2002 NISSAN MAXIMA Engine Problems

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When I first purchased this car I had immediate problems with the power steering fluid. The check engine light has remained on the entire time. But the car was hemorrhaging fluid, groaning, whining, and my steering was becoming extremely loose. I call the dealer that sold me the car, because I dropped 4 grand on what seemed like a nice vehicle with under 100k on it. Well, I bought the car right off the lot and they refused to repair it. Cool, I respect that. IF the inspection reports and other papers are clearly falsified. It couldn't have passed inspection under normal situations. But since the dealer owns their own shop, they could slap stickers on busted vehicles and send them off to be sold. Eventually they do me " A favor" by replacing the power steering actuator/pump hoses & did work on towards a DTC code P0550. They give...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING LOW SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT PULLED OVER AND RESTARTED THE VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE DEALER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 125,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START. AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC DIAGNOSED THAT THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND THE VARIABLE TIMING SENSOR FAILED, WHICH WERE BOTH CONNECTED TO THE CIRCUIT BOARD. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO HEADQUARTER NISSAN (1725 WHITTLESEY RD, COLUMBUS, GA 31904) AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE ONLY RECALL PERTAINING TO THE VEHICLE WAS FOR NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V287000 (AIR BAGS). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED BY THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

THE CAR EXPERIENCES SIGNIFICANTLY REDUCED ENGINE POWER, U NABLE TO REV ABOVE 2500 WITHOUT IT FEELING LIMITED. THE ENGINE SUDDENLY STOPS RUNNING WITHOUT WARNING DURING VEHICLE OPERATION MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO STEER OR BRAKE TO GET TO A SAFE LOCATION.THIS HAS OCCURRED 3 TIMES THIS PAST WEEK AND I HAVE STOPPED DRIVING THE VEHICLE. I'M NOW WONDERING IF THE DEALER ACTUALLY PERFORMED THE RECALL (NHTSA CAMPAIGN #03V455000) BACK IN 2003!!! THEY NEED TO RECALL THIS AGAIN.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT A LOW SPEED, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE. THE AIR BAG WARNING INDICATOR ILLUMINATED AND "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" WAS DISPLAYED ACROSS THE MESSAGE BOARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED PER NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSED THAT THE CRANK POSITION SENSORS WERE NOT REPLACED PER THE RECALL REMEDY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 15V287000 (AIR BAGS). THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 168,000.

DRIVING ON CIRCLE INTERSECTION THE CAR SHUT OFF UNABLE TO TURN STEERING WHEEL AND CRASHED INTO A BUILDING TOTALING CAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 35 MPH, THERE WAS A SUDDEN LOSS OF ACCELERATION AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO RESTART AFTER APPROXIMATELY FIFTEEN MINUTES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 150,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

PER NISSAN, NO RECALLS ON THE FOLLOWING= 1.CD PLAYER DOES NOT WORK, SHOWS ERROR 2. FUEL GAUGE DOES NOT WORK, SHOWS FULL ALL THE TIME AND HAVE RAN OUT OF GAS-COMPLETE SAFETY HAZARD!! 3.TRANSMISSION NEEDED REPLACED-DID NOT HAVE REVERSE-COMPLETE SAFETY HAZARD 4.CATALYTIC CONVERTER NEEDED REPLACED-STALLED ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY DUE TO LOSS OF POWER AND AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT-COMPLETE SAFETY HAZARD 5.MOTOR NEEDED REPLACED-MOTOR QUIT WORKING WHILE ON THE HIGHWAY-AVOIDED AN ACCIDENT WHILE I LOST POWER. I WENT OVER AND BEYOND ALWAYS REPLACING THE MOTOR OIL & FILTER AT 3000 MILES 6.SPEAKERS QUIT WORKING AND WILL BLARE BACK ON UNEXPECTEDLY WHILE DRIVING STARTLING ME, THE VOLUME DOES NOT WORK-COMPLETE SAFETY HAZARD 7.FRONT AIR BAG SENSOR CORRODED AND HAD TO BE REPLACED-THANKFULLY NO INJURIES AS A RESULT IF I HAD BEEN IN AN ACCIDENT! 8.FRONT SUSPENSION REPLACED INCLUDING PIN-NISSAN SHOWS A NOTICE ON THIS BUT NOT A RECALL!!!!????? 9.DRIVERS SIDE...

IN REFERENCE TO > NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER: 03V455000 COMPONENT(S): ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING I NEARLY CRASHED WHEN MY CAR DIED WHILE MERGING ONTO A FREEWAY. MY CAR DOESN'T START LIKE IT USED TO. VERY ROUGH STARTS, CONTINUOUSLY TO GET THE ENGINE TO TURN. IT WILL DIE WHILE CAR IS MOVING. THIS HAPPENS ABRUPTLY AND SUDDENLY WHILE DRIVING. RPMS IDLE HIGHER THAN NORMAL. ENGINE LOSS. I USED OBD SCANNER TO DECIPHER THE PROBLEM. I LOOKED FOR RECALL ONLINE AND FOUND THE ONE LOCATED ABOVE. IT IS IDENTICAL TO MY ISSUES.I CONTACTED NISSAN AND THEY REFUSED. I COULD HAVE DIED. PLEASE HELP THANK YOU! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 60 MPH, THERE WAS LOSS OF ENGINE POWER WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO STATED THAT THE ENGINE WIRING HARNESS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 140,000. UPDATED 06/10/14 MA UPDATED 09/25/2017*JS

DRIVING HOME ON FREEWAY MY NISSAN ENGINE SHUTS OFF WHILE DRIVING IN EXCESS OF 65MPH AND BEING THAT ITS A MANUAL TRANSMISSION IT TRIES TO START FROM ROLLING BUT JERKS REAL HARD LIKE THE BRAKES ARE LOCKED UP AND IVE ALMOST WENT OFF THE ROAD 10 TIMES. IVE TRIED CHANGING THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR BUT CANNOT LOCATE IT AND ALL AREA AUTOZONES DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS EITHER. FROM WHAT IVE GOT MY CAR HAS ALREADY BEEN PART OF THE SENSOR RECALL BUT HAS BEEN FAILING FOR THE LAST 2 1/2 YEARS AND RECENTLY BLEW A COIL PACK FROM THE DAMAGED SENSOR. ALSO THE CAR WONT START ON ONE QUICK TURN IN A MILLISECOND LIKE IT USED TO, IT TAKES ABOUT 5 SECONDS OF TURNING OVER TO START EVERYTIME NOW. *TR

THE CAR HAD A RECALL PERFORMED ON 08/02/2011 TO REPLACE CRANKSHAFT AND CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSORS, THE CAR RAN PERFECTLY BEFORE THE SAID RECALL. THE MENTIONED RECALL ALSO INCLUDED AN EARLIER RECALL WHICH WAS INEFFECTIVE. SOME TIME AFTER THE RECALL WAS PERFORMED THE CAR WOULD STALL INTERMITTENTLY WITHOUT TRIGGERING A CODE. FINALLY THE STALLING TRIGGERED A CODE ON 01/29/13 WHICH WAS A CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR CODE WAS TRIGGERED BUT DENIED THAT IT HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE STALLING PROBLEM AND RETURNED THE CAR WITH THE INTERMITTENT STALLING CONDITION WITHOUT A DIAGNOSES. EVENTUALLY THE CAR WAS DIAGNOSED AS A BAD CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND REPAIRED ON 11/08/2013 AFTER TWO MORE VISITS TO THE DEALER AND NUMEROUS CALLS TO NISSAN NORTH AMERICA. THIS WAS VERY SAME CRANKSHAFT POSITION SENSOR INSTALLED BY THE RECALL #R3022 WHICH WAS BAD AND IN EFFECT RENDERS RECALL #R3022 (NISSAN)...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, VARIOUS WARNING INDICATORS ILLUMINATED PRIOR TO THE VEHICLE STALLING. THE VEHICLE WAS COASTED TO THE ROADSIDE AND RESTARTED. THE VEHICLE RESUMED NORMALLY FOR A SHORT DISTANCE BEFORE THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE ENGINE FAILED TO RESTART. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC, WHO REPLACED THE ALTERNATOR. THE FAILURE RECURRED AFTER THE REPAIR. THE INDEPENDENT MECHANIC INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE DEFECT WAS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CAM SHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE VEHICLE WAS PREVIOUSLY REPAIRED UNDER A RECALL ASSOCIATED WITH NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING). THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED FOR THE RECENT FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNAVAILABLE.

DRIVING AT HIGHWAYS OF GREATER THAN 40 MPH AND BEGINNING TO BRAKE, THE VEHICLE WILL CUT OFF. IT WILL RESTART; HOWEVER, THIS HAS STARTED TO BE A FREQUENT AND DANGEROUS OCCURRENCE. AFTER SEVERAL TIMES, I DID SOME RESEARCH AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A VOLUNTARY RECALL CAMPAIGN BULLETIN R3022 AND NHTSA #03V-455 (ENGINE SENSORS), BEING REPORTED ON NOV. 17, 2003. NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. SAYS THAT THE RECALL CAMPAIGN HAS BEEN CLOSED OUT. NHTSA SAYS THE RECALL CAMPAIGN IS OPEN FOR 10 YRS FROM THE DATE THE RECALL WAS REPORTED, BEING NOV. 17, 2013. TODAY'S DATE IS AUG. 23, 2013. NISSAN WILL NOT HONOR THE RECALL. THE COST TO REPAIR IS $625.19. ADDITIONALLY, THERE WAS A VOLUNTARY RECALL CAMPAIGN BULLETIN R2006 (TRANSVERSE LINK REPLACEMENT) WHICH NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC. CLAIMS THEY CANNOT SEE. LASTLY, THERE IS ANOTHER RECALL R1302 (FRONT PASSENGER AIR BAG INFLATOR) OF AUGUST 14, 2013, THAT NISSAN...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED AND THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 175,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED AFTER BRAKING TO A COMPLETE STOP. SEVERAL WARNING LIGHTS IN THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BECAME ILLUMINATED. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ILLUMINATED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A REPAIR SHOP HOWEVER, THEY WERE UNABLE TO DETERMINE A CAUSE OF FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 137,000.

WHILE DRIVING ON THEY HIGHWAY MY VEHICLE "JERKED" WHILE I WAS GOING ROUGHLY 70MPH. WHEN THAT HAPPENED IT KIND OF HESITATED AND THEN MY "SLIP" AND TCS LIGHT CAME ON. LATER ON THAT DAY MY VEHICLE COMPLETELY STALLED WHILE STOPPED AT A INTERSECTION. IT STARTED BACK UP BUT STARTED VERY HARD. I ARRIVED AT MY DESTINATION AND TURNED IT OFF FOR ROUGHLY 10 MINUTES. I TRIED TO START IT AND IT WOULD NOT START. MY VEHICLE SAT FOR ABOUT 2 HOURS AND WHEN I TRIED IT AGAIN, IT STARTED RIGHT UP. I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND THAT THERE WAS A RECALL FOR NISSANS FOR THE CRANK POSITION SENSOR. ALL OF THESE ISSUES I HAD SEEMED TO MATCH UP WITH THIS RECALL. PER NISSAN MY VIN NUMBER WAS NOT ONE OF THE AFFECTED VEHICLES. I FIND THAT HARD TO BELIEVE. I HAD TO GET MY VEHICLE FIXED SO I DID...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2002 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED WITH THE ILLUMINATION OF THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND A DIAGNOSTIC WAS PERFORMED. THE FAILURE WAS LOCATED AT THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. THE DEALER REPLACED THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR AND THE ELECTRICAL CONNECTION WAS CLEANED HOWEVER, THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT WAS ALSO STILL ILLUMINATED. THE STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS SERVICED UNDER NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 03V455000 (ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING) WAS PRIOR TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 123,273. UPDATED 01/30/13*LJ UPDATED 1/31/2013 *JS