NHTSA Safety Recalls
2000 Nissan Maxima Recalls
The 2000 Nissan Maxima has 3 NHTSA safety recalls on file.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2000 Nissan Maxima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 3
- Owner complaints
- 360
- Crashes reported
- 25
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
6 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2000 Nissan Maxima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
3 recalls on the 2000 Nissan Maxima
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001 Maxima, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Maxima, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Maxima, 46 other models
2000 Nissan Maxima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 360 owner complaints about the 2000 Nissan Maxima, the newest on February 5, 2025. Of these, 25 describe a crash (7%) and 6 a fire; owners reported 26 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2000 Nissan Maxima, the component group named most often is the electrical system (48%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (20%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (7%).
None of the 2000 Nissan Maxima's 3 recalls concerns the electrical system.
Where 2000 Nissan Maxima owners gave the mileage (231 complaints), the median was 60,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Electrical System171
- Engine And Engine Cooling72
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic26
- Air Bags23
- Power Train22
- Structure22
Complaints received, by year
| 2000 | 21 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 16 | |
| 2002 | 27 | |
| 2003 | 36 | |
| 2004 | 64 | |
| 2005 | 46 | |
| 2006 | 43 | |
| 2007 | 21 | |
| 2008 | 19 | |
| 2009 | 3 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 8 | |
| 2012 | 7 | |
| 2013 | 6 | |
| 2014 | 13 | |
| 2015 | 5 | |
| 2016 | 8 | |
| 2017 | 1 | |
| 2018 | 4 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2000 Nissan Maxima peaked in 2004, when NHTSA received 64. 28% arrived between 1999 and 2003, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2000 vehicles, the 2000 Nissan Maxima drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Nissan Maxima year in the same window: 5th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 360 complaints about the 2000 Nissan Maxima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Maxima by model year
Other 2000 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: February 5, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted