Consumer Complaint Detail

NISSAN / MAXIMA / 2000

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NHTSA Complaint Number: 004314956 Incident Date: Nov, 08 2004
Consumer's City: KINGWOOD Consumer's State: TX
Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc.
Model Name: MAXIMA Model Year: 2000
Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No Component's Description: Electrical system:ignition
Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No Persons Injured: 0
Vehicle's VIN#: Date added to File: May, 25 2021
Date Complaint Received: Dec, 28 2004 Complaint Type: IVOQ
Incident Reported To Police: No Purchase Date: Jun, 27 2000
Was Original Owner: No Anti-lock Brakes: Yes
Number of Cylinders: 6 Date of Manufacturer: -
Was Vehicle Towed: - Description of the Complaints: In october 2004, on the first cool day of the fall season in houston, texas, my 2000 nissan maxima gle began to misfire, but the problem corrected itself after a few miles of driving. a month later, on another cool day in november, the problem recurred. this time, the event illuminated the service engine soon lamp. the vehicle has continued to misfire intermittently (but frequently) ever since. when i took the vehicle to my local nissan dealer for diagnosis, the service adviser pulled two trouble codes (p0306 and p1320) and told me the faults indicated replacement of all six ignition coils (per recommendation of tsb no. 01-059). the dealer wants $75 for each coil, and approximately $200 in labor to install them. upon further research, i discovered the prevalence of the problem with other '00-'01 maxima owners. i have owned and maintained my vehicle since it had 4000 miles on the odometer, and this is the first major problem that it has experienced in 72,000 miles. *nm