2008 Nissan Maxima Recalls, Ratings & Complaints

Incident: July 18, 2026 · Filed: September 23, 2026

See attached document for complaint.

Incident: January 22, 2023 · Filed: January 29, 2023

Heavy Rust/corrosion/hole in driver & passenger floorboard. Visible from underneath vehicle when the vehicle is up on the lift. I’m concerned my feet will go through the floor. Inspected by an authorized auto body shop and they confirmed this is very unsafe and a manufacture defect.

Incident: September 24, 2020 · Filed: November 5, 2020

THE CAR IGNITION WILL NOT LET ME TURN IT

Incident: December 2, 2019 · Filed: February 20, 2020

AIRBAG LIGHT HAS TURNED ON. THEY WHERE NOT DEPLOYED. TRIED TO RESET THE LIGHT BUT IT STILL CAME ON. TRIED TO ERASE THE LIGHT WITH OBD2 READER BUT THE CODE NEVER SHOWED. THE LIGHT TURNED ON OUT OF NOWHERE. ITS BEEN ON FOR MONTHS.

Incident: September 11, 2019 · Filed: November 29, 2019

VEHICLE STOPPED FORWARD MOVEMENT IN MIDDLE LANE OF I-95 NORTH. ENGINE REVOLUTIONS JUMPED TO RED ZONE BUT NO FORWARD MOVEMENT. HAD TO COAST, IN LIGHT TRAFFIC, TO EDGE OF ROADWAY MERGE LANE. ENGINE THEN DIED. ENGINE RE-STARTED ABOUT 35 MINUTES LATER AND TRAVELED TO US HWY 1 WHEN SAME THING HAPPENED. VEHICLE DIED IN OUTER LANE. STATE POLICE ARRIVED AND ASSISTED IN PUSHING VEHICLE TO BUSINESS SHOULDER/DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES TO TRANSMISSION SHOP IN FREDERICKSBURG, VA WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE.

Incident: August 8, 2019 · Filed: August 15, 2019

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS STARTED. THE INDICATOR REMAINED ILLUMINATED FOR THE PAST WEEK. THE DEALER (94 NISSAN OF SOUTH HOLLAND, LOCATED AT 16269 VAN DAM RD, SOUTH HOLLAND, IL 60473, (708) 333-2000) WAS CONTACTED BY PHONE AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A DIAGNOSTIC TEST SHOULD BE PERFORMED TO VERIFY THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE, BUT THE CONTACT DECLINED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT INFORMED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 96,000.

Incident: March 30, 2019 · Filed: March 30, 2019

THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS PREMATURELY WEAR, CAUSING A WHINING NOISE AS THE CHAIN RUBS AGAINST THE TENSIONER WHILE THE VEHICLE IS TURNED ON. THIS WEAR EVENTUALLY GRINDS THROUGH THE TENSIONER RESULTING IN COMPLETE ENGINE FAILURE WHICH CAN LEAD TO A CRASH OR INJURY. THIS BEGAN TO HAPPEN FOR ME JUST OUTSIDE OF THE MANUFACTURER WARRANTY, AND IS A COSTLY REPAIR FOR A PART OF THE ENGINE THAT SHOULD NOT HAVE TO BE MAINTAINED WITHIN THE ENGINES EXPECTED LIFETIME.

Incident: December 5, 2018 · Filed: December 21, 2018

HAVE A 2008 NISSAN MAXIMA AND JUST FOUND OUT I NEED A TRANSMISSION AFTER ONLY HAVING IT 2YRS ..DEALER NEVER TOLD ME THAT IT HAD A PROBLEM WHEN HE SOLD TO ME HAD I KNOWN NISSAN HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL I WOULD NEVER HAD PURCHASE IT...I NEED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSON AND FOR 3700 DOLLARS I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD RPLACE IT AT NO COST TO ME SINCE IT SEEMS THAT THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE WITH ALL THERE MODELS NOT JUST MINE...IT JUST CRAP THAT IM STUCK TRYING TO FIX IT...NISSAN NEEDS TO MAKE THIS PROBLEM OR RATHER FIX THIS ISSUE THAT IS SO COMMON IN THERE VECHICLE THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ...CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER CAUSE IT WOULDNT SHIFT AND THERE IT WAS A BIG HEFT BILL TO TELL ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND HAD THE NERVE TO TELL ME NISSAN ARE KNOWN FOR BAD TRANSMISSION...NOT WHAT I WANTED TO HEAR...

Incident: November 18, 2018 · Filed: November 18, 2018

FLOORBOARDS RUSTED OUT.

Incident: July 21, 2017 · Filed: March 16, 2018

FEBRUARY 2009 I PURCHASE A 2009 NISSAN MAXIMA VIN#1N4AA51E29C....... THERE HAVE BEEN MINOR ISSUES THAT I HAVE DEALT WITH. LET ME EXPLAIN, FIRST THE MOTORS THAT MOVE THE STEERING COLUMN UP/DOWN (WARRANTY COVERED) AND IN/OUT (A $600 ESTIMATE) BOTH HAVE GONE OUT. SECONDLY, THE LEFT FRONT TIRE PRESSURE SENSOR ($186) WAS FOUND TO BE FAULTY ON FEBRUARY 20, 2015 WITH MILEAGE OF 47,859. THIRDLY, THE FRONT LEFT STRUT ($142) HAD TO BE REPLACED AND BOTH FRONT STRUT MOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED ($176), WHICH IS A RECALL FOR SOME VEHICLES BUT NOT MINE. I'M CONFUSED BY THIS BUT LET'S MOVE ON THE BIGGEST PROBLEM I'M HAVING WITH NISSAN. TODAY THE ONLY RECALL ON MY 09 MAXIMA HAS BEEN THE ESCL, WHICH WAS REPLACED ON JULY 21, 2017 WITH 73,429 MILES OF THE CAR. I IMMEDIATELY NOTICED A DIFFERENT SOUND WHEN STARTING THE CAR. I WAS TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT THE SOUND, SO I DROVE THE CAR HOME. SHORTLY AFTER, THE AIRBAG LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD STARTED BLINKING AND THE PASSENGER AIRBAG INDICATOR CAME ON. ON FEBRUARY 19, 2018, MY CAR WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO GET THE AIRBAG SYSTEM FIXED WITH 76,443 MILES ON THE CAR. THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT RAN A DIAGNOSTIC REPORT ($95) FINDING CODE DCT B1018 AS A PROBLEM. THEY REPORTED THEIR FINDINGS TO ME AND GAVE AN ESTIMATE OF THE REPAIRS TO BE BETWEEN $2,000 AND $4,000, A BIG DIFFERENCE. I TALKED WITH THE SERVICE DEPARTMENT ABOUT WHAT HAD TO BE DONE TO FIX THE AIRBAG SYSTEM, HOW MUCH TIME THE REPAIRS WOULD TAKE, WHY SUCH A WIDE SPREAD IN THE FINANCIAL ESTIMATE AND WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. I LEARNED A LOT FROM THIS CONVERSATION. THE BIGGEST SURPRISE WAS LEARNING THAT NISSAN CHANGED HOW THEIR AIRBAG SYSTEM SENSORS WORKED FROM ALWAYS ON TO OFF UNTIL A SEAT WAS OCCUPIED. I WOULD FEEL MORE LIKE A VALUED CUSTOMER WHEN NISSAN PAYS 100% OF A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN CAUSED BY 'NO FAULT' OF THE CONSUMER.