{"id":"2017_nissan_maxima","make":"Nissan","make_slug":"nissan","model":"Maxima","model_slug":"maxima","year":2017,"url":"/nissan/maxima/2017/","pts":["gas"],"configs":[{"id":37533,"model":"Maxima","pt":"gas","drive":"Front-Wheel Drive","trany":"Automatic (AV-S7)","cyl":6,"displ":3.5,"eng":"","turbo":false,"super":false,"start_stop":false,"city":21,"hwy":30,"comb":25,"cityA":0,"hwyA":0,"combA":0,"kwh100":null,"range":null,"range_city":null,"range_hwy":null,"erange":null,"phev_comb":null,"charge240":null,"charge240b":null,"charger":"","charger_b":"","motor":"","fuel":"Premium","vclass":"Midsize Cars","co2":366,"fe_score":5,"ghg_score":5,"fuel_cost":3100,"save_spend":-4250,"guzzler":false,"mfr_code":"NSX","modified":"Wed Apr 05 00:00:00 EDT 2017"}],"vclass":"Midsize Cars","segment":"Midsize car","recalls":[{"campaign":"19V807000","component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP","mfr":"Nissan North America, Inc.","reported":"2019-11-08","owner_notified":"2019-12-16","units":391479,"summary":"Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2015-2018 Nissan Murano, 2016-2018 Nissan Maxima, and 2017-2019 Nissan Pathfinder and Infiniti QX60 vehicles.  These vehicles were previously recalled and unrepaired, or inspected and determined to not need a repair, under recall number 18V-601. In addition, this recall expands the previous population.  The Anti-lock Brake System (ABS) actuator pumps may allow brake fluid to leak onto an internal circuit board.","consequence":"A brake fluid leak on the circuit board may result in an electrical short, increasing the risk of a fire.","remedy":"Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will replace the ABS actuator, free of charge.  Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available, currently expected to be during summer 2020.  Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669.  Note:  If the ABS warning light remains illuminated for more than 10 seconds after engine start up, owners are advised to park the vehicle outdoors away from other vehicles or structures and to not drive the vehicle.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":true,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"critical"},{"campaign":"18V601000","component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP","mfr":"Nissan North America, Inc.","reported":"2018-09-07","owner_notified":"2018-10-29","units":215124,"summary":"Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain 2015-2017 Nissan Murano, 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2017-2018 Nissan Pathfinder, and 2017 Infiniti QX60 vehicles.  The Anti-Lock Brake (ABS) actuator pumps may allow brake fluid to leak onto an internal circuit board.","consequence":"A brake fluid leak on the circuit board may result in an electrical short, increasing the risk of a fire.","remedy":"Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the serial number on the ABS actuator, replacing it as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began October 29, 2018.  Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669.  Note: When brake fluid has leaked onto the circuit board, the ABS warning lamp will remain illuminated for more than 10 seconds after engine start up.  If this occurs, owners are advised to park the vehicle outdoors away from other vehicles or structures and to not drive the vehicle.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":true,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"critical"},{"campaign":"16V636000","component":"SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP","mfr":"Nissan North America, Inc.","reported":"2016-09-02","owner_notified":"2016-12-12","units":120329,"summary":"Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima vehicles manufactured February 10, 2015, to August 19, 2016 and equipped with Intelligent Cruise Control, 2015-2017 Murano vehicles manufactured August 22, 2014, to August 19, 2016 and equipped with Intelligent Cruise Control, and 2015-2016 Murano Hybrid vehicles manufactured August 22, 2014, to July 19, 2016.  The affected vehicles have Anti-Lock Brake (ABS) actuator pumps that may allow brake fluid to leak onto an internal electrical circuit board.","consequence":"A brake fluid leak onto the circuit board may result in an electrical short, increasing the risk of a fire.","remedy":"Nissan will notify owners, and dealers will inspect the ABS Actuator, replacing it as necessary, free of charge.  The recall began on December 12, 2016.  Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-647-7261.  Note: When brake fluid has leaked onto the circuit board, the ABS warning lamp will remain illuminated for more than 10 seconds after engine start up.  If this occurs, owners are advised to park the vehicle outdoors away from other vehicles or structures and to not drive the vehicle.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"","initiated_by":"MFR","variants":[],"severity":"critical"},{"campaign":"16V244000","component":"AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION","mfr":"Nissan North America, Inc.","reported":"2016-04-26","owner_notified":"2016-06-10","units":3296947,"summary":"Nissan North America, Inc. (Nissan) is recalling certain model year 2016-2017 Nissan Maxima, 2013-2016 Nissan Altima, NV200, LEAF, Sentra, and Pathfinder, 2014-2016 Nissan NV200 Taxi, Infiniti QX60, QX60 Hybrid, and Q50 Hybrid, 2014-2017 Nissan Rogue and Infiniti Q50, 2015-2016 Nissan Murano, Murano Hybrid, and Chevrolet City Express, 2014-2015 Nissan Pathfinder Hybrid, and 2013 Infiniti JX35 vehicles.  In these vehicles, the front seat passenger Occupant Classification System (OCS) may incorrectly classify an adult passenger as a child or classify the seat as empty despite it being occupied.  As a result, the passenger frontal air bag may be turned off and not deploy in the event of a crash.","consequence":"If the passenger frontal air bag does not deploy as intended in the event of a crash, the passenger is at an increased risk of injury.","remedy":"Nissan will notify their owners.  Chevrolet City Express owners will be notified by General Motors.  Dealers will reprogram the Air Bag Control Unit (ACU) and OCS Electronic Control Unit (ECU) in Altima, Maxima, Murano, Rogue, and Sentra vehicles, and replace the OCS ECU in LEAF, NV200, NV200 Taxi, Pathfinder, Infiniti Q50, JX35, and QX60 and Chevrolet City Express vehicles, free of charge.  Interim notices were sent to owners on May 31, 2016.  Owners will receive a second notice when remedy parts become available.  Owners may contact Nissan customer service at 1-800-867-7669, Infiniti customer service at 1-888-833-3216 or Chevrolet customer service at 1-800-222-1020.","notes":"Owners may also contact the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Vehicle Safety Hotline at 1-888-327-4236 (TTY 1-800-424-9153), or go to www.safercar.gov.","park_outside":false,"do_not_drive":false,"mfr_campaign":"","initiated_by":"ODI","variants":[],"severity":"high"}],"recall_count":4,"critical_count":3,"park_outside":true,"do_not_drive":false,"score":47,"grade":"F","complaints":{"count":103,"crash":7,"fire":2,"injured":7,"deaths":0,"comps":[["Unspecified",25],["Air Bags",19],["Structure",17],["Forward Collision Avoidance",13],["Power Train",12],["Electrical System",11]],"by_year":{"2017":7,"2018":10,"2019":21,"2020":9,"2021":12,"2022":8,"2023":13,"2024":7,"2025":10,"2026":6},"excerpts":[["2024-03-07","Structure","Rear passenger pillars between passenger doors and trunk plastic trim pieces have both broken off. The plastic clips are so flimsy they broke off."],["2024-01-07","Air Bags","Went to work and parked. It rained that day, not sure if it\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s related. When I went to leave the dash airbag light stayed on. This was December 2023. There are no other issues with the car. No other warning lights. The car has 52,300 miles on it now. I just recently took it to the dealership to see about getting it fi\u2026"],["2023-12-27","Power Train","The transmission just stops shifting out of nowhere and has had a transmission judder code since ive owned it. The transmission shakes at acceleration about 90% of the time."]]},"investigations":[{"action":"EA19002","component":"SUSPENSION:REAR","opened":"2019-07-29","closed":"2025-06-16","campaign":"","subject":"Rear Suspension Control Arm Failure","summary":"On July 29, 2019, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened EA19002 to investigate instances of alleged rear lower control arm failures in 2013-2018 Nissan Altima and 2016-2018 Nissan Maxima vehicles. At the time the investigation was opened ODI had 91 consumer complaints alleging rear lower control arm failures in the subject vehicles.ODI was concerned about these complaints because many of them alleged an increased steering effort or loss of vehicle control.At the time these complaints were received, ODI was also aware of a proactive service campaign addressing 2013 Nissan Altima in salt-belt states for a similar concern. Since opening the investigation, ODI has confirmed, based on "}],"ncap":[{"desc":"4 DR FWD","overall":5,"frontal":5,"side":5,"rollover":5,"rollover_risk":0.095,"seats":5,"fcw":"Optional","ldw":"No","aeb":"No","esc":"","backup_cam":"","variant":null}],"popularity":999,"headline":{"range":null,"mpg":25,"ncap":5,"complaints":103},"presskit_trims":[],"generated_at":"2026-09-11 05:01 UTC","sources":["EPA fueleconomy.gov","NHTSA recalls","NHTSA complaints","NHTSA NCAP","NHTSA investigations"]}