2010 Nissan Maxima

PURCHASED VEHICLE NOVEMBER 2012 EVERYTHING WORK FINE PARKED CAR WENT TO BED WOKE UP NEXT DAY CAR WOULD NOT START, INTELLIGENT KEY OPEN AND LOCK DOORS, HORN HONKS GOOD, KEY SYMBOL ON DASH SHOWING STEADY, PUSH BUTTON START SYMBOL STATES LOCK, BOUGHT NEW CAR BATTERY, NEW INTELLIGENT KEY BATTERY STILL WONT START. CALLED DEALER, SERVICE TECH STATES KNOWN PROBLEM AS STEELING MECHANISM LOCKED. HAD TO PAY TO TOW VEHICLE TO DEALER. END OF STORY COST 857.00 TO FIX PLUS 200.00 FOR THE TOW AND NISSAN WONT ASSIST IN ANY KIND OF WAY. DEALER TECH SAYS I HAVE 1 YEAR WARRANTY ON WORK BUT THIS CAN HAPPEN AGAIN AT ANY TIME. I FIND THIS TO MAKE THE VEHICLE UNRELIABLE IN ALL KINDS OF WAYS EVEN LIFE THREATENING. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH THIS IS A VERY HIGHLY COMMON ISSUE WHICH NISSAN IS WELL AWARE OF. MY FAMILY AND I OWN MANY NISSAN VEHICLES AND AFTER THIS WE AS FAMILY WILL NO LONGER PURCHASE NISSAN VEHICLES. I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW THERE ISN'T A RECALL OR EXTENDED WARRANTY ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA 2 MONTHS AGO. I DROVE IT TO WORK THIS PARTICULAR DAY AND EVERYTHING SEEMED FINE BUT WHEN I TRIED TO LEAVE TO GO OUT FOR LUNCH, MY CAR WOULDN'T START. I THOUGHT MAYBE IT WAS THE BATTERY, BUT ALL LIGHTS WORKED PERFECTLY AND HORN WAS STILL BLOWING. CALLED THREE NISSAN DEALERSHIPS IN MY AREA TO GET ADVICE ON WHAT THE PROBLEM MAY BE, THEY ALL SUGGESTED THAT I MAY NEED A NEW BATTERY IN THE FOB. THE FOB WAS STILL WORKING TO UNLOCK AND LOCK THE CAR SO OBVIOUSLY THIS WASN'T THE PROBLEM. STILL I TRIED FOR HOURS TO GET THE CAR STARTED AND WAS NOT ABLE TO. AFTER BEING STRANDED FOR HOURS, I HAD LEAVE MY CAR. THE NEXT DAY, I HAD TO GET IT TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP, WHERE THEY TOLD ME THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM (YET THEY DIDN'T SUGGEST IT WHEN I CALLED). THE ELECTRICAL STEERING CONTROL UNIT HAD GONE OUT OR MALFUNCTIONED. THEY HAD THE REPLACEMENT PART IN STOCK AND HAD MY CAR REPAIRED THE SAME DAY, WHICH COST ME $815.52. AFTER RESEARCHING THE PROBLEM I FOUND THAT THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM AND AN EXTENDED WARRANTY WAS ACTUALLY ISSUED FOR THE 2009 ALTIMA'S FOR THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY WERE HAPPY TO OPEN A CASE FOR ME AND FORWARD IT TO THE CORPORATE OFFICE TO SEE IF I COULD GET REIMBURSED SINCE THIS IS A COMMON AND KNOWN PROBLEM. A REPRESENTATIVE FROM NISSAN CALLED ME BACK THE FOLLOWING DAY AND INFORMED ME THAT THEY ARE NOT ISSUING A EXTENDED WARRANTY OR ISSUING REFUNDS FOR THE PROBLEM. IF THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WHY HASN'T IT BEEN RECALLED AND WHY WON'T NISSAN TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE PROBLEM? I THINK THAT THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO WARNING IN MY CASE AND MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS I HAVE READ. WHAT IF THE SAME THING HAPPENS TO THE "NEW" PART? I'LL BE STRANDED AGAIN, NEED TOWING AGAIN, AND HAVE TO PAY FOR A KNOWN, UNCORRECTED PROBLEM AGAIN. *TR

WENT TO START MY 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA THIS MORNING FOR WORK AND IT WOULD NOT START. THE YELLOW KEY LIGHT INDICATOR WAS LIT ON THE DASH, BRAKE WAS HARD TO PRESS. THE CAR WOULD NOT CHANGE FROM "LOCK" MODE TO "ACC" OR "ON" POSITION. THE CAR WOULD NOT START, DOORS WOULD UNLOCK WITH THE FOB BUT THE CAR WOULD DO NOTHING ELSE. READING THE MANUAL, I WAS ABLE TO TELL WHAT THE INDICATOR LIGHT MEANT. WHILE WAITING FOR THE TOW TRUCK TO ARRIVE I SEARCHED THE RESULT AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THE SAME MALFUNCTION AND HOW THIS HAS NOT BEEN LABELED AS A RECALL DUE TO THE HIGH VOLUME OF COMPLAINTS. BASICALLY THE STEERING WHEEL CONTROL LOCK WILL NOT DISENGAGE LEAVING YOU STRANDED. THERE HAS BEEN A RECALL ON THE 2009 ALTIMA AND MAXIMA BUT NOT THE 2010 WHICH USES THE SAME PART. FROM WHAT I HAVE READ THE REPAIR COST RUN AROUND $800-$1000. WAITING NOW FOR THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO CALL ME BACK. *TR

I PARKED MY CAR AND WENT INSIDE MY INLAWS WITH MY 2 YEAR OLD AND 3 WEEK OLD. WHEN I WENT TO LEAVE MY I-KEY WARNING LIGHT WAS ON. THE KEY OPENED THE DOORS BUT THE BRAKE WAS LOCKED AND THE VEHICLE WOULDN'T TURN ON. AFTER LOOKING ONLINE AND CHECKING THE BATTERIES IN THE KEY FOBS I DISCOVERED THIS WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ESCL (ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK). THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR NISSANS PRODUCED IN 2009. NISSAN ACTUALLY EXTENDED THE 2009 MODELS WARRANTY FOR THIS PART. MY VEHICLE WAS PRODUCED IN 2009 BUT IS A 2010 MODEL AND NOT COVERED BY THE EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE REPAIR FOR THIS IS ABOUT $800 AND SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. NISSAN IS IGNORING THIS ISSUE IN 2010 MODELS WHICH IS UNACCEPTABLE. HAD I BEEN ANYWHERE ELSE THIS ISSUE COULD HAVE BEEN MUCH WORSE WITH ME AND MY TWO KIDS STRANDED. *TR

STOPPED AT GROCERY STORE, WENT IN FOR AROUND 5 MINUTES, CAME BACK OUT AND CAR WOULDN'T START. THE KEY FOB WOULD LOCK AND UNLOCK DOORS, HEAD LIGHTS WOULD COME ON BUT WHEN PRESSING START BUTTON, NOTHING. PAID $50 TO HAVE IT TOWED TO NEAREST NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND IT SAT UNTIL MONDAY. AFTER THE DEALERSHIP LOOKED AT IT, THEY HAVE NOTIFIED ME THAT IT IS THE ELECTRONIC STEERING CONTROL LOCK MODULE. LABOR AND PART WOULD BE $653.58. THIS IS EXTREMELY COMMON IN THE ALTIMAS AND NISSAN EVEN EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THIS PART ONLY AND ARE CURRENTLY COVERING COSTS FOR THIS PART TO BE REPLACED IN ALTIMAS. IT'S A SHAME TO PAY THIS MUCH FOR A VEHICLE AND CAN'T EVEN GET IT TO RUN DUE TO NISSAN'S FAULTY PARTS. AND WHY WOULD NISSAN COVER THE PART ON AN ALTIMA BUT NOT ON A MAXIMA EVEN THOUGH IT IS THE SAME EXACT PART? *TR

AFTER PARKING THE CAR, I LEFT THE CAR PARKED APPROXIMATELY 1 HOUR. THE CAR WOULD NOT CRANK, COMPLETELY LOCKED UP. THERE WAS NO WARNING PRIOR TO AT ALL. AS YOU CAN SEE THIS CAR ONLY HAS 38,000 MILES, NOT MANY AT ALL. I QUESTION WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF I WERE DRIVING?? I SEARCHED THE INTERNET AND SEE THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS CONCERNING THIS PART ON THE 2009 AND 2010 MAXIMA AND ALTIMA'S. IT ALSO STATES THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN FIXED WITH THE 2011 UP. IN THE MEANTIME NISSAN IS MAKING A FORTUNE OFF THEIR MISTAKE. MY COST, A TOW BILL AND ALMOST $800 SERVICE BILL. I HOPE YOU CAN RESEARCH THE PROBLEM TO SEE IF IT COULD POSSIBLY BE A RECALLED ITEM, AS WELL AS A SAFETY ISSUE. THANK YOU *TR

MY CAR WAS PARKED BRIEFLY WHILE I WENT INTO A STORE TO BUY GROCERIES..UPON RETURNING TO MY VEHICLE, I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE AND PROCEEDED TO TURN ON THE VEHICLE WITH THE PUSH BUTTON START. A YELLOW "KEY" SYMBOL FLASHED IN THE DASHBOARD AND THE CAR WOULD NOT TURN...I TRIED MULTIPLE ATTEMPTS IN TRYING TO TURN ON THE VEHICLE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START...THE CAR HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP AND MY SERVICE ADVISOR CALLED ME TO LET ME KNOW HOW MUCH THE REPAIRS WOULD BE...SHE CALLED ME LATER ON AND TOLD ME THAT THE STEERING WHEEL LOCK UNIT HAD TO BE REPLACED AND WOULD COST ME $878.62...I FIND THIS TO BE HIGHLY UNACCEPTABLE AS THIS VEHICLE IS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD AND I AM DISAPPOINTED THAT I HAD TO SPEND OVER 800 DOLLARS TO GET THIS ISSUE FIXED....THIS IS APPARENTLY A KNOWN ISSUE AND NISSAN NEEDS TO REFUND MY MONEY AND ISSUE A RECALL. *TR