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!
A few months ago my car started to make this extremely annoying rattling noise when accelerating. The thing is it's only noticeable at exactly 1500RPMs. I can recreate the sound only when the car is in gear and I rev it the engine with foot on brake to 1500RPMS. It's been driving me nuts. I even replaced 2 exhaust gussets in a Nissan TSB but it still did not fix the problem. It's definitely sounds like it's coming from the exhaust. A while back I had heat shields removed because they would rattle during a cold start. Nothing is loose, exhaust shop had it checked out and even I went under the car myself. Something must be inside the exhaust.
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A few months ago my car started to make this extremely annoying rattling noise when accelerating. The thing is it's only noticeable at exactly 1500RPMs. I can recreate the sound only when the car is in gear and I rev it the engine with foot on brake to 1500RPMS. It's been driving me nuts. I even replaced 2 exhaust gussets in a Nissan TSB but it still did not fix the problem. It's definitely sounds like it's coming from the exhaust. A while back I had heat shields removed because they would rattle during a cold start. Nothing is loose, exhaust shop had it checked out and even I went under the car myself. Something must be inside the exhaust.
- Adrian R., South Jersey, NJ, US