Comments on: Nissan recalls 16,000 Maximas, Muranos

By: 4treno

4treno — Fri, 06 Jan 2012 12:42:00 +0000

I have rang nissan dealer they confirm they have changed this intake duct, but as I had brought the car 2nd hand my problem is that mostly when the engine is warmer I go to put my peddel down it hessitates to change gear and starts to surge. I have had it to a mech code for the knock sensor or ecm, changed knock sensor(same code error). So could this be related to the recall problem

By: M.Keller

M.Keller — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:57:20 +0000

There have been two recalls on the latest XTrail (fuel) model already, one to do with the tank, one to do with steering. If you think that if you bought your car from one nissan place and always use their garage that they will call you, your mistaken.
Now I had to take my car back, because the fuel gage showed a lot of fuel in the tank, when was actually empty. Sounds funny? Imaging driving down the hill with a 2500 Kg car und suddenly the powerbreaks fail, because the fuel gage was far from accurate. Somehow they did not grasp the seriousness of the situation. Seems to happen from time to time in some cars (enough for the garage to know of the problem), not really a problem. Maybe if it causes a crash, warranty would not cover it, then it might actually be a good thing for Nissan.

By: M.Keller

M.Keller — Fri, 26 Mar 2010 02:54:16 +0000

There have been two recalls on the latest XTrail (fuel) model already, one to do with the tank, one to do with steering. If you think that if you bought your car from one nissan place and always use their garage that they will contact you because there is a recall, your mistaken. I only found out because the car went to a service.
Now I had to take my car back, because the fuel gage showed a lot of fuel in the tank, when was actually empty. Sounds funny? Imaging driving down the hill with a 2500 Kg car und suddenly the powerbreaks fail, because the fuel gage was far from accurate. Somehow they did not grasp the seriousness of the situation. Seems to happen from time to time in some cars (enough for the garage to know of the problem), okay not really a problem, according to that Nissan’s garage. Maybe if it causes a crash, warranty would not cover it, then it might actually be a good thing for Nissan.

By: LN

LN — Fri, 19 Jun 2009 01:20:23 +0000

We did not identify it… we made reports to Nissan Australia as what problems have been occuring with the Maxima and the Murano.

We got reports back from Nissan Australia to have re-calls on these cars. And they identified it as the air intake ducts.

By: SL

SL — Tue, 16 Jun 2009 07:39:17 +0000

Hey LN

Did the complaints target the air intake ducts or did you identify the air duct as the main culprit after you did you own diagnosis/check on the car?

What was the issue reported?

By: LN

LN — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:40:24 +0000

Its probably better to do it now then later…

We have had a few little complaints about the both Murano and Maxima in the past but now in the last 2 months the complaints of these 2 cars have started to increase lately and it is mainly the air intake ducts as the article has suggested.

Took us by surprise and we have notified Nissan Australia about it they made sure that they can get it replaced for their cars.

By: zahmad

zahmad — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 14:09:04 +0000

Agree with Baz….and also, a lot of other brands also have recalls in the large scales of ***million…so what? It means that they actually sell more cars than our Holden and Ford….tinnk about it…

By: Baz

Baz — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 03:33:45 +0000

Whats the aesthetic appeal or the sales volume of a car got to do with it being recalled? Let alone a model from the same brand but unaffected by the recall?

Really points out the lack of intelligence of some posters here on CarAdvice.

By: milkyway

milkyway — Sun, 14 Jun 2009 01:56:05 +0000

Better late than never. Prevention is better than cure. 2 motherhood statements obviously taken seriously by Nissan. Well done.

By: figjam

figjam — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 23:44:40 +0000

Most japanese car makers do a recall more for customer satisfaction than a safety or quality issue, holden & ford wait till the brakes fail or the steering locks (HQ holden) before they do anything!there was another safety recall from ford only the other day and talk to any holden service manager about holden recalls there answer is “they wait and see what happens first”, the clutches in the new 6.2litre hsv’s are shit but holden will only replace them when they fail! if that was toyota or nissan they would have recalled them way before they fail!