Safety Score
70
Average
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 1987 Nissan Maxima.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1987 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARD TO VEHICLE FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED WHILE DRI… |
| 2007-11-06 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTOR FAILURE. *TR |
| 2004-04-30 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS BEING OPERATED AND THEN WAS PARKED DUE TO FUEL LEAKING. ENGINE CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND VEHICLE WAS COMPLETELY … |
| 2003-09-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | RE: 1987 NISSAN MAXIM I OWN 3 OF THESE VEHICLES. IN 2 OF THEM, THE PRESSURIZED FUEL LINE COMING OUT OF THE GAS TANK … |
| 2003-06-07 | SEAT BELTS:FRONT:RETRACTOR | No | 0 | DRIVER;S SIDE AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT MALFUNCTION; STOPPED HALF WAY. NOW IT DOES NOT WORK AT ALL. *NLM |
| 2001-07-10 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL | No | 0 | CONSUMER IS CALLING TO REPORT THAT ACCELERATOR PEDAL STICKS. DEALER HAS YET TO BE CONTACTED. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DET… |
| 2001-02-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECALL 95I00600, 15 MINUTES AFTER STARTING VEHICLE CONSUMER COULD SEE FLAMES COMING FROM ENGINE NEAR FUEL INJECTORS. … |
| 2000-01-27 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | HAD COME UPON A STOP LIGHT, STARTED TO TAKE OFF & SMELLED FUEL. NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. PULLED OVER … |
| 1999-11-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | WE HAD LIABILITY COVERAGE ONLY. NISSAN UNWILLING TO SETTLE FOR VALUE OF CAR. |
| 1999-08-30 | SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:FOUNDATION COMPONENTS:DISC | No | 0 | CONTINUALLY SQUEAKS AT ANY SPEED, EVEN WITH NEW BRAKES. *AK |
| 1999-06-01 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | SEAT BELT ON THE DRIVER SIDE HAS OIL ON IT. CONSUMER SAID THAT OIL WAS COMING FROM THE SEAT BELTS AND ARE RUINING HE… |
| 1999-05-03 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTOR FAILED PRIOR TO RECALL NOTICE 12-95, RECALL WORK PREFORMED ON 7-31-97, HOWEVER FAILED RESULTING IN VEHICL… |
| 1999-02-13 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I KEPT SMELLING GAS THEN I KNEW THE INJECTORS HAD BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE I HAD A STARTER REPLACED AND TOM PEACOCK NISSAN… |
| 1999-01-10 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I WAS GIVEN A RECALL NOTICE AT THE TIME OF PURCHASE 6-10-99. I TOOK THE CAR TO DON DAVIS NISSAN TWO TIMES. BOTH TIMES … |
| 1998-10-18 | STRUCTURE:BODY:DOOR | No | 0 | POWER DOOR LOCKS WILL NOT OPEN AUTOMATICALLY OR MANUALLY FROM INSIDE THE VEHICLE. OCCUPANTS WERE TRAPPED INSIDE AND H… |
| 1998-10-18 | SEAT BELTS | Yes | 0 | CONSUMER WAS RIDING IN THE PASSENGER'S SEAT WHEN ANOTHER VEHICLE CUT IN FRONT OF VEHICLE AND WAS HIT HEAD-ON, CAUSING T… |
| 1998-09-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | AFTER DRIVING CAR FOR ABOUT HALF MILE AND PARKED, CONSUMER SAW SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER HOOD. POPPED HOOD AND THERE WERE… |
| 1998-09-05 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECALL 95I006000, FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. THE CAMPAIGN WORK WAS DONE 20 MONTHS AGO, AND THE PROBLEM STILL EXISTS. CON… |
| 1998-09-05 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | RECALL 95I0006000, FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. RECALL CAMPAIGN REPAIRS WERE PERFORMED ABOUT 20 MONTHS AGO, AND THE PROBLEM S… |
| 1998-07-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | TERRIBLE SMELL OF GAS AND NOW CAR RUNS VERY ROUGH WHEN ACCELERATING. MECHANIC SAID FUEL INJECTORS ARE BAD. *AK |
| 1998-06-18 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | OWNER NOT NOTIFIED OF FAULTY FUEL LINES AND FUEL INJECTOR CAMPAIGN. |
| 1998-05-21 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | VEHICLE EXPERIENCED SUDDEN ACCELERATION, RESULTING IN AN ACCIDENT. |
| 1998-05-12 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING THE DRIVER NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD, AND THE DRIVER CHECKED IT OUT AND NOTICED THAT THER… |
| 1998-03-31 | SEAT BELTS | No | 0 | AUTOMATIC SEAT BELT RETRACTOR CABLE POPPED OUT AND IT WOULD'NT MOVE. NOW IT ONLY WORKS MANUALLY. *JB |
| 1998-03-30 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | NO SUMMARY LISTED FOR ABOVE VEHICLE. *AK |
| 1998-01-25 | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING WITH SUN ROOF CLOSED, THE VEHICLE'S SUN ROOF FLEW UP WITHOUT REARSON, RSULTING IN SUN ROOF HITTING ANOTHE… |
| 1997-11-09 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | THE DEFECTIVE HEAD BOLT IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BROKE OFF AND JAMMED THE CAMSHAFT, WHICH CAUSED THE ENGINE TO STALL.… |
| 1997-07-13 | VISIBILITY:SUN/MOON ROOF ASSEMBLY | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING APPROX. 60-65 MPH WHEN THE SUN ROOF FLEW OFF THE VEHICLE, CONSUMER DOES NOT HAVE VIN.# AT THIS TIM… |
| 1997-06-25 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | WHILE CONSUMER 'S WAS IN PARK AND WAITING FOR WIFE, AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION JUMPED OUT OF PARK AND VEHICLE BEGAN TO ROL… |
| 1997-03-17 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO FUEL INJECTORS. SECOND OWNER WAS UNAWARE OF SAFETY CAMPAIGN. *AK |
| 1997-01-14 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 0 | WHILE VEHICLE WAS IN A STOP POSTION DRIVER TOUCHED THE PEDAL AND VEHICLE HAD SUDDENLY ACCELERATED OUT OF CONTROL, ACROS… |
| 1996-10-22 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE ROAD AT 45MPH, VEHICLE BURST INTO FLAMES, LOCKING DRIVER INSIDE VEHICLE, DRIVER MANAGED TO GET H… |
| 1996-10-17 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | DRIVING, STARTED SMOKING, STARTED TO PULL OVER, HEAVY DARK SMOKE APPEARED, LIFTED HOOD, VEHICLE ENGINE AREA ENGULFED IN… |
| 1996-10-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTOR FIRE, VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY WITH IGNITION ON, UNDER HOOD COMPARTMENT FIRE, SERV CAMP. RELATED WI… |
| 1996-10-15 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE AFTER MOVING AND RESTARTING THE CAR 2 TIMES. THE FIRE/EXPLOSION BEGAN IN THE ENGINE AREA MOSTLY … |
| 1996-10-11 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 1 | LEAKING FUEL INJECTORS, CAUSING VEHICLE FIRE/INJURIES. *AK |
| 1996-10-11 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING | No | 0 | CONSUMER WAS DRIVING AND SMELLED SMOKE AND CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. PLEASE DESCRIBE . *AK |
| 1996-10-08 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTION FIRE PRIOR TO RECALL. |
| 1996-09-04 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE WHILE PARKED PRIOR TO SERVICE RECALL (95I-006). *AK |
| 1996-09-01 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | NO POWER TO TRANSMISSION DUE TO SHORT IN AIR CONDITIONING UNIT AND BREAKAGE IN FRONT AXLE. |
| 1996-08-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | CAUGHT FIRE UNDER THE HOOD. PLEASE GIVE MORE INFORMATION DESCRIBING THE FIRE.*AK |
| 1996-08-14 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | UPON PARKING, MOMENTS LATER, NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM RIGHT SIDE OF HOOD, THEN ENGINE COMPARTMENT CAUGHT FIRE.*AK |
| 1996-08-02 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | Yes | 1 | VEHICLE PARKED, PUT VEHICLE IN GEAR, VEHICLE SUDDENLY TOOK OFF, BRAKES WENT TO FLOOR, DRIVER HIT A HOUSE. *AK |
| 1996-06-28 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD | No | 0 | WHILE PARKED, VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE UNDERHOOD, FIRE SEEMED TO BE MOSTLY IN RIGHT SIDE AREA OF ENGINE, ENTIRE ENGINE TO… |
| 1996-06-25 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | FUEL INJECTORS LEAK, CAUSING FIRE. |
| 1996-06-22 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE FUEL INJECTION IS THE SOURCE. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK |
| 1996-06-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM | No | 0 | DEALERSHIP IS TRYING TO CHARGE FOR THE RECALL WORK AND HE RECEIVED A LETTER FROM NISSAN 95I006000. PLEASE DESCRIBE. … |
| 1996-05-27 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS | No | 0 | LEAKY FUEL INJECTOR CAUSED FIRE. *DH |
| 1996-05-21 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY | No | 0 | FUEL LINE RELEASING GASOLINE ODOR INSIDE VEHICLE. *SD |
| 1996-05-12 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING AT 40 MPH TIMING BELT BLEW OUT FOR THE FOURTH TIME, AND DEALER CAN'T DETERMINE THE CAUSE. *AK |