2001 Nissan Maxima GLE from North America - Comments

11th Oct 2006, 08:01

"Have been disappointed in this over-rated, and over-priced car"

What things have gone wrong with the car?

2 Oxyten sensors bad at 92,507

Oxygen sensor and Catalytic Converter bad at 105,344

Catalytic converter bad again at 145,000

Knocking in front end since about 80,000; just found out about recall; no dealers have ever mentioned a recall

Rotors had to be resurfaced at 20,000 miles, have replaced them a couple times, and have been resurfaced several times. While owning this care, have had very limited time with smooth braking action due to ongoing issues with warped rotors, even though mostly highway driving and nothing to cause abnormal wear or warping.

General comments?

Some aspects very good--comfort, power, features.

Some bad--front end issues, catalytic converter and Oxygen sensors.


16th Jul 2007, 14:47

I also have a 2001 Maxima Se, and in general have really enjoyed the car, but have had a continuous, frustrating problem with the brake rotors. We have had them either resurfaced or replaced at least 4 times, at significant cost each time, and there's only 65,000 miles on the car! We live in town, no dirt roads, do not jam on brakes or drive the car hard, so why is this?? The dealer tells us and everyone else that has this problem that it's driving habits, but have Never had this problem on any other vehicle we have owned. In fact, own a 1999 GMC pickup with More miles on it with the original brakes. On the NHTSA website there are a bunch of other complaints about the same problem as well. We are taking it to be fixed, yet again, tomorrow to throw our money down the drain only to do this again in another 12,000-15,000 miles! I also notice that the Infiniti, just a fancy Nissan, has a class action lawsuit because of THEIR brake problems.. anybody else have this problem?

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