1995 Nissan Maxima

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

COMPLETE DOT: C2UR H4LR 487. FIRST INCIDENT, RF AND LR TIRES BEGAN TO MAKE NOISE. TIRE DEALER DISCOVERED THAT THE TREAD WAS ABOUT TO SEPARATE. THEY ADVISED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL OR WARNING ABOUT THIS PROBLEM. HOWEVER, THEY HAVE NOTICED THAT THIS MANUFACTURE AND MODEL HAS MORE PROBLEMS THAN SOME OTHERS. THEREFORE, THEY HAVE STOPPED SELLING THESE TIRES. THEY ADVISED THAT THE OTHER TWO REMAINING REPUBLIC TIRES MAY/OR MAY NOT HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. IF SO, THEY WOULD REPLACE THEM ALSO. FOUR MONTHS LATER IN AUGUST, THE OTHER TWO TIRES BEGAN TO MAKE NOISE INDICATING POTENTIAL SEPARATION. I WAS OUT-OF-TOWN ON AN INTERSTATE AT THE TIME. I HAD TO TRAVEL APPROXIMATELY 15 MORE MILES WITH A HIGHWAY PATROL FOLLOWING ME TO MAKE SURE NO CRASH OCCURRED. I MADE IT TO ANOTHER TIRE DEALERSHIP FOR REPLACEMENTS. THEY TOO SHOWED ME THE BUBBLES IN THE TREADS OF THESE TWO TIRES. AGAIN, THE INITIAL TIRE DEALER STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURE KNEW ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT WAS PAYING FOR REPLACEMENTS INSTEAD OF ISSUING A NOTICE/WARNING/RECALL. I WOULD LIKE AN EXPLANATION OF WHAT IT TAKES TO GET A MANUFACTURE TO NOTICE/WARN OR RECALL OF PROBLEMS THEY LEARN ABOUT THEIR PRODUCTS. I WAS PREGNANT WHEN THIS HAPPENED. NEEDLESS TO SAY, THIS DOES NOT MAKE ME FEEL COMFORTABLE WITH MY VEHICLE OR TIRES.*AK (DOT NUMBER: C2URH4LR48 TIRESIZE: 205/65/R15)

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

THERE IS A RUBBING NOISE IN THE FRONT END WHEN THE STEERING WHEEL IS TURNED. THE DEALER STATED THAT THE NOISE IS CAUSED BY THE FRONT SPRINGS RUBBING AGAINST SOMETHING ELSE IN THE FRONT END AND THE PROBLEM HAS OCCURRED IN SOME 1995 MAXIMAS. THE DEALER INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY A DESIGN DEFECT IN THE SPRINGS AND THAT THE DESIGN OF CURRENT REPLACEMENT PART (NEW SPRINGS NOW AVAILABLE FROM NISSAN) HAVE CORRECTED THIS PROBLEM. THE COST OF REPLACING THE SPRINGS IS $745, BUT NISSAN HAS DECLINED TO PROVIDE WARRANTY COVERAGE. THE DEFECTIVE SPRINGS ARE CAUSING A SAFETY HAZARD. THERE IS OBVIOUSLY FRICTION AND WEAR ON THE SPRINGS, WHICH WILL EVENTUALLY FAIL. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT A SIMILAR PROBLEM OCCURRED WITH NISSAN SENTRAS AND THAT NISSAN PROVIDED A RECALL OF SENTRA SPRINGS. NISSAN, HOWEVER, INEXPLICABLY REFUSES TO RECALL MAXIMA SPRINGS.