NHTSA Safety Recalls
2005 Nissan Maxima Recalls
The 2005 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 2005 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
- 948
- Crashes reported
- 16
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
10 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2005 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 2005 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 2004, 2006 Maxima
Child seat: latch strap
- Campaign
- 05V338000
- Reported
- July 26, 2005
- Vehicles affected
- up to 90,016
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Federal standard
- FMVSS 225, child restraint anchorages
- Same campaign
- only the 2005 Nissan Maxima
2005 Nissan Maxima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 948 owner complaints about the 2005 Nissan Maxima, the newest on March 3, 2025. Of these, 16 describe a crash (2%) and 10 a fire; owners reported 29 injuries.
In complaints about the 2005 Nissan Maxima, the component group named most often is the power train (82%), followed by the engine (6%) and the engine and engine cooling (4%).
None of the 2005 Nissan Maxima's 2 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2005 Nissan Maxima owners gave the mileage (821 complaints), the median was 85,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train777
- Engine61
- Engine And Engine Cooling40
- Electrical System38
- Vehicle Speed Control33
- Unknown Or Other27
Complaints received, by year
| 2005 | 16 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 11 | |
| 2007 | 18 | |
| 2008 | 23 | |
| 2009 | 45 | |
| 2010 | 137 | |
| 2011 | 238 | |
| 2012 | 149 | |
| 2013 | 121 | |
| 2014 | 65 | |
| 2015 | 40 | |
| 2016 | 42 | |
| 2017 | 23 | |
| 2018 | 6 | |
| 2019 | 7 | |
| 2020 | 2 | |
| 2021 | 2 | |
| 2022 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 1 | |
| 2025 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2005 Nissan Maxima peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 238. 7% arrived between 2004 and 2008, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2005 vehicles, the 2005 Nissan Maxima drew 2.0× the complaints of the median Nissan Maxima year in the same window: 3rd highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 948 complaints about the 2005 Nissan Maxima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Maxima by model year
Other 2005 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: March 3, 2025. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted