MODELYEARINDEX

Nissan Maxima

534 complaints across 10 scored model years and 11 recall campaigns.

Which years to avoid

Ownership label · Nissan Maxima Full report
F
Grade 2010–2020
2016 vs model median 2.9×
Model median3× median
Brakes 14
Airbags & Restraints 13
Electrical 9
Avoid

2016 · 2017

Best

2013 · 2020

Year by year

Severity-weighted complaints filed in each model year’s first 60 months on the road, so every year is measured over an identical window.

Year Complaint volume vs median Reports Grade
2010
2.00× 104 D
2011
0.81× 33 B
2012
1.25× 53 C
2013
0.63× 25 B
2014
1.19× 46 B
2016
2.87× 101 F
2017
2.14× 85 F
2018
0.64× 30 B
2019
0.59× 17 B
2020
0.57× 26 B

What it costs to run

EPA figures for the most recent model year on record.

Combined MPG24
City / Highway20 / 30
Engine3.5L, 6 cyl
DriveFront-Wheel Drive
Annual fuel cost$3,150

Recalls

11 campaigns on record, 2 carrying a Park It or Park Outside warning.

Campaign Component Model years Units affected
16V244000 AIR BAGS:SENSOR:OCCUPANT CLASSIFICATION 2016, 2017 3,296,947
19V654000 BACK OVER PREVENTION: SENSING SYSTEM: CAMERA 2018, 2019 1,228,830
19V807000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP 2016–2018 391,479
18V601000 Park it SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP 2016, 2017 215,124
16V636000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP 2016, 2017 120,329
15V486000 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE 2016 46,846
09V358000 SUSPENSION 2010 26,398
16V193000 SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP 2016 12,616

+ 3 further campaigns

Others in Full-Size Cars

Same body and size class. Each grade describes that model against its own history — these are not ranked against each other.

Model Years to avoid Grade
Acura RLX
none flagged
C
Audi A6
2019
C
Audi A7
2019
C
Audi A8
none flagged
C
BMW 5 Series
20112012
B
BMW 7 Series
2012
B
Buick Lacrosse
20112012
C
Cadillac XTS
2013
C

How this was calculated

Every model year is scored over an identical window: complaints filed with NHTSA during the first 60 months after that model year went on sale. Without this, older cars look worse purely because they have had longer to accumulate reports.

Limitations. Complaints are unverified reports submitted voluntarily by owners; they are allegations, not findings, and reporting rates vary between models. Model years with fewer than 60 months on the road are marked provisional and excluded from verdicts. Cross-model comparison is withheld pending production-volume data.

Full methodology · Sources · Data vintage August 9, 2026

Working 2016 Maxima
Complaints in window
101
Severity-weighted
169.5
Model median (weighted)
59
vs model median
2.87×
Recall campaigns (weighted)
12
Open investigations
0
Score 13.2 F