NHTSA Complaint #10444972 — 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA

MY CAR STARTED WITH A RATTLING NOISE HEARD FROM INSIDE THE CABIN AT 56,000 MILES,, THE NOISE WOULD COME AND GO. THEN AT 77,000 MILES SHORTLY AFTER THE WARRANTY GOES OUT, IT STARTS MAKING A WHINING NOISE,, SIMILAR TO POWER STEERING WHEN FLUID IS LOW,, WELL IT TURNS OUT ITS THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONER,, MADE UP OF PLASTIC AND THE COST OF REPAIR IS 1200.00 DOLLARS!!, I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ONLINE AND IM NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT HAS GONE THRU THIS ON NISSAN VEHICLES, EVEN CARS FROM 1997 TO PRESENT HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM RELATED TO THE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS GOING BAD RIGHT AFTER WARRANTY EXPIRES,, THIS HAS TO BE A RECALL BUT NISSAN WONT ADMIT IT, IM STARTING TO GET VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NISSAN, HOPEFULLY OTHER NISSAN OWNERS WITH THIS PROBLEM COMPLAIN HERE,, VERY DISAPPOINTED IN NISSAN. *TR