The power lumbar support in my '07 SE stopped working the other day...no real problem, since it's covered under warranty, but the dealer has to order the necessary part, which appears to be the entire power module for the driver's seat (the other functions still work fine). Anyway, just wondering if this is a common defect in the 07s, and kind of worrying that it might happen again after the warranty period expires (as almost always seems to be the case with these things!).

-Greg Iverson

 

Thats not good because its a 07. Did you ever put too much pressure?

Please keep a note of how much it costs to the dealer, if you can.

 

I just set the lumbar support on the Max to the max and leave it there (feels better on my back then), but I suppose that might have stressed it a bit. My other (02) Max has manual lumbar support...foolproof, and feels equally good set to the max.

I'll see if I can find out what the cost is for replacing the whole power seat module when they finally do it...I expect it will be astonishingly high, and hope we never have to actually pay it!

 

Mine stopped working a year ago in my 04 maxiima and I have the extended warranty. However the stealership said it wasnt covered because they needed to replace the entire back rest of the seat which included the motor for the power lumbar and it was going to cost me $1500. I said hell no and decided to just live without it working. Yet after I got the car back after the finished doing what ever they were doing to diagnose the problem, it started working again and is still working for a year now without even replacing the what they recommended.

 

When I set mine to full lumbar and then get pushed hard into the seat if I accelerate hard, I notice that the lumbar feels like it is being pushed in and I the sound similar to when you crush a soda can with your hand.

 

Cool. What extended warranty did you have -- Gold preferred, Gold, ...? I assume your extended warranty was from Nissan.

 

this is the only thing that bothers me about new cars, replacing all the manual stuff with electronics and power motors

 

I have gold preferred, no deductible .... via nissan

 

Thats the best warranty Nissan offers. These warranties are such a rip-off. They cover everything except those that either go wrong frequently or cost a lot to repair.

 

'04 Max SE, 4 years old, <33K miles.

My power lumbar works but there is something loose in the seatback ABOVE the lumbar that "shifts" intermittently. The dealer could never recreate the situation and now that I'm out of warranty, I've GIVEN up and am OUTAluck.

There are quite a few 6th Gen. owners that have the same problem. These design flaws are INEXCUSABLE! You'd think Nissan would have perfected the whole power seat system by '07.

The worthless extended warranty issue just adds fuel to the fire.

This "breatheth in rather sharply" to say the least!

 

take it to another dealer, if the extended warranty is bumper to bumper coverage then it should be covered with the extended, or try calling Nissan

 

A "bumper to bumper" warranty is never really bumper to bumper. In the fineprint there are many many things left out. But it never hurts to try another dealer.

Also, calling Nissan is a good idea. If it was me, I would have given Nissan a earful and threatened to cancel the warranty.

 

Extended warranties that Nissan provides is NOT bumper to bumper. I have their best warranty, the Gold Preferred, and not everything is included. Although most things are.

 

Done it several times, they did nothing to help me. I gave up on calling them, it was a waste of my time

 

I got an extended warranty on my 4Runner, covers everything the original 36k bumper to bumper did, things have been replaced that I thought would never have been, Im shocked that Nissan would offer a warranty and then not back it, I had a 96 Pathfinder with the warped exhaust manifolds and Nissan gave me a run around but it was covered under my extended warranty but not covered by my powertrain

 

When I look at the replacement chart on the nissan warranty site, the gold preferred covers everything...why not you lumbar support? http://www.nissanextendedwarranty.co...gold_preferred

 

Oh, I'm still on factory warranty, of course, with the 07, so it's covered. Just wondering about long term reliability of the power stuff in the driver's seat on this car...shouldn't have broken after just 8 months.

 

I just scanned the list of covered components briefly and there's virtually NOTHING mentioned about the FRONT seats. Some rear seat stuff, but hardly anything about the front seats and certainly not anything that is more "likely" to fail. Of course, I might have missed it, but since I do not have the extended warranty, I didn't carefully scrutinize the list.

Glad I didn't waste my $ on the extended warranty.

Bottom line - sell your Max before the original factory warranty is up or be prepared to shell out the bucks.

 

could just be the dealer or the area he is in, entire dealer network, warranty work especially any job that is long and involved and takes the tech away from his easy routine of basic maintenance they may just avoid, warranty work pays the lowest profit where other dealer service are the money jobs, just my theory, plus I've worked as a tech and had friends that are techs, also some dealers are not capable of some jobs but the service writer will not tell you that just they will not do it.

 

Im gonna gamble and not sell the car, but I think I've heard that for every car, how do people do it with used cars with no warranties, a friend of mine is a Mopar guy and he has a V8 Grand Cherokee, sweet truck but did Chrysler build them to self destruct, he has no payment but every month he spends 500 easy on new parts, true he mods the hell out of it but he does the work himself, his girlfriend who has a liberty said she could not afford that truck if she had to pay someone to constantly fix it, car ownership is getting expensive with all this new technology electronic stuff

 

Amen. I'm the guy who started this thread with the busted power lumbar support in the 07 Max, and I remarked that my 02 Max has a manual lumbar support, which, of course, never breaks. I figure hardly any driver is so infirm as not to be able to move that little lever manually like the 02 has; besides, as mentioned, I just set it to the max and leave it there, anyway. So a delicate power-adjustable lumbar support that is prone to breaking seems like a step backwards to me as compared to a manual adjuster. Of course, my 02 Max has a manual transmission, too (which has broken yet, either), so you see where I'm coming from.

 

exactly like mine. it's just how they are. not sure how you could improve it. When new I swore mine was crooked. pushing more on the left side. they disagreed but replaced it under CS. not sure how they could refuse to replace it if broken under warranty

 

I am getting a clicking sound from the left side of the driver's seat lumbar support when I rest my back on the backrest or my back leaves the backrest. Surprisingly, this sound is not coming from the right side of the driver's seat lumbar support. I can recreate the sound by pushing the backrest with my hand. Did any of you have such an experience?

I am not even sure whether my power lumbar support is working or not. When I press the lumbar support button (in any direction), I hear the motor running but don't feel anything in my back. I am trying to adjust the lumbar support for the first time, so don't know whether it ever worked or not.

 

Had mine fixed before and it looks like it doesn't work again. I have to make a list of things before I go to the dealer again.

 

How do you know whether its working or not? When the power lumbar support button is pushed forward, do you feel the lumbar support against your back? Or, is it just the sound of the motor?

 

the bottom of the back of the seat moves in and out. You would feel it pressing against your lower back easily.

 

Mine broke, got fixed under warrenty, then broke again and i dont plan on fixing it. Its a bad mechanism.

 

If anyone is getting a clinking noise from the driver's seat, check out the 2 screws located on the back of the seat as shown on the picture.

 

Just found a TSB on 2007 – 2008 MAXIMA; DRIVER SEAT LUMBAR SUPPORT REPAIR PROCEDURE (http://www.2shared.com/file/3718543/...NTB07-086.html)

It is supposed to be applicable to 2007-08 Maxima built before May 18, 2007. My Maxima was built on May 09, 2007

 

I had this same problem in my 04 maxima. The dealer said that the entire motor had to be replaced and that meant replacing the whole back of the seat. They said it wasnt covered under my warranty and quoted me some ridiculous price of over $1500. But the tech said that for some reason after he opened the control switch and played with it, it started working again and it hasnt given me any problems since. That was over a year ago.

 

I typed in my VIN number on safercar.gov because I was concerned about the recent air bag recalls and it came up with this one - NHTSA Recall Number: 05V-512.
This is an old thread, but I thought I should post it because it's a fire hazard.