2000 NISSAN MAXIMA Electrical Systemignition Problems

I HAVE 49K MILES ON MY 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA WHEN THE DEALER TOLD ME I NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL 6 IGNITION COILS. THESE ARE SUPPOSED TO LAST THE LIFE OF THE CAR AND MANY OTHERS HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM. *JB

I PURCHASED A USED 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT HAD 28,000 MILES ON IT ALMOST 3 YEARS AGO. I HAVE ONLY PUT 6,000 MILES ON THE CAR, BUT HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT BEING ON ALMOST CONTINUOUSLY SINCE I PURCHASED THE VEHICLE. I TOOK IT TO MY REGULAR MECHANIC WHEN IT HAD TO PASS SMOG INSPECTION. HE TEMPORARILY FIXED THE ENGINE LIGHT PROBLEM, BUT SOON AS I ACCELERATED OVER 50 MILES PER HOUR, THE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN. I HAVE ALSO HAD PROBLEMS WITH THE BRAKES, WHICH HAD TO BE COMPLETELY REPLACED TWICE, THE IGNITION (CAR WOULDN'T START), AND, A PROBLEM WITH THE CAR WHEN DOWNSHIFTING (ENGINE SEIZES UP VIOLENTLY). THERE IS ALSO A SUSPENSION PROBLEM, AS CAR MAKES LOUD NOISE EVERY TIME I HAVE TO GO OVER SPEED BUMPS. MY SON IS READY TO GET HIS DRIVER'S LICENSE, AND I WILL HAVE TO GET RID OF THIS...

SERVICE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON 8/19/02 @ 53,532 MILES AND FOUND O2 SENSOR WAS BAD AND REPLACED. $188.00 TO REPAIR. SERVICE CHECK LIGHT AND TCS/SLIP LIGHT CAME ON 10/24/03 @ 74,000 MILES AND FOUND IGNITION COILS FAILING INTERMITTENTLY. REPLACED IGNITION COILS AND SPARK PLUGS TO PREVENT IGNITION COILS FROM FAILING. $707.00 TO REPAIR SERVICE CHECK LIGHT CAME ON 4/13/05 @ 95,000 MILES AND FOUND AIR MASS CONTROLLER FAILING. REPLACED AIR MASS CONTROLLER. $421.00 TO REPAIR SERVICE CHECK LIGHT AND TCS/SLIP LIGHT CAME ON 715/05 @ 97,980 MILES AND FOUND IGNITION COILS FAILING INTERMITTENTLY AND POSSIBLE ELECTRICAL HARNESS FAILURE. THE FAILURE HAS NOT BEEN ISOLATED AND REPAIRS HAVE NOT BEEN AS OF 7/22/05. REQUESTING OLD PARTS FOR CURRENT FAILURE .

SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, CHECKED BY A LOCAL MECHANIC. HE CALLED MILLER NISSAN (WOODLAND HILLS) TO VERIFY THE PROBLEM. ONE OF THE IGNITION COILS HAD FAILED, AND NISSAN ADVISED HIM THAT ALL 6 NEED TO BE REPLACED ($77 EACH) BECAUSE EVEN IF ONE IS REPLACED, MORE WILL INEVITABLY FAIL. I LOOKED THIS UP ON THE WEB AND WAS SHOCKED TO SEE THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS, AND THIS PROBLEM DOES NOT SEEM TO BE TAKEN SERIOUSLY BY NISSAN MOTORS.

THE CAR BEGAN TO RUN ROUGH, THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON. WHEN HOOKED UP TO DIAGNOSTICS, THE IGNITION PROBLEM CODE CAME UP. THE PROBLEM WOULD CLEAR UP AND THEN REPEAT AGAIN. I WAS TOLD ONE OF THE IGNITION COILS TO THE SPARK PLUG WAS THE PROBLEM....I WAS GOING TO WAIT TO DETERMINE WHICH ONE IT WAS. I TALKED TO THE PARTS PERSON AT THE NISSAN DEALER - HE TOLD ME THEY HAD HAD PROBLEMS WITH THESE COILS AND HAD UPDATED THEM. HE ALSO SAID I MIGHT AS WELL REPLACE THEM ALL, BECAUSE THE REST WILL FAIL SOON. THE PRICE FOR EACH WAS QUOTED AS $76.77! THE CAR NEEDS SIX TO REPLACE THEM ALL. THE PARTS ARE NOT AVAILABLE EXCEPT THROUGH NISSAN. I CHECKED AT OTHER DEALERS AND GOT THE SAME RESULTS, EXCEPT I WAS ABLE TO PURCHASE THE SIX COILS AT $47.33 EACH, PLUS SHIPPING. MY CAR HAS...

NISSAN MAXIMA 2000, HAS BAD IGNITION COILS THAT CAUSE VEHICLE TO STALL CONSTANTLY. *BF *JB

CAR RAN ROUGH. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. DEALER SAID ALL COILS NEED TO BE REPLACED. NOT UNDER WARRANTY. OVER $600 FOR THIS . CALLED NISSAN DIRECT. THEY SAID THEY WOULD NOT PAY FOR DEFECTIVE PARTS EVEN THOUGH THEY SAID THEY ARE WELL AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM WITH THE NISSAN MAXIMA !

CHECK ENGINE LIGHT (CEL) CAME ON FOR THE THIRD TIME IN 3 YEARS. FIRST TIME AT 27000 MILES WAS DUE TO ERROR IN ECM PROGRAM. 2ND OR 3RD TIMES (43000 AND 61000 MILES) WERE BOTH DUE TO IGNITION COILS. BOTH TIMES ALL SIX IGNITION COILS HAD TO BE REPLACED BY NISSAN AUTHORIZED SERVICE CENTER.*AK

HAVING PUT LESS THAN 1,000 MILES ON OUR (NEWLY PURCHASED) USED NISSAN MAXIMA (67,000 MILES TOTAL), WE STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE VEHICLE STARTING PROPERLY. IT WAS TAKEN IN FOR REPAIR, AND WE HAD TO REPLACE ALL 6 IGNITION COILS AT A COST OF OVER $600. IT WAS THEN TOLD TO US THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT THE SHOP HAD SEEN ON MANY OCCASIONS.*AK

THE IGNITION COILS FAILED. ON MY 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA SE! THIS IS THE SUBJECT OF THE TSB ISSUED BY NISSAN #NTB01-059. MY DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR THIS FREE OF CHARGE, ALTHOUGH THIS APPEARS TO BE A UNIVERSAL PROBLEM FOR THE MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR OF MY VEHICLE (AND FOR YEARS 95-01)!*JB

MY 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA STARTED VIBRATING REALLY BADLLY AND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. AFTER TURNING OFF THE CAR AND TURNING BACK ON THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY, BUT I HAD IT TOWED TO NISSAN DEALER AND THEY LATER DIAGNOSIED IT AS A BAD IGITION COIL. THIS HAPPENED AT 40,000 MILES AND NOW AT 67000 THE SAME PROBLEM IS OCCURING AGAIN. I RESEARCHED THE PROBLEM ON THE WEB AND NOTICED MAY OWNERS OF NISSAN HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM AND IT'S FRUSTRATING THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN MADE. IT'S A SAFEFY HAZZARD WHEN THE COIL GOES BAD WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE NO FAITH IN NISSAN AND LOOKING FORWARD TO GETTING ANOTHER QUALITY CAR. IT WON'T BE A NISSAN!!!!!*AK

AS SO MANY BEFORE ME AND I AM SURE MANY MORE TO FOLLOW .... THE IGNITION COILS ON MY 2000 MAXIMA SE HAS FAILED DUE TO A RECOGNIZED DEFECTIVE PART. SO BEFORE SOMEONE LOSES POWER AND SAFETY SYSTEMS FAIL, THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED WITH A RECALL OF ALL DEFECTIVE IGNITION COILS IN NISSAN CARS AND TRUCKS. *NM

MY NISSAN 2000 HAS SIMILAR PROBLEMS WHICH OTHERS HAVE,IGNITION COILS AND OXYGEN SENSOR. MY CAR HAS ONLY 48000 MILES ON IT. ALL SIX COIL HAS BEEN REPLACED BY NISSAN DEALER AND IT COST ME $500. MANUFACTURER TRANSMISSION WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER EVEN THOUGH IT IS PART OF TRANSMISSION. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THIS PROBLEM AND REIMBURSE CONSUMER MONEY. *NM

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE IT WOULD SHAKE/HESITATE, AND STALL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK

WHEN STARTING THE VEHICLE IT WOULD SHAKE/HESITATE, AND STALL. VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP, AND MECHANIC DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION COIL NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER WAS NOT NOTIFIED.*AK

HI, I AM A HAPPY OWNER OF A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA GLE. THE VEHICLE HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT AND RECENTLY HAS A PROBLEM. THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD JUST CAME ON RECENTLY. *AK I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT QUITE A FEW OTHER NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM ... THIS IS WHAT I DISCOVERD ... THE IGNITION COILS ARE FAILING. THE PARTS THEMSELVES WERE FREE UNDER A "GOODWILL PARTS" POLICY NISSAN HAS. ACCORDING TO THE WORK ORDER, 3 PARTS NUMBERED 22448-31U01 "COIL ASSY-IGNIT" AND 3 PARTS NUMBERED 22448-31U06 WERE REPLACED. MANY MAXIMA OWNERS HAVE HEARD THE RESPONSE FROM NISSAN DEALERS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE IGNITION COILS. THEY ALSO RECEIVED THE RESPONSE THAT NISSAN AGREED TO A NO CHARGE REPLACEMENT UNDER GOOD WILL. SEE CAR FORUMS AT HTTP://WWW.CARSFORUMS.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=7803 QUESTION & REQUEST: ------------------- CAN NISSAN PLEASE PROVIDE...

THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD AND THE VEHICLE LOST POWER. WHEN THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER, IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE IGNITION COIL WAS DEFECTIVE. *JB

IN OCTOBER 2004, ON THE FIRST COOL DAY OF THE FALL SEASON IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, MY 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA GLE BEGAN TO MISFIRE, BUT THE PROBLEM CORRECTED ITSELF AFTER A FEW MILES OF DRIVING. A MONTH LATER, ON ANOTHER COOL DAY IN NOVEMBER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THIS TIME, THE EVENT ILLUMINATED THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LAMP. THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINUED TO MISFIRE INTERMITTENTLY (BUT FREQUENTLY) EVER SINCE. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS, THE SERVICE ADVISER PULLED TWO TROUBLE CODES (P0306 AND P1320) AND TOLD ME THE FAULTS INDICATED REPLACEMENT OF ALL SIX IGNITION COILS (PER RECOMMENDATION OF TSB NO. 01-059). THE DEALER WANTS $75 FOR EACH COIL, AND APPROXIMATELY $200 IN LABOR TO INSTALL THEM. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THE PREVALENCE OF THE PROBLEM WITH OTHER '00-'01 MAXIMA OWNERS. I HAVE OWNED AND MAINTAINED MY VEHICLE SINCE IT HAD 4000 MILES ON...

SHORTLY AFTER MY CAR REACHED 36,000 MILES THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON, AND I HAD TO REPAIR AN IGNITION COIL, LESS THAN A MONTH AFTER REPLACING COIL, CHECK ENGINE LIGHT HAS COME ON AGAIN, FOR ANOTHER COIL. *JB

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...

PROBLEMS WITH IGNITION COILS ON VEHICLE.*MR THE VEHICLE'S IGNITION COIL FAILED WHICH CAUSED THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT TO ILLUMINATE ON THE DASH. ALTHOUGH THE VEHICLE ONLY HAD 14000 MILES ON IT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED FOUR MONTHS AGO. *NM

I HAVE A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT I HAVE SPEND ALMOST $1000 TO HAVE REPAIRED RECENTLY. THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON ABOUT A MONTH AGO AND IT WAS FLASHING. TOOK IT IN AND ONE OF THE IGNITION COILS WAS BAD, THROTTLE BODY NEEDED REPAIR, RAIL SYSTEM NEEDED REPAIR, SPARK PLUGS REPLACED ALSO. THE CAR ONLY HAS 44,000 MILES ON IT AND IS PRETTY WELL MAINTAINED. IT ENDED UP COSTING ME $500 FOR THOSE REPAIRS. THIS PAST WEEKEND THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AGAIN AND I TOOK IT TO NISSAN THIS MORNING. THIS TIME IT IS THE 02 SENSOR - SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE OXYGEN INTAKE. NOT REALLY SURE WHAT THIS IS BUT IS COSTING ME ANOTHER $300!! I WAS TOLD THAT IF I DID NOT GET THIS FIXED THAT I WOULD RUIN THE NEW SPARK PLUGS AND WOULD USE MORE GAS THAT NECESSARY. THE DEALER TOLD ME...

IGNITION COIL FAILED ON MY 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA. $350.00 WORTH OF WORK. WAS TOLD THIS IS VERY COMMON AND NISSAN HAS SINCE ISSUED NEW PART BECAUSE THE OLD WERE FAILING AT SUCH A HIGH RATE.*AK

IGNITION COILS FAULTY. THOUSANDS HAVING TO BE REPLACED AT COST TO CONSUMER OF +$1000.00 NISSAN REFUSES TO RECALL BUT THE PROBLEM IS SO WIDESPREAD THAT THEY HAVE A NATIONAL BACKORDER ON REPLACEMENT PARTS. DIAGNOSTIC ERROR CODE P1320. *JB

I HAVE 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA SE, CURRENT MILEAGE 51000. I KEPT MY MAXIMA WELL MAINTAINED WITH REGULAR SERVICE AND PREMIUM OIL BUT GOT SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ON RECENTLY. AFTER CHECKING FOUND OUT THAT ALL THE 6 IGNITION COILS NEED TO REPLACED. THAT COST ME $650.00. I CHECKED WITH DEALER AND FOUND OUT THIS IS HAPPENING TO OTHER 2000 MAXIMA TOO. LOOKS LIKE THIS DEFECT IS FOR PARTICULAR TYPE OF ENGINE THEY HAD IN 2000 MAXIMA. I WOULD LIKE NISSAN TO TAKE ACTION AND RECALL THOSE MAXIMA. *JB

I HAVE A 2000 MAXIMA WITH NOW OVER 100,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN I WAS WAY UNDER THAT I HAD MISFIRING PROBLEMS WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE THE COILS. ALL 6 WERE REPLACED. NOT EVEN A WEEK LATER THEY WERE REPLACED AGAIN. I AM NOW AT 119,000 MILES AND MY CAR IS SPUTTERING AND STALLING UPON STARTING UP. I HAVE READ THE SAME PROBLEM WITH SOMONE ELSE AND THEY HAD TO REPLACE THEIR COILS. MY CAR IS NO LONGER UNDER WARANTY. SO I HOPE DEARLY THAT IT'S NOT THE COILS AGAIN. WHICH I'M SURE IT IS. NISSAN NEEDED TO HAVE RECALLED THIS CAR A LONG TIME AGO. IT IS SIMPLY REDICULOUS THAT THE CONSUMER SHOULD HAVE TO PAY FOR NISSAN'S MISTAKES. IF NISSAN WILL NOT FIX MY CAR IF IT IS THE COILS THIS TIME I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN AND I CURRENTLY HAVE 2 OF THEM.*AK

MY 2000 MAXIMA (42,000 MILES) NOW REQUIRES A COMPLETE REPLACEMENT OF ALL 6 IGNITION COILS AT A COST OF OVER $600. THIS CAME AS A HUGE SHOCK TO ME FOR A SO CALLED BULLET PROOF CAR. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS OTHER INSTANCES (ONLINE AND ON THIS SITE AS WELL AS A FEW MECHANICS) OF THIS OCCURRING TO FAIRLY NEW MAXIMAS. I WOULD LIKE TO FILE A FORMAL COMPLAINT.*AK

I DRIVE A WELL MAINTAINED 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA SE THAT IS REGULARLY SERVICED BY THE DEALER. I BROUGHT THE CAR INTO THE DEALER AT 59,600 MILES DUE TO DIFFICULTY STARTING THE VEHICLE, AND A "SPUTTERING" AND STALLING ISSUE. THEIR DIAGNOSIS WAS TO REPLACE ALL 6 IGNITION COILS - BECAUSE 1 WAS LIKELY BAD, THEY COULDN'T TELL WHICH ONE, AND THAT ONCE ONE GOES THE OTHERS FOLLOW SUIT. THIS COST ME $800. UPON REVIEWING MY RECORDS AFTER THE REPAIR, I FOUND THAT THEY HAD PREVIOUSLY REPLACED THE SAME 6 IGNITION COILS AT 30,000 MILES IN RESPONCE TO A "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT THAT HAD COME ON. IGNITION COILS TYPICALLY LAST THE LIFETIME OF A CAR, AND ALL OF MINE HAVE BEEN REPLACED TWICE ON A WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE THAT IS UNDER 60,000 MILES. I BELIEVE THIS IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND SHOULD BE RECALLED. IF YOU CHECK THE FOLLOWING INTERNET LINK, YOU...

ON THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 16, 2004 I TOOK MY CAR TO A CERTIFED NISSAN DELEARSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR THE THIRD TIME IN LESS THAN TWO YEARS TO CORRECT A PROBLEM WITH MY IGNITION COILS. THERE SEEMS TO BE NO SERVICE DEPARTMENT IN GREENVILLE SOUTH CAROLINA THAT CAN SAY WHY THE COILS ARE GOING BAD. I FOUND OUT THERE MY INVESITGATION ON CARSTATES.COM THAT OVER 250 PEOPLE WHO OWNS 2000 NISSAN MAXIMAS AND HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THEIR IGNITION COILS. I WOULD NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN OR ANYTHING RELATED TO NISSAN. I HAVE SAVED ALL OF THE OLD PARTS THAT WERE TAKEN OFF OF MY CAR. WHEN I NOTIFED NISSAN CORPORATION OF MY COMPLAINT IN 2003 THEY SAID THAT NO ONE COMPLAINED OF THIS ISSUE. I WAS UPSET AND I THOUGHT THAT I HAD THE ONLY NISSAN WITH THIS PROBLEM. I WOULD JUST LIKE TO FIND ALL OF THOSE PEOPLE WITH THE...

THIS IS A COMPLAINT ON THE NISSAN COMPANY MANUFACTURES AND DEALERSHIPS. THEY HAVE MANUFACTURED CARS (MAXIMA 2000) WHICH HAVE FAULTY IGINITION COILS (6). THEY ARE VERY MUCH AWARE OF THIS ISSUE, AND HAVE DONE NOTHING ABOUT MAKING THIS A RECALL. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE CALLING ABOUT THIS ISSUE AND BEING TOLD "YOU'RE OUT OF LUCK". THE PRICE FOR THE CORRECTION AND REPLACEMENT OF THE IGNITION COILS STARTS AT $800. AND THERE IS NO WAY TO SINGLE OUT WHICH COIL IS IN NEED OF REPLACEMENT, AND IF YOU ARE LUCKY AND CAN SINGLE IT OUT, 2 MONTHS LATER ANOTHER ONE WILL GO OUT. SO IN THE END YOU FIND IT CHEAPER TO GET ALL 6 REMOVED. THIS IS A BURDEN ON MAXIMA 2000 OWNERS ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. THERE ARE PETITIONS ALL OVER AND ONLINE ASKING TO START A RECALL.*AK

IGNION COLI FALIURE, COMMON ON 2000 MAXIMA. *AK

THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND I WAS TOLD I HAD A ERROR CODE 1320 AND THAT 1 OF THE IGNITION COILS WAS BAD BUT THAT THEY ARE NOT ABLE TO PINPOINT WHICH COIL WAS BAD SO THEY HAD TO CHANGE ALL SIX COILS AT A COST OF $499. I WENT ON THE NHTSA WEBSITE AND NOTICED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR IGNITION COIL AND HAVE FILED COMPLAINTS. I CALLED NISSAN AND SPOKE TO A REP WICH TOLD ME THAT SINCE I HAVE A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY AND THIS PROBLEM IS NOT COVERED.*AK

IGNITION COILS FAILED AFTER 60,000 MILES. NISSAN WAS OF NO HELP. PREVIOUSLY HAD THREE MAXIMAS.....BUT WILL CERTAINLY SWITCH TO TOYOTA ON NEXT PURCHASE. THE COST TO REPAIR WAS ABOUT $800

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S IGNITION COILS. *MR *SC THE REPAIR COST THE CONSUMER $740.00 DOLLARS. *JB

PROBLEMS WITH VEHICLE'S IGNITION COILS, BRAKE CALIPER, PADS AND ROTORS.*MR THE VEHICLE IGNITION COIL FAILED AT 37000 MILES. ALL SIX COILS WERE REPLACED. ONE WEEK LATER THE LEFT REAR BRAKE CALIPER LOCKED UP. ALL FOUR ROTORS AND BRAKE PADS WERE REPLACED AT 36200 MILES. THE CONSUMER FEELS THE REPAIRS MAY HAVE BEEN COVERED UNDER A SERVICE BULLETIN 624020 FOR THE IGNITION AND SERVICE BULLETIN 618790 FOR THE BRAKES. THE CONSUMER SEEKS REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE COST OF THE REPAIRS. *NM

"SERVICE ENGINE" LIGHT CAME ON.DEALER(MAROONE NISSAN) STATED IGNITION COILS NEEDED REPLACING.CAR HAD 14,000 MILES ON IT,BUT WAS 4 MONTHS OVER WARRANTY.DEALER OFFERED NO CHARGE FOR COILS,BUT $200 FOR LABOR.I DECLINED SINCE CAR WAS RUNNING FINE.THE INITIAL INCIDENT WAS MAY,2003. SINCE THAT TIME LIGHT HAS GONE OFF AND ON SEVERAL TIMES.I HAVE TRIED TO CONTACT MARRONE'S SERVICE MANAGER(CHRIS GARELL) SEVERAL TIMES AND CALLS WERE NOT RETURNED.I THEN CALLED NISSAN'S MAIN NUMMBER-SPOKE TO "MARCELL".EXPLAINED PROBLEM TO HIM-HE SAID I'LL GET BACK TO YOU.HE NEVER DID.ON JUNE 18 ,I WROTE A PERSONAL LETTER TO NISSAN'S CEO.NO RESPONSE.I NOTED ON YOUR WEBSITE THAT 31 FAILURES LIKE MINE OCCURED.I FEEL THAT NISSAN SHOULD REPLACE THESE COILS,NO CHARGE,SINCE THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING DEFECT.THIS COMPANY DOES NOT HAVE THE COURTESY TO DISCUSS THIS PROBLEM WITH ME.THAT REALLY BOTHERS ME!*AK

IGNITION COILS FAILED AT 30,000 MILES. SPOKE WITH DEALER WHO ADVISED IT IS HAPPENING ON SIMILAR VEHICLES. ENGINE MISFIRING, LOSS OF POWER. DEALER WANTED ME TO REPLACE ALL IGNITION COILS AND PAY $700 FOR IT. MY EXTENDED BUMPER-TO-BUMPER WARRANTY REFUSED TO COVER, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO "CHECK ENGINE" LIGHT PRESENT, HENCE, NO COMPUTER CODES GENERATED BY THE CAR COMPUTER. *JB

(1) ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON BUT ENGINE RUNS FINE. RESET POWER AND LIGHT GOES AWAY. (2) ENGINE LIGHT COMES BACK ON 1 WEEK LATER AND ENGINE SPUTTERS. (3) IGNITION COIL WAS FAILING. HAD TO REPLACE ALL 6 SINCE AND PLATINUM PLUGS. NISSAN COULD NOT RECOMMEND HOW TO FIND FAILED ONE, OR KNEW THAT ALL WOULD FAIL? COST $ 650. THERE IS NO RECALL FOR THE COILS, BUT PLENTY HAVE FAILED. A TECHNICAL REPORT SHOULD BE GENERATED BY NISSAN TO INSTRUCT PEOPLE HOW TO LOCATE WHICH COIL TO REPLACE TO REDUCE COST. TO IGNORE INHERENT PROBLEMS WILL REDUCE RECALLS AND CUSTOMERS.

JAN. 2004 - PA INSPECTION W/O INCIDENT FEB. 2004 - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON - $700.00 FOR ECM PROBLEM, FRONT BRAKES, BRAKE FLUID FLUSH, REAR BRAKE ADJUSTMENT APR 2004 - CHECK ENGINE LIGHT COMES ON AGAIN - NEED TO CHANGE IGNITION COILS - ALL 6 AS DEALER SAID THEY COULD NOT DETERMINE WHICH COIL IS DEFECTIVE + REPLACE THE OXYGEN SENSOR. CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE: HTTP://WWW.PETITIONONLINE.COM/NIS_IGN/PETITION.HTML 329 PEOPLE SIGNED UP WITH THE SAME IGNITION COIL PROBLEM. LOW MILEAGE (MY CAR HAS 28,800 MILES). IT SEEMS LIKE NISSAN KNOWS THESE COILS ARE DEFECTIVE AND IS MAKING THEIR DEALERS REPLACE ALL 6 DEFECTIVE COILS AT ONE TIME AT THE EXPENSE OF THE CONSUMER. SOMETHING STINKS!

MY 6 IGNITION COILS WENT AT 56K MILES. THIS COST ME 826 DOLLARS. IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S A BIG ENOUGH PROBLEM THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *JB

I HAVE READ THE COMPLAINTS ON THE 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA REGARDING IGNITION COIL FAILURES. I RECENTLY HAD A "CHECK ENGINE SOON" LIGHT COME ON. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED AS AND IGNITION COIL FAILURE. NISSAN RECOMMENDED I CHANGE ALL IGNITION COILS. MY VEHICLE HAD 19,050 MILES ON IT WHEN THIS OCCURRED. ALTHOUGH IT WAS OUT OF FACTORY WARRANTY, I HAD PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. THE EXTENDED WARRANTY WOULD ONLY COVER THE BAD COIL, NOT THE COILS BEING REPLACED AS A PRECAUTION PER NISSAN'S RECOMMENDATIONS. I DECIDED TO DO IT ANYWAY AND THEN BATTLE WITH THE 1-800-NISSAN1 CUSTOMER SERVICE NUMBER. I WAS TREATED VERY PROFESSIONALLY AND FAIRLY BY NISSAN. THEY PAID FOR ALL OF THE COILS AND INSTALLATION. *JB

FAILURE OF ALL 6 IGNITION COILS, DIAGNOSED BY CONCORD NISSAN, AS A REULT OF "CHECK ENGINE" COMING ON, I WAS TOLD THAT ALL 6 COILS WERE FAULTY, AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED IMMEDIATELY DUE TO RISK OF CAUSING OTHER PARTS TO FAIL, AS STATED BY AL KOHL, ASS'T SERVICE MANAGER. CAR HAS 35970 MILES, AND COST WAS $741.93,I CONTACTED NISSAN, MS LARASON, TO SEE IF THEY WOULD HELP, AND WAS ADVISED THAT THEY WOULD OFFER NO HELP WITH THE COST, CAR WAS OUT OF WARRANTY. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FIND THAT THIS APPEARS TO BE A WIDE SPREAD PROBLEM WITH NISSAN MAXIMAS. I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME PRESSURE APPLIED TO NISSAN TO EXTEND THE WARRANTY ON THESE FAILURES. I KNOW THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG, AND SO DOES NISSAN, AND THIS IS WRONG.*AK

DEFECTIVE MAF SENSOR ON 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA SE HAD TO BE REPLACED AT THE OWNERS COST. NISSAN HAS IN ESSANCE ADMITTED THAT THE ORIGINAL PART WAS DEFECTIVE BY REVISING THE PART. THE EXACT SAME SITUATION APPLIES TO THE IGNITION COILS AS WELL.*AK NISSAN HAS ISSUED A TSB ON BOTH ISSUES, BUT WILL ONLY REPLACE THE PARTS IF THE VEHICLE IS UNDER WARRANTY. THEY SHOULD RECALL THE DEFECTIVE PARTS AND REPLACE THEM AT THEIR COST. BOTH CAN CAUSE EXTREME DRIVEABILITY PROBLEMS AND AFFECT THE DRIVER'S CONTROL OVER THE CAR.

REPLACEMENT OF (6) ENGINE COILS ON THE CAR WITH 56,035 MILES. COST & 754.72. THERE IS A SERVICE BULLETIN FROM 09/06/2001. AFTER RESEARCHING, THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM - NISSAN HAS DESIGNED BAD IGNITION COILS. SHOULD BERECALLED AS DEFFECTIVE PARTS. *AK

THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT TURNED ON WHILE DRIVING AND HAS REMAINED ON. WHEN I FIRST TOOK IT IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTS I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A TUNE UP. THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WAS RESET AND CAME ON AGAIN AFTER ONLY ONE DAY. I RECENTLY TOOK IT IN AGAIN AND P1320 WAS DETECTED AND I WAS TOLD THAT MY IGNITION COILS WERE BAD. DEALER RECOMMENDS REPLACING ALL 6 COILS AS THEY CAN'T DETERMINE WHICH COIL IS ACTUALLY BAD. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS AND FOUND THAT THIS IS THE MOST COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE DEALER ADVISED ME THAT THE PARTS ARE VERY COSTLY AT LEAST $75 FOR EACH COIL, PLUS LABOR. THIS DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE SAFE AS THE CAR DRIVES NORMAL, AND THEN WILL EVENTUALLY SPUTTER, AND VIBRATE RESULTING IN DECREASED SPEED. THE ENGINE FEELS LIKE IT IS ABOUT TO FALL OUT,...

ENGINE IGNITION COIL FAILURE.*AK

2000 NISSAN MAXIMA...I HAVE RESEARCHED A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ON FAULTY IGNITION COILS AND HAVE SEEN OVER 250 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. COSTS CAN BE UPWARDS OF 800.00 TO FIX. CAR STALLS AT LIGHTS, JUMPS WHEN GASSED. THIS PART NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.

IGNITION COIL FAILURE. THE CAR IS 47 MONTHS OLD WITH 32,000 MILES. DEALER INSISTS THEY CAN'T IDENTIFY WHICH COIL IS FAILING AND SAYS I HAVE TO REPLACE ALL SIX COILS - FOR $578. I FIND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM AND THAT NISSAN HAS REPORTEDLY PRODUCED AN IMPROVED REPLACEMENT. IT SEEMS THE SOLUTION IS FOR ME TO PAY FOR NOT ONLY THE FAILED PART BUT THE DEFECTIVE PARTS BEFORE THEY FAIL.*AK

CAR WAS DRIVING VERY ROUGHLY, A LOT OF HESITATION AND MISFIRE. NISSAN DEALERSHIP CHARGED ME $120 FOR DIAGNOSTICS AND REVEALED IT WAS THE IGNITION COIL PROBLEM ON MY NISSAN MAXIMA 2000 SE. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR ALL 2000 OWNERS, A TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN ALSO EXISTS. NISSAN VERY WELL KNOWS ABOUT THIS BUT NEVER DONE A RECALL OR FREE COILS REPLACEMENT. DEALERSHIPS CHARGE $500-600 FOR THE REPLACEMENT. I WOULD LIKE NISSAN TO REFUND FOR THE PARTS AND SERVICE, MAKE A RECALL. *JB

#5 IGNITION COIL EXPERIENCING MALFUNCTION. AFTER RESEARCH ON THE INTERNET FOUND THERE TO BE QUITE A NUMBER OF MAXIMA OWNERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM, YET A RECALL WAS NOT ISSUED. IN FACT, THE REPLACEMENT PART IS A REDESIGNED IGNITION COIL. THIS SAYS TO ME THAT NISSAN WAS AWARE THE PARTS ARE FAULTY, AND THERE ARE SIX IGNITION COILS IN THE 2000 MAXIMA. NISSAN CUSTOMER CARE WOULD NOT TAKE CARE OF THIS MATTER AND I HAD TO FIX ON MY OWN. HAD THIS FAILED A FEW MONTHS EARLIER, AND MY CAR STILL IN WARRANTY, NISSAN WOULD HAVE REPLACE ALL 6 COILS, NOT JUST THE ONE THAT WAS MALFUNCTIONING. *LA