NHTSA Safety Recalls
2017 Nissan Maxima Recalls
The 2017 Nissan Maxima has 4 NHTSA safety recalls on file, the newest reported on November 8, 2019.
A recall covers a range of VINs, not every 2017 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
- 106
- Crashes reported
- 8
- NHTSA crash test
- ★★★★★
NHTSA campaigns
filed with NHTSA
3 fires
overall, 5 stars max
On a 2017 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 2017 Nissan Maxima
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 19V807000
- Reported
- November 8, 2019
- Vehicles affected
- up to 391,479
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2016, 2018 Maxima, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 18V601000
- Reported
- September 7, 2018
- Vehicles affected
- up to 215,124
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- NHTSA advisory
- park outside, away from buildings
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Maxima, 3 other models
Service brakes, hydraulic: antilock/traction control/electronic limited slip
- Campaign
- 16V636000
- Reported
- September 2, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 120,329
- Risk NHTSA names
- fire
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Maxima, 2 other models
Air bags: sensor: occupant classification
- Campaign
- 16V244000
- Reported
- April 26, 2016
- Vehicles affected
- up to 3,296,947
- Risk NHTSA names
- crash and injury
- Same campaign
- also 2016 Maxima, 14 other models
2017 Nissan Maxima complaints by year
NHTSA has received 106 owner complaints about the 2017 Nissan Maxima, the newest on October 14, 2026. Of these, 8 describe a crash (8%) and 3 a fire; owners reported 7 injuries.
In complaints about the 2017 Nissan Maxima, the component group named most often is the air bags (17%), followed by the structure (16%) and the electrical system (10%).
1 of the 2017 Nissan Maxima's 4 recalls also concerns the air bags.
Where 2017 Nissan Maxima owners gave the mileage (44 complaints), the median was 27,815 miles.
Component groups named in complaints
- Unknown Or Other28
- Air Bags18
- Structure17
- Electrical System11
- Power Train11
- Forward Collision Avoidance10
Complaints received, by year
| 2017 | 7 | |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 10 | |
| 2019 | 21 | |
| 2020 | 9 | |
| 2021 | 12 | |
| 2022 | 8 | |
| 2023 | 13 | |
| 2024 | 7 | |
| 2025 | 10 | |
| 2026 | 9 |
Complaints about the 2017 Nissan Maxima peaked in 2019, when NHTSA received 21. 44% arrived between 2016 and 2020, the model year's first years on the road.
Adjusted for how many complaints NHTSA received about all 2017 vehicles, the 2017 Nissan Maxima drew 1.1× the complaints of the median Nissan Maxima year in the same window: 10th highest of the 20 ranked years.
NHTSA crash-test stars
- Overall: ★★★★★
- Frontal: 5/5
- Side: 5/5
- Rollover: 5/5
The 106 complaints about the 2017 Nissan Maxima are unverified owner reports, and a model sold in large numbers collects more of them.
Nissan Maxima by model year
Other 2017 Nissan models
Newest record on this page: October 14, 2026. Data: NHTSA recall and owner-complaint files. How these figures are counted