2017 Nissan Maxima problems
Owners have filed 159 complaints with NHTSA about the 2017 Nissan Maxima. Air bags is the most reported problem area, at 12% of complaints. After that come body & structure (11%) and forward collision avoidance (9%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 159 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Air bags 12% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 13 and 6
- Injuries and deaths
- 9 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 28,000 miles 64 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 | 24 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 22 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 7 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 6 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 0 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 5 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Among the 64 complaints that report mileage, the typical (median) problem appeared at about 28,000 miles.
Safety-related details: 13 complaints mention a crash; 6 complaints mention a fire; 9 injuries reported.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2017 ranks 11th most-complained-about out of 30 model years of the Nissan Maxima with enough data (101 complaints in that window). It is also covered by 4 safety recall campaigns.
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 2017 nissan maxima. While driving 25 MPH, another vehicle crossed in front of the contact's vehicle. As a result, the contact crashed into the driver side of the other vehicle. The air bags failed to deploy. The contact sustained injuries to the face and neck that required medical attention. A police report was filed. The dealer was not contacted. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not notified. The approximate failure mileage was 3,000.
A vehicle pulled out into oncoming traffic and was struck my vehicle. My vehicle sustained front-end damage that totalled my car out. My airbags failed to deploy.
Tl* the contact owns a 2017 nissan maxima. While driving approximately 60 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The contact stated that the failure occurred on more than one occasion. Autonation nissan memphis (4140 hacks cross rd, memphis, tennessee 38125) was notified, but could not duplicate the failure. The dealer requested that the failure be caught on video. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 33,500.
While driving the forward emergency brake light comes on. After it comes on there is a reduction of power. It disables cruise control. This happens when the vehicle is in motion on a city street or when you go to take off.