2004 Smoke

I sold my beloved 2004 Smoked Max. Although I loved this vehicle so much in so many ways, I also tremendously hated it as well for all the endless quality issues it had - I won't go into the details here, as you have heard about them ad nauseum. The final straw was when my dealer said he could not get rid of the front end shimmy, after 10 or so tries at it, and thus I would simply have to live with it. In several years of ownership, I must have visited dealers 25-30 times to get things fixed. I will never buy a Maxima again. I went through the 7th Gen Max threads, looks like nothing has changed quality wise. I will never buy a Nissan again.

Nevertheless, I hope you have endless continuous fun with yours. Keep on truckin'!

Check my sales threads for items I bought but never installed, including sun roof visor, PAC unit, original grill taken off day one and like new, and even a new Reese trailer hitch made for the Max.

Have fun guys and gals.

I'm outta here......

2LEET4U

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wow... i hope your not like that with other things in your life.

Imagine buying a mint flavored ice cream and then hating it. Just because the flavor was not for you, you will never buy another ice cream or flavor again. lol

I've had an 05 and an 08 Maxima. No shimmy with either car.

Good luck in life and with your next vehical.

hmr1979

You should bullet (not details if you don't want to) but just bullet some of your issues. I am sure they have been covered on the forum, but it would be helpful for those who are new comers and those who own 07 and 08s so they could maybe be on the look out for future reference.

shimmy is definitely an issue with our gen as much as anyone would deny it. I just am curious to know what drew the line for you.

These cars do have issues with them without a doubt.

Lovemycar

I agree i love my max but the quilty of the 6th gen sucks i can't beleave that nissan would short themselves on there what is suppose to be there flagship
car

reb

Nissan has always been and always will be the "Chevy" of Japan.

Torgus

iTrader: (10)

yeah ok...



op: what's your new ride?

IHAVEA2KMAXIMA

iTrader: (7)

Sounds like you need to take the Ford Challenge!

SmokinMaxSE

iTrader: (1)

I'm sure I'll get tired of the 6thgen one day too. There is no perfect car. I can say that GM has better power steering response/assistance than Nissan. The faster the car goes the more sensitive the steering. If I hit the gas to hard before the wheels are straight, It feels like its going to turn into the curb or the corner store or what ever the hell is in that direction. I'm getting gray hair trying to drive this old man's car.....

Gollum67

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This is base on your infinitesimal wisdom I presume?



And for the dissatisfied owner, I am sorry for the headaches that your car gave you. I've read your previous posts. You started as a happy new owner and it slowly went downhill from there. Good luck in your future purchase.

2LEET4U

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The maxima quality has improved since the 04-06 model.

My 08 has better leather seats and cluster lighting.

The 09 model improved a little more with the seating and interior.

Sure, Nissan can go with higher quality of materials and design. But do we really want to pay the prices of an Acura TL?

PeaMAX

Wish you the best on your next purchase, good luck

hmr1979

I am curious to know what other cars he will be looking to buy to replace his
6th gen max

Maxgig

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It seems like every generation had one or more issues with them. (1988 - automatic seatbelts, 1999 - immobilizer & coil issues, 2002, 03 - oil burning, 2004 - ABS issues, front end shimmy)

Nissan always got smart and fixed it for the next Gen. I'm curious to know what finally made him decide to "divorce" the whole company.

Maybe his next ride will come from the stable of the always reliable BMW, Mercedes, Volvo, or Lexus family.

BigPete

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I have a 2004 se first run maxima. I was one of the first on this forum to have the ABS Issue (probably the first) and I have also had the shimmy since purchase of the car.

Wednesday was a godsend for me. I decided to purchase a set of new rims finally. Shimmy went away. I had the nissan shimmy bulletin done twice, endless rim balance, alignments, etc.

Nothing ever fixed it, untill I took off my defective nissan rims. It cant be pure coinsidence that all of the people with the shimmy have factory wheels, and the majority report no shimmy after replacing the rims.

Should have been a recall on the fac. rims. Mine are warped, I threw them in the trash.

btw, im back

AllBlackMax

I'm at 89,000 miles on mine and the worse thing that's happened was a torn CV boot.

Curious to know what you're gonna get next.

Kof

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what happened to your FS threads ill take some parts from you.

I love my max

To each his own though

hmr1979

I am going to carefully put my foot in hot water and say that you are very lucky.
With all the strut problems that I hear I am very surprised your struts and strut mount are still in tact after 89 K miles.
But yeah, you're lucky

AllBlackMax

I have Konis in the fronts and AGXs in the back.

hmr1979

my car is really un-moded for the most part. Stock for stock as of now, I have had more than fair share of problems.

ramberg

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I have over 100,000 miles on my '04 and still love it. Good luck with whatever you buy.