Front Suspension Coil Spring Problems of Nissan Maxima

Weak front springs in suspension! known defect. . . Nissan should address this! the Nissan Maxima has plenty of weight up front (transmission and engine). My 2009 Maxima s had the large front coil spring of the suspension snap in half without warning while turning a corner. I was turning and braking lightly when it snapped in two. Scary!! the Nissan dealership where I had the Maxima serviced admitted that this is a common problem. . . "we replace a front spring on a '09-10' Maxima at least every month, often for a surprised customer. " estimated cost to replace just the front springs (they recommend you do as a pair or you will be back fixing the other spring real soon) was $1,000. 00, and this price does not include the struts being replaced, --only the spring, strut bearing, and front spring seat that contact the spring directly are replaced for your $1000 out-of-pocket. To the best of my knowledge Nissan has not admitted there is a common problem with the original front springs. . . No recall, no technical service bulletin, no discounted repair costs, nothing. However, please note that the new replacement spring from Nissan has been redesigned with a substantially thicker gauge of spring and comes with a new superceded part number to replace the original spring part number. I have owned 5 Nissan vehicles over the past 3 decades and they have been good cars overall. I have logged over 500,000 miles on Nissans in total. It should be noted that each and every one of the springs (on the non-maxima Nissans) I've owned has lasted the entire life of each vehicle. For a spring to snap in half without warning at 60,000 miles is unacceptable and dangerous. Nissan should be compelled to address this front spring issue for all Maxima owners. To me this is a black eye on the face of an otherwise excellent auto maker.

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The contact owns a 2004 Nissan Maxima. Since the vehicle was purchased, the contact has experienced failures with the radio and headlights, the rotors were replaced three times, the front coil springs were replaced twice, and the battery wiring burned. Currently, the transmission pulls when the vehicle is accelerated. The vehicle will be taken to the dealer to diagnose the transmission failure. The manufacturer stated that no recalls were available for any of the failures. The current mileage was 49,000 and failure mileage was 26,000.

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On my Nissan Maxima se 2000 which only has 23,000 miles on it, the left front coil spring broke. My garage told me that both coil springs would have to be replaced, an alignment needs to be performed and because the spring ripped into the tire, the 17" performance tire needs to be replaced. All to a tune of $900. I'm told a coil spring should never break on a car that has this low mileage. Nissan consumer affairs offered no help because I would not have my car towed to a "certified" Nissan dealership which would have cost me more money.

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The front passenger strut failed has now been replaced 4 times. After 500 miles of driving the strut appears to be ok. However, the car failed to start today. Over the past 3 weeks the weather has been changing between single digits to upper 30's. On colder mornings the relays inside the vehicle near the glove box would make a clicking noise while attempting to start the car. The car would crank hard several times before starting. At the same time the relays would make a clicking noise. The vehicle finally didn't want to start today 1/12/05. There is a TSB for the power distribution module. I believe this is the problem. My car was towed to my dealership.

Coil springs tended make clicking noise. Vehicle showed same problem as found in 1999 Maxima. Vehicle was taken to the dealer for repair once already.

There was a knocking noise coming from the front coil springs. Please provide more information.

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