NHTSA Safety Recalls
2003 Nissan Maxima Recalls
The 2003 Nissan Maxima has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on January 9, 2020.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2003 Nissan Maxima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 4
- Owner complaints
- 206
- Crashes reported
- 13
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★☆
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2003 Nissan Maxima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
4 recalls on the 2003 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 2001–2002 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 2001–2002 Maxima, 7 other models
Engine and engine cooling
- Campaign
- 03V455000
- Reported
- November 17, 2003
- Vehicles affected
- up to 630,000
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2002 Maxima, 8 other models
Air bags: frontal: driver side: inflator module
- Campaign
- 22E066000
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury and death
- Same campaign
- also 2001–2002 Maxima, 3 other models
2003 Nissan Maxima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 206 owner complaints about the 2003 Nissan Maxima, the newest on March 18, 2024. Of these, 13 describe a crash (6%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries and 1 death.
In complaints about the 2003 Nissan Maxima, the component group named most often is the engine and engine cooling (26%), followed by the engine (21%) and the air bags (17%).
1 of the 2003 Nissan Maxima's 4 recalls also concerns the engine and engine cooling.
Where 2003 Nissan Maxima owners gave the mileage (147 complaints), the median was 86,600 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Engine And Engine Cooling54
- Engine43
- Air Bags35
- Exterior Lighting26
- Electrical System17
- Unknown Or Other10
Complaints received, by year
| 2002 | 1 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 28 | |
| 2004 | 24 | |
| 2005 | 13 | |
| 2006 | 4 | |
| 2007 | 8 | |
| 2008 | 11 | |
| 2009 | 10 | |
| 2010 | 11 | |
| 2011 | 12 | |
| 2012 | 2 | |
| 2013 | 5 | |
| 2014 | 9 | |
| 2015 | 19 | |
| 2016 | 11 | |
| 2017 | 12 | |
| 2018 | 8 | |
| 2019 | 5 | |
| 2020 | 7 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2024 | 2 |
Complaints about the 2003 Nissan Maxima peaked in 2003, when NHTSA received 28. 34% arrived between 2002 and 2006, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2003 vehicles, the 2003 Nissan Maxima drew 1.7× the complaints of the median Nissan Maxima year in the same window: 6th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 4/5
- Side: 4/5
The 206 complaints about the 2003 Nissan Maxima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Maxima by model year
Other 2003 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: March 18, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted