1995 Nissan Maxima

WE PURCHASED A NEW 1995 NISSAN MAXIMA IN JULY 1995. BY APRIL 1996, THE STILL-NEW CAR HAD TO BE REPAIRED WITH A NEW O2 SENSOR, BUT UNDER THE WARRANTY. THEN BY OCTOBER 2000, ANOTHER NEW O2 SENSOR HAD TO BE INSTALLED, AND WAS PAID OUT OF OUR OWN POCKET. HOWEVER, BY FEBRUARY 2002, THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE CAR WITH YET ANOTHER O2 SENSOR FAILURE. AT THAT TIME WE REFUSED THE SERVICE BECAUSE WE HAD LOST CONFIDENCE ON THE REPAIR DUE TO PAST POOR QUALITY HISTORY AND HIGH REPAIR COST ESTIMATION (~$250). THE DEALERSHIP NOW ROUTINELY WARNS US TO REPAIR THE SENSOR, BUT REFUSED TO RECOGNIZE THE SENSOR QUALITY AND/OR VEHICLE ENGINE OPERATION THAT, IN MY OPINION, WAS THE CAUSE OF THE REPEATED REPAIRS.*AK

1995 NISSAN MAXIMA EXPERIENCING OIL LEAK. *MR THERE WAS A PRE-EXISTING OIL LEAK. THE ENGINE LIGHT HAD COME ON IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS PICKED UP. THE DEALER PROMISED THE CONSUMER A NEW BATTERY BUT THEY CLEANED OFF THE BATTERY ACID AND SAID THAT IS WAS NEW. AFTER ABOUT THREE WEEKS A NEW BATTERY WAS PLACED IN AFTER SEVERAL NO STARTS. THE DEALER STATED THE ALTERNATOR WAS BAD. *SCC *JB

I TOOK DELIVERY OF THIS AUTO 11/17/94. ON 10/11/95, A REAR OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED AT 5510 MILES, UNDER WARRANTY. SOMETIME AFTER THAT, IN 1996, I RECEIVED AN UNDATED BULLETIN FROM NISSAN, ACKNOWLEDGING A PROBLEM WITH THEIR EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM AND EXTENDING A "LIMITED WARRANTY" TO 5 YEARS OR 60,000 MILES. ON 7/11/00, A FRONT O2 OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT 43,121 MILES. ON 2/6/2001, A THIRD O2 OXYGEN SENSOR WAS REPLACED AT 45,408 MILES, WITH A COST TO ME OF $636.17. THIS INDICATES TO ME THAT THEY PROBLEM IS MORE SERIOUS THAN REPLACING O2 OXYGEN SENSORS, AND IF IN FACT IT IS THE O2 OXYGEN SENSORS - THEY ALL SHOULD HAVE BEEN REPLACED BEFORE THEIR "LIMITED WARRANTY EXTENSION" EXPIRED. I BELIEVE I HAVE A LEGITIMATE COMPLAINT AND THAT NISSAN HAS AN OBLIGATION TO HONOR IT BY REIMBURSING ME AND REPLACING THE 4TH O2 OXYGEN SENSOR IN THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM, AND ANY OTHER PARTS RELATED TO THIS PROBLEM. *AK

THE OXYGEN SENSOR HAS FAILED SEVERAL TIMES, THE EARLIEST TIME THE VEHICLE HAVING ONLY 28299 MILES. VEHICLE HAS EXPERIENCED AND EXHAUST LEAK. THE TRANSMISSION WILL NOT SHIFT OUT OF PARK. THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START DUE TO A BLANK SPOT ON THE STARTER. THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SEVERAL ELECTRICAL PROBLEMS, THE DOME LIGHT WOULD NOT WORK DUE TO A POWER WIRE RIVET THAT WAS LOOSE AND LOOSING CONTACT. THE DOME LIGHT, THE DOOR LIGHTS, AND THE MAP LIGHT MALFUNCTIONED WHEN THE CONSUMER TRIED TO REPLACE THE BULB FOR THE MAP LIGHT. THE FACTORY INSTALLED ALARM WOULD GO OFF UNLESS THE KEYLESS ENTRY WAS USED, THE DASH INDICATOR LIGHTS FOR THE TRUNK OPEN AND DOOR AJAR FOR THE PASSENGER SIDE ALSO WOULD NOT WORK. THE HYDRAULIC HOOD SUPPORTS FAILED, IN ORDER TO CHECK THE ENGINE OR MAKE ANY REPAIRS THE HOOD HAS TO BE PROPPED OPEN. RECENTLY THE CONSUMER HEARD A CLICKING NOISE IN THE FRONT END, THE DEALER STATED THAT THE CV BOOT WAS TORN AND THAT THE CLICKING NOISE MEANT THE AXLE WAS DAMAGED, HOWEVER, LATER THE DEALER STATED THE PROBLEM WAS ONLY THE STRUT MOUNT BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHICH ONE WAS CAUSING THE PROBLEM, SO BOTH OF THEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. *SLC