2012 Nissan Maxima: doors won't lock, open or latch

5 of the 107 complaints about the 2012 Nissan Maxima describe doors won't lock, open or latch.

owner complaints: 5
of this car's complaints: 5%
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 1 service bulletin covers this area of the car. See below

Doors won't lock, open or latch by model year

2020
1
2017
2
2012
5
2011
1
2010
2
2009
3
2007
2
2005
6
2004
6
2003
3
2002
2
2000
2
1999
1
1997
1
1996
1
1995
1
1994
1
1993
1
1992
2
1990
2

What owners say

Filed Apr 3, 2022 · Electrical · UT

Pressing door lock/unlock button on the door handles fails to lock/unlock all doors consistently. Rear door locks respond intermittently or not at all. Driver door often takes four button pushes to get it to unlock. Although it hasn't happened to me, I've heard other drivers mention difficulty getting into the gas cap (it locks when driver's door is locked). This issue has occurred in the last 6 months.

Filed Apr 13, 2018 · Electrical · 58,000 miles · CT

My driver side door the door lock intermittently works. It some times locks and doesn't unlock or doesn't lock at all. Recently it is working less often. Now the back door on the driver side stopped working too. The other day my 6 year got locked in the car and had to unbuckle his car seat to unlock the door. Luckily he wasn't an infant. I read on line that many people are having trouble with their door locks in nissan/infinity cars.

Filed Feb 22, 2016 · Electrical · 82,000 miles · TX

The door lock actuators do not work and this requires me to ensure my doors are locked manually. The cost to repair is expensive and should be the responsibility of nissan because it is apparently a defect. This defect is a security risk for potential theft and personal injury to the nissan owner.

Filed Feb 19, 2016 · Electrical · 57,000 miles · VA

2012 maxima s with door lock/unlock problem. Noticed it about a month ago. Key fob wouldn't lock/unlock the doors. Then about a week later the door lock/unlock button started working sporadically. A few days ago when dropping my daughter off for school she had trouble opening the back door to get out. Not only is this frustrating but now it's a safety hazard as well. As of right now my doors would not lock this morning. This is very frustrating and unsafe especially since there has been car breakins in my neighborhood. I have not taken the car in yet to officially see what the problem is.

Filed Feb 13, 2016 · Electrical · 65,000 miles · TX

All 4 door lock actuators fail at the same time. Door lock switch and remote fail to lock or unlock the doors and the issue started on all 4 doors on the same day with no reason as to why.