Owner-reported complaints naming the suspension system, filed with NHTSA
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Reports naming suspension components — springs, struts, shocks, control arms and related hardware. Every record below is an owner-reported complaint about the 2010 Nissan Maxima submitted to NHTSA — not a confirmed defect, not a recall and not a manufacturer bulletin. 29 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.
The 25 most recent of 29, in the owner's own words
Yes the tire sensor light is on and the suspension has gone out and I have been advised that it needs struts and sway bar links and that I can not drive it or it will cause a wreck/collision.. Nissan has a recall on Nissan maximas for suspension but said my model is not included and what is recalled on other maximas is exactly what’s wrong with mine! My car sounds like it’s about to fall apart.
The contact owns a 2010 Nissan Maxima. The contact stated that while driving at an undisclosed speed, the contact heard an abnormal sound coming from the front wheels. The stabili-trak and ABS warning lights were illuminated. Additionally, the tire pressure warning light illuminated. The vehicle was towed to the dealer where it was diagnosed with a failed passenger’s side CV axle, cracked struts on the front driver's side and front passenger's side. In addition, the axle on the front driver's side would need to be replaced soon. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 260,000.
Passenger side strut insulator is cracked
The contact owns a 2010 Nissan Maxima. The contact stated that while driving at 60 MPH, the steering wheel began to violently shake without warning as his vehicle also began to wobble uncontrollably. The contact stated that the wobbling came to a stop once he released his foot off the accelerator pedal. The contact had taken the vehicle to an independent mechanic where the vehicle was diagnosed with a cracked strut insulator. Upon investigation, the contact discovered NHTSA Campaign Number: 09V358000 (Suspension) which he linked to the failure. The manufacturer was notified of the failure and the contact was informed that the VIN was not included in the recall. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 148,000.
MY TRANSMISSION SOUNDS VERY LOUD WHEN I ACCELERATE UNTIL I GET TO ABOUT 55 MPH. IT SEEMS TO FEEL ROUGH AS WELL DURING THAT PERIOD. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I ACCELERATE. MY PASSENGER SEAT DOESN'T BLOW COLD AIR
FOR WHILE THE CAR WOULD VIBRATE WHEN HITTING EVEN THE SLIDE IS BUMP CAUSING INSTABILITY IN NOT ONLY STEERING NOISES CLICKING BUT ONCE WE SAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO PAY FOR THE FIX FINALLY FINDING OUT IT WAS THE INSULATOR FOR THE STRUT THIS PART OF THE SAME RECALL WHICH STATED THIS INSULATOR WAS A DIFFERENT MANUFACTURER THEREFORE NOT APPLICABLE TO THIS RECALL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STRUT INSULATOR WAS FRACTURED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FRACTURE CAUSED A POWER STEERING FLUID LEAK. ADDITIONALLY, THE SET OF TIRES WERE REPLACED ALONG WITH THE MOTOR MOUNTS DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE TIRE PRESSURE WARNING WAS ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO REFERENCED THE FAILURE TO NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V358000 (SUSPENSION). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO TOWN NORTH NISSAN (9160 RESEARCH BLVD, AUSTIN, TX 78758) HOWEVER, THE DEALER PROVIDED NO ASSISTANCE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND INFORMED OF THE FAILURE BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000.
CRACKED STRUT HOUSINGS ON MY 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA .. BADLY. FEELS UNSTABLE IN MOTION
MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN MAKING A WINNING NOISE, THEN IT GOT LOUDER AND LOUDER. NOW MY TRANSMISSION IS DONE. THERE HAVE BEEN LOTS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE MAKE AND MODEL VEHICLE. I GAVE A CVT TRANSMISSION. ALSO HAVE ISSUES WITH STRUTS.HAD NOISE SINCE 2019.
I'VE HAD MY CAR FOR A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AND ONLY ONE OWNER BEFORE ME, IT HAS BEEN MAINTAINED WELL. MY CAR HAS BEEN MAKING A NOISE FOR MONTHS NOW SO I FINALLY TOOK IT TO A DEALERSHIP (ON AUGUST 3, 2019) AND WAS TOLD NOTHING WAS WRONG. NOT EVEN A WEEK LATER IT BROKE DOWN ALMOST 2 HOURS FROM MY HOUSE. OTHER THAN THE KNOCKING NOISE (WHICH INCLUDING A POPPING NOISE), UNEVEN TIRE WEAR (HAD A BLOW OUT ON 65 3 HOURS FROM HOME), IT STARTED NOT ACCELERATING WHEN I WAS AT A STOP SIGN OR LIGHT. IT STILL RUNS, BUT I'VE SPENT OVER $500 WITHIN A MONTHS TIME TRYING TO RECEIVE ANSWERS AND HAVEN'T YET. I SEE RECALLS FOR OTHER YEARS AS IN THE SUSPENSION/STRUT INSULATOR CRACKING. ALSO, I'VE SEEN OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT TRANSMISSIONS SLIPPING AND NISSAN NOT WANTING TO FIX THEM. I AM NOW EXPECTING MY FIRST CHILD AND HAVE NO FORM OF TRANSPORTATION DUE TO NISSAN AND THEIR DEALERSHIPS NOT KNOWING BASIC CAR KNOWLEDGE NOR WANTING THEIR CUSTOMERS SAFE AND SATISFIED.
REAR CRADLE BAR THAT HOLDS SUSPENSION IS RUSTED WITH HOLES ON BOTH SIDES NEAR THE REAR TIRES.
THE SHOCK INSULATORS ARE FALLING APART AND CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO BECOME HARD TO HANDLE AS WELL AS CAUSING A METAL TO METAL SOUND WHEN DRIVING. VEHICLE HAS VECOME EXTREMELY HARD TO CONTROL DRIVING HIGHWAY SPEEDS. I HAD TO GAVE VEGICLE TOWED HOME BECAUSE MY WIFE WAS SCARED THE VEHICLE WAS GOING TONLOSE CONTROL ON HIGHWAY. IT WENT FROM SLIGHTLY NOTICABLE TO PRETTY MUCH DANGEROUS TO DRIVE OVERNIGHT. THIS VEHICLE BARELY GAS 100000 MILES ON IT AND THE WAY THE RUBBER INSULATOR HAS DETERIORATED IS WORSE THAN ANY 20 YEAR OLD VEHICLE WITH 200000 MILES. THE INSULATOR IS LISTED AS A RECALL HOWEVER IT DOES NOT SHOWS MY VIN NUMBER AS HAVING NO UNREPAIRED RECALLS. CARFAX DOES NOT SHOW THIS REPAUR HAS BEEN DONE. DUE TO THIS BEING A RECALL IT WOULD BE LISTED ON CAR FAX AS A REPAIR.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING OVER A BUMP IN THE ROAD, A POPPING NOISE WAS HEARD COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE FRONT STRUTS WERE FAULTY AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE LOCAL DEALER (DOWNTOWN NASHVILLE NISSAN, 25 VANTAGE WAY, NASHVILLE TN) WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V358000 (SUSPENSION). THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE EXPERIENCED THE SAME FAILURE LISTED IN THE RECALL. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000.
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
STRUT INSULATOR ON PASENGER SIDE WAS CRACKED. I HAD IT REPLACED WITH NEW STRUT AND INSULATOR AND WAS IFORMED THAT THE DRIVER SIDE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AS WELL. EVERYTIME THE VECHICLE WAS DRIVEN HITTING ANY SLIGH DIP IN THE ROAD OR BUMP WOULD CAUSE THE STRUT TO SOUND AS IT THE WHEEL WAS ABOU TO FALL OFF THE CAR. I ORDER A NEW STRUT AND MOUNT AUG 2018 AND HAD IT REPLACED .
WHEN DRIVING OVER A SPEED BUMP OR ANY TYPE OF ROAD DAMAGE, THE BACK END SWAYS.
MY 2010 NISSSAN MAXIMA HAS 54,900 MILES. IN DECEMBER 2017 I NOTICED A RATTLE IN THE CAR FROM THE PASSENGER SIDE WHEN EVER GOING OVER BUMPS OR ROUGH ROAD. SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS DUE FOR A TIRE ROTATION I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY TIRE SHOP WHERE THEY DISCOVERED THAT BOTH SUSPENSION SPRINGS ON THE PASSENGER SIDE WERE BROKEN. BOTH BREAKS OCCURRED AT THE BOTTOM PORTION OF THE SPRING. THE BROKEN PARTS LOOK ALMOST IDENTICAL. FORTUNATELY THEY CAUSED NO FURTHER DAMAGE ALTHOUGH DAMAGE TO THE TIRES OR SUSPENSION COULD HAVE OCCURRED WITH RESULTING LOSS OF CONTROL. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE LOCAL DEALER'S SERVICE DEPARTMENT WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THIS TYPE OF FAILURE IS TYPICAL AND THERE IS NO RECALL OR REIMBURSEMENT FOR THIS COMPONENT FAILURE. HAVING OWNED DIFFERENT VEHICLES OF ALL TYPES OVER THE LAST 40 YEARS I HAVE NEVER HAD SUSPENSION SPRING FAILURE WITH ANY VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH THEY WOULD HAVE HAD HIGHER MILEAGE THAN THIS 2010 NISSAN. IT IS SURPRISING THAT NISSAN DOES NOT ADMIT TO A SPRING PROBLEM WHEN YOU CONSIDER THAT THEY HAVE RECALLED HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF VEHICLES FOR SUSPENSION SPRING EARLIER FAILURES. I BELIEVE THIS TYPE OF FAILURE SHOULD BE FURTHER INVESTIGATED WITH THE MANUFACTURER BEFORE SOMEONE SUFFERS AN INJURY DUE TO EARLY FAILURE OF A KEY SUSPENSION COMPONENT.
I BEEN HAVING VIBRATIONS AND CLUNK NOISES SINCE I BROUGHT THE CAR IN 2013 THE CAR SHAKES AND VIBRATES AT 55 MPH SINCE THEN I REPLACE SHOCKS STRUTS BALL JOINTS CONTROL ARMS AND TIRES BUT THE PROBLEM IS GETTING WORSE.
TAKATA RECALL: WHEN TURNING YOU CAN HEAR SOME TYPE OF NOSE COMING FROM TIRES, HAD BRAKES REPLACED AS WELL AS TIRES
BOTH FRONT STRUT ASSEMBLY IS DAMAGED AND CRACKING. RIGHT LOWER CONTROL ARM SEEMS TO NEED REPLACED. SUSPENSION FEELS STIFF AND IS LOUD WHEN GO OVER SMALL BUMPS
STEERING- WHEN TURNING THE COLUM IT SQUEEKS; RIGHT OR LEFT AS I AM SLOWING DOWN TO MAKE THE TURN. SUSPENSION- STRUT INSLUATORS NEED TO BE REPLACED; THIS WAS MENTIONED YEARS BACK IN A RECALL AND MINE ARE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED, I AM NOT ORIGIONAL OWNER. PASSENGER AIR BAG LIGHT- CONSTANTLY ON LOWER CONTROL ARMS- REPLACED DRIVERS SIDE BUT NEEDS PASSENGER SIDE REPLACED AS WELL
IT IS SHAME!NISSAN NEED TO RECALL THEIR MAX 2010 TODAY IT IS COST ME 1073.40$ MY CAR 54,053 MILEAGE ,I WENT TO WORK WHIT MY CAR AND OFF TO DAY MY FRIEND PICK ME UP BECAUSE I AM UNABLE TO TURN CAR ON LOCK STEERING LOCK MY CAR.NEXT DAY TOW TRUCK PICK UP THE CAR.PLUS YEARS A GO SUSPENSION AND WHEELS GIVE ME PROBLEMS TO.I AM NOT GOING TO BUY A NISSAN AGING THEY'RE LOSING CUSTOMERS.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR ROUTINE MAINTENANCE WHEN IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE STRUT INSULATOR WAS CRACKED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 09V358000 (SUSPENSION). THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.
WHAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING WITH OUR 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA VERY CLOSELY ALIGNS WITH THE SYMPTOMS OF THE RECALL CAMPAIGN ISSUED IN SEPTEMBER 2009 FOR THE 2010 MAXIMA. NISSAN HAS BEEN NOTIFIED, HOWEVER, THEY INSIST THAT MY VIN NUMBER IS NOT A PART OF THIS FORMER CAMPAIGN. I STRUGGLE TO BELIEVE THIS AS IT'S JUST TOO IRONIC THAT EVERYTHING ALIGNS WITH THE FORMER. WE EXPERIENCE 3 PROBLEMS WITH THE SUSPENSION AND STEERING. 1.) AT MINIMAL SPEED MAINLY AT INITIAL ACCELERATION, WHEN TURNING SLOWLY, AND WHEN BRAKING AT SLOW SPEEDS YOU FEEL A JOLT IN THE STEERING COLUMN AND CAN HEAR A THUD OR CLUNK IN THE FRONT PASSENGER SIDE. 2.) WHEN THE CAR REACHES APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THE STEERING COLUMN BOUNCES ERRATICALLY AND 3.) BOTH AT LOW SPEEDS AND HIGH SPEEDS THE CAR PULLS/VEERS TO THE RIGHT. THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN GOING ON SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE IN 2013 AND CONTINUES TO OCCUR. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR INTO A NISSAN-AUTHORIZED DEALER AND THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE HYUNDAI-AUTHORIZED DEALER WHERE I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM AND THEY SAY NOTHING IS WRONG. I HAVE BROUGHT THE CAR TO 4 ADDITIONAL, INDEPENDENT MECHANICS/TECHNICIANS AND THEY ALSO CANNOT GET TO THE "ROOT" OF THE PROBLEM WITHOUT HAVING THE CAR FOR AN UNREALISTIC AMOUNT OF TIME FOR DIAGNOSIS. I HAVE ALREADY HAD TO PURCHASE A LIFETIME ALIGNMENT AND BALANCING PACKAGE FROM A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP AS WELL AS I HAD PURCHASED NEW WHEELS AND TIRES THINKING THAT WAS THE ISSUE. REGARDLESS OF WHAT I DO OR WHERE I TAKE IT, THE ISSUES CONTINUE. I AM VERY CONCERNED AND CANNOT DRIVE AT EASE KNOWLING THERE IS SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE STEERING AND SUSPENSION. I ALSO HAVE A 4 YEAR OLD CHILD WHOSE SAFETY I AM CONCERNED WITH WHEN SHE DRIVES IN OUR MAXIMA WITH US. NISSAN DIDN'T SEEM TO CARE ABOUT MY CONCERNS, THEY SIMPLY TOLD ME MY VIN DOESN'T ALIGN WITH THE FORMER CAMPAIGN AND THEN SENT ME ON MY WAY. SOMEONE, ANYONE, PLEASE HELP
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT 15 MPH, THERE WAS AN ABNORMAL NOISE UNDER THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHEN MAKING A TURN OR GOING OVER A BUMP. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, BUT THE FAILURE COULD NOT BE DUPLICATED. THE VEHICLE WAS ALSO TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE FAILURE COULD BE FROM THE MOTOR MOUNT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,123.
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