Owner-reported complaints naming the engine system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming the engine itself — including stalling, misfires, oil consumption, cooling and internal engine components. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1985 Nissan Maxima submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 13 reports on file name it.
Complaints are reports submitted by owners and drivers to NHTSA. They are not verified and do not establish that a defect exists.
Shown in the owner’s own words, exactly as filed
ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE AS A RESULT OF ADMITTED DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTORS(ON RECALL). NISSAN REPLACED FUEL INJECTORS AT NO CHARGE, BUT WOULD NOT REPLACE OTHER DAMAGED ITEMS SUCH AS, POWER STEERING, "SEVERE" SEAL DAMAGE CAUSING LARGE OIL LEAK, AND OTHER DAMAGES. I HAVE CALLED AND WRITTEN NISSAN. ALSO, NO APOLOGIES FOR MY INCONVENIENCES.
HAD FUEL INJECTORS SERVICE 10/2001, NOW VEHICLE DOES NOT PASS EMISSION TEST AND DEALER DENIES ANY CONNECTION. SAYS NEEDS $2100.00 PLUS REPAIR WORK. *AK
WAS NOTIFIED OF A RECALL DUE TO ENGINE FIRES BY A FRIEND WHO WORKED AT NISSAN. I TOOK MY CAR IN FOR THE REPAIR TO BE DONE AND WAS PUT ON A WAITING LIST. WAS NEVER CONTACTED BACK. WHEN I TRY TO START MY CAR ONE DAY, THE ENGINE BLEW UP LIFTING THE FRONT END OF MY CAR OFF THE GROUND AND MY CARS FRONT END (ENGINE) WAS ON FIRE. I SENT ALL THE INFORMATION TO NISSAN AND THEY GAVE ME THE RUN AROUND FOR ABOUT A YEAR. THEY WANTED RECEIPTS FOR OIL CHANGES AND TUNE UPS, WHICH I DID NOT HAVE. IT WAS BECOMING TO MUCH OF A HASSLE AND I STOPPED PURSUING IT. PREVIOUSLY I SENT THEM ALL THE INFORMATION REGARDING MY CAR AND ALL REPORTS REGARDING THE INCIDENT. I EVEN HAD MY CAR TOWED TO A NISSAN DEALER TO EXAMINE THE CAR AS THEY HAD INSTRUCTED. I STILL WAS NEVER REIMBURSED FOR MY CAR. *AK
MR. SWINSON HAS LOOKED AT (15) NISSAN MAXIMA'S BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1985 THROUGH 1988 AND FOUND THAT THEY ALL HAD BROKEN EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ON EITHER THE LEFT SIDE OR FRONT SIDE . *AK
ENGINE FIRE CAUSE BY POSSIBLE FAULTY FUEL INJECTOR.
TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR A SMOG CHECK, STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES BECAUSE OF THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, RECALL 951006000.*AK *JB
PURCHASED CAR USED, HAD ONE MONTH, CAR WAS PARKED AND CAUGHT ON FIRE , MANUFACTURER MADE AND OFFER OF 750.00 ON CAR . PLEASE DESCRIBE .*AK
ENGINE FIRE. *DH
TOOK MAXIMA IN FOR REPAIR AND NISSAN ASKED FOR PAPER WORK, MR. GRAHAM SENT IT IN AND NISSAN CONTINUES TO ASK FOR MORE WHICH GRAHAM DOES NOT HAVE (95I-006). *AK
ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *SD
THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD TAKE 6 TO 8 WEEKS TO DO A RECALL FOR EXHAUST/CRANKCASE EMISSION 95I00600. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT
DRIVEN VEHICLE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE TWICE FROM THE ENGINE. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT
Higher-selling and older vehicles accumulate more reports. Counts are not failure rates and are not directly comparable between vehicles that sold in very different numbers.
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