2001 Nissan Maxima SE from North America - Comments

4 tires replaced at 30,000 miles. cost over 200 dollars each.

02 sensor at 15,000 miles.

Front right wheel bearing at 70,000 miles over 400 dollars.

Brakes, front and rear ever 15,000 miles.

Cabin filter cost 70 dollars to replace.

The Automobile is junk.There's no other automobile on the market in this price range I believe as bad as this automobile. Guest What, the manufacturer will not stand behind this pile of junk.

Having owned 4 Maxima's I would disagree somewhat with your overall review, I do admit the quality level of Max's has gone down just like almost everything else in our marketplace today just to stay in business. But in the long run, your car will be a very reliable and fun car to drive, just get all your bugs out first. My model is a 2002 and it looks like a lot of your problems have been addressed except for my skipping BOSE. Best of luck to you.

Junk? Try reading Passat reviews and see how many things can go wrong with modern cars. Your problems are few. OEM tires often wear out by 30k so that's normal.

My Nissan 2002 Maxima Problem Report:

1. Right Front Wheel bearing failed at 40K

2. Left Front Wheel bearing failed at 70K

3. Bose Left channel drop out on CD began at 35K

4. Front Brakes gone at 50K

5. Tires gone at 25-30K

6. transmission sifting use to be abrupt, but dealer updated program I believe.. much better now.

2 recalls: transverse link and headlight anti theft.

Not the Japanese reliability that I was accustomed to.

WOW, never have I seen a car review with all the negatives in bad review section, you folks are defensive about your vehicles. Even one comment that says "nissan quality has gone down, however its still a good vehicle" wonder if he gave this a bad review too. Please don't give the Review a negative comment if you disagree with what it says. Please rate teh review on the layout/etc.

I have a 2001 Maxima, SE model Anniversay Addition. I have wanted a Maxima for years, & bought mine right off the showroom floor. I LOVE it! I had to replace tires @ approx 40,000 miles, which I felt was normal. I shopped around & got them for less than $200 a piece. Now, at 50,000 miles I'm having to replace the O2 sensor. So that seems to be the one major problem. I am having a little problem with my steering wheel radio controls, but that doesn't surprise me. The more bells & whistles you have, the more to go wrong. Still, I love my Maxima & hope to be driving it for a long time. It's the best car I've had, & I love driving it.