NHTSA Safety Recalls
2006 Nissan Maxima Recalls
The 2006 Nissan Maxima has 2 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on February 13, 2006.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2006 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
- 576
- Crashes reported
- 21
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
4 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2006 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 2006 Nissan Maxima
2006 Nissan Maxima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 576 owner complaints about the 2006 Nissan Maxima, the newest on May 17, 2024. Of these, 21 describe a crash (4%) and 4 a fire; owners reported 12 injuries.
In complaints about the 2006 Nissan Maxima, the component group named most often is the power train (68%), followed by the engine (8%) and the service brakes, hydraulic (7%).
None of the 2006 Nissan Maxima's 2 recalls concerns the power train.
Where 2006 Nissan Maxima owners gave the mileage (511 complaints), the median was 84,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Power Train393
- Engine47
- Service Brakes, Hydraulic40
- Vehicle Speed Control35
- Electrical System26
- Engine And Engine Cooling24
Complaints received, by year
| 2006 | 10 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | |
| 2008 | 16 | |
| 2009 | 16 | |
| 2010 | 88 | |
| 2011 | 120 | |
| 2012 | 63 | |
| 2013 | 77 | |
| 2014 | 62 | |
| 2015 | 33 | |
| 2016 | 41 | |
| 2017 | 19 | |
| 2018 | 9 | |
| 2019 | 6 | |
| 2020 | 3 | |
| 2021 | 1 | |
| 2023 | 2 | |
| 2024 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2006 Nissan Maxima peaked in 2011, when NHTSA received 120. 9% arrived between 2005 and 2009, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2006 vehicles, the 2006 Nissan Maxima drew 1.4× the complaints of the median Nissan Maxima year in the same window: 7th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 4/5
The 576 complaints about the 2006 Nissan Maxima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Maxima by model year
Other 2006 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: May 17, 2024. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted