beeep.....beeep.....beeep.....beeep

:P

 

It's not really my car's fault but what pisses me off is that it hasn't yet met its full potential...But I'm gonna work on that soon enough..

 

its stock....for now hehe

 

the fact that my 4 gen doesnt have abs

 

Fuel economy is horrible on the automatic 3.0 if your driving habits aren't the greatest ,and driving slow is no fun

 

my 3rd gen is like that, shes automatic and i go through a quarter tank every 2 days. i admit i do fast starts and speed but i dont let her go below 3/4 of a tank of gas (always want fresh running through) so i basically have to get $10 of gas every 2 days, premium 91. worth it for the fun of aggressive driving

i can partly blame my magnaflow, having a exhaust like that on a auto you have to punch the pedal to get a nice sound

 

i hate that my airbag light has been blinking for a year now, even though i never did anything to make it start blinking. never tampered with the SRS system, never had an accident, nada!

 

keepin it that full and topping off means you are only adding a little fresh at a time, meaning some of the stuff that can be in there is really really old. drain it down to the dregs, and you are putting in ALL new gas. logic > j00

 

ive heard that running on anything less than 1/4 tank puts **** sediment in the cars system that sunk to the bottom of the gas tank. true?

 

That there were some BRILLIANT engineers that over-designed some of the smaller, needn't be complicated parts and assigned to stupid ones to the major fastener components

 

I heard something along the lines to this also. Only difference is that I heard it can clog your fuel system with the sediment. I rarely let my baby go below 1/4 tank unless I'm financially strapped.

 

agree.

 

Things I hate about my Maxima(s):

- Really thin paint (both 1993 and 2003)

- Premium fuel requirement (1993 and 2003)

- Bose components are hideously expensive. I scrapped the entire system after my 1993's system went out after getting the price on a factory replacememt.

- Nav system is CD based (requiring me to buy 6/7 for the entire country at about $125 per CD) - 2003

- Nav system controls climate system via touch screen ( a huge repair expense waiting to happen) - 2003

 

Things I hate about my 2001 GLE

1) The fact that my damn airbag light continues to flash on a random basis, Ill reset it and it will come back on shortly after...Took it to the dealership and they fixed it....yea well ITS BACK ON, and not under warranty

2) P0430 - Its my precat....didnt happen until 5000 miles "AFTER" the emissions warranty was up

3) Squeak..squeak....squeakty...squeak..from the rear with all new suspension

4) ABS light is on *sighs* pulsing griniding at pedal EVERY TIME I START THE CAR...this just started

5) I just dropped 2k into a car to get a new ECU, throttle body, IACV...and now i want my G35 coupe MORE THAN EVER

6) everything in my glove box friggin RATTLES!!!

7) my center console groans every time i hit a bump.....

8) My front driver side suspension groans sometimes

9) Turn radius is HORRIBLE

10) Gas door

 

i hate it everyday when im on the way home from work in stop and go traffic, and my max jerks me to death between 1st and 2nd gear

 

You could always re-set it....

 

It seems beyond weird to me that my 2007 Maxima has power everything in the world, heated everything in world... and yet the doors don't auto lock when the car is put in gear and/or reaches a certain speed.... WTH?

 

I cant stand the fact that my maxima burns a quart of oil in less than a week its sum bs and amsoil aint cheep. And the shifting hesitation that gets real old real quick. has any 1 figured out the oil consuption issue i think its the pcv valve but im not sure.

 

2) P0430 - Its my precat....didnt happen until 5000 miles "AFTER" the emissions warranty was up




Same here and i have the cali emissions and 1 of the 3 are messed up so my car usualy runs like crap

 

We put almost 40K on the 07 SE in 2 yrs as a daily commuter car and here is what we do not like:

Turning radius too big
Doors sound and feel light and tinny when being closed gently.....Corvette and MB sound and feel heavy and solid.
On the few times we have had to use the key in the ignition, it is a ***** to make it go in correctly
When a back window is down (dog), we have to put a front window down a little to eliminate the weird air pressure created
OEM battery died in 18 months

 

I hear ya on that one. I've struggled with mine the few times I've had to use it.

 

Im with #3 all the way!

 

rear beam suspension...lol i mean seriously wtf

turning radius...every time people ride in my car they comment about it

narrow stock tires

tiny stock brakes

Inability to carry any weight in the back without bottoming out

 

fuel economy and ABS on 4th gen

 

I just wish the 09 did 0 - 60 4.8 secs and the 1/4 @ 13.2 stock!
Now that would be a great Maxima!

 

Laggy auto tranny and ghey bose unit cuts off from time to time on left side.

 

The constant squealing coming from the driver front tire, but now after taking my car to a mechanic for a completely unrelated problem the noise is now coming from both front tires and the driver rear tire... and now whenever I go slow with a window open its a SYMPHONY of different squeaks and squeals.

Makes me wonder if the people at the shop just all got up on the hood and started hoping up an down...... haha

 

you can search on here for the Bose cut out fix as it's a common problem when playing CD's. Mine was no exception.

 

dito

 

Hmmm..

1.) Turning radius
2.) Rotors that warp after 4,000 miles. Even when I try to baby them.
3.) Speaker cut-out/Clarion sound systems in general.

That's all I can think of right now..

 

This... oh this is the only thing that makes me apoplectic about this car. Although, my being broad in the beam doesn't help matters any.

I never noticed the turning radius thing but I have always driven big North American clunkers before I found my 1997 Max SE (1980 Chev Caprice was my first and 1985 Chev Celebrity the last). He was spoiled beyond all rationality apparently because all of the other things I've read here I haven't had any problems with. I love my Max!

Except the paint, but I expected certain issues on a 12 year old car and budgeted for that... just have to find a good paint shop locally and work on the rest of the little things as I go.

 

the fact i want the front fixed on my max but cant come up with the money to so pisses me off to see my max not being in a good shape as it should be look in my signature can u see where its hit in fact all at all of my pics they are all taken after my accident is it noticeable???
it is 2500 worth damage

 

Alright have you guys ever replaced injectors? Well a couple months ago I replaced all of my injectors. I had to take off the manifold the intake... throttle body the TPS all of them sensors... I was getting annoyed but I love my maxima. Finished in like 4 hours which should've takin 1 hr on a regular honda know what I'm saying?!

Ok I hate my valve knock when its cold out its soo annoyingg..! I can't fix it cause I'm jobless right now and I'm going to school. Guh. Now I got an exhaust leak before the cat. Gezzh.

About the turning radius... I don't have any problem with it. The ford ranger is just rwd and its turning radius is naturally wider actually on any rwd cars.

 

Oh the common rust on the trunk between the spoiler guh. I'm going to fix it soon or possibly get a carbon fiber trunk

 

I hate how it's not tuned.

 

another 3rd gen one-

the usual wheel well and rear passenger door rust. i took off all my rust but it wasnt fun. what was worse is the rust was under the mudflaps and after 18 years of being on most of the screws wouldnt budge and just stripped so i had to remove the wheel on one and drill out the screws, the others i yanked hard and they flew out from rust

 

I know it's been going on for maybe 6+ years, the flashing air bag lamp due to side air bags on a 4th gen. But this time around I almost couldn't reset it. It came back the same week as the state inspection, and took me over an hour to get it off. The older the car gets, the more I like it, since I am the original owner. And this is coming from a guy who's had a 335 coupe for almost 3 years now. Somehow I don't think it will be as easy for the BMW to make it 12 years with so little maintenance like the Maxima. Too bad they don't make 'em like the 4th gen anymore....

 

another one i get still is the "loose chain" noise, whenever i drive you can hear a noise that isnt terribly noticeable but it sounds like a loose bike chain. alot of people seem to get it on maximas and not 3rd gen only

 

its actually good to get rid of that stuff instead of letting it build up...
I usually run till im almost dry and I never have any problems.


the maxima is not a regular honda...

 

The MACK Truck turning radius!