They told me the the same thing when I brought in my Max 3 months after I bought it. "Tear and Wear" is how they put it. What a load of crap. I hope I get my car repainted cuz everytime I wash and see the numerous chips and scratches...it makes me want to

 

2000 miles on my '03 Max and already several chips on the bumper and hood. The worst part about this is when I bought the car I made the sales manager throw in a nose mask for the sale to happen. I took the stupid thing off because I saw the grime that was getting underneath there(3 or 4 days after purchase), and only drove it TWICE on the highway with the mask off. Later, I put the magnetic bra on, and this seems to help a little, but my bumper is still exposed... Should I use the bottom part of the nose mask along with the bra, or will this trap stuff underneath like the top part of the mask seemed to do so well??? I don't care if it looks goofy, I want my paint to last (at least a little freekin bit!!!) Jeez!
Damn skippy I am in!

Jacked off

 

filled out the form,got many many chips

 

You may want to rephrase that

 

I just e-mailed too! I only want the problem to be corrected.. Good luck to all of us..

peace
meth

 

I just have to say...finally a law firm picked this up. Just hope Nissan just doesn't settle out of court with this law firm just to end this claim. I felt from the beginning of this topic that we have a very good case but just needed one voice to speak on our behalf.

Knowing any large corporation, will just grease the squeaky wheel instead of fixing the problem through a 50 State settlement/recall. *hint* *hint* ...Thanasides, Zalkin & Acero for the sake of all Nissan owners, please don't fall to the dark side

Sorry guys, just being realistic.

Ok I signed up...Now, let's get serious about this. We just sign up with them to participate in their litigation. What is their next step? Have they filed the paperwork, when is their hearing or has it been scheduled?

Straight from tzalaw.com page: "* The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements. Before you decide, ask us to send you free written information about our qualifications and experience. "

Fellow Board Members: Can we?
Good Example of it: CLICK HERE

 

Hopefully this law firm will investigate the horsepower issue too!

 

I am in as well!

 

Please sticky this thread.

"MaxPaintLawyer" is the screen name of the lawyer working on this. Provide him with any pictures of your paint damage.

Thanks

 

"MaxPaintLawyer" is he a member on the Org.??? I should try and get some pics of my paint chips as well as my tiny speckles of rust thats forming on the lower sides of the doors as well as of the right rear rear fender well i got some bubbling going on there.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/member.php?...o&userid=21409

 

Thanks maximam

 

Well I filled out my info yesterday, and had a nice long conversation with Mark Tamblyn about my experiances with NNA regarding the paint... Overall I am very satisfied that we (the MAX owners community) may finally get some results
I know my personal ordeal with NNA has spanned almost 3 years of complaints, inspections, etc.... and have until now I have never felt I had any chance of NNA doing anything.

 

Good job! He must be so bombarded with inquiries since I posted this thread on Friday. I don't think that he expected this overwhelming response. He was supposed to send me more details but I think that he has been a little too busy.

Kevin

 

Keep us updated. I'll try and take pics of my bubbling that is taking place on my right rear innter fender well lip as well as of the tiny rust speckles on my lower side doors. Hopefully nothing but good things will come out os this. I'm heading to the dealer in the morning to show him my paint problem. This shouldn't be happening on my 5-6 month old car that cost me around 24k-35k at that.

 

just talked to my professor who was a lawyer for GE and Met life for like 15 years. i told him about your case and i asked him what we should do. he said we have a very good chance of winning this. what he told me to do is take pix of car with the dates on the pictures. also look for other cars that is the same year and around same miles and compare them. if the maxima has a lot more then we will win. I was wodnering what we can get out of this?? and i was thinking wouldnt it be better if we got some kind of money deal instead of a new paint job??? since nissan paint suxs, i think paint chips will come back. so y not get money and get it painted somewere else with good paint? just wondering.... custom paint jobs cost around 1500 dollars so just tell nissan to cough up that money for every 5th gen owner. i think it will be better for us. tell me what u think and sorry for long post
take care

 

This is a PM I received from one of the Attorney's involved. So, just in case people are wondering whats going on-here is an explanation:

 

I did notice that he removed the ad from Google. My posting of this thread definately opened the flood gates. It didn't make sense to keep running it. Judging by the response to this, I think that this will be good for us. It looks like he registered here the day after he called me. I told him that I would post about the litigation and I agreed to be a class representative for my state.
I can only imagine the amount of work that this post has created for them.

Kevin

 

I added mine to the list of maximas... no call back yet though. I honestly doubt if this will go anywhere, nissan is too damn huge to care. But nice to see some action!

 

2000 Toyota Celica.
Same exact problem. I had a 2000 Celica GT, then traded it in for a 2000 Celica GT-S (not for paint issues of course). The GT was silver, and the GT-S was blue. Same paint problems, and people on those forums were complaining too. I think other toyotas are having the same problem. So if we have to compare to other cars and show that we have more, it's going to be a tough one.

 

# 100!!!

-vq

 

Thanks for the link. I posted my info, I am upset that the hood of my 2003 with 150 miles is already looking like the hood of my 1991 Maxima after 217,000 miles. Paint on the 91 is way tougher, not to mention my 2000 Galant which has no chips after 40,000 miles. I had to buy touch up paint after 1 week with my new Maxima, but STILL have not needed any for the Galant after 2 years.
Curing process? My Max was manufactured 3 months before I bought; seems like that would be adequate time for curing.

 

I will be jumping on this too. We just bought the Max a little over two weeks ago and it has a giant chip on the hood. I wouldn't even call it a chip it looks more like a flake. I am going to take pictures and send them off. I am ****ed because it is extremely obvious on the glacier pearl paint.

I hope something comes out of this!

boo

 

My max is 6 weeks old & has approx. 1600 miles on it. I have been very **** about keeping it clean. I have 2 small paint chips in the hood. My 1998 max with over 97,000 had a few rock chips in it, but looked as the result of "direct hit" by rocks. Anyone think the trend of the paint coming off will continue or will the paint possibly harden overtime?

 

I am IN!!! I hate Nissan paint, plus my friend jsut got a new G35 coupe and he already has 2 dings..NISSAN PAINT SUCKS A$$!!!!!!!!!!

 

BUMP


Nothing new to report at this time. I think they are still processing the information that they have received.


Kevin

 

These little white paint chips show up too well on my nice majestic blue hood! I wonder when we might know something?

 

Thanks for the link I just signed up and had the email sent to me. I filled it out and sent it back. I have to see what happens.

 

That's what I was going to bring up. A few days ago, I got an email with an attachment (Word document) asking me to fill in the fields. I filled it out and sent it back. That's the latest I have heard from them. A car with 2500 miles shouldn't have 5-10 chips on it. I agree to that one.

oz

 

filled one out too

 

I just received an e-mail this morning from one of the lawyers:

He said that they are getting ready to file in several states with more states to follow.

I can't reveal too much else.

Just wanted to let you know that things are in motion.

 

Did anyone get the most recent email from the attorneys asking you to sign the forms and fax or mail them back? It says that we have to produce documents and possibly have you car appear in court cases and so forth; even possibly appearing in court ourselves. Is everyone going to fill it out? I don't know if i want to get involved to this degree for a few paint chips. What do you guys think?

 

I never even got a call..

 

I just bought my Max the other day..should I submit a form to them, cause obviously the paint chips are gonna happen to me..if this problem gets resolved I dont wanna be left out

 

Get a 3M clear bra installed and you'll be straight and don't have to worry about paint chips like your felloe Org. memebers.

 

I just bought my 2k3 Maxima Sheer Silver, a 2003 color... it better not chip! But just in case, I signed the form... hope something goes through... thanks a lot to whoever did this.

Quoted Message:
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Originally posted by 95emeraldgxe
gurls tend to drop their panties more for a 5th gen (I AGREE!!)
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we understand that you are upset...but it's not "Nissan paint" that sucks....

it's only the 5th Gen Maxima paint that sucks.

I've owned many Nissans, and this is the first I've had with this problem...

-vq

 

They show extremely well on my nice SUPER BLACK hood!
I hope they paint my whole car.

 

I have 1,800 on my Maxima and noticed the paint nicks on the bumper seems flaky campared to that of my 91 Honda. I have installed the invaca shield 3m clear bra on the hood and just ordered the kit for the whole front.

Another area that has me concerned is is on the front side of the rear fenders. Their in a line of sight with the front tires which are to wide for the fenders. I do have the splash guards on my vehicle.

I talked to Invinca Shield and they said their tech guy will go to the dealer too measure and design a piece for it. I hope they are true to their word.

 

Even if they file the suit, Nissan can and will drag it out so long that none of us will even have our cars anymore by the time they settle (if they do).


That said, I still put in.