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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 004288220 | Incident Date: Jul, 10 2004 |
| Consumer's City: MIAMI | Consumer's State: FL |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: MAXIMA | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Exterior lighting:headlights |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JN1DA31A43T | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 12 2004 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: Yes | Purchase Date: Sep, 06 2002 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Nissan knew since at least september 2002 that thieves were targeting the xenon headlamps in maximas, they failed to inform consumers purchasing 2002 and 2003 maximas, as well as existing owners and lessees, of the risk of theft of the xenon headlamps, and failed to inform owners and lessees of the cars of the availability of the anti-theft kit., repairs for the 3 thefts have cost over $7000 within an 8 month time frame. nissan should be held responsible for a faulty design that is costing consumers thousands of dollars each day in either insurance premium increases or headlight replacement. the company has redesigned the xenon high intensity headlights for the 2004 model. and they now offer a model with halogen instead of xenon. i propose an investigation as to why nissan corp has not recalled these cars and replaced the xenon lights with a more reasonable lighting system at their expense. *ak |
