2000 Nissan Maxima exhaust system problems

27 complaints about exhaust system have been filed for the 2000 Nissan Maxima, which is 6% of all its NHTSA complaints.

Complaints: 27 6% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage: 40,000 miles 20 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires: 0 and 0
Injuries and deaths: 0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When exhaust system problems show up

Based on 20 complaints that include mileage. 55% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.

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Mileage	Complaints
0k to 20k miles	3
20k to 40k miles	7
40k to 60k miles	1
60k to 80k miles	4
80k to 100k miles	1
100k to 120k miles	2
120k to 140k miles	1
140k to 160k miles	1
160k to 180k miles	0
180k to 200k miles	0
200k+ miles	0

What the data shows

Of the 20 exhaust system complaints that report mileage, the median is about 40,000 miles, and 55% were reported before 60,000 miles.

None of the exhaust system complaints mention a crash, fire, injury or death.

What owners wrote

While driving there is a strong odor which smell such as " an open bottle of bleach" which causes the driver to feel faint or have headaches. Please provide further information.

September 1999

The "service engine soon" light has come on 3 times within the last year, starting at 25,290 miles. The first 2 times, my mechanic said the scan code po 420 showed a problem with the catalytic converter and he reset the computer. The third time it came on, I took the car to the nissan dealer, and they replaced nothing, but "reprogrammed" the computer to clear it, and charged me $147. My maxima has only 32,013 miles and has been serviced regularly. This is a rip off. *nlm

Reported at 25,290 miles, June 2003

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