2007 Nissan Maxima problems
Owners have filed 169 complaints with NHTSA about the 2007 Nissan Maxima. Body & structure is the most reported problem area, at 20% of complaints. After that come brakes (15%) and engine (13%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 169 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Body & structure 20% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 5 and 1
- Injuries and deaths
- 4 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 85,000 miles 136 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 8 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 11 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 18 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 24 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 23 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 18 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 22 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 4 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 4 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 4 |
What the data shows
Among the 136 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 85,000 miles. For body & structure specifically, the median reported mileage is about 93,000 miles (28 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 5 complaints mention a crash; 1 complaint mentions a fire; 4 injuries reported. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 81% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2007 ranks 20th most-complained-about out of 30 model years of the Nissan Maxima with enough data (56 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
Tl ' the contact owns a 2007 nissan maxima. While driving approximately 25 MPH, the front passenger side door of the contact's vehicle was struck by another vehicle. As a result, the contact crashed head on into a parked vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained a fractured sternum. The vehicle was destroyed and a police report was filed. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 90,000. Jcc
Driver side airbags deployed after driver side door was shut while parked in driveway. Terrible shaking when going 60MPH and especially bad when brakes are applied, which then cause a hard jerk or pull to the right. Wheels were all four bent at the time I purchased the car, but dealer never fixed one thing I listed and he agreed to fix or attempted to fix before the sale. Car was repossessed months later and resold at private auction. The new owners need to be aware of the airbags that are missing.
While driving on the interstate I felt an explosion and nearly lost control of my blood pressure, and I suffer from hyper-tension. The moon roof exploded and I had no idea what had happened. I looked around to see if a gun had been pointed at me because the sound was similar and the impact to the car felt as though it had been hit by an object. The cover over the moon roof was closed so that prevented any glass from entering and cutting me.
2007 nissan maxima has issue with ABS engaging causing transmission to go into a limp/safe mode which does not allow you to accelerate even when gas pedal is floored. On left turn almost t-bone because of this defect which is well documented since 2004. Vehicle was in motion on roadway 45 MPH. Recall needed people are going to get killed if they haven't already.