NHTSA Safety Recalls
2004 Nissan Maxima Recalls
The 2004 Nissan Maxima has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 7, 2005.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2004 Nissan Maxima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 2
- Owner complaints
- 1,426
- Crashes reported
- 33
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
16 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2004 Nissan Maxima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
2 recalls on the 2004 Nissan Maxima
Seats: front assembly: power adjust
- Campaign
- 05V512000
- Reported
- November 7, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 102,551
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2005–2006 Maxima
Visibility: sun/moon roof assembly
- Campaign
- 04V326000
- Reported
- July 7, 2004
- Vehicles affected
- up to 32,100
- Risk NHTSA names
- injury
- Same campaign
- only the 2004 Nissan Maxima
2004 Nissan Maxima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 1,426 owner complaints about the 2004 Nissan Maxima, the newest on September 24, 2026. Of these, 33 describe a crash (2%) and 16 a fire; owners reported 30 injuries and 2 deaths.
In complaints about the 2004 Nissan Maxima, the component group named most often is the power train (65%), followed by the tires (10%) and the suspension (7%).
None of the 2004 Nissan Maxima's 2 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2004 Nissan Maxima owners gave the mileage (1,190 complaints), the median was 80,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train934
- Tires141
- Suspension102
- Engine And Engine Cooling70
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic61
- Electrical System56
Complaints received, by year
| 2003 | 3 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 69 | |
| 2005 | 61 | |
| 2006 | 73 | |
| 2007 | 75 | |
| 2008 | 191 | |
| 2009 | 242 | |
| 2010 | 188 | |
| 2011 | 195 | |
| 2012 | 82 | |
| 2013 | 90 | |
| 2014 | 46 | |
| 2015 | 45 | |
| 2016 | 26 | |
| 2017 | 18 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 3 | |
| 2020 | 8 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2004 Nissan Maxima peaked in 2009, when NHTSA received 242. 20% arrived between 2003 and 2007, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2004 vehicles, the 2004 Nissan Maxima drew 6.9× the complaints of the median Nissan Maxima year in the same window: 1st highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2004 one of the Nissan Maxima years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 1,426 complaints about the 2004 Nissan Maxima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Maxima by model year
Other 2004 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: September 24, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted