2007 Nissan Maxima
This year drew an ordinary 129 complaints for a Nissan Maxima — the model's median is 95. What they were about is the unusual part: 20.2% of them mention drivers, against 6.1% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 1 of the Nissan Maxima, which began in 2004 and ran to 2008. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 129 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 95 |
| Involving a crash | 4 |
| Involving a fire | 1 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| EPA combined | 21 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- drivers — 20.2% of this year's complaints, against 6.1% across the other years of this generation (3.3×). Owners wrote it as: drivers, drivers side, side door, unlock.
- soon — 14.7% of this year's complaints, against 5.1% across the other years of this generation (2.9×). Owners wrote it as: soon, service engine, cam, shaft.
- corroded — 7% of this year's complaints, against 0.6% across the other years of this generation (11×). Owners wrote it as: corroded, fob, after several, starting vehicle.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH 07 MAXIMA WE BOUGHT, LATER REPOSSESSED. THE STEERING WHEEL AND THE WHOLE FRONT OF THE CAR WOULD SHAKE UNCONTROLLABLY ESPECIALLY WHEN BRAKES WERE USED. ALSO WHEELS (NOT FACTORY BUT THEY WERE ON THERE WHEN PURCHASED, BUT ASKED TO REPLAC…
THE CONTACT OWNS 2007 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THE SMART KEY LOCK ON THE DRIVERS SIDE DOOR WERE TAMPERED WITH WHICH CAUSED THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE WINDOWS TO UNLOCK AND ROLL DOWN. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO WILL REPLACE THE SWITCH I…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 06V402000 STEERING Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Maxima was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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