2017 Nissan Maxima
This year drew an ordinary 103 complaints for a Nissan Maxima — the model's median is 95. What they were about is the unusual part: 16.5% of them mention turning, against 5.5% across the model's other years.
Generation 3 of the Nissan Maxima, which began in 2016. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 103 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 95 |
| Involving a crash | 7 |
| Involving a fire | 2 |
| Recalls | 4 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 25 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- turning — 16.5% of this year's complaints, against 5.5% across the model's other years (3×). Owners wrote it as: turning, left turn, unexpectedly, decelerate.
- loose — 10.7% of this year's complaints, against 2.5% across the model's other years (4.2×). Owners wrote it as: loose, molding, design, trim.
- roof — 7.8% of this year's complaints, against 0.9% across the model's other years (8.2×). Owners wrote it as: roof, falling off, plastic clips, fender.
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
THE LEFT AND RIGHT REAR FENDER MOULDING IS FALLING OFF OF MY VEHICLE. THIS IS A TRIM PIECE THAT CONNECTS THE REAR FENDER AND THE ROOF. THIS PIECE IS ABOUT 26" LONG. THE PLASTIC CLIPS THAT HOLD IT ON ARE FAILING AND THE LEFT PIECE HAS FALLEN OFF WHILE DRIVING,…
Car turning off while driving and can't turn the wheel to get out of the road. We had the car battery, fob battery and alternator replaced and still the same issue. We heard this has happened to another owner of the same vehicle that lives in or town. This is…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 18V601000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 16V636000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
- 16V244000 AIR BAGS Fixed free of charge.
- 19V807000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Nissan Maxima was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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