Safety Score
79
Safe
Recalls
0
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars
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Recalls (0)
No recalls found for the 2012 Nissan Maxima.
Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)
| Date | Component | Crash | Injuries | Summary |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-06 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | 2012 Nissan Maxima with 94,000 miles began hesitating upon accelerating and jerking on [XXX]. Vehicle diagnosed at Don… |
| 2024-08-15 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:INSTRUMENT PANEL:SPEEDOMETER/ODOMETER | No | 0 | Odometer Fraud. The contact purchased a 2012 Nissan Maxima. It was discovered that there was a mileage discrepancy afte… |
| 2024-08-06 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | Since 2018 to present day. I been having difficulties with the visibility from my front windshield at sunny days. The d… |
| 2023-12-31 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | Passenger airbag notifi action blinks and will not show it is activated to function in a crash. Airbag has never worke… |
| 2023-08-17 | AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION:FRONT PASSENGER | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Maxima. The contact stated that the passenger’s side air bag failed to turn on while the… |
| 2023-03-23 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Green wire burn throughout the entire wiring harness..From alternator to engine fuse box and also to inside fuse box.. … |
| 2023-02-11 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Maxima. The contact stated while driving at an undisclosed speed, the brake pedal was de… |
| 2022-10-13 | ENGINE | No | 0 | The contact owned a 2012 Nissan Maxima. The contact stated that after returning from lunch and parking the vehicle at w… |
| 2022-06-09 | ENGINE | No | 0 | On June 9, 2022 @8:50am I was driving my Nissan Maxima to work and as I was at the stop light waiting to go through the… |
| 2022-03-09 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | We are having issues with "melting" or "sticky dashboard of my 2014 Nissan Maxima. Difficult to see when is sunny outsi… |
| 2022-02-21 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | Dashboard melting/sticky, glare. |
| 2021-10-16 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | This CVT control variable transmission in these cars go out so fast. The CVT transmission went out at around 115,000. … |
| 2021-10-01 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | Pressing door lock/unlock button on the door handles fails to lock/unlock all doors consistently. Rear door locks resp… |
| 2021-09-27 | ENGINE | No | 0 | Transmission problems. |
| 2021-06-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | The contact owns a 2012 Nissan Maxima. The contact stated while the vehicle was stationary at a traffic light while dep… |
| 2021-04-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | UPON COMING TO A STOP THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE, IT JERKS SOMETIMES, IF YOU GO CHECK ON ANY NISSAN FORUM OR Y… |
| 2021-03-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WE OWN A 2012 NISSAN MAXIMA (VIN [XXX]). WHILE DRIVING ON THE 215 FREEWAY NEAR HENDERSON, NV OUR MIDDLE PORTION OF OUR … |
| 2021-02-22 | VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING AND APPROACHING A RED LIGHT THE VEHICLE STO… |
| 2020-08-02 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE MY SON WAS DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY (STRAIGHT AND AT A STEADY SPEED) THE HOOD SUDDENLY OPENED COMPLETELY, MOSTLY BR… |
| 2020-06-17 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | DASHBOARD SEEMS TO BE MELTING/ GETS EXTREMELY HOT AND AS A RESULT IS STICKY. |
| 2020-05-11 | ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING | No | 0 | I HAD AN A.C. COMPRESSOR ISSUE 3 YEARS AGO AND HAD IT REPLACED BY TROPHY NISSAN MESQUITE,TEXAS IN 2017. NOW 3 YEARS LAT… |
| 2019-12-19 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY THIS MORNING, THE PANORAMIC SUNROOF ON MY 2012 NISSAN MAXIMA SPONTANEOUSLY EXPLODED AND SH… |
| 2019-12-07 | STEERING | No | 0 | I PICKED MY CAR UP FROM THE DEALERSHIP AFTER GETTING A STATE INSPECTION, OIL CHANGE AND TIRE ROTATION. THEY SAID THEY … |
| 2019-11-18 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE CAR STREERING WHEEL WONT MOVE AND THE CAR WONT START. |
| 2019-11-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | CAR WILL NOT START, STEERING WHEEL LOCKS, KEY FOB LIGHT IS ON, BRAKE IS STIFF. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME NISSAN HAD TH… |
| 2019-09-16 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL NOISE AND THE CHECK ENGI… |
| 2019-06-29 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED AND ACCELERATED. … |
| 2019-05-31 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | 2012 NISSAN MAXIMA PASSENGER SEAT BELT NOTICE STAYS ON NO MATTER WHO SIT IN SEAT. DEALER SAYS NEED TO BE REPLACED $1,6… |
| 2019-05-05 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | WHILE DRIVING MY CAR AT EXTREMELY SLOW SPEEDS MY CAR COMPLETELY TURNED ITSELF OFF AND WAS UNABLE TO START BACK UP FOR 1… |
| 2019-04-25 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | I HAVE HAD MY VEHICLE FOR LESS THAN 5 MONTHS AND THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE OUT ON IT. AFTER DOING A RESEARCH ONLINE, I … |
| 2019-02-25 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | TAKATA RECALL. WHEN DRIVING THE VEHICLE BETWEEN 40 -50 THE RPMS WOULD JUMP THEN GO BACK DOWN AND JUMP AGAIN, THIS STA… |
| 2019-01-02 | SERVICE BRAKES | No | 0 | THE AIR CONDITIONER STOPPED COOLING WHILE DRIVING. THE TRACTION LIGHT COMES ON AND THE MECHANIC SAID IT WAS THE MASS AI… |
| 2018-11-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | THE DASHBOARD IS CRACKING AND MELTING |
| 2018-11-04 | STRUCTURE:BODY | Yes | 0 | CAR WAS PARKED IN DRIVEWAY. MOVED OUT OF GEAR ON ITS OWN ROLLED ACROSS STREET CRASHED INTO CAR IN ANOTHER DRIVEWAY. |
| 2018-08-26 | SEATS | No | 0 | SEATS MOVE FORWARD AND BACK WHILE IN MOTION AND BRAKING. FEELS LIKE THE SEAT IS LOOSELY ATTACHED TO VEHICLE. I AM CONCE… |
| 2018-08-08 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | MY CAR BEGAN TO MAKE A WHINING SOUND AT ACCELERATION OVER 60 MILES PER HOURS INTERMITTENTLY. THE CAR WAS SOLD TO ME AS… |
| 2018-08-01 | AIR BAGS | No | 0 | ON DEC 12, 107 MY 2012 MAXIMA HAD A SIDE AIRBAG SENSOR REPLACED (DEALER REPLACED AIR BAG CONTROL UNIT FP-NUMBER 98820-9… |
| 2018-07-21 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | I WAS DRIVING MY MAXIMA ON CRUISE CONTROL AT 70 MPH AND THE RPM WAS FLUCTUATING WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY FROM 2000 … |
| 2018-07-17 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | 1)MY INSTRUMENT PANEL WENT OUT SOME YEARS AGO THAT DISPLAYS WARNING OR PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. IT FLASHES OFF AND ON PER… |
| 2018-06-15 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | CAR HAS TRANS CODE P1778, WHILE TRAVELING AT 75MPH CAR WILL LOSE POWER AND RPMS JUMP VERY HIGH WITH NO ACCELERATION. CA… |
| 2018-06-10 | POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 70 MPH, THE VEHICLE DECELERATED, REVVED, AND THE RPMS INCREASE… |
| 2018-06-04 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | VEHICLE WOULD NOT ACCELERATE MOVING FROM A STOPPED POSITION ON CITY ROAD WITH A 45 MILE PER HOUR SPEED LIMIT. ALSO SLU… |
| 2018-06-03 | STRUCTURE:BODY | No | 0 | MY SUNROOF SHATTERED ON SUNDAY, JUNE 03 AT 12PM WHILE I WAS DRIVING EAST BOUND TOWARDS CHICAGO ON 290 HIGHWAY. I WAS DR… |
| 2018-05-09 | POWER TRAIN | No | 0 | ON CITY STREET AT RED LIGHT VEHICLE WOULD NOT PULL OFF FROM RED LIGHT. BIG CLOUD OF SMOKE FROM HOOD AND WOULD NOT MOVE… |
| 2018-04-18 | AIR BAGS | Yes | 1 | HAD A MINOR REAR END COLLISION. AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. CAR ONLY HAS 74,000 MILES. THE AIR BAG LIGHT WAS ON AFTER CA… |
| 2018-04-13 | FUEL/PROPULSION SYSTEM | No | 0 | THE MASS AIR FLOW SENSOR WAS DESIGNED WITH OVERLY NARROW SPECIFICATIONS, APPARENTLY A WELL KNOWN PROBLEM. HAD TO HAVE … |
| 2018-03-06 | SEATS | No | 0 | THE DRIVER SEAT OF MY '12 MAXIMA MOVES UPON ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. I'VE READ MANY FORUMS AND GROUPS AND THIS SE… |
| 2018-02-12 | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM | No | 0 | MY DRIVER SIDE DOOR THE DOOR LOCK INTERMITTENTLY WORKS. IT SOME TIMES LOCKS AND DOESN'T UNLOCK OR DOESN'T LOCK AT ALL.… |
| 2018-01-12 | STEERING | No | 0 | TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 65 MPH AND MERGING INTO TRAFFIC, THE POWER STEERING FAILED TO … |
| 2017-12-15 | UNKNOWN OR OTHER | No | 0 | ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2017 I WAS DRIVING ON A CITY STREET AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH AND I HEARD A LOUD BOOM. I PULLED O… |