CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2008 Maxima continues a very good model year (2007 is also good) with an extremely low complaint rate & no major defects. Beware of Maximas from 2009, & 2004-2006 though.
Nissan Maximas from 2004-2006 have a widespread transmission defect, but judging from our complaint data, Nissan fixed the problem starting with the 2007 model.
The 2009 Maxima has an expensive problem where the steering lock prevents the car from starting, & costs upwards of $1,000 to fix!
Car did not start, threw a check engine light. Accidentally cleared the code instead of looking it up, so I drove around for a few hundred miles until it threw it again. Got P0345, camshaft position sensor. This was preventing the car from starting sometimes. I had a problem about two months before this where the car died while I was driving (all the lights went on, engine turned off, loss of power steering, etc), which may have been caused by this sensor. I purchased both camshaft position sensors and the crankshaft position sensor from ebay for about $150 total.
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Car did not start, threw a check engine light. Accidentally cleared the code instead of looking it up, so I drove around for a few hundred miles until it threw it again. Got P0345, camshaft position sensor. This was preventing the car from starting sometimes. I had a problem about two months before this where the car died while I was driving (all the lights went on, engine turned off, loss of power steering, etc), which may have been caused by this sensor. I purchased both camshaft position sensors and the crankshaft position sensor from ebay for about $150 total.
- drew_p13, Littleton, MA, US