2010 Nissan Maxima

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER'S AIR BAG WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED, STATING THAT THE PASSENGER'S AIR BAG WAS NOT ACTIVATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE FAILURE WHERE A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED HOWEVER, THE TECHNICIAN WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG SENSOR AS A PRECAUTION BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND ADVISED THAT THE FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG WAS PERFORMING ACCORDING TO STANDARDS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 30,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 33,000.

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

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 52,000.

NISSAN MAXIMA 2010 - SPORT EDITION. THE CVT TRANSMISSION EXHIBITS SEVERE LOSE OF POWER ON 75MPH ROADWAY DRIVING BETWEEN PHOENIX AND FLAGSTAFF ARIZONA, UP ELEVATION. LACK OF POWER IS PRESENT IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AS WELL. ON 75 MPH HIGHWAYS THE CVT BEGINS TO WHINE, THE ENGINE HAS HIGH RPM, LOUD WHINING NOISE FROM CVT, AND CAR GETS STUCK IN 6TH GEAR IN BOTH MANUAL SHIFT MODE AND DRIVE MODE. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE OR MAINTAIN SPEED WITH OTHER VEHICLES AT THE POSTED 75 MPH SPEED LIMIT. THE VEHICLE WILL NOT GIVE A CODE BUT ONCE GAVE A P1778 CODE - FAULTY SOLENOID OR STEP UP MOTOR. THIS ISSUE OCCURS FREQUENTLY WITHIN CITY DRIVING AS WELL, IN ADDITION TO HIGH SPEED HIGHWAYS ON LONG DRIVES OVER HILLY ROADS CLIMBING UP ELEVATION. IN CITY DRIVING THE CVT WILL NOT RESPOND WHEN THE GAS PEDAL IS DEPRESSED LEAVING THE VEHICLE IN THE CENTER OF TRAFFIC WHEN ENTERING A BUSY HIGHWAY. AT OTHER TIMES THE VEHICLE IS ABLE TO ACCELERATE DRAMATICALLY (NORMAL) TO THE SPEED OF CARS ON A BUSY MAIN STREET (55MPH). AND, THEN SUDDENLY THE CAR JUST LACKS POWER WHEN ENTERING A BUSY 3-4 LANE STREET (55 MPH) AND YOU FIND YOURSELF IN THE MIDDLE OF BUSY 3-4 LANE STREET WITH APPROACHING ONCOMING TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE IS BARELY ABLE TO GET ITSELF OUT OF THE WAY AT FULL THROTTLE. THE PROBLEM HAS BEEN GETTING PROGRESSIVELY WORST AND DID NOT OCCUR WHEN THE CAR WAS PURCHASED NEW. CVT FLUID WAS CHANGED AT 44,000 MILES PRIOR TO NISSAN RECOMMENDATION. THIS CVT TRANSMISSION SUCKS AND THE DEALERSHIPS ARE GIVING CUSTOMERS A HARD TIME SINCE THE PROBLEM DOESN'T NOT GIVE A ENGINE TROUBLE CODE. THE CODE P1778 EVENTUALLY IS CLEARED FROM THE COMPUTER ON ITS OWN WHEN IT DOES OCCUR. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS CVT TRANSMISSION PERSISTS AND IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE THE VEHICLE WILL SUDDENLY FAIL TO ACCELERATE AND MAINTAIN THE POSTED SPEED LIMIT DURING CITY DRIVING AND ON HIGH SPEED HIGHWAYS. *TR

MY CAR WON'T START BECAUSE THE STEERING CONTROL LOCK WILL NOT DISENGAGE THUS MAKING THE CAR INOPERABLE. EVEN WITH A NEW KEY FOB, THE CAR DOES NOT RECOGNIZE THIS AND WILL NOT CHANGE FROM "LOCK" MODE TO "ACC" OR "ON" POSITION. BASICALLY, MY CAR THINKS I'M A THIEF. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND NUMEROUS PEOPLE HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WITH 2009 AND 2010 NISSANS THAT HAVE A PUSH START WITH THIS STEERING CONTROL LOCK. I CALLED NISSAN TO DISCUSS THE ISSUE AND SEE IF THEY WOULD EXTEND MY WARRANTY BUT THEY DECLINED AND FORCED ME TO MAKE A CLAIM AFTER GETTING THE CAR TOWED AND SERVICED WHICH COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM $700-1000. I AM VERY SKEPTICAL ABOUT GETTING ANY MONEY BACK FROM THEM AND AM INTERESTED IN TAKING LEGAL ACTION SHOULD THEY NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS MATTER AS IT IS A MANUFACTURER MALFUNCTION AND HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH WEAR AND TEAR OF VEHICLE. WHICH, BTW, THE VEHICLE IS IN GREAT SHAPE AND HAS HAD REGULAR MAINTENANCE CHECKS SO MAKES THIS EVEN MORE FRUSTRATING. *JS

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN: AUGUST 5, 2013 MY HUSBAND AND I OWN A 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT WE PURCHASED NEW IN 2010. OCCASIONALLY WE HAVE NOTICED THAT THE PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT REMAINED ON FOR DIFFERING LENGTHS OF TIME AND DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. AT SOME POINT WE READ THE OWNERS MANUAL ABOUT THIS WARNING SIGNAL. IT SAID THE LIGHT SHOULD COME ON WHEN YOU START THE CAR AND GO OFF ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER. THIS WASN??T ALWAYS THE CASE. THIS WARNING LIGHT TELLS ME THAT THE AIR BAG WILL NOT DEPLOY IN CASE OF AN ACCIDENT AND A PASSENGER IN THE PASSENGER SEAT WILL HAVE NO PROTECTION. I VIEW THIS AS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. AIR BAG LIGHT ON READS, "AIR BAG"?? AT THIS POINT, AUGUST 2013, THE CAR HAS ONLY 19,000 MILES ON IT. THROUGH THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS THE PROBLEM HAS RECURRED, BUT MORE FREQUENTLY. IN THE SPRING OF 2013 WE TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER WHERE WE PURCHASED IT. THEY TESTED IT WITH THEIR COMPUTER AND DETECTED NO PROBLEM. THEY SAID THE COMPUTER DIDN'T RECORD ANY INSTANCES OF THAT EVENT OCCURRING. RECENTLY WE STARTED DOING SOME RESEARCH ON LINE ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS VERY SAME PROBLEM. SOME RESPONSES THAT WERE GIVEN BY NISSAN INCLUDED PASSENGER NOT HEAVY ENOUGH. ONE WOMAN WEIGHED ABOUT 110 POUNDS AND ANOTHER WOMAN WEIGHED ABOUT 145 POUNDS. THEIR RESPONSE WASN'T LOGICAL. ANOTHER RESPONSE WAS THAT THE LEATHER WASN'T SOFT ENOUGH. THE SEATS IN OUR CAR ARE FABRIC, AND VERY SOFT. NISSANS RESPONSE WAS STUPID!! APPARENTLY NISSAN HAS NO IDEA ON HOW TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM. MY HUSBAND AND I ARE VERY UNEASY ABOUT USING THIS CAR WITH THIS VERY SERIOUS SAFETY ISSUE. AN EASY FIX THAT I WOULD RECOMMEND IS TO DISCONNECT THE WARNING LIGHT AND ARM THE AIRBAG FULL TIME, EVEN IF NO ONE IS IN THE SEAT. LOOKING FORWARD TO HEARING FROM YOU. [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I CAME OUT TO MY CAR AND THE STEERING WAS LOCKED. I WAS UNABLE TO START MY CAR WHICH LEFT ME STRANDED IN A PARKING DECK. AFTER SPENDING $140 TO HAVE IT TOWED TO THE DEALER BECAUSE THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT HELP ME UNLESS IT WAS BROUGHT IN, THEY SAID THAT IT WAS THE STEERING LOCK CONTROL UNIT. THEY ALSO SAID THAT THE PART WAS BACK ORDER UNTIL SOMETIME IN FEBRUARY, BUT THEY DIDN'T KNOW WHEN, AND THAT IT WOULD COST $700+. AFTER DOING SOME RESEARCH, I HAVE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE FOR MAXIMAS 2009+, 370Z, AND GT-R MODELS THAT ALL USE THE SAME FAULTY PART. THEY ARE CHARGING OVER $500 FOR THE PART AND 4 HOURS OF LABOR WHEN IT ACTUALLY TAKES ONLY 15 MIN TO REPAIR. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED BY NISSAN. MY SERVICE GUY SAID THAT I AM THE 3RD PERSON TO HAVE THIS ISSUE JUST THIS WEEK. ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!! *TR