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!
3.8
definitely annoying
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
32,630 miles
About These NHTSA Complaints:
This data is from the NHTSA — the US gov't agency tasked with vehicle safety. Complaints are spread across multiple & redundant categories, & are not organized by problem.
So how do you find out what problems are occurring? For this NHTSA complaint data, the only way is to read through the comments below. Any duplicates or errors? It's not us.
Airbag light has turned on. They where not deployed. Tried to reset the light but it still came on. Tried to erase the light with obd2 reader but the code never showed. The light turned on out of nowhere. Its been on for months.
Purchased 2008 Maxima as 2nd owner when car was 6 months old with approx. 20K miles. Recently while having tired changed, noticed extreme rust on underside of the passenger front seat. In researching the internet, this appears to be a common problem with Maximas. This car has been babied since I have owned it, driving minimum miles. What is Nissan doing to address this problem?
Purchase a 2008 Nissan Maxima with 48871 miles from glendora Toyota in California and full carfax report was not provided to me at time of purchase. Turns out after driving car for the two days I notice car is defective when driven car over 55 mph on freeway the body of car goes to one side while the tires go another way, it feels unstable and dangerous it swirls and suspension feels horrified it doesn't feel safe. After doing research and printing my own carfax report I come to fine out car has been to several big name dealerships here in southern California for inspection and repairs for alignment and chassis repair or lubrication as mention on report. I was not told this a dealer when I had ask car sale man " his words were car is find and no problems". I feel very unsafe driving this car but I have no other means of getting to work.
- Azusa, CA, USA
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