2002 Nissan Maxima vehicle speed control problems
23 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the vehicle speed control on the 2002 Nissan Maxima — 11% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“While parking car it spontaneously accelerated across the parking lot, the bordering street and into another parking lot before stopping. The cars left side, right side, front bumper, tires and suspension were damaged. Though no other cars were hit, commercial garbage cans, stop sign, telephone…”
filed Feb 19, 2015
“The vehicle accelerated very high without touching gas pedal over powered the abs braking system as I was approaching a main road could not stop at stop sign and kept going my front end of car was hit another vehicle going sb 45 mph. Very lucky to be alive. Having tech checkout the vehicle. *tr”
filed Jul 26, 2013
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Related recalls
- ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES EQUIPPED WITH AN ELECTRONIC THROTTLE CONTROL SYSTEM, THE…Campaign 02V043000 · Feb 12, 2002
Vehicle Speed Control problems in other Maxima years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 Maxima | 2 | 6% |
| 2017 Maxima | 4 | 4% |
| 2016 Maxima | 14 | 10% |
| 2014 Maxima | 1 | 1% |
| 2012 Maxima | 2 | 2% |
| 2011 Maxima | 5 | 5% |
| 2010 Maxima | 7 | 3% |
| 2009 Maxima | 3 | 1% |
| 2008 Maxima | 4 | 5% |
| 2007 Maxima | 11 | 9% |
| 2006 Maxima | 35 | 6% |
| 2005 Maxima | 33 | 3% |
Other reported problem areas on the 2002 Nissan Maxima
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.