1999 Nissan Maxima

ALL 6 IGNITION COILS REQUIRED REPLACEMENT AT 70,000 MILES ON '99 NISSAN MAXIMA DUE TO POOR ENGINE PERFORMANCE AND SES LIGHT. THERE IS AN ONLINE PETITION AT HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/NIS_IGN/ WITH OVER 2300 COMPLAINTS FOR THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON '99-'03 CARS EACH COSTING THE CONSUMER BETWEEN $500 AND $1500 DOLLARS FOR THESE NISSAN MAXIMA SERIES (MOST NOT COVERED UNDER GENERAL WARRANTY). IN ADDITION, THE CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AT NISSAN IS UNRESPONSIVE TO CONSUMER COMPLAINTS. A SIMILAR PROBLEM WAS FOUND AND RECTIFIED BY VOLKSWAGEN AND AUDI OF AMERICA, INC. FOR A GENERAL RECALL RELATED TO FAILED IGNITION COILS. HTTP://WWW.THEAUTOCHANNEL.COM/NEWS/2003/02/04/154251.HTML

CAR BEGAN IDLING VERY ROUGH WHEN STOPPED, ALMOST TO THE POINT OF SHAKING BACK AND FORTH. WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, CAR SEEMED LIKE IT HAD ALMOST NO POWER. SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN CLIMBING HILLS, TO THE POINT WHERE CAR WOULD ALMOST STOP AND PUT DRIVER IN DANGER OF BEING STRUCK FROM BEHIND BY TRAFFIC IN THE SAME LANE. HAD TO STOP DRIVING CAR AND BRING TO DEALER. *NM

SEVERAL TIMES, AS I HAVE BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD, THE POWER LOCKS (ON EVERY DOOR) IN MY CAR SUDDENLY UNLOCK. AT OTHER TIMES, ONLY THE FRONT TWO DOORS UNLOCK. IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THIS OCCURS, I CAN HEAR THE POWER CONTROLS ON EACH DOOR MAKE AN ELECTRICAL NOISE AS IF AN ELECTRICAL MALFUNCTION IS OCCURRING. ALL FOUR OF MY POWER WINDOWS ALSO INTERMITTENTLY MALFUNCTION AND REFUSE TO ROLL DOWN (WHILE AT OTHER TIMES THEY WORK PERFECTLY). THE LOCK DEFECT CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION AS MY CHILDREN WHO ARE RIDING IN THE CAN THEN EXIT THE CAR. *NM

I WAS IN A FRONT IMPACT ACCIDENT GOING APPROXIMATELY 15-30 MPH. THE PERSON I REAR ENDED WAS STATIONARY AND HIS AIR BAG DEPLOYED. MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. THE DAMAGE TO MY CAR WAS EXTENSIVE CAUSING THE HOOD TO FOLD INTO AN INVERTED "V" SMASHING IN THE RADIATOR ETC. I WAS VERY CONCERNED THAT MY AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. I WAS NOT INJURED IN THE ACCIDENT. *JB

I HAVE A 99 NISSAN MAXIMA SE AND I WISH I HAD KNOWN ABOUT THIS WEBSITE BEFORE PURCHASING. AFTER READING THE MULTIPLE AND CONSISTENT COMPLAINTS REGARDING THE FLASHING "AIRBAG" AND "CHECK ENGINE SOON" LIGHTS, I CAN'T BELIEVE THERE HAS NOT BEEN A RECALL. THE DEFECTS REPORTED ARE THE SAME ON EACH INDIVIDUAL 99 MAXIMA LISTED. MY VEHICLE HAS 90,000 MILES ON IT, NO WRECKS, REGULAR MAINTANENCE AS RECOMMENDED AND HAVE SPENT WAY TOO MUCH MONEY ON REPAIRS FOR SENSORS, CYLINDER FAILURE AND NOW THE AIRBAG MALFUNCTION! THE SERVICE FOLKS WANT $600.00 TO FIX THAT. I HAVE READ THE TECHNICAL NOTICES THAT WENT OUT AND OBVIOUSLY THE DEFECTS WERE NOT CORRECTED ON THE CARS WHOSE OWNERS ARE FILING THE COMPLAINTS NOW. I ALSO HAVE A 1993 MAXIMA WITH 217,000 MILES ON IT. I HAVE NOW SPENT MORE MONEY IN REPAIRS ON THE 1999 THAT I HAVE HAD FOR 2 YEARS THAN I EVER DID ON THE 1993 IN THE ENTIRE 13 YEARS I HAVE OWNED IT! THE 1999 MODEL OBVIOUSLY HAS SOME SERIOUS FAILURES. AGAIN, REVIEW THE TECHNICAL NOTICES! NISSAN NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND DO THE RIGHT THING. IF NOT A RECALL, THEN AT THE VERY LEAST TAKE CARE OF THE ONES HERE WHO HAVE TAKEN THEIR TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY AND FIX THE DEFECTS AT NISSAN'S EXPENSE. IF NOT THEN I'M WITH THE GUY WHOSE NEXT PURCHASE WILL BE A HONDA OR A TOYOTA! *NM

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE AIR BAG LIGHT ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALERSHIP DETERMINED THE ENTIRE AIR BAG SYSTEM NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. UPDATED 5/30/2006 - THE BRAKES MADE NOISE IN THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE PULLED TO THE RIGHT. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE TCS LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE A/C DIDN'T SEEM COLD ENOUGH TO THE CONSUMER.*NM