2008 Nissan Maxima

THE DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG HAS MALFUNCTION WITH THE LIGHT CONSTANTLY FLASHING. TOOK VEHICLE TO NISSAN DEALERS TO DIAGNOSE WHAT IS CAUSING THE PROBLEM WITH AIRBAG LIGHT CONSTANTLY FLASHING AND WAS TOLD THEY DO NOT KNOW, BUT IF I GET INVOLVE IN AN ACCIDENT THE AIRBAG PROBABLY WILL NOT INFLATE. THEY PRINT OUT SEVERAL STEPS NISSAN NORTH AMERICA RECOMMENDS TO FIX THE PROBLEM WHICH WOULD COST ME THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS. MY SEAT-BELTS ARE POWERTRAIN UNTIL 2018. THIS MAKES NO SINCE THAT MY DRIVER SIDE AIRBAG ALL OF A SUDDEN STOP WORKING EVEN THOUGH I HAVE HAD NO ACCIDENTS INVOLVING MY CAR THEREFORE, NISSAN SHOULD VOLUNTARILY FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE I AM INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT AND MY AIRBAG DOES NOT INFLATE WHICH COULD LEAD TO DEADLY CONSEQUENCES. I WANT THE FHTA TO CONTACT NISSAN AND HAVE THEM TO WORK TO RESOLVE THIS ISSUE BEFORE IT LEAVES TO SOMETHING SERIOUSLY. NISSAN DEALER EVEN STATED THAT THIS PROBLEM MIGHT HAVE HAPPEN BY ME TURNING MY STEERING WHEEL WHICH MADE NO SENSE TO ME.

BROUGHT MY 2008 NISSAN MAXIMA IN FOR AN OIL CHANGE AND NOTICED EXTREME RUST UNDER THE PASSENGER SIDE SEAT. THE REST OF THE CAR IS SPOTLESS UNDERNEATH, NO RUST ANYWHERE ELSE. TOOK THE CAR TO A COUPLE BODY SHOPS AND THEY SAID IT IS MOST LIKELY FROM A LEAK INSIDE THE CAR CAUSED BY POOR SEALING WHEN THE CAR WAS BUILT. THIS IS DEFINITELY A MANUFACTURING PROBLEM AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BY NISSAN. THIS HAS BEEN YEARS IN THE MAKING AND NOW STARTING TO SHOW. OF COURSE IT IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THE NISSAN CROOKS WILL NOT TAKE BLAME FOR IT. I HAVE HAD 3 NISSAN VEHICLES IN MY LIFETIME AND IT IS AN ABSOLUTE SHAME THAT THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THEY KNOW THEY ARE BUILDING THE VEHICLE IMPROPERLY BUT THEY KNOW THE ISSUE WILL NOT PRESENT ITSELF UNTIL AFTER THE WARRANTY IS EXPIRED, LEAVING THEM TO TAKE NO RESPONSIBILITY. I HOPE SOMEONE AT NISSAN IS READING THIS AND I HOPE A LAWSUIT OCCURS IN THE NEAR FUTURE. I HAVE ATTACHED PICTURES FOR YOUR DISPLEASURE.

VEHICLE HESITATES TO SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION DURING ACCELERATION. MOST NOTICEABLE WHILE THE VEHICLE IS GOING UP AN HILL. THE TRANSMISSION PRODUCE A WHINING SOUND IF THE PEDAL IS DEPRESSED TO INCREASE THE ACCELERATION. TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AT JUST BELOW 33,000 MILES BY THE DEALER. THE ABS MOTOR IS RUNNING INTERMITTENTLY WHEN THE SURFACE IS DRY AND NO RAIN OR SNOW. THIS CAR WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER NUMEROUS TIMES WITHOUT BEING REPAIRED OR AN ACCURATE DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM. THE HINGES ON THE HOOD AND THE DOORS ARE RUSTING. TH

ON FEBRUARY 17, 2015, MY DAUGHTER DROVE INTO A 3' DITCH WITH ABOUT 4" OF STANDING WATER WITH ALGEA STANDING ON TOP OF THE WATER. I HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY MY LOCAL MECHANIC TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS DAMAGED AND HAD THE OIL LEVELS CHECKED AS WELL AND WE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 2500 MILES. IN MAY 2015 I CHOSE TO HAVE THE CAR REPAIRED , FRONT BUMPER ETC. AFTER THE BODYSHOP FINISHED WITH THE CAR THE AIRBAG LIGHT NEEDED TO BE RESET BY NISSAN. WE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR FOR ANOTHER 500 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED. I WAS INFORMED BY MY TRANSMISSION MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAD THE VEHICLE TRANSPORTED BACK TO NISSAN FOR REPAIR ON JULY 27, 2015 AND 10 -15 DAYS LATER I WAS CALLED AND ASKED IF THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN WRECKED. NISSAN WARRANTY DENIED THE CLAIM BASED ON THE OPINION THE THE CAR WAS FLOODED. THE TRANSMISSION OILS WERE CHECKED NUMEROUS TIMES WITH NO SIGNS OF WATER DAMAGED. NISSAN WARRANTY REFERRED ME BACK TO FARM BUREAU TO FILE AN INSURANCE CLAIM BASED ON THE CAR WAS FLOODED IN THE ACCIDENT THAT HAPPENED IN FEBRUARY 2015. I HAD THE TRANSMISSION REMOVED AND BRIANS TRANSMISSION FOUND THE BELT INSIDE THE TRANSMISSION HAD BROKEN AND COME APART. I WENT BACK TO NISSAN AND REQUESTED THAT A NISSAN REPRESENTATIVE COME AND REVIEW THE TRANSMISSION IN ITS CURRENT STATE AND TO REOPEN THE WARRANTY CLAIM. THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY WERE NOT CHANGING THEIR MINDS THIS WAS A CLOSED ISSUE. CURRENTLY I AM UNCERTAIN WHAT WILL BE MY NEXT MOVE. I REQUESTED TO SPEAK TO NISSAN WARRANTY BUT WAS INFORMED BY NISSAN CORPORATION THAT NISSAN WARRANTY DOES NOT SPEAK TO INDIVIDUALS. NISSAN CORP. DID REFER ME BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO SAY THAT DEACON JONES NISSAN WOULD HAVE TO BE THE ONE TO INITIATE THE REQUEST AND THEY INFORMED ME THIS AFTERNOON THAT THEY WOULD PAY UP TO $500.00 FOR REPAIRS.

AFTER SEEING A TODAY SHOW REPORT EARLIER IN 2015 ABOUT UNDER CARRIAGE RUST IN NISSAN ALTIMA'S, I DECIDED I SHOULD TAKE A LOOK UNDERNEATH MY 2008 MAXIMA. SURE ENOUGH, THERE ARE TWO LARGE HOLES RUSTED ALL THE WAY THROUGH ON THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE IN THE SAME SPOT. I WAS A LITTLE INFURIATED THAT THE TODAY SHOW REPORT STATED THIS IS ONLY AN ISSUE WITH NISSAN ALTIMA'S MADE BETWEEN SPECIFIC YEARS.... THAT'S NOT THE CASE! THIS SIMPLY CAN'T BE A COINCIDENCE. THIS IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT ON THE PART OF NISSAN, AND IT NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED AS A SAFETY RECALL. AS SOMEONE WHO LIVES IN THE UPPER MID-WEST, I HAVE TO DEAL WITH ROAD SALT AND SNOW FOR MOST OF THE YEAR. IF THESE HOLES ARE COMPLETELY EXPOSING THE INSIDE OF MY CAR, HOW CAN THAT BE CONSIDERED SAFE? I'VE BEEN QUOTED FOR $600 FROM A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO FIX THIS ISSUE. THAT'S SIMPLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN... NISSAN NEEDS TO OWN UP TO THE FACT THAT THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESS ON THEIR EXPENSE. BY NOT ADDRESSING THIS ISSUE, I'M FORCED TO CONSIDER SELLING A CAR THAT OTHERWISE IS IN NEAR PERFECT CONDITION. ON TOP OF IT ALL, IT MAKES ME NEVER WANT TO BUY A NISSAN AGAIN, AND I WILL LOBBY AGAINST ANY FRIEND OR FAMILY MEMBER PURCHASING A NISSAN. THIS IS SIMPLY A POOR BUSINESS PRACTICE.

WAS INFORMED BY NISSAN AT THE TIME THAT THE FLOOR BOARDS IN MY 2008 NISSAN MAXIMA WERE BEGINNING TO ROT. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP ON JULY 20, 2015 AND WAS TOLD AT THIS TIME THERE IS EXTENSIVE ROT ON BOTH THE DRIVERS SIDE FLOORBOARD AND PASSENGERS SIDE. WAS ALSO TOLD THAT SINCE THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF WARRANTY THERE IS NOTHING NISSAN CAN DO. SO NOW I AM FORCED TO EITHER PAY TO HAVE IT FIXED OR GET RID OF THE VEHICLE THAT RUNS PERFECTLY FINE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT LEAST 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE WAS INVOLVED IN A MINOR CRASH. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG DEPLOYED WITHOUT WARNING. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. ALTHOUGH THE INSURANCE COMPANY DECLARED THE VEHICLE AS DESTROYED, THE CONTACT REPAIRED THE VEHICLE, BUT DID NOT REPAIR THE AIR BAG. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 13V136000(AIR BAGS). THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

THE DRIVER AND FRONT PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARDS ARE RUSTING AWAY TO THE POINT OF NECESSARY REPAIRS. NISSAN IS NOT WILLING TO FIX THIS OBVIOUS MANUFACTURING DEFECT. TODAY, 4/6/15, THERE WAS A TELEVISION PIECE WHICH AIRED ON NBC'S TODAY SHOW TALKING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE I AM HAVING WITH MY CAR TO NISSAN ALTIMA'S. THE MAXIMA IS A SISTER CAR THE ALTIMA. NISSAN NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE IN ALTIMA'S AND MAXIMA'S. *TR