2000 Nissan Maxima Engine

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND THE ENGINE IS RUNNING ROUGH. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN SEPT '02 AND THEY DETERMINED THE COILS WERE NO GOOD. THEY REPLACED THEM UNDER WARRANTY. NOW THE CAR IS DOING THE SAME THING AGAIN AND THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE COILS NEED REPLACING AGAIN. DEALER MENTIONED THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE ORIGINAL COILS. OBVIOUSLY THEY USED ORIGINAL COILS WHEN THEY REPLACED THEM IN 2002. NOW THE DEALER WILL NOT REPLACE THEM AGAIN BECAUSE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY. CONTACTED NISSAN DIRECTLY AND THEY ALSO REFUSED TO PAY FOR THE COILS OR THE LABOR.*AK

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON WHILE TRAVELING. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC, AND THE ENGINE COILS WERE FOUND TO BE DEFECTIVE. A COMPLAINT WAS REGISTERED WITH THE MANUFACTURER. HOWEVER, MANUFACTURER REFUSED ASSISTANCE.*AK......THESE COILS HAVE A FLAW IN DESIGN WHICH RESULTS IN ONE OR MORE ENGINE MISFIRES. NISSAN HAS IMPROVED THE DESIGN IN NEWER MODELS. HOWEVER, NISSAN REFUSED TO HELP CUSTOMERS. TOTAL COST OF REPLACING THE COILS WAS $750.00. *AK

WHILE DRIVING CHECK ENGINE LIGHT APPEARED ON THE DASHBOARD AND REMAINED ON. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE ENGINE COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO WORN OUT PARTS. *AK

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CONTINOUSLY COMES ON, HAD OXYGEN SENSOR REPLACED, STILL COMES ON WITH VARIOUS CODES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WOULD COME ON AND STAY ON. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO FOUND THAT THE MASS AIR FLOW METER WAS DEFECTIVE. *NM

THE OXYEN SENSORS HAVE FAILED ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY SINCE PURCHASING THIS CAR. I'VE LOST TRACK OF THE NUMBER OF TIME THIS CAR HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP FOR THE OXYGEN SENSORS, BUT IT'S AROUND 7 OR 8. THE DATE BELOW IS ONLY THE MOST RECENT OCCURENCE OF THE 'SERVICE ENGINE' LIGHT COMING ON DUE TO THE OXYGEN SENSOR. NUMEROUS OTHER NISSAN'S HAVE HAD OXYGEN SENSOR RECALLS AND IT APPEARS THAT THIS MODEL SHOULD HAVE BEEN INCLUDED ALSO.

BOTH OXYGEN SENSORS ON MY CAR THAT I BOUGHT 3 WEEKS AGO HAVE MALFUNCTIONED, AND THE DEALERSHIP SAID THEY ARE NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. MY CAR ONLY HAS 42,000 MILES. IT IS A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA.*AK

WE HAD BEEN SMELLING GASOLINE INSIDE THE CAR FOR ABOUT A DAY. WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR IN THE MORNING THERE WAS A LITTLE DIFFICULTY STARTING THE CAR. WE BACKED OUT AND NOTICED SOME LIQUID IN OUR PARKING SPACE. UPON CHECKING THE LIQUID SMELLED LIKE GASOLINE. WHEN I CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD, THERE WAS A GASOLINE LEAK WHEN WE STARTED THE CAR (SPRAYING ALL OVER THE ENGINE). THE INJECTOR FUEL LINE WHERE IT GOES INTO THE FUEL RAIL WAS LEAKING AT THE CRIMP CLAMP. THE PART WAS NOT AVAILABLE ANYWHERE IN THE UNITED STATES. (WE WERE AT THE END OF A WEEKS VACATION IN ARIZONA). WE THOUGHT WE FOUND A USED PART BUT IT WAS THE WRONG ONE. FINALLY, AFTER WE HAD TO RENT A CAR TO COME HOME, NISSAN SAID IT WOULD BE SHIPPING THE PART TO OUR MECHANIC'S DISTRIBUTOR AND WOULD BE AVAILABLE IN 5 - 10 DAYS. I HAD TO TAKE A BUS BACK TO ARIZONA TO PICK UP THE CAR. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A CATASTROPHE IF THE CAR HAD CAUGHT FIRE OR IF WE WERE IN A DESOLATE OR PRECARIOUS AREA WHERE WE HAD BEEN EARLIER THAT WEEK. *AK

REQUEST REIMBURSEMENT FOR COST OF REPAIRING DEFECT. *PH (NAR) IN REFERENCE TO A MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP. *CB

I OWN A 2000 MAXIMA, WHICH I BOUGHT NEW. THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT FIRST APPEARED AT AROUND 15000. I BROUGHT IT IN TO GET MY CAR SERVICE FOR THE 15K SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. THE LIGHT WAS OFF AFTER THAT. HOWEVER IT REAPPEARED THREE WEEKS LATER. AT 30K, I BROUGHT IT IN FOR SERVICE AGAIN. I LIGHT I WAS TOLD IS DUE TO THE O2 SENSOR THAT WAS VERY SENSITIVE, BUT THEY ASSURED ME NOTHING WAS WRONG. AGAIN AFTER A DAY OR SO, THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I FIGURE THIS WAS A WAY FOR NISSAN SERVICE TO MAKE SOME MONEY, SO I DIDN'T THINK MUCH OF IT. AT 55K, I BROUGHT IT IN TO THE DEALERSHIP AGAIN FOR SERVICE, THEY SAID EVERYTHING WAS FINE. AGAIN, A FEW DAYS LATER, THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. FOOLISH ME, I DIDN'T THINK ANYTHING OF IT. AFTER ALL I TOOK CARE OF THE CAR.*AK RECENTLY, I HAVE PROBLEM WITH THE MILEGE. I WAS GOING GETTING 240 MI VERSUS 320 MI THAT I WAS NORMALLY GETTING.I BROUGHT IT TO A MECHANIC, AND HE HOOKED IT UP TO HIS COMPUTER, AND FOUND OUT ONE OF THE COIL WAS DAMAGE SO HE REPLACED IT. HE ALSO TOLD ME THAT MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WAS ON ALL THE TIME BECAUSE THE OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER . MY CAR HAS 83K MILES ON IT NOW. IT SEEMS LIKE A LOT BUT IT'S ONLY 3 YEARS OLD. I DON'T THINK THE CC SHOULD BE GIVING ME PLOBLEMS AT THIS STAGE. I CHECK THE WARRANTY FOR IT, AND SINCE I'M IN CA IT'S ONLY GOOD FOR 70K/ 7YEARS. I HAVE SPOKEN TO NISSAN CUSTOMER SERVICE AND EXPLAIN THE SITUATION, BUT BECAUSE THE CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARRANTY, THEY TOLD ME THEY HAVE NO OBLIGATION TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I REALLY BELIEVE THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THIS PART. I HAVE SEARCH THE INTERNET AND FOULD OUT THAT MANY PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCE THIS PROBLEM ALSO. NISSAN SHOULD REALLY LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM. THIS IS MY 3RD NISSAN CAR. IT'S BEEN GOOD BUT I DON'T THINK I'LL BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN. IT'S JUST NOT RELAIBLE AS IT USE TO BE.

SAFETY DEFECT WITH THE MALFUNCTION INDICATOR LAMP OR SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT AS IT RELATES TO THE REAR OXYGEN SENSORS IN THE 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA. FAILURE TO REPLACE OXYGEN SENSORS COULD ULTIMATELY RESULT IN FURTHER VEHICLE FAILURE AND POSSIBLE INJURY. THIS IS A SAFETY DEFECT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF THE VEHICLE AND NOT DUE TO THE NEGLIGENCE OF THE OWNER FOR THE UPKEEP OF THE CAR. SAFETY DEFECT IS A COMMON PROBLEM TO 2000-2002 NISSAN MAXIMAS BASED ON SEVERAL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETINS ISSUED BY NISSAN, AND BASED ON MY OWN LITERATURE SEARCH OVER THE INTERNET, HOWEVER, NISSAN HAS NOT YET ISSUED A RECALL. THE TOTAL COST TO REPLACE THE REAR OXYGEN SENSORS AND REPROGRAM THE EMISSION CONTROL SYSTEM WAS $363.21. *LA

( CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COME ON) REAR EXHAUST AND HEATED OXYGEN SENSOR HAD TO BE REPLACED THREE TIME. *AK

THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT HAS COME ON 3 TIMES WITHIN THE LAST YEAR, STARTING AT 25,290 MILES. THE FIRST 2 TIMES, MY MECHANIC SAID THE SCAN CODE PO 420 SHOWED A PROBLEM WITH THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER AND HE RESET THE COMPUTER. THE THIRD TIME IT CAME ON, I TOOK THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER, AND THEY REPLACED NOTHING, BUT "REPROGRAMMED" THE COMPUTER TO CLEAR IT, AND CHARGED ME $147. MY MAXIMA HAS ONLY 32,013 MILES AND HAS BEEN SERVICED REGULARLY. THIS IS A RIP OFF. *NLM

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED, THE DEALER REPLACED A SENSOR HOWEVER THE PROBLEM RECURRED.*JB

THE DEALER REPLACED PARTS IN THE VEHICLE, HOWEVER THEY DID NOT KNOW WHAT CAUSED THE STALLING. THE CONSUMER FOUND OTHER COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM AS HERS. *PH *JB

WHILE DRIVING IN COLD WEATHER THE VEHICLE STALLS OUT. DEALER NOTIFIED. PLEASE PROVIDE ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. TS

THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT" COMES ON ABOUT ONCE A MONTH. MY AUTOMOBILE MECHANIC HAS TURNED OFF THE LIGHT EACH TIME. HE SAYS THAT THE CATALYTIC CONVERTER IS EITHER WEAKENING OR THEIR IS A DEFECT IN THE LIGHT. I FIND IT ALARMING ESPECIALLY WHEN I'M DRIVING AND I WORRY ABOUT IT EACH TIME IT COMES ON.

CONSUMER STATES THAT WHILE DRIVING THE VEHICLE WILL AUTOMATICALLY SHUT OFF IT HAPPENS AT ANY SPEED. HAS TAKEN THE VEHICLE 5 TIMES IN THE DEALER AND ALSO THEY HAVE HAD IT IN THE DEALER SINCE JANUARY OF 2002 BUT THEY CANNOT FIND THE PROBLEM. NLM

CONSUMER STATED ENGINE WILL MAKE A "POPPING" NOISE DURING ACCELERATION AND A "KNOCKING" NOISE DURING NORMAL OPERATION. DEALERSHIP HAS EXAMINED VEHICLE BUT COULD NOT REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM. *AK *YH

ENGINE KNOCK (PINGING) AT 2K RPM, 40 MPH. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY RATE OF SPEED OR WHILE MAKING ANY TRAFFIC MANEUVERS VEHICLE WILL COMPLETELY SHUTDOWN WITHOUT WARNING, CAUSE UNKNOWN. DEALER CANNOT IDENTIFY CAUSE. *AK CONSUMER STATES STALLING OCCURS MORE SPECIFICALLY WHEN DOWNSHIFTING INTO 2ND GEAR OR GOING AROUND CORNERS, VEHICLE WILL START UP WITH NO PROBLEMS. *SLC

WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A STRONG ODOR WHICH SMELL SUCH AS " AN OPEN BOTTLE OF BLEACH" WHICH CAUSES THE DRIVER TO FEEL FAINT OR HAVE HEADACHES. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.*AK

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT COME ON AFTER BEING REPLACED - NISSAN WILL NOT WARRANT -LOCAL DEALERSHIP- SENT CAR APPROX- 100 MILES TO ANOTHER DEALERSHIP- CALLED TO INGUIRE ABOUT LAST PART REPLACE- I HAD ASK FOR IT- THEY STATED THEY HAD TAKEN OFF ANOTHER CAR? NEEDED IT FOR ANOTHER ONE OF THEIR VEHICLES-I TOLD THEM IT WAS IN THE BACK SEAT WHERE THEY HAD LEFT IT- IT WAS SENT WITH CAR- CAR HAS BEEN GONE FOR ALMOST 2 WEEKS NOW- THIS TIME - 2-3 DAYS OTHER TIMES-