records for 2005 1,045
12. 2006 661 records for 2006 661
13. 2007 212 records for 2007 212
14. 2008 161 records for 2008 161
15. 2009 441 records for 2009 441
16. 2010 394 records for 2010 394
17. 2011 221 records for 2011 221
18. 2012 222 records for 2012 222
19. 2013 168 records for 2013 168
20. 2014 185 records for 2014 185
21. 2016 437 records for 2016 437
22. 2017 327 records for 2017 327
23. 2018 206 records for 2018 206
24. 2019 152 records for 2019 152
25. 2020 121 records for 2020 121
26. 2021 98 records for 2021 98
27. 2022 79 records for 2022 79
28. 2023 53 records for 2023 53

Counts are not adjusted for how many vehicles were sold in each year, so a taller year is not necessarily a worse year.

Reports mentioning outcomes

• 540mention a crash
• 202mention a fire
• 508mention an injury
• 24mention a fatality

These are counts of records whose report mentioned the outcome. They are not a severity rating and not a safety assessment of this vehicle.

Official records held

• Safety recalls NHTSA 103
• Manufacturer communications NHTSA 3,667
• Investigations NHTSA 21
• Transport Canada recalls Transport Canada 59
• Owner complaints NHTSA 12,080

Explore the underlying evidence records

Diagnostic codes found in evidence for this vehicle

These codes appear by explicit identifier in official records matched to this exact model and year.

• P0456 in 64 records · 2008–2022
• B00A0 in 34 records · 2016–2023
• P0442 in 22 records · 2012–2022
• P0455 in 22 records · 2012–2022
• P0101 in 13 records · 2011–2018
• U1000 in 10 records · 2002–2006
• P0087 in 9 records · 2016–2018
• P0138 in 9 records · 2000–2002
• P0448 in 9 records · 2016–2018
• P0605 in 9 records · 2009–2013
• P0139 in 7 records · 2000–2002
• P0158 in 7 records · 2000–2002

A code appearing in a record means the code was named in that document. It is not a diagnosis of this vehicle, not a fault this vehicle has, and not an indication of urgency. Diagnosis requires reading live data from the vehicle.