General Maxima Discussion This a general area for Maxima discussions for all years. For more specific questions, visit one of the generation-specific forums.

Things that piss you off about your maxima!

Thread Tools
 
Search this Thread
 
Old 07-25-2009, 06:39 PM
  #441  
Senior Member
iTrader: (2)
 
bigpopaj369's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2008
Location: western mass
Posts: 1,643
Originally Posted by 04MAX4ME
The MACK Truck turning radius!



u aint kidding! not like its a big car either
bigpopaj369 is offline  
Old 07-28-2009, 05:12 PM
  #442  
Senior Member
iTrader: (2)
 
maXspeed96se's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Greenville, SC
Posts: 5,877
my blown shock and a bent LCA FTL!
maXspeed96se is offline  
Old 07-28-2009, 06:06 PM
  #443  
Senior Member
iTrader: (10)
 
Crusher103's Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: Dur-ham NC
Posts: 54,041
that some how these guys have had a moment in a car similar to the one im driving:

http://forums.maxima.org/7134186-post44.html
Crusher103 is offline  
Old 07-30-2009, 07:07 PM
  #444  
Senior Member
 
maxout!'s Avatar
 
Join Date: Sep 2006
Posts: 147
there's not enough women vs cupholders in the cabin!

there's not enough women vs cupholders in the cabin!
maxout! is offline  
Old 07-30-2009, 07:53 PM
  #445  
Senior Member
 
2 GO B4's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Illinois
Posts: 399
and this is in no particular order...they are all equally annoying

1.) crappy **** turning radius...I swear a semi could turn sharper
2.) road noise when it is raining...I keep having to look to see if I have left a window open
3.) No highs no lows it must be BOSE crappy excuse for a radio
4.) Ohh....and that darn trunk floor...my box keeps sinking in that freaker ....they couldn't use something a bit more sturdy???
5.) solid beam rear axle....what were they thinking??
6.) I'm surprised no one mentioned this one....the thin **** paint that easily chips when someone stares at it too hard......
2 GO B4 is offline  
Old 07-30-2009, 08:00 PM
  #446  
Senior Member
 
2 GO B4's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Illinois
Posts: 399
and this is in no particular order...they are all equally annoying

1.) crappy **** turning radius...I swear a semi could turn sharper
2.) road noise when it is raining...I keep having to look to see if I have left a window open
3.) No highs no lows it must be BOSE crappy excuse for a radio
4.) Ohh....and that darn trunk floor...my box keeps sinking in that freaker ....they couldn't use something a bit more sturdy???
5.) solid beam rear axle....what were they thinking??
6.) I'm surprised no one mentioned this one....the thin **** paint that easily chips when someone stares at it too hard......
2 GO B4 is offline  
Old 07-30-2009, 08:11 PM
  #447  
Junior Member
 
max96imaaaa's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Tampa, FL
Posts: 69
Window Regulators that Nissan wants $200+ to replace each!
max96imaaaa is offline  
Old 07-30-2009, 08:12 PM
  #448  
Senior Member
 
2 GO B4's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Illinois
Posts: 399
don't know why that duplicated itself....
2 GO B4 is offline  
Old 08-04-2009, 07:33 PM
  #449  
Senior Member
iTrader: (8)
 
Kuhn_man's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: Carol Stream, Il
Posts: 475
Originally Posted by ROCKART
how the rear wheels are sunk ???


the retardedly ginormous stock wheel gap?



OMG that ticks me off so much how the front looks like its higher than the back cause of that pos wheel gap
Kuhn_man is offline  
Old 08-04-2009, 10:49 PM
  #450  
Junior Member
 
DAPOSTMAN's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: queens, ny
Posts: 20
turning radius
DAPOSTMAN is offline  
Old 08-04-2009, 10:58 PM
  #451  
Senior Member
 
Kquezada28's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Chicago, IL
Posts: 217
hate when you need a part or a fix it cost a billion dollars! and how i always find myself buying maximas and loving them even though they have some flaws
Kquezada28 is offline  
Old 08-05-2009, 10:06 AM
  #452  
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
1sik4dsc's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: NY
Posts: 1,204
brakes!!!!!!! the rotors on my 09 got warped already at only 5500 miles!
1sik4dsc is offline  
Old 08-05-2009, 03:49 PM
  #453  
Member
iTrader: (1)
 
Merovingian7's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: Valley Stream, Long Island NY
Posts: 78
Originally Posted by DAPOSTMAN
turning radius
Co-sign.

I hate the fact that I feel like I'm swallowing both sides of the lane to make a friggin turn. Makes me appreciate my 97 Honda Accord, I turned easily with little to no reversing.
Merovingian7 is offline  
Old 08-05-2009, 08:48 PM
  #454  
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
chrome91's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Posts: 7,550
That Nissan went FWD after 1st gen RWD Maximas, not even going AWD at least

Thats one way i respect BMW, not counting Mini Coopers they never made a FWD car
chrome91 is offline  
Old 08-06-2009, 04:14 AM
  #455  
Junior Member
 
nismo lover's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2008
Location: queens,ny
Posts: 17
Originally Posted by 3jays2max0
I can't stand that it runs off of gas instead of water! what's up with that
funny
nismo lover is offline  
Old 08-06-2009, 12:21 PM
  #456  
Junior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
mattndawna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Louisville KY
Posts: 50
Originally Posted by chrome91
That Nissan went FWD after 1st gen RWD Maximas, not even going AWD at least

Thats one way i respect BMW, not counting Mini Coopers they never made a FWD car

I agree, but you do have to give it to the mini coopers, they are fun as hell to drive!
mattndawna is offline  
Old 08-06-2009, 12:44 PM
  #457  
Senior Member
iTrader: (6)
 
321VQ35MAX's Avatar
 
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Sanford, FL
Posts: 10,436
Originally Posted by bigpopaj369


u aint kidding! not like its a big car either

My Tahoe has a better turning radius....
321VQ35MAX is offline  
Old 08-06-2009, 12:48 PM
  #458  
Newbie - Just Registered
 
MadMann's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Niagara Falls Ontario (Canada)
Posts: 7
The only thing Im not happy with so far is the amount of body roll. Ok maybe a little bit of the odd wheel gap as well. I still love it though !!
MadMann is offline  
Old 08-06-2009, 01:58 PM
  #459  
Senior Member
iTrader: (2)
 
Whitebread's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Central NJ
Posts: 503
Body roll
Thin paint
Bad turning radius
Wheel hop with stock suspension. In fact the entirety of the stock suspension
Crap radio
Useless dipstick
Burns oil badly

My 5.5 gen was my first and will be my last maxima. I don't know what I'm going to get after though.......
Whitebread is offline  
Old 08-06-2009, 08:21 PM
  #460  
Senior Member
iTrader: (10)
 
shadyonedeath's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 2,077
Originally Posted by 1sik4dsc
brakes!!!!!!! the rotors on my 09 got warped already at only 5500 miles!
How can you tell if your rotors are warped?
shadyonedeath is offline  
Old 08-06-2009, 08:45 PM
  #461  
Senior Member
iTrader: (7)
 
MaximA VlaD's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethel, CT
Posts: 543
Originally Posted by shadyonedeath
How can you tell if your rotors are warped?
When your rotors will be warped and you try to avoid rear-ending that grampa in front of you, you will know..
MaximA VlaD is offline  
Old 08-06-2009, 08:50 PM
  #462  
Member
 
zzmasta06's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Posts: 88
constant problems. its killing me, and im a student and i barely make $
zzmasta06 is offline  
Old 08-06-2009, 10:10 PM
  #463  
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
chrome91's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Posts: 7,550
Originally Posted by mattndawna
I agree, but you do have to give it to the mini coopers, they are fun as hell to drive!
Still dont know why they didnt make the new Coopers AWD. Hell, Suzuki's new hatch has AWD availability
chrome91 is offline  
Old 08-06-2009, 10:13 PM
  #464  
Senior Member
 
maxima dude's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2009
Location: STATEN ISLAND NY
Posts: 546
weird paint...bird pooped on my car once ..i whipped it off with the cleanest and softest towel...kinda scrubbed it off cuz it was a lil dry...after that i had scratches from that and i hadda buff them out...horrible paint...anything i do...use my finger nail to take off a lil tiny spec of dirt and i get a scratch..it sucks ***.

also hateeeeeeeeeeeeeeee the dip stick...why cant they just make it straight/...i done tons of oil changes and never seen a dip stick like nissans..so stupid
maxima dude is offline  
Old 08-06-2009, 10:52 PM
  #465  
Junior Member
iTrader: (2)
 
Celired's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 86
I hate the thin paint, it chips all the time! I don't remember if the paint thin when it was new otherwise I could back my gripe more.
Celired is offline  
Old 08-07-2009, 10:04 PM
  #466  
Junior Member
 
dandjjohnson's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2003
Posts: 16
Rear windows that only go half way down...
dandjjohnson is offline  
Old 08-08-2009, 02:38 PM
  #467  
Junior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
mattndawna's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Louisville KY
Posts: 50
that i cant get the !#@$%!% thing started!
mattndawna is offline  
Old 08-08-2009, 06:51 PM
  #468  
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
chrome91's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Posts: 7,550
Originally Posted by dandjjohnson
Rear windows that only go half way down...
God do i hate that, not everyone has kids and not everyones kid is stupid enough to fly out of the back window

they should have a switch like the child door lock switch that lets you open the rear windows all the way. when its hot in summer it looks ghey driving with 2 full open front windows and 2 halfway in the back
chrome91 is offline  
Old 08-09-2009, 07:27 AM
  #469  
Member
iTrader: (3)
 
blktalon456's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: NC
Posts: 259
Only when first started till warm it acts stupid. It will cut off twice as soon as its started then the idle will go up and down from 500 to 800. Once warm no issue at all. It has me puzzled.
blktalon456 is offline  
Old 08-09-2009, 02:42 PM
  #470  
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
chrome91's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Posts: 7,550
that kinda bugs me too, my 92 gxe is always on power mode and when you first start it up the shifting is weird for about 5 minutes then it goes good
chrome91 is offline  
Old 08-09-2009, 04:53 PM
  #471  
Senior Member
iTrader: (7)
 
MaximA VlaD's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethel, CT
Posts: 543
no remote windows roll up option. no awd. CV boots tear every 10,000 miles (unless some low caliber individuals at town fair tire tore it last time.) rear beam and all included bushings. broken sunroof and its crappy rail slides that fail. not all maximas come with heated side mirrors. carpet that wears out and looks like a crazy monkey a$$. cracked base mounts of the rear spoiler (some1 had to push on it, some1 i now hate.) no factory tints = crappy aftermarket tints that bubble and dance in the rearview mirror. oh yeah, and that it doesn't attract enough hookers.
MaximA VlaD is offline  
Old 08-09-2009, 07:20 PM
  #472  
Junior Member
 
TBrady26's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Arkansas
Posts: 12
Oil consumption pisses me off

Drive it like you stole it and it will eat it right up.
TBrady26 is offline  
Old 08-09-2009, 11:50 PM
  #473  
Member
 
YoNsTar's Avatar
 
Join Date: Nov 2008
Posts: 104
my whole car is RE-tard
YoNsTar is offline  
Old 08-10-2009, 12:00 AM
  #474  
Senior Member
iTrader: (4)
 
a33i30's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 1,251
Originally Posted by chrome91
That Nissan went FWD after 1st gen RWD Maximas, not even going AWD at least

Thats one way i respect BMW, not counting Mini Coopers they never made a FWD car
FWD or RWD doesn't matter, alot of FWD cars handle better then RWDs, plus its easier to push a FWD.
a33i30 is offline  
Old 08-10-2009, 12:01 AM
  #475  
Senior Member
iTrader: (4)
 
a33i30's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 1,251
^ by push I mean drive fast.
a33i30 is offline  
Old 08-10-2009, 08:16 AM
  #476  
Senior Member
iTrader: (1)
 
chrome91's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jan 2009
Location: Edmonton, Alberta
Posts: 7,550
true that though. They should have had a AWD option at least then, maximas might have been able to get a good rep in drifting if they were AWD
chrome91 is offline  
Old 08-10-2009, 01:12 PM
  #477  
Senior Member
iTrader: (7)
 
MaximA VlaD's Avatar
 
Join Date: Oct 2003
Location: Bethel, CT
Posts: 543
i've heard of a skyline AWD conversion on a 4th gen... sounds costly though...

i wonder if there is a way to use the G35 AWD on a same year max. same drivetrain.. same chassis... perhaps if i ever find a totalled G35...
MaximA VlaD is offline  
Old 08-10-2009, 02:00 PM
  #478  
Senior Member
iTrader: (4)
 
a33i30's Avatar
 
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Los Angeles, CA
Posts: 1,251
^ G35 and max drivetrain are different, but you can turn it into a RWD, but way too much work and money. Hopefully they'll make a AWD maxima soon.
a33i30 is offline  
Old 08-12-2009, 06:25 AM
  #479  
Senior Member
iTrader: (12)
 
ampire's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Maryland
Posts: 966
I have been having consistent problems with spark plugs and injectors causing cylinder misfires. I recently inherited the car and my relatives had the same problem just about every single year.
ampire is offline  
Old 08-12-2009, 07:29 AM
  #480  
Senior Member
 
FunLovinMaxima's Avatar
 
Join Date: Apr 2005
Location: a charming town in Connecticut first settled in the 1600s
Posts: 4,956
4th gen forum
FunLovinMaxima is offline  


Quick Reply: Things that piss you off about your maxima!



All times are GMT -7. The time now is 07:12 PM.