2005 Nissan Maxima: grinding or squealing brakes

8 of the 948 complaints about the 2005 Nissan Maxima describe grinding or squealing brakes.

owner complaints: 8
of this car's complaints: 1%
typical mileage: 96,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 6 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Grinding or squealing brakes by model year

2017
2
2016
3
2014
1
2012
1
2010
1
2009
20
2008
1
2007
4
2006
14
2005
8
2004
18
2002
4
2001
2
2000
1
1999
1
1998
6
1997
3
1995
1
1994
1
1993
1
1991
3
1990
1

What owners say

Filed Apr 3, 2017 · Brakes · 96,000 miles · IL

Brake ABS system failure. Subframe rust breaks the anti-lock brake system (ABS) and renders the ABS brake, traction control, and vehicle dynamic control systems inoperable. The slip, brake, vdc off (tcs off) lights all illuminate on the vehicle dashboard, notifying the driver of this problem. Further investigation into the problem demonstrates that the ABS sensors and/or ABS actuator fail on the vehicle due to a design defect that promotes excessive rust accumulation on ABS components. The ABS sensor failures disable all ABS, traction control, and vehicle dynamic control systems. Driver and occupant safety is severely compromised due to the vehicle's significantly diminished steering and accident avoidance capability during emergency braking and crash avoidance situations (especially skid situations) due to the non-functioning ABS, traction control, and vehicle dynamic control systems. Nissan is aware of the ABS brake, traction control, and vehicle dynamic control system failures and the cause, but requests to nissan to fix the systems are denied. Nissan has documented the problem in tsb ntb07-016(b) which shows nissan has been aware of this problem since at least march 16, 2007. Nissan's tsb documentation shows how to correct the design defect on the vehicle by grinding the subframe and replacing defective parts with nissan redesigned parts.

Filed Jul 4, 2016 · Airbags, Body · 175,000 miles · IN · crash · 3 injuries

"tamara inflators" seat belts didn't lock or light did not come on. Smashed body all the way to back seat bottom to ground. Engine was idling very high felt/sound as if we were going 60 but only was going 40. No air bags came on. Brakes grinding. Back window blew out and tires flat in back.. Windows slow on drivers side. When the sheriff tahoe hit us at 80mph on u.s. 40 greenfield in was in the shop at j&m truck an trailer on the west side of indianapolis having the oil leaked fixed and tires all fixed and rotors and lights by [xxx] a couple months prior. I had my little girl in the back seat as well where sheriff hit and ran. I uploaded a before and after picture. Vin#[xxx] information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).

Filed Dec 12, 2014 · Engine · 151,000 miles · IL

Every time the car is started, there is a grinding, metal-on-metal sound from the engine. We assume that it is the timing chain that is making this noise since this motor uses plastic parts in the timing chain assy.

Filed Feb 8, 2013 · Brakes, Driver assistance · 65,000 miles · MD

Failure in ABS system. Abs, tcs, and slip warning lights show after the occurring sound of grinding in the brakes. Apparently this is a known problem in 2004 - 2007 maximas. There is a tsb floating all over the internet documenting the problem and possible repair procedures. Dealer wants close to 3k for a known issue!!!

Filed Aug 28, 2012 · Transmission · 75,000 miles · VA

Transmissions jerks really hard then grinds while driving (taking off) until it eventually does it every time I try to drive it and is now parked due to it possibly causing an accident. The jerking started at 75,000 miles every now and then until it became consistent up to 127,000 miles then parked!

Filed Mar 3, 2011 · Transmission · IL

Nissan has a huge transmission problem. It seems to be a serious and common problem with 2005 nissan maxima cars! My maxima was jerking between 1st 2nd and 3rd gears, rpms reaching 4 during shifting, hard jerks in down shifting; a 5 sec pause when putting the car into reverse or drive, I also heard grinding noise when shifting. This occurred on a daily bases.I had to pay $3,500 for a rebuilt trans. Nissan headquarters refuse to; look at my car...at that time I only had 95,000 miles nissan said my warranty expired. Nissan told me I wasn't a true customer because I wasn't getting my oil changed by them on a regular basis. (I paid my car off in full in 2005 how devoted is that) nissan needs to take responsiblity for this faulty transmission. I will never ever buy another nissan again. On top of all that my ABS system is completely gone it's too much to repair.

Filed Mar 1, 2011 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · AL

2005 nissan maxima transmission problems. It seems to be a serious and common problem with this car! My maxima is jerking between 1st 2nd and 3rd gears, rpms reaching 4 during shifting, hard jerks in down shifting as well. A 5 sec pause when putting the car into reverse or drive! A grinding noise when shifting. This occurs on a daily bases! Very unhappy with nissan, they refuse to pay for a new transmission. Nissan needs to take responsiblity for this faulty transmission. I will never buy another nissan and I make sure that I tell everyone to buy toyota or honda!

Filed Dec 27, 2010 · Brakes · 90,000 miles · 00

Failure in ABS, tcs, slip. Warning lights show after the occurring sound of grinding in the brakes. This is my second maxima, 2005 se and sl models have problems. Both cars have different odometer, one is below 100k and one is higher. This is ridiculous for a 30+k car.