NHTSA Complaint #10104645 — 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA

I OWN A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA SE WITH 49,000 MILES THAT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND CARED FOR. A WEEK AGO MY "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON, WHICH WAS JUST 3 WEEKS AFTER HAVING MY CAR SERVICED FOR A 45,000 TUNE UP AND A DRIVE TRAIN LEAK REPAIRED. I RESEARCHED THE SOURCE OF A "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE MAKE, MODEL AND APPROXIMATE MODEL OF MY CAR. TROUBLE WITH THE SIX IGNITION COILS WAS SITED BY MANY OWNERS AND DETAILED IN THE SERVICE BULLETIN NTBO1059. REPAIR OF THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF COILS REPLACED BUT TYPICALLY COST $700. I TOOK MY CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND TOLD ME THAT MY CAR HAD EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE MISFIRES AND THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL 6 COILS! THE TECHNICIAN EXPLAINED THAT THE DESIGN OF THE CURRENT COILS ALLOWS THEM TO GET OVERHEATED AND BURN OUT. IT COST ME $700 TO REPLACE ALL SIX AND I ABSOLUTELY WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN. UP UNTIL THIS POINT, ME AND MY FAMILY HAD BEEN DEVOTED PURCHASERS OF NISSAN CARS. NEVER AGAIN. *JB