CarComplaints.com Notes: The 2009-2010 Maxima has an expensive problem where the steering lock prevents the car from starting, & costs upwards of $1,000 to fix!

For more information, see this page on the Nissan Maxima Electronic Steering Column Lock (ESCL) defect.

2.7

hardly worth mentioning
Crashes / Fires:
0 / 0
Injuries / Deaths:
0 / 0
Average Mileage:
54,500 miles

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2010 Nissan Maxima accessories - exterior problems

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2010 Nissan Maxima Owner Comments

problem #4

Apr 232020

Maxima

  • miles

A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

My car has a defective dashboard that melt and become shiny, sticky, and reflective when exposed to sunlight. Soft, sticky mess! shiny dashboards causing distracting and glaring reflections off the windshield. As soon it will be hot again, I will again be afraid to drive a car due to the windshield glare from the shiny melted dashboard. I have no photos of the shiny panel, because it was last summer, when I was taking care of a dying husband, who passed away last September. I did not have time to take photos of the car and think about it. But the panel is still sticky. In addition to this problem, the dashboard has a many cracks, photos that I can show. Such a well-known manufacturer used the wrong material for the dashboard. This is not my fault, so I do not have to pay a lot of money for replacing the dashboard. I don't have money for this, since I only get social security check. In addition, we retired at the beginning of 2015 and my car is most of the time in the garage. I am the only one using this car. The mileage of the car is 51152 ml.

- San Antonio, TX, USA

problem #3

Apr 112018

Maxima

  • 10,000 miles
My dashboard is sticky and shiny in certain parts and it makes it difficult to drive in the sun because of the glare from the stickiness. The glare is intense unsafe to drive anytime of the day and any rode-way just to unsafe

- Mia, FL, USA

problem #2

Jun 192018

Maxima

  • 101,000 miles
Sunroof exploded and shattered on highway.

- New York, NY, USA

problem #1

Aug 272016

Maxima

  • 107,000 miles
Panoramic sunroof exploded outward from the vehicle while driving straight at approximately 50 mph on a state highway. If the sunshade had not been closed, all of the passengers would have been covered in broken glass.

- Fredericksburg, VA, USA

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