NHTSA Complaint #10823263 — 2007 NISSAN MAXIMA

THE SECOND TIME MY CAR STALLED I WAS DRIVING BACK HOME IN MY 2007 MAXIMA WHEN SUDDENLY MY CAR STALLED WHILE DRIVING. I WAS MAKING A LEFT HAND TURN FROM MAJOR ROAD ONTO MY STREET. THE FIRST TIME IT HAPPENED I WAS IN THE LEFT HAND LANE ON A MAJOR ROAD AT RUSH HOUR ACCELLERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT. I TOOK CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND BASED ON ME TELLING THEM I WAS HEARING A WHINING NOISE AND NOT THE STALLING ISSUE THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS FAULTY CAM SHAFT SENSORS AND THE TIMING BELT. SERVICE ADVISOR TOLD ME IT HAD TO BE REPAIRED OR MY LIFE COULD BE IN DANGER DEPENDING ON WHERE IT DECIDED TO STALL THE NEXT TIME OR THE TIMING CHAIN FAILED AND KILLED MY ENGINE. THIS COST ME APPROXIMATELY $2000. MY CAR HAD ~100,000 MILES AND I HAVE HAD ALL RECOMMENDED SERVICES PERFORMED AT THE SAME DEALER. REGARDLESS OF THE FAULTY PART I BELIEVE THE CAR BEHAVIOR IS UNACCEPTABLE AND NISSAN SHOULD DO SOMETHING TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE INSTEAD OF USING THE PROBLEM AS A CASH COW.