1990 Nissan Maxima Problems

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE PARKED, HE NOTICED A STRONG GASOLINE FUEL SMELL BEING EMITTED FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE FUEL FILLER ASSEMBLY WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT REFERENCED NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 95V244000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE) BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE MANUFACTURER THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THERE WAS CORROSION WITHIN THE FUEL FILLER NECK, WHICH CAUSED A FUEL LEAK AND COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE A FIRE. THE MANUFACTURER INFORMED THE CONTACT OF THE RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 95V244000 (FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:STORAGE:TANK ASSEMBLY:FILLER PIPE AND CAP), BUT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED AND THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 135,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 147,000.

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

THE WINDOW PROBLEM I HAVE SEEMS TO BE WITH A LOT OF THIS CAR MODEL. EACH TIME I HAD A WINDOW FIXED, IT COST ME $220.00. IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THIS IS A DEFECT THAT NISSAN SHOULD BE PAYING FOR. OTHER THAN THIS PROBLEM MY OTHER WITH THE TRANSMISSON JUST STARTED AND I DO HAVE 100,000 MILES ON THE CAR. I WOULD EXPECT SOME THINGS TO GO WRONG. THE WINDOW PROBLEM STARTED ABOUT 5 YEARS AGO. ALSO WHEN I TOOK MY CAR IN TO HAVE THE FIRST WINDOW REPAIRED I ASKED ABOUT MY RADIO ANTENNA NOT GOING UP AND DOWN ANYMORE. IT SEEMS THAT THIS IS THE SAME KIND OF PROBLEM I HAD WITH MY WINDOWS. THE OPERATING MECHANISM IS MADE OUT OF PLASTIC. MOTOR RUNS BUT NOTHING GOES UP AND DOWN.

THE FUEL AND BRAKE LINES ON MY NISSAN MAXIMA ARE CORRODED AND DUE TO THE BRAKE LINE FAILURE I HAD A LOSS OF BRAKE POWER. I WAS ABLE TO STOP AND CALL A TOW TRUCK, THANKFULLY. ALSO, THE FUEL LINES ARE CORRODED AND STARTED TO LEAK WHICH COULD HAVE CAUSED MY CAR TO EXPLODE VERY EASILY. THE PLACMENT OF THESE LINES AND THE CARLESSNESS OF NISSAN MOTORS NEEDS TO BE LOOKED AT HERE. PEOPLE COULD DIE VERY EASILY FROM THESE CORRODED LINES.

I SMELL BURNED WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE. I ISOLATED TO THE REAR CENTER BRAKE LAMP WAS NOT ILLUMINATED. BECAUSE THE SOCKETS WERE THE METAL CAN IN THE LAMP SOCKET MOVES OR SEPARATES FROM THE PLASTIC SOCKET HOUSING. IT IS VERY CLOSE TO THE RECALL 96V253004.

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

WENT TO REPLACE BULB IN ASSEMBLY. FOUND PLASTIC BRACKETS INSIDE MELTED. TRIED TO REPLACE WITH USED PART, BUT EVERY ASSEMBLY I FOUND HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I HAD SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING A NUMBER OF TIMES RECENTLY, BUT HAD NEVER IDENTIFIED THE PROBLEM. THIS COULD BE A SERIOUS FIRE HAZARD, SINCE ITS CLEAR ALL VEHICLES WILL HAVE THIS PROBLEM. **DIMSII IVOQ ENTRY POSTED AFTER 12/12/02 CUT OVER TO ARTEMIS**768334

TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT COMPLETLY AND THEN THE OIL STARTED LEAKING . ALSO, BRAKES SPEEDOMETER ARE HORN IS NOT WORKING. *AK

WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED ENGINE COMPLETELY SHUTSDOWN WITHOUT WARNING CAUSE UNKNOWN. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK

EXHAUST MANIFOLDS ON NISSAN V6 ENGINES WARP AND EXHAUST FUMES LEAK INTO THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT WHICH CAUSES THE VEHICLE NOT TO MEET THE EMISSIONS STANDARDS.

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS NOT ABLE TO SHIFT INTO REVERSE. APPARENTLY THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSAN MAXIMA'S MANUFACTURED BETWEEN 1989-1994. MANY MAXIMA OWNERS HAVE HAD THEIR TRANSMISSIONS FAIL AND HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION MORE THAN ONCE IN THEIR NISSAN MAXIMA'S.*AK

NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE CLEANING THE TRUNK, THE CONTACT REMOVED THE CARPET IN ORDER TO VACUUM. HE DISCOVERED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE SEAT BELT RETRACTOR WAS RUSTED. HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 52V244000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 132,000 AND FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 128,000.

THE DRIVER NOTICED THAT THE LEFT DRIVER 'S SIDE SEAT BELT ANCHORAGE RUSTED. THIS CAUSE NO SUPPORT FOR THE SEAT BELTS. THE DRIVER WAS ABLE TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION. THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER THAT THE SEAT BELT NEEDED REPLACING ON THE OWNER EXPENSE. NO RECALL FOR THIS VEHICLE THE MECHANIC INFORMED THE DRIVER. PLEASE FILL IN ADDITIONAL INFORMATION. *NM

TRANSMISSION BLEW OUT COMPLETLY AND THEN THE OIL STARTED LEAKING . ALSO, BRAKES SPEEDOMETER ARE HORN IS NOT WORKING. *AK

ALTERNATOR REPLACED DUE TO STALLING.

WHEN TURNING LEFT AT SLOW SPEED THERE IS A CHATTER LIKE GROWL THAT WAS IN THE CAR AT DELIVERY. DEALER HAS ROAD TESTED CAR 5 TIMES, BUT REFUSED TO REPAIR WHILE IN WARRANTY. "WAIT UNTIL THE NOISE GETS WORSE". PER DEALER. AM CONCERNED WITH WIFE'S SAFETY AS PRIMARY DRIVER. COULD BE IN STEERING RACK WHICH COULD CAUSE LOSS OF CONTROL AND POSSIBLY BAD ACCIDENT. *AK

VEHICLE ERRATICALY AND INCONSISTENTLY PULLS TO THE LEFT, SEVERLY. 8 DIFFERENT MECHANICS INCLUDING NISSAN CANNOT FIND CAUSE OR CORRECT.

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

VEHICLE WAS IN REVERSE BACKING OUT OF GARAGE, VEHICLE WENT INTO OPEN THROTTLE POSITION, IMPACT12:00 POSITION, APPLIED BRAKES VEHICLE SKIDDDED WENT FORWARD *

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1990 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT EXAMINED HIS VEHICLE AND NOTICED THAT THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE WHEEL WELL WAS EXTREMELY RUSTED. ALSO, THE REAR DRIVER'S SIDE SEAT BELT HAD SEPARATED FROM THE RUSTED WHEEL WELL. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN DIAGNOSED BY THE DEALER. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 185,149.

CONSUMER CONSTANTLY HAS PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S ODOMETER IT HAS BROKEN FOR THE THIRD TIME.WHEN THE VEHICLE HAS GOES THREW INSPECTION THE CONSUMER HAS TO BRING A DOCUMENT STATING THE CORRECT MILEAGE ON THE CAR SO IT CAN PASS INSPECTION. CONSUMER HAS REPLACED IT TWICE NOW THEY FELL THE DEALERSHIP SHOULD. BUT NISSAN KEEPS REFUSING TO REPLACE THE ODOMETER. *MR *CB

WE NOTICED THE 3RD BRAKE LIGHT (HIGH MOUNTED STOP LIGHT) WAS BURNED OUT ON THIS VEHICLE. UPON INSPECTION, THE HEAT FROM THE 2 LAMPS INSIDE THE UNIT HAD MELTED THE HOUSING HOLDING THE BULBS AS WELL AS THE RED LENS. THE MELTING WAS SERIOUS ENOUGH TO DEFORM THE UNDERSIDE OF THE UNIT. I ATTEMPTED TO LOCATE A REPLACEMENT UNIT AT AN AUTO WRECKING YARD, AND FOUND THAT THE ONLY UNIT AVAILABLE OUT OF ALL OF THE COMPATIBLE CARS HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AS MY CAR. I AM CONCERNED THAT THIS IS EVIDENCE OF A WIDESPREAD FAILURE OF THIS NECESSARY SAFETY ITEM AND POSSIBLE FIRE HAZARD. *AK

BACK LIGHT BULB HAD MELTED PLASTIC OF LIGHT ASSEMBLY AND BULB WAS LAYING SIDEWAYS IN HOUSING.

DRIVING DOWN HIGHWAY AT APPROXIMATELY 65MPH, LOST CONTROL OF VEHICLE, HIT RAIL AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. *AK