2009 Nissan Maxima

I PARKED AND WENT INTO LOCAL POST OFFICE. GOT BACK IN MY CAR AND IT WOULDN'T START. TRIED TO GET A JUMP AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH BATTERY, DOORS UNLOCKED, LIGHTS CAME ON AND HAZARD LIGHTS WORKED. CALLED LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND EXPLAINED TO SERVICE GENTLEMAN WHAT WAS GOING ON AND HE IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME THE STEERING LOCK RELEASE HAD GONE OUT AND I NEEDED TO HAVE THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP. THREE DAYS LATER THE SERVICE GENTLEMAN CALLED ME AND TOLD ME IT WAS INDEED THE STEERING LOCK RELEASE THAT'D GONE OUT AND IT WAS $775 + TAX TO GET IT FIXED. I'M BAFFLED BECAUSE MY CAR IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION AND I CAN'T BELIEVE THAT THE END RESULT IS THAT I HAVE TO PAY FOR THIS. THE CAR WILL NOT WORK WITHOUT THIS RELEASE SWITCH BEING REPLACE AND I DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO GET IT FIX SO WHAT NOW AM I TO DO. I BEGAN TO READ UPON THIS ISSUE AND SEE IT'S AN ONGOING PROBLEM WITH '09 MAXIMAS AND IT HAS BEEN RECALLED ON OTHER SUCH NISSAN VEHICLES. I THINK NISSAN SHOULD TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS AND RECALL THIS PART FOR ITS CUSTOMERS. THIS IS UNBELIEVABLE AND ALSO NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

MY WIFE PARKED THE CAR ON MONDAY NIGHT, AND THE NEXT DAY WHEN SHE TRIED TO START IT, NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN, LIKE IT WASN'T REGISTERING THE KEY FOB. SO I WENT TO THE CAR AND I TRIED TO START IT, AND I NOTICED THAT I COULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL ALL THE WAY TO THE LEFT, AND ALL THE WAY TO THE RIGHT. THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK ISN'T WORKING. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ON THE INTERNET, I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH AN EXPENSIVE FIX THAT HAS TO BE FIXED BY THE DEALERSHIP. THE PROBLEM WITH THAT IS THAT WE LIVE 2 HRS FROM THE NEAREST DEALERSHIP, AND ON TOP OF THE LOCK BEING REPLACED, WE WILL HAVE TO PAY AROUND $200 TO HAVE IT TOWED. I'M THANKFUL THAT MY WIFE WAS HERE AT THE HOUSE WHEN THIS HAPPENED, AND NOT OUT SOMEWHERE WITH OUR NEW BORN DAUGHTER CONSIDERING IT HAS BEEN BELOW 0 DEGREES HERE THE PAST FEW DAYS. *TR

I AM A SINGLE 34 YEAR OLD WHITE FEMALE. I HAVE A 2009 NISSAN MAXIMA AND I WAS DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI AT 2:00 AM. I WALKED TO THE CAR FROM A BUSINESS NEARBY AND GOT INTO MY CAR AND IT WOULD NOT START. THERE WAS A LIGHT ON THE TOP LEFT OF THE DASHBOARD THAT WAS YELLOW AND SAID KEY. I ATTEMPTED TO START IT AGAIN AND NOTHING. I CONTACTED A FRIEND WHO HELPED ME TRY TO JUMP IT; THINKING IT MAY BE THE BATTERY AND AGAIN NOTHING. I WAS VERY UPSET THAT I WAS STUCK IN DOWNTOWN CINCINNATI, NOW WITH A FRIEND TRYING TO HELP. I ENDED UP SPENDING A $100 ON A TAXI TO GET HOME AND NOW TODAY I FIND OUT THUS IS GOING TO COST ME $900. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 56,000 MILES ON IT. I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FEEL SAFE. I NO LONGER DO. I HOPE NISSAN THINKS ABOUT RECALLING THIS ISSUE BC ACCORDING TO MANY ONLINE TESTIMONIES THIS IS HAPPENING A LOT TO 2009 NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS. I'LL HAVE TO SAY I WON'T BUY ANOTHER. I HAD A TOYOTA BEFORE THIS AND I'LL GO BACK GO BEING A LOYAL TOYOTA CUSTOMER. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *TR

MY WIFE WAS LEAVING HOME FROM WORK LATE NITE AND THE CAR WOULD NOT START I CAME DOWN AND JUMP THE CAR AND IT WAS NOT THE BATTERY THE KEY WOULD NOT REGISTER AT ALL. IT WAS ALMOST AS IF IT DID NOT RECOGNIZE THE KEY. I STILL HAVE TO GET THE CAR TOWED TODAY WHICH IS ALREADY 150 PLUS THE DEALER IS SAYING TO FIX IT WILL BE 500 PLUS. ARE YOU SERIOUS NISSAN AS SOON AS I GET IT FIXED AT THE DEALER IM TRADING IT IN. THIS IS THE SECOND TIME SOMETHING HAS HAPPEN WITH THAT STEERING WHEEL. *TR

THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK ISSUE IS LEAVING MAXIMAS STRANDED UNABLE TO START THE CAR WITH THESE SYMPTOMS: WHAT HAPPENS IS WHEN YOU TRY TO START THE CAR, WITHOUT WARNING, THE ELECTRIC LOCK FAILS TO UNLOCK SENDING ERROR MESSAGE TO THE BCM. THE CAR WILL NOT START IN THIS CASE AND WILL FLASH THE INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING IN THE CLUSTER. *TR

I STARTED MY CAR JUST FINE THIS MORNING BUT ON MY WAY TO WORK I STOPPED AT A STORE AND THE CAR DID NOT WANT TO START BACK UP. I CHANGED OUT THE BATTERY FOR THE PUSH START KEY AND THE CAR BATTERY. THIS PROBLEM FROM WHAT I HAVE BEEN READING IS AN ISSUE WITH THE 2009 MAXIMA 370Z AND THE GTR. THEY HAVE THE SAME PARTS FOR THE IGNITION SYSTEMS. PLEASE FIX THIS PROBLEM. I'M FROM TEXAS BUT WORK AS A CONTRACTOR IN PENNSYLVANIA. I LOVE MY MAXIMA AND IT'S A SHAME THAT I HAVE BEEN STUCK IN THE COLD FOR 5 HOURS TRYING TO GET A TOW TRUCK AND TALKING TO MY INSURANCE. THANK YOU. *TR

GOT IN THE CAR TO GO HOME FROM WORK AND PUSHED THE START BUTTON. THE STEERING COLUMN WENT DOWN LIKE NORMAL THEN A GRINDING NOISE IN THE STEERING COLUMN WAS MADE. AT THAT POINT, THE STEERING COLUMN HAD TO BE RAISED MANUALLY WITH QUITE A BIT OF PRESSURE. SO MUCH SO I WAS ALMOST AFRAID THE AIRBAG MAY DEPLOY. HAS NEVER WORKED, LIKE IT DID WHEN I BOUGHT IT NEW, SINCE. STILL MAKES A NOISE WHEN ITS SUPPOSE TO GO UP OR DOWN BUT NEVER MOVES ON ITS OWN. *TR

THE VEHICLE WAS LEFT PARKED AT MY JOB PARKING LOT AND WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE HOME AFTER WORK THE CAR SIMPLY DIDN'T WANT TO START. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE NEARBY DEALERSHIP WHICH STATED THAT THE ISSUE IS RELATED TO THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT. HE WAS NOT ABLE TO STATE WHY IT HAPPENED JUST THAT IT JUST HAPPENS SUDDENLY WITHOUT REASON AND NOW IT'S GOING TO COST APPROX. $1000 TO FIX. YOU CAN ONLY IMAGINE HOW MUCH THIS MAY COST IF THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THESE CARS AND THERE IS NO REAL CAUSE WHY IT HAPPENS PER THE TECHNICIAN AT NISSAN'S OF BURLESON STATED. *TR

I BOUGHT MY MAXIMA IN APRIL OF 2011. IT WAS PRE-OWNED WITH ABOUT 14000 MILES. THE TELESCOPIC AND TILT FUNCTIONS FOR THE STEERING WHEEL STOPPED WORKING. MY STEERING WHEEL IS STUCK IN THE LOWER POSITION MAKING A BIT DIFFICULT TO DRIVE SPECIALLY WHEN I HAVE TO BACK UP; IT ACTUALLY FEELS A LITTLE BIT DANGEROUS. I WILL BE GETTING IT FIXED NEXT WEEK. SINCE NISSAN DENIED MY CLAIM FOR THEN TO PAY FOR THIS. I SPOKE WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIR SPECIALISTS AND THEY CAME BACK TELLING ME THAT IT IS NOT COVERED IN THE WARRANTY ANYMORE AND THAT IT WILL BE UP TO ME TO GET IT FIXED. OBVIOUSLY, WHEN I FIRST CALLED THEM I UNDERSTOOD THAT THE WARRANTY WAS OVER. I WAS HOPING THEY WOULD SEE THIS AS A SERIOUS ISSUE SEEING THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS ALREADY RELATED TO THE TILT AND/OR THE TELESCOPIC MOTORS GOING BAD. THE COST FOR THIS REPAIR IS $975. I WOULDN'T MIND SPENDING THIS ON TIRES AND BRAKES, BUT THE FAILURE OF THIS MOTORS SO EARLY IN THE LIFE OF THIS CAR IS UNACCEPTABLE. I AM SURPRISED OF NISSAN NOT HAVING INITIATED A RECALL CAMPAIGN FOR THIS. VERY DISAPPOINTING. THIS IS MY THIRD NISSAN BUT BECAUSE OF THE WAY THEY SEEM TO CARE FOR ISSUES OF THEIR CUSTOMERS IT MAYBE THE LAST ONE. *TT