Safety Score
90
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1985 Nissan Maxima.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003-05-15 | STEERING | No | 0 | ENGINE CAUGHT FIRE AS A RESULT OF ADMITTED DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTORS(ON RECALL). NISSAN REPLACED FUEL INJECTORS AT NO CH… |
| 2001-07-07 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | NISSAN MAXIMA FUEL INJECTORS LEAKED CAUSING LARGE FIRE IN ENGINE AREA. INJECTORS ARE ON RECALL BECAUSE OF DEFECT BUT… |
| 2001-06-20 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUSED BY DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTORS. ROYED INJECTORS AND OWER STEERING PUMP, NUMEROUS OIL SE… |
| 2000-10-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | HAD FUEL INJECTORS SERVICE 10/2001, NOW VEHICLE DOES NOT PASS EMISSION TEST AND DEALER DENIES ANY CONNECTION. SAYS NEED… |
| 1998-02-26 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | STARTED VEHICLE AT NOON. AFTER VEHICLE HAD BEEN SITTING FOR 2 HOURS, SAW SMOKE THEN FLAMES UNDER THE HOOD AREA OF VEH… |
| 1998-01-16 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTORS FAILED, CAUSING VEHICLE FIRE.*AK |
| 1998-01-08 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | HAD RECEIVED NOTICE (395I006000) & CALLED DEALER. TOOK VEHICLE TO DEALER & THEY REFUSED TO REPAIR THE VEHICLE. TOOK NOT… |
| 1997-04-03 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM:MANIFOLD/HEADER/MUFFLER/TAIL PIPE | No | 0 | MR. SWINSON HAS LOOKED AT (15) NISSAN MAXIMA'S BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 1985 THROUGH 1988 AND FOUND THAT THEY ALL HAD BROKE… |
| 1997-02-18 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO FUEL INJECTOR FAILURE. *AK |
| 1997-02-18 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FIRE CAUSE BY POSSIBLE FAULTY FUEL INJECTOR. |
| 1996-12-05 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING VEHICLE OWNER SMELLED GAS, WHEN OWNER PULLED OVER THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE, THE ENTIRE ENGINE AREA WAS… |
| 1996-10-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTOR FIRE. |
| 1996-09-23 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | TOOK THE VEHICLE IN FOR A SMOG CHECK, STARTED THE VEHICLE AND THE VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES BECAUSE OF THE FUEL INJECT… |
| 1996-09-07 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM EMITS GAS SMELL INSIDE VEHICLE. |
| 1996-07-08 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECALL REPAIR (P5137) COMPLETED ON THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM, HOWEVER AFTER REPAIR DAMAGES TO ENGINE RESULTING FROM DEF… |
| 1996-07-06 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE FIRE. *DH |
| 1996-05-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | DRIVING HOME FROM WORK, SMELLED SOMETHING BURNING, SAW SMOKE, PULLED OVER, WAITED & LIFTED HOOD, SAW FIRE, TURNED VEHIC… |
| 1996-05-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM LEAK, CAUSING ENGINE FIRE. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT)*SD |
| 1996-02-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THE CAR CAUGHT FIRE,THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY THE FUEL INJECTORS. *AK |
| 1995-12-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, POSSIBLY CAUSED BY FUEL INJECTORS LEAKING FUEL. TT |
| 1995-12-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM CAUGHT FIRE. *SD |
| 1995-11-28 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE. *SD |
| 1995-09-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD, FOUND ENGINE ON FIRE, DEALER SUSPECTS FUEL INJECTION LEAK AS CAUSE… |
| 1995-08-14 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTION FIRE. TT |
| 1995-08-02 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL | No | 0 | WAS DRIVING FUEL INJECTION LINE BROKE IN HALF STARTED TO SQUIRT GAS AND THEN IT CAUGHT FIRE. TT |
| 1995-07-08 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | 310-698-3235: UNDERHOOD FIRE WHILE PARKED IN FRONT OF OWNER'S PLACE OF ABOVE; VEHICLE TOTALED. TT |
| 1995-07-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION LEAKS. |
| 1995-06-24 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, POSSIBLE FUEL INJECTION LEAKAGE *AK |
| 1995-06-16 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | OWNER JUST GOT IN TO START, VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE. TT |
| 1995-06-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | ENGINE DAMAGED BY ELECTRICAL FIRE. *SD |
| 1995-06-12 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | SUDDEN ACCELERATION WHILE IN REVERSE GEAR, RESULTED IN ACCIDENT/INJURY. (ATTORNEY FOR CLIENT) *SKD |
| 1995-06-05 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | DRIVEN VEHICLE AND CAUGHT ON FIRE TWICE FROM THE ENGINE. PLEASE EXPLAIN. TT |
| 1995-04-25 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I HAVE SINCE HAD MY LEAK REPAIRED AFTER LEARNING OF THE RECALL ON THE INTERNET (CAR POINT). I WAS NEVER NOTIFIED BY NIS… |
| 1995-04-10 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | UPON PARKING, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF HOOD, MOMENTS LATER ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE, FIRE DEPT. EX… |
| 1995-02-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, RESULTING IN TOTALLED. TT |
| 1995-02-10 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | EA94-018 ACTIVE, ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, UNDER THE HOOD DEFECT OF THE FUEL INJECTORS. TT |
| 1995-01-19 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | THE ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM THE FUEL LINE. PLEASE DESCRIBE DETAILS. TT |
| 1994-12-03 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS | No | 0 | FUEL HOSES LEAKED, RESULTING IN A FIRE. *AK |
| 1994-10-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTOR FIRE. |
| 1990-05-05 | FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FONTANA DEALER WHICH IS NOW PURCHASED BY SAN BERNARDINO NISSAN ADVISED ME SOMETIME IN 1993 THAT FUEL INJECTORS ARE TO B… |
| 1984-12-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE LEAKS GAS. |
| — | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | RECALL NOTICE WAS RECEIVED ON FUEL INJECTORS, ONE YEAR PRIOR TO RECALL CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. *AK |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. TT |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | Yes | 0 | TOOK MAXIMA IN FOR REPAIR AND NISSAN ASKED FOR PAPER WORK, MR. GRAHAM SENT IT IN AND NISSAN CONTINUES TO ASK FOR MORE W… |
| — | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECEIVED RECALL LETTER #95I00600, HAS BEEN WAITING FOR PARTS, CAR IS STARTING TO SMELL GAS . *AK |
| — | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILED, THE CONSUMER IS BEING DENIED RECALL 95I-006, DUE TO TIME PERIOD. *MJS |
| — | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE FREQUENTLY SMELLS OF GAS ESPECIALLY WHEN STARTING. SMELL ALSO NOTICED WHEN FAN IS IN OPERATION. PLEASE DESCRIBE… |
| — | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE DEALERSHIP SAID IT WOULD TAKE 6 TO 8 WEEKS TO DO A RECALL FOR EXHAUST/CRANKCASE EMISSION 95I00600. PLEASE DESCRIBE… |
| — | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS | No | 0 | WHEN BRAKES ARE APPLIED OR LET UP, VEHICLE THUMPS AS VEHICLE WAS HIT AND CONTROL IS LOST. *AK |
| — | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | VEHICLE FIRE DUE TO RECALL COMPONENT FAILURE OF THE FUEL INJECTORS, PRIOR TO COMPLETION OF RECALL REPAIR, WHICH CAUSED … |