One problem related to air brake disc rotor has been reported for the 2001 Nissan Maxima. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2001 Nissan Maxima based on all problems reported for the 2001 Maxima.
Front rotors have failed three times within 60,000 and Nissan says that this is due to driving habits, I. E. , rotors get hot and then fail. Reference # 4029350 perjudy ext. 3773. Dealer has replaced rotors each time and I find no fault with dealer with the exception that they do not know what is causing this; other than the driving habits as expressed by the Nissan rep. Judy. This condition is dangerous and causes the car to be bounce with loss of control a very real possiblity. For the second replacement, a statement in the followup to Nissan was made that this problem was serious. This vehicle is not driven in the city or under city conditions where brake pressure occurs often; the miles are highway miles as we live in the country; we have a paved road to the house so road conditions are not a factor. The response by Nissan is a "run-around" with the same verbage and reflects the Nissan rep's atttempt to defuse any complaint. In looking at the office of defects investigations, there are several references to rotor failure: Nissan said that they were unaware of any problems. In fact, the Nissan dealer (ancira-san antonio, TX) indicated that I should contact Nissan concerning this situation. I did and am not satisfied the least with their runaround as I believe this to be a serious and dangerous condition of at least the vehicle which we have.