Every 15000 miles front brake rotor has to be replaced due to warping. Consumer owns two vehicle of the same make/model, but different years, and they are both suffering the same problem.
2001 Nissan Maxima brakes complaints
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Numerous problems with vehicle's front rotors. *mr this was the consumer's third set of front rotors and the latest set warped. The vehicle vibrated and pulled to the side when the consumer applied the brakes. The vehicle had been in the shop for brake work six times. The consumer owned many nissan's and stated that this was the first major problem ever experienced. There was still a slight vibration coming from the rear brakes, moaning/groaning sounds from the front right, creaking/popping when turning, when setting the cruise at 70 MPH(cruise control cable was not properly adjusted), it felt as if the gas was applied, and bumps could be felt in the road through the steering wheel. *scc. It took a long time for the air condition to cool the vehicle.
Within 50,000 miles roters have been replaced three times and have been resurfaced once. The first rotor replacement occurred at 15, 000 miles. Symptoms of the problem range from shaking steering wheel, having to pump the brakes to reduce shaking and grinding sounds that occur during breaking. The car is driven on the highway with infrequent city stop and go driving. The dealership has replaced or resurfaced the roters on all four occassions free of charge, but fails to admit that there is any defect and cites possible driving habits as the cause of the problem.
While driving 55 MPH or higher the steering wheel vibrated when the brake were applied. The driver suspected that the rotors were warped. *nlm *cb
Warped rotors resurfaced once 18,000 miles ago because of heavy vibration in steering on braking (close to loss of control of car). Experiencing same problem again and dealer claims it's due to drive habits and refuses to service under extended warranty. The warped rotors causes you to have to pump the brakes to slow the car down which would explain the wear on the brake due to defective rotors. I do mostly highway driving so brakes not used extensively. Need to look at the possibility that some component is causing the rotors to overheat and warp and not a result of heavy braking. Spouse experiencing same problem on 2002 pathfinder with 22,000 miles. Please investigate as I think this is a widespread problem that nissan is trying to attribute to the consumers' drive habits. Let's not wait for severe injury to occur before taking action.
Almost every 10,000 miles there is a problem with the brakes. On 7/18/2003 vehicle was taken to the dealer who resurfaced the rotors on the front and back.
Rotors warp and cause steering to shake when brakes applied - on my maxima I have needed to have the disks turned 3 times (1st time at 13k miles) and then the rotors replaced before I had 30k miles on my car. Now at 44500 I need to get the disks turned again. I had a 98 maxima before the 01 and never had to get work.
I am experiencing brake rotor warping problems with my 2001 nissan maxima. The dealer refuses to even investigate the problem.
Front rotors have failed three times within 60,000 and nissan says that this is due to driving habits, I.e., rotors get hot and then fail. Reference # 4029350 perjudy ext. 3773. Dealer has replaced rotors each time and I find no fault with dealer with the exception that they do not know what is causing this; other than the driving habits as expressed by the nissan rep. Judy. This condition is dangerous and causes the car to be bounce with loss of control a very real possiblity. For the second replacement, a statement in the followup to nissan was made that this problem was serious. This vehicle is not driven in the city or under city conditions where brake pressure occurs often; the miles are highway miles as we live in the country; we have a paved road to the house so road conditions are not a factor. The response by nissan is a "run-around" with the same verbage and reflects the nissan rep's atttempt to defuse any complaint. In looking at the office of defects investigations, there are several references to rotor failure: nissan said that they were unaware of any problems. In fact, the nissan dealer (ancira-san antonio, tx) indicated that I should contact nissan concerning this situation. I did and am not satisfied the least with their runaround as I believe this to be a serious and dangerous condition of at least the vehicle which we have.
Every 3,000-6,000 miles brake rotors become warped, causing a shaking in the steering while while braking. Nissan, acknowledging a problem with their part, would repair rotors or replace them, but it was only a temporary repair, as they would become warped again after a few thousand miles. Nissan has now refused to repair/replace new rotors that warped only after few thousand miles.
Consumer stated that when trying to apply the brakes the brake pedal would go to the floor causing the vehicle to have extended stopping distance and a vehicle accident. Dealer notified ts
Rotors were warping after only 15000 miles. Contacted dealer, and dealer cannot find cause of problem.
Lump behind brake pedal. When I press on the brake pedal, the top of my foot (10.5 shoe size) presses against a lump which stops me from applying more pressure to the brake. To avoid this, I have to position my foot at an angle. Unfortunately, when I need to apply the brake in a hurry, the last thing I think about is the angle of my foot. This is a very dangerous design flaw and I was wondering if your agency has come across this problem before. Thank you.
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