Owner-reported complaints naming the interior system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming seats, latches, locks, linkages and interior fittings. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 1990 Nissan Maxima submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 11 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
DRIVER NOTICED THAT WHILE DRIVING IN INCLEMENT WEATHER WATER CAME IN FROM THE WHEEL WELDS AND STARTED LEAKING ONTO THE REAR SEAT. DRIVER TOOK VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT BOTH REAR SEATS AND BOLTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED DUE TO CORROSION. *AK
WHEN ENTERING VEHICLE DRIVER'S SEAT MOUNTING BOLTS SNAPPED, CAUSING A DISTRACTION TO CONSUMER WHEN DRIVING. DEALER NOTIFIED. TS
LAMP BULBS IN HIGH CENTER AUXILLARY STOP MELT SOCKETS, THEN CASING, CAUSING FIRE HAZARD ON REAR PACKAGE SHELF.*AK
DOOR LOCK/LATCH MECHANISM FAILED INTERNALLY WITH DOOR IN CLOSED POSITION. FAILED MECHANISM IS SEALED WITH RIVETED COVER, WITH NO METHOD OF ACCESSING INTERNAL LINKAGE TO RELEASING LATCH AND OPEN DOOR. *AK
INITIAL ACTION TAKEN WHEN THE DASH NO LONGER DISPLAYED NUMBERS, WENT STRAIGHT TO THE DEALER. I INFORMED THE DEALER THAT I COULD NO LONGER SEE THE SPEED AT WHICH I WAS TRAVELING, HOW MUCH FUEL WAS IN THE TANK, OR THE CORRECT MILEAGE ON THE VEHICLE. ALSO THE CRUISE CONTROL WOULD NOT OPERATE BECAUSE OF THIS. THEY INFORMED ME THAT IT WOULD BE A COSTLY REPAIR, AND TO NOT FIX IT BECAUSE THE DASH HAS NOT BEEN FIXED CORRECTLY. RECENTLY I WENT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THEY TRIED TO CLEAN THE COMPONENTS ON THE DASH, HOPING TO FIX THE PROBLEM. AT THIS TIME, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THEY NO LONGER REPLACE THE DASHES. THEY REFER THE CUSTOMER TO AN ELECTRONIC SPECIALIST. AFTER CALLING AND VISITING NUMEROUS SPECIALISTS, I FOUND NO LUCK IN ANYONE SERVICING MY PROBLEM. I THEN PROCEEDED TO WRITE NISSAN A LETTER EXPLAINING MY SITUATION AND ASKING FOR A SOLUTION. I RECEIVED A POST CARD STATING NISSAN NEEDED MORE INFORMATION THAT I ALREADY GAVE TO THEM. I THEN RECEIVED A CALL FROM A REPRESENTATIVE OF NISSAN TELLING ME MY SOLUTION WAS TO SWITCH TO AN ANALOG DASH AND THAT THEY COULD GET A QUOTE FROM THE DEALER AT THAT TIME. WHEN I CALLED BACK NISSAN I WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE CANNOT ACCEPT THE ANALOG DASH AND THAT I NEED TO REPLACE IT WITH A $2,000.00 DIGITAL DASH. HOWEVER, THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT THEY WOULD NOT SUGGEST REPLACING THE DIGITAL DASH BECAUSE IT WILL NOT WORK IN A MATTER OF TIME, AND THEN I AM OUT $2,000.00. WHEN I ASKED THE DEALER WHAT OTHERS HAVE DONE, HE REPLIED "NOTHING". APPARENTLY ALL OTHER CUSTOMERS ARE DRIVING AROUND VEHICLES WITHOUT KNOWLEDGE OF THEIR SPEED, AN OBVIOUS SAFETY CONCERN. FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND THE PROBLEM EXISTS IN COLDER CLIMATES DUE TO THE MOISTURE. THE DIGITAL DASH WAS ONLY PLACED IN CERTAIN VEHICLES FROM 1989-90, AND IS NO LONGER BEING PRODUCED FOR OBVIOUS REASONS. PLEASE ASSIST ME IN ANY WAY POSSIBLE. I AM WILLING TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES. ALSO, I HAVE DOCUMENTATION OF MY CALLS AND COPIES OF ALL RECEIPTS AND LETTERS. THANK YOU. *A
DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, DRIVER'S SEAT SNAPPED OF TRACK, SEAT IS LOOSE, MOVES BACK AND FORTH. DEALER SAID SEAT WENT OFF TRACK. *AK
WHILE DRIVING THE BOLTS THAT HOLD THE DRIVER'S SEAT TO THE TRACK BROKE, CAUSING THE SEAT BECOME UNSTABLE. *AK *SLC
WHILE AT AN INTERSECTION GETTING READY TO MAKE A LEFT TURN ANOTHER VEHICLE, GOING ABOUT 30 MPH, REARENDED NISSAN, DRIVER'S SEAT COLLAPSED BACKWARDS AND TWISTED, UPON IMPACT VEHICLE WAS TOTALED. *AK
DOOR LOCKS INOPERATIVE.
VEHICLE WAS POORLY DESIGNED, THE RIGHT FRONT PASSENGER LOCK HAS SEIZED NOT ALLOWING THE DOOR TO OPEN. THE DLR STATED THAT DUE TO LACK OF USE THIS DOES OCCUR. THE DOOR WAS USED BETWEEN 50-100 TIMES, THIS PRESENTS A HAZARD IN EVENT OF FIRE OR CRASH. *AK
DRIVERS SEAT HAS FATIGUE CRACKS ON FRAME OF WELDS.SEAT BACK FELL BACKWARDS WHILE DRIVING DUE TO FATIGUE CRACKS. 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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