NHTSA Complaint #10165350 — 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA

THIS IS PROBLEM #1: (I HAD SO FAR 4/5 MAJOR PROBLEMS) PURCHASED 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA BRAND NEW. WITHIN 2 MONTHS OF DRIVING THIS CAR, THE THERMOSTAT KEPT REGISTERING AT H, PINNED AT H. WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP IN HUNTINGTON, NY, THEY COULD NOT FIND THE PROBLEM. WAS TOLD, WHEN IT PINNS AT HOT AGAIN, BRING THE CAR IN. WELL, WHEN I DRIVING TO WORK AND THE THERMOSTAT WAS PINNED AT HOT AGAIN, I CALLED THE DEALERSHIP TO TELL THEM AND THE RECEPTIONIST SAID I COULD NOT BRING MY CAR IN, IT WAS NOT AN EMERGENCY. I INFORMED HER THAT I DON'T KNOW WHAT TYPE OF PROBLEM THIS CAN BE AND WHAT IF MY ENGINE CEASES? SHE SAID THERE WAS NOTHING I CAN DO, AND I CAN COME IN NEXT WEEK. I DROVE THERE ANYWAY, AND HAD TO GRAB A MECHANIC TO SEE THAT MY CAR THERMOSTAT WAS INDEED PINNED AT HOT. IT TURNED OUT TO BE A "ELECTRICAL" PROBLEM AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THE ENTIRE THERMOSTAT, AND DASH BOARD. ALSO, WHILE ALL MY PROBLEMS WERE GOING ON, MY TRUNK POPS OPEN WHEN I REVERSE EVERY NOW AND THEN. OF COURSE, THE WONDERFUL MECHANICS AT THE SERVICE DEPT IN HUNTINGTON COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM.. WHAT A SURPRISE?? *NM