Safety Score
62
Average
Recalls
2
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
—
Recalls (2)
| Date | NHTSA ID | Component | Units | Completion | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005-11-07 | 05V512000 |
SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST | 102,551 | — | Details |
| 2005-07-26 | 05V338000 |
CHILD SEAT:LATCH STRAP | 90,016 | — | Details |
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-03-02 | ENGINE | No | 0 | While driving my car down the road the vehicle randomly shut off lost power and I had to quickly pull into a plaza but … |
| 2022-07-01 | STEERING | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Maxima. The contact stated that the power steering would fail to operate. The steering w… |
| 2021-03-25 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | VEHICLE MAKES CLUNKING, JERKING NOISES AND BAD CLUNKING SOUNDS WHEN YOU PUT IT INTO GEAR OR SHIFT GEARS, DIGITAL GEAR D… |
| 2021-01-04 | ENGINE | No | 0 | I HAVE AN 05 NISSAN MAXIMA AND THE TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING HARD AND ERRATICALLY |
| 2020-04-24 | SEATS:FRONT ASSEMBLY:POWER ADJUST | No | 1 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 20005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE SITTING IN THE VEHICLE, THE FRONT DRIVER SEA… |
| 2019-06-06 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 5 | On June 6th. 2019 my 2005 nissan maxima struck a disabled vehicle left in the middle lane of the Long Island Expressway… |
| 2019-04-18 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THIS DANGER OF WHICH I COMPLAIN IS NOT ABSOLUTE TO MY VEHICLE BUT TO ALL OTHERS THAT ARE MADE WITH SUCH SHORTCUT. IN P… |
| 2019-04-16 | ENGINE | No | 0 | VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION AND ALL OF A SUDDEN GEARS STARTED TO SHIFT ON ITS OWN , SO STOPPED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY AND… |
| 2019-03-29 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY CAR ONLY HAS 112337 MILE AND NEEDED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION , NOW AT 112954 HAVE TO REPLACE THE ABS CONTROL MODU… |
| 2018-12-05 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | THE CAR HAS A SOUND AS IF IT WERE METAL FATIGUE IN THE FRONT OF THE HOOD A HARD BLOW SOUNDS LOUD EVERY TIME THE CAR MOV… |
| 2018-12-03 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THIS CAR HAS NOTHING BUT ISSUES. I HAVE HAD TO REPLACE THE TIMING CHAINS ALONG WITH CONTINUING TO DEAL WITH THE CARS TR… |
| 2018-12-01 | FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE | No | 0 | HAVING DIFFICULTY FILLING UP GAS TANK I NOTICED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO FILL THE GAS TANK, THE GAS PUMP KEPT SHUTTING … |
| 2018-09-26 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH UP A HILL, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. IN ADDITIO… |
| 2018-08-28 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | ABS AND BRAKE LIGHT CAME ON FLASHING PERIODICALLY OVER A WEEKS TIME, SPEEDOMETER STOPPED WORKING, NEXT DAY THE PARKED … |
| 2018-08-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS A TERRIBLE TRANSMISSION. PROBLEMS SHIFTING GEARS AND WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE IT WONT SHIFT… |
| 2018-07-05 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE, THE... CV TRANSMISSION COULD SLIP OUT OF GEAR CAUSING LOSS OF POWER. CV TRANSMISSION COULD … |
| 2018-04-03 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SUDDEN SURGES AND JOLTING WHEN TRYING TO PARK CAR EVEN WHEN THE BRAKE IS DEPRESSED |
| 2018-03-22 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | JUST AFTER 100K MILES THE CAR STARTED TO JERK FROM R TO D AND SLOWLY PROGRESSED INTO FULL BLOWN SLIPPING, RPMS SHOOT TH… |
| 2018-03-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | INDICATOR LIGHT IN VEHICLE SAYS PASSENGER SIDE AIR BAG IS NOT WORKING. |
| 2018-01-19 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | I AM A FORENSIC CONSULTANT THAT HAS EXAMINED THE SUBJECT VEHICLE WHICH WAS INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS FRONTAL COLLISION WITH… |
| 2017-10-02 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILING DELAY IN GEAR SELECT FOLLOWED BY A HARD THUMP HARD SHIFTING AFTER 30MIN DID NOT EXPECT THIS FROM A… |
| 2017-09-18 | STEERING | No | 0 | POWER STEERING GEAR |
| 2017-08-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAR WOULD STAY IN 5TH GEAR WHEN TURNED. IT WOULD MOVE BUT AT SLOW RATE. NOW IT WILL MOVE ABOUT A 100 FEET THEN GEAR WON… |
| 2017-06-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION FAILED. |
| 2017-06-01 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | CAR JERKS WHEN ACCELERATING, SLIPS GEARS, HESITATING WHEN ACCELERATING AND SOMETIMES WILL NOT GO OVER 20 MPH (WHILE DRI… |
| 2017-05-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | SUDDEN TOTAL TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 45,699 MILES ON MAXIMA 2005. PUT CAR IN REVERSE, BACKED OUT PUT IN DRIVE IT STALL… |
| 2017-04-28 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 80 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TO… |
| 2017-04-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT HEARD A NOISE PROGRESSING FROM THE VEHICLE. AN INDEPENDENT MECHA… |
| 2017-03-24 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH, THE ENGINE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT PULLED… |
| 2017-03-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | PRIOR OWNER REPORTED ISSUES WITH ABS REAR SENSOR, AND HAVING TO DISCONNECT FUSE. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO NISSAN DEALER FOR… |
| 2017-02-23 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING HITTING INTO GEARS HARD |
| 2017-02-23 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | HARSH SHIFTING, JERKING, LOTS SHIFT SLIPPAGE. ACTUALLY SLOWED DOWN ON THE HIGHWAY. DIAGNOSIS RETURNED AS FAILED TRANSM… |
| 2017-01-28 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE DROVE ROUGHLY WHEN THE ACCEL… |
| 2017-01-01 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE IS SHIFTING EXTREMELY HARD IN LOWER GEAR AND AT STOPPING |
| 2016-12-31 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | THE CAR IS OVER WINDING AND SOUNDS LIKE THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT SPIKE IN THE RPMS BEFORE I… |
| 2016-12-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY TRANSMISSION JUST FAILED FOR THE SECOND TIME AFTER BEING REPLACED THE FIRST TIME BY NISSAN AS IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY.… |
| 2016-12-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION BANGS INTO GEAR. WINDS UP THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR AND ACCELERATES UP IMMEDIATELY. I ALMOST HIT ANOTHER CAR. … |
| 2016-12-10 | ENGINE | No | 0 | AT 101,000 MILES TRANSMISSION CUT OUT. GEARS NOT CHANGING. JERKING MOVEMENT WHEN ACCELERATING. IN MOTION OR STATIONARY |
| 2016-11-21 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | I TOOK MY CAR TO NISSAN FOR STATE INSPECTION ON 11-21-2016 AND FOR THE CAR JERKING AND OIL CHANGE. I WAS TOLD BY THE SE… |
| 2016-11-17 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I BOUGHT A NISSAN MAXIMA 2005 FROM A SECOND HAND AND LOOKS GREAT BUT ONE RIDING THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO MAKE A UFUL… |
| 2016-11-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | AROUND 103000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP. THE ENGINE WOULD REV AND THEN THE … |
| 2016-11-15 | ENGINE | No | 0 | TIMING CHAIN NOISE/TIMING CHAIN NEEDS TO BE REPLACED. THIS NOISE STARTED WHEN THE VEHICLE HAD APPROXIMATELY 100,000 MI… |
| 2016-10-24 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | BRAKE ABS SYSTEM FAILURE. SUBFRAME RUST BREAKS THE ANTI-LOCK BRAKE SYSTEM (ABS) AND RENDERS THE ABS BRAKE, TRACTION CON… |
| 2016-10-22 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | HARD SHIFTING FROM TRANSMISSION WHEN COMING TO A STOP. SLIPPAGE OF GEARS WHEN IN A STATIONARY POSITION IN PARK GOING IN… |
| 2016-09-08 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY CAR HAS GIVEN ME TROUBLE SINCE ABOUT A MONTH AFTER I BOUGHT IT. I BOUGHT IT USED, BUT HAVE BEEN TOLD NISSANS ARE VER… |
| 2016-09-01 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | PIECES STARTED FALLING OFF OF THE CAR. THE MECHANIC SAID THAT THE FLOORBOARD WAS RUSTED THROUGH AND THE ONLY THING BET… |
| 2016-08-26 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | AT A RED LIGHT, CAR STALLED, TOOK A FEW SECONDS TO RESTART. WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE, IT REVS LIKE IT HAS A STRAIN; NO… |
| 2016-08-24 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED, JERKED, AND MADE A LOUD ABNORMA… |
| 2016-08-13 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA THE GEARS SLIP AND JUMP INTO GEAR WITH A VIOLENT JERK THAT IS AFFECTING MY DRIVING … |
| 2016-07-26 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | TRANSMISSION ISSUES.ROUGH SHIFTING, HIGH REVS WHEN TRAVELING AT 25 MPH. AFTER AN ABRUPT STOP THE CAR WILL REMAIN IN A H… |