Ownership Cost for 1994 Nissan Maxima (GXE (auto))
Estimated: $35978 over the next 5 years
Year 1
Year 2
Year 3
Year 4
Year 5
Total
Depreciation
$996
$478
$419
$379
$339
$2611
Insurance
$1451
$1502
$1554
$1609
$1665
$7781
Fuel
$1733
$1785
$1848
$1922
$2008
$9296
Maintenance
$2763
$2418
$1090
$781
$2291
$9343
Repairs
$977
$1138
$1298
$1417
$1627
$6457
Taxes & Fees
$331
$331
$331
$331
$331
$491
Total Ownership Costs
$8252
$7360
$6256
$6137
$7973
$35978
Air Bag Loc Front: Driver Seat Only
Body Class: Sedan/Saloon
Displacement CC: 3000.0
Displacement CI: 183.07123228419
Displacement L: 3.0
Doors: 4
Engine Configuration: V-Shaped
Engine Cylinders: 6
Engine Model: VG30E
Make: NISSAN
Manufacturer: NISSAN MOTOR COMPANY, LTD
Manufacturer Id: 996
Model: Maxima
Model Year: 1994
Other Restraint System Info: Air Bag (option)
Plant Company Name: Oppama Plant
Plant Country: Japan
Vehicle Type: PASSENGER CAR
Model year
COMPONENT
Complaint
2004
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
FAILURE OF A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA'S TRANSMISSION AT 70,000 MILES. COMING HOME DURING RUSH HOUR, I SLOWED DOWN WHILE GOING AROUND A CURVE GETTING ONTO THE HIGHWAY. WHEN MY CAR SLOWED TO APPOX. 20 MPH (MY FOOT WAS NOT ON ANY PEDAL), IT SUDDENLY REVVED AND JERKED BACK TO 20 MPH. IT HAPPEN AGAIN A COUPLE OF DAYS LATER AT WHICH TIME I TOOK IT TO AN HONEST TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST. HE HOOKED IT ONTO A TRANSMISSION DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE AND COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING, BUT HE BEGAN READING ABOUT THE DEFECTIVE VALVE (WIDELY KNOWN DEFECT WHICH NISSAN IS FULLY AWARE OF, BUT REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT.) IN THE MAXIMA TRANSMISSION. HE REPLACED THE VALVE AT A COST OF $1900!!! HE SUBSEQUENTLY INFORMED ME THAT THIS FIX MAYBE JUST A "BANDAID ON A GUNSHOT WOUND" AND IF I CONTINUED TO HAVE PROBLEMS, THE WHOLE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF AN ADDITIONAL $2500 - $3000!! THE VALVE WAS REPLACED 6/29/2011, AS OF YESTERDAY (8/24/2011) THE CAR HAS ONCE AGAIN BEGUN TO ACT DIFFERENTLY ONCE IT IS AT OR AROUND 20 MPH. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN ABOUT THE SITUATION AND THEY SAID THE CAR WAS TOO FAR OUT OF WARRANTY! WHAT OTHER CARS TRANSMISSION GOES COMPLETELY OUT AT 70, 000 MILES AND HAS AS MANY COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET?? NO ONE BUT THE NISSAN MAXIMA. *TR
1994
VISIBILITY:POWER WINDOW DEVICES AND CONTROLS
PLASTIC MECHANISM THAT OPERATES THE POWER WINDOW CABLE WHICH CAUSES THE WINDOW TO GO UP AND DOWN HAS BROKEN ON ALL FOUR WINDOWS, MAKING THE SYSTEM INOPERABLE. PLEASE GIVE ANY FURTHER DETAILS. *AK