2002 Nissan Maxima acceleration problems

Filed Mar 24, 2025 · Acceleration, Electrical · NY

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Filed Feb 19, 2015 · Acceleration, Airbags · 95,700 miles · IL · crash

While parking car it spontaneously accelerated across the parking lot, the bordering street and into another parking lot before stopping. The cars left side, right side, front bumper, tires and suspension were damaged. Though no other cars were hit, commercial garbage cans, stop sign, telephone pole and a series 4 curbs inflicted damage. The air bags did not deploy despite having them checked by the dealer as required by a recall.

Filed Jul 26, 2013 · Acceleration · TX · crash

The vehicle accelerated very high without touching gas pedal over powered the ABS braking system as I was approaching a main road could not stop at stop sign and kept going my front end of car was hit another vehicle going sb 45 MPH. Very lucky to be alive. Having tech checkout the vehicle.

Filed Jul 20, 2012 · Acceleration · 130,000 miles · CA

While driving on the freeway doing 75 MPH in san francisco, I stepped on the gas pretty hard and let off a second or two later. Right after that the car went into limp mode and would not accelerate at all. I had to go across 3 lanes with no acceleration. Very scary. Pulled over and tried to rev the engine to no avail. I then turned the car off and then started it again and it seemed to act normal. The check engine light flashed for a awhile then went to solid. About two hours later I went to pass another vehicle and it did it again. I pulled over and turned it the vehicle off again. This seems to be a pattern with this car when I push on the peddle to accelerate. Since january of 2012 it has happened a total of 7 times. I brought it to a shop where I was told that there was a voluntary recall campaign for this problem on 2002 nissan maximas. I went to the nissan dealership and was told that my car was not in this recall. My concern is why is it not in this recall when it is clearly displaying what the "other" 2002 nissan maximas are doing?? This vehicle is unsafe for freeways and other fast moving areas. Could someone please help me and let me know what channels I need to go through to get this looked at? I have called the northern region nissan dealer and they were very rude and told me that it was confidential and wouldn't tell me anything. This is my car that drives my family around, I have every right to know what is going on. Has any other complaints come in about this happening to their 2002 model that was not in this recall? I bought this car in january of 2003 with 22,000 miles on her and she now has 134,000. Please help me.

Filed May 27, 2010 · Acceleration · 57,536 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2002 nissan maxima. While driving at approximate speeds of 30 MPH, the contact depressed the accelerator with excessive force, but speed was severely limited. Unknown warning lights were illuminated on the dashboard. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic who reset the warning lights and advised there was a recall for the failure. The vehicle was then taken to a local dealer where he was advised they were unable to diagnose the failure due to the mechanic resetting the failure codes. The dealer also advised his VIN was not included in the federal safety agency campaign id number 02v043000 (vehicle speed control). The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileages were 57,536.

Filed Nov 14, 2007 · Acceleration · 43,000 miles · IL

Tl*the contact owns a 2002 nissan maxima. While making a right turn at 40 MPH, the vehicle failed to accelerate when the accelerator pedal was depressed. The speed decreased dramatically and the RPM's 1500. Soon afterwards, the check engine light illuminated. After at the dealer, the accelerator pedal sensor code appeared. The accelerator pedal sensor was replaced. The contact referenced the federal safety agency campaign id number 02v043000 (vehicle speed control). The current and failure mileages were 43,000. The consumer stated dealer repaired vehicle at the cost of $564.14. Updated 12/04/07

Filed Feb 6, 2007 · Acceleration · 90,000 miles · AL

Tl* - the contact owns a 2002 nissan maxima. The contact believed that recall#02v043000 concerning vehicle speed control: cruise control was related to the failure in this vehicle. While driving at 70 MPH the cruise control engaged unexpectedly. The failure had occurred on 15 occasions. The manufacturer stated that the vehicle was free of recalls. The contact was the second owner of the vehicle. The contact didn't feel safe driving the vehicle due to the failure. The current and failure mileage was 90,000. *ak updated 03/19/07.

Filed Aug 7, 2006 · Acceleration, Suspension · 143,000 miles · GA

Dt*: the contact stated the vehicle lost acceleration while driving at any speed. There was also a knocking sound and abnormal steering which caused the vehicle to wander into the other lane while driving . There was a the federal safety agency recall, # 02v146000, regarding the suspension: front: control arm: lower arm and a the federal safety agency recall # 02v043000 regarding the vehicle speed control. The vehicle was not included in either recall due to the VIN.

Filed Jun 11, 2006 · Acceleration · 53,500 miles · CA · crash

On may 22, 2006 while proceeding to park, my the accelerator would not shut off and the car continued forward until it came in contact with a telephone pole. While researching on the internet for the 2002 nissan maxima's accelerator problems I discovered a recall for the pedal stop sensor. Although my VIN number was not included in the recall I experienced the same problem and experienced a similar problem earlier. At that time I had the necessary repairs made. I feel that other models with different VIN numbers should be included in the recall as this is a very dangerous situation.

Filed Oct 26, 2004 · Acceleration · 28,002 miles · NJ

While stopped for 30 seconds at a red light my 2002 nissan maxima se suddenly accelerated (4000-5000 rpms) and surged forward. My foot was on the brake pedal only. I applied full pressure to the brake and applied the emergency brake. The engine revs dropped down and increased two additional times. When the revs dropped for the third time I quickly put the car into park and shut off the engine. When I turned the car back on the engine ran normally. I was very fortunate that there was adequate distance between myself and the car in front of me. I took the car to a nissan dealer the same morning and no trouble codes or stored data was found in the computer. Nissan headquarters told me a factory rep will come to diagnose my problem only if the car is involved in an accident.