NHTSA Complaint #11319303 — 2016 NISSAN MAXIMA

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH IN THE RAIN, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY SHUT OFF CAUSING THE DRIVER TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASH INTO A GUARD RAIL. ADDITIONALLY, AFTER THE CRASH THE 4 DOORS WERE UNABLE TO BE OPENED FROM THE INSIDE OR OUTSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT WERE CALLED TO THE SCENE AND RESCUED THE DRIVER FROM THE VEHICLE BY BREAKING THE WINDOW. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT APPROXIMATELY 40 MINUTES AFTER THE CRASH THE DOORS WERE ABLE TO BE OPENED FROM THE OUTSIDE. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED AND NO MEDICAL TREATMENT WAS REQUIRED. A POLICE REPORT WAS TAKEN AT THE SCENE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED AWAY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE HAD RANDOMLY SHUT OFF WHILE DRIVING ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURES WERE NOT DETERMINED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURES. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 54,000. *BF*JB