NHTSA Safety Recalls
2009 Nissan Maxima Recalls
The 2009 Nissan Maxima has 1 NHTSA safety recall on file, the newest reported on September 16, 2009.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2009 Nissan Maxima. Whether a recall on your own car is still open shows only on a VIN check; recall repairs are free.
- Recalls
- 1
- Owner complaints
- 339
- Crashes reported
- 7
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
2 fires
frontal crash, no overall star before 2011
On a 2009 Nissan Maxima, the 17-character VIN is on the driver-side dashboard, visible through the windshield, or on the door jamb sticker.
1 recall on the 2009 Nissan Maxima
Suspension
- Campaign
- 09V358000
- Reported
- September 16, 2009
- Vehicles affected
- up to 26,398
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash
- Same campaign
- also 2010 Maxima, 1 other model
2009 Nissan Maxima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 339 owner complaints about the 2009 Nissan Maxima, the newest on January 8, 2026. Of these, 7 describe a crash (2%) and 2 a fire; owners reported 6 injuries.
In complaints about the 2009 Nissan Maxima, the component group named most often is the steering (50%), followed by the electrical system (23%) and the air bags (13%).
The 2009 Nissan Maxima's only recall does not concern the steering.
Where 2009 Nissan Maxima owners gave the mileage (272 complaints), the median was 70,000 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Steering168
- Electrical System79
- Air Bags43
- Suspension36
- Unknown Or Other33
- Engine18
Complaints received, by year
| 2009 | 8 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 15 | |
| 2011 | 6 | |
| 2012 | 24 | |
| 2013 | 40 | |
| 2014 | 47 | |
| 2015 | 47 | |
| 2016 | 57 | |
| 2017 | 25 | |
| 2018 | 12 | |
| 2019 | 23 | |
| 2020 | 15 | |
| 2021 | 3 | |
| 2022 | 6 | |
| 2023 | 6 | |
| 2024 | 2 | |
| 2025 | 2 | |
| 2026 | 1 |
Complaints about the 2009 Nissan Maxima peaked in 2016, when NHTSA received 57. 16% arrived between 2008 and 2012, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2009 vehicles, the 2009 Nissan Maxima drew 2.2× the complaints of the median Nissan Maxima year in the same window: 2nd highest of the 20 ranked years.
That makes 2009 one of the Nissan Maxima years to avoid by our method.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: none before 2011
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
The 339 complaints about the 2009 Nissan Maxima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Maxima by model year
Other 2009 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: January 8, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted