2000 Nissan Maxima

IN LATE OCTOBER MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO FOREIGN AUTOMOTIVE AND THEY RAN A SCAN OF MY ENGINE. THE FEED BACK SHOWED THAT THE CODE SHOWED THAT MY IGNITION COIL(S) WERE GOING OUT AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE OWNER OF THE BUSINESS DID A SEARCH FOR SERVICE RECALLS OR SERVICE BULLETINS ON 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA'S AND FOUND A SERVICE BULLETIN DATED SEPTEMBER 6, 2001 THAT SHOWED THAT THE IGNITION COILS INSTALLED IN CERTAIN VINS WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE OWNER OF THE SHOP CALLED NISSAN AND ASKED IF THEY WERE PAYING FOR THE COILS AND THEY INDICATED THEY WERE NOT GOING TO PAY FOR THE COILS OR THE SERVICE. THE SHOP RE-SET MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT AND I TOLD THEM I WOULD GET THE COILS REPLACED LATER IN THE YEAR. WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS MY "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT CAME BACK ON AND MY ENGINE STARTED "KNOCKING". I DECIDED TO GET THE COILS REPLACED. WHEN THE SHOP ORDERED THE COILS, TWO OF THE 6 WERE ON BACK ORDER BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER OF FAILURES OF THESE COILS.*AK

HAVING PUT LESS THAN 1,000 MILES ON OUR (NEWLY PURCHASED) USED NISSAN MAXIMA (67,000 MILES TOTAL), WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE STARTING PROPERLY. IT WAS TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR, AND WE HAD TO REPLACE ALL 6 IGNITION COILS AT A COST OF OVER $600. IT WAS THEN TOLD TO US THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT THE SHOP HAD SEEN ON MANY OCCASIONS.*AK

I HAVE A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA SE THAT HAD A FAILURE OF 6 COILS AT 69000 MILES. REPAIR COST $715. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. FROM THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS THAT I HAVE HEARD IT SEEMS THAT THESE PARTS SHOULD BE SUBJECT TO A RECALL. PLEASE SEE: HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/NIS_IGN/PETITION.HTML. *AK

I BELIEVE THERE IS A FAULTY CONSUMER FLEECING ISSUE WITH 2000 NISSAN MAXIMAS. THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION COILS SEEM TO HAVE A PROBLEM IN WORKMANSHIP AND IT IS UNREALISTIC FOR NISSAN TO EXPECT THEIR OWNERS TO BEAR THE BURDEN OF REPLACING THIS OBVIOUSLY FAULTY PART AT COSTS EXCEEDING $800. THIS DEFECT CAN LEAD TO A SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION, AND POSE A DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION. THERE HAS ALREADY BEEN A TSB ISSUED, AND THERE IS AN OFFICIAL PETITION LOCATED AT THE FOLLOWING URL: HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/NIS_IGN/PETITION.HTML PLEASE HELP PRESERVE OUR SAFETY AND REQUEST THAT NISSAN RECALL 2000 NISSAN MAXIMAS DUE TO FAULTY IGNITION COILS. THANK YOU. *AK

WEBSITE OF AN ONGOING PETITION WITH OVER 1000 SIGNATURES AS PROOF. (ANGELFIRE.COM HAS PETITION & ONGOING COMPLAINTS) NISSAN IS MANUFACTURING A FAULTY VEHICLE WITH KNOWN FAULTY PARTS -SUCH AS FAILING IGNITION COILS. EVENTUALLY -AND SOON -ONE OF THE NISSAN MAXIMA'S CUSTOMER'S WILL TRY TO ENTER TRAFFIC AND BE FATALLY KILLED WITH A FAILED ENGINE THAT WILL NOT TRAVEL ACROSS THE TRAIN TRACK OR OUT OF THE 18-WHEELER'S WAY DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME. NISSAN WILL NOT RECALL OR EVEN ADDRESS THAT THERE IS A PROBLEM. CONSUMER'S ARE SHELLING OUT $800.00 + OUT OF POCKET ON AUTOMOBILE REPAIRS TO THE MAXIMA WITH BARELY 30K MILES -AND EVEN LESS. IT IS JUST A MATTER OF TIME.....SOME ONE WILL BE KILLED. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM---CAN SOMETHING BE DONE? HAS ANYONE ELSE BEEN INJURED DUE TO THEIR CAR FAILING BECAUSE OF THIS PROBLEM? I HAVE HAD A VERY CLOSE CALL -BUT LUCKILY NOT INJURED YET. THIS WILL BE THE 2ND IGNITION COIL TO REPLACE. IT SEEMS THAT EVERY 2 MONTHS NOW AN IGNITION COIL IS GOING BAD. THE CAR WILL RUN VERY ROUGH -IT AT ALL -AND AT TIMES WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE -THE CAR WILL HESITATE/FAIL AND BARELY PUSH THROUGH. *JB

MY 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA STARTED VIBRATING REALLY BADLLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER TURNING OFF THE CAR AND TURNING BACK ON THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY, BUT I HAD IT TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER AND THEY LATER DIAGNOSIED IT AS A BAD IGITION COIL. THIS HAPPENED AT 40,000 MILES AND NOW AT 67000 THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURING AGAIN. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE WEB AND NOTICED MAY OWNERS OF NISSAN HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT'S FRUSTRATING THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN MADE. IT'S A SAFEFY HAZZARD WHEN THE COIL GOES BAD WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE NO FAITH IN NISSAN AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING ANOTHER QUALITY CAR. IT WON'T BE A NISSAN!!!!!*AK