NHTSA Safety Recalls
2001 Nissan Maxima Recalls
The 2001 Nissan Maxima has 7 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 9, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2001 Nissan Maxima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 7
- Owner complaints
- 172
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2001 Nissan Maxima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
7 recalls on the 2001 Nissan Maxima
Air bags: frontal: passenger side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 20V008000
- Reported
- January 9, 2020
- Vehicles affected
- up to 307,962
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Maxima, 8 other models
Air bags
- Campaign
- 15V287000
- Reported
- May 15, 2015
- Vehicles affected
- up to 1,090,569
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash, injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Maxima, 7 other models
Suspension: front: control arm: lower arm
- Campaign
- 02V146000
- Reported
- May 30, 2002
- Vehicles affected
- up to 90,500
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Maxima, 2 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 06E026000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000 Maxima, 42 other models
Exterior lighting
- Campaign
- 09E012000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Maxima, 57 other models
Exterior lighting: headlights
- Campaign
- 09E025000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2000, 2002 Maxima, 46 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 22E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2002–2003 Maxima, 3 other models
2001 Nissan Maxima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 172 owner complaints about the 2001 Nissan Maxima, the newest on October 16, 2022. Of these, 8 describe a crash (5%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2001 Nissan Maxima, the component group named most often is the air bags (17%), followed by the engine and engine cooling (16%) and the electrical system (16%).
3 of the 2001 Nissan Maxima's 7 recalls also concern the air bags.
Where 2001 Nissan Maxima owners gave the mileage (117 complaints), the median was 72,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Air Bags29
- Engine And Engine Cooling28
- Electrical System27
- Suspension24
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic22
- Vehicle Speed Control11
Complaints received, by year
| 2001 | 2 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 11 | |
| 2003 | 18 | |
| 2004 | 17 | |
| 2005 | 14 | |
| 2006 | 15 | |
| 2007 | 19 | |
| 2008 | 12 | |
| 2009 | 8 | |
| 2010 | 10 | |
| 2011 | 9 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 4 | |
| 2014 | 7 | |
| 2015 | 9 | |
| 2016 | 4 | |
| 2017 | 6 | |
| 2018 | 1 | |
| 2019 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2022 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2001 Nissan Maxima peaked in 2007, when NHTSA received 19. 28% arrived between 2000 and 2004, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2001 vehicles, the 2001 Nissan Maxima drew 0.9× the complaints of the median Nissan Maxima year in the same window: 11th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 172 complaints about the 2001 Nissan Maxima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Maxima by model year
Other 2001 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 16, 2022. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted