Nissan Maxima tire blowout problems

Filed Oct 7, 2019 · Suspension, Transmission · 160,000 miles · KY

I've had my car for a little over a year and only one owner before me, it has been maintained well. My car has been making a noise for months now so I finally took it to a dealership (on august 3, 2019) and was told nothing was wrong. Not even a week later it broke down almost 2 hours from my house. Other than the knocking noise (which including a popping noise), uneven tire wear (had a blow out on 65 3 hours from home), it started not accelerating when I was at a stop sign or light. It still runs, but I've spent over $500 within a months time trying to receive answers and haven't yet. I see recalls for other years as in the suspension/strut insulator cracking. Also, I've seen other complaints about transmissions slipping and nissan not wanting to fix them. I am now expecting my first child and have no form of transportation due to nissan and their dealerships not knowing basic car knowledge nor wanting their customers safe and satisfied.

Filed Oct 6, 2018 · Body, Visibility · 26,500 miles · NY

While driving on a straight, flat, and smooth stretch of highway in nassau county, ny, I heard a sudden loud explosion. I first assumed it was a tire failure, but the car continued straight and true without any vibration, shaking, or erratic movement of any kind. I pulled over onto the shoulder and upon inspection, I saw that the front portion of the panoramic sunroof had a large hole directly in the center and was shattered, with bits of glass from the explosion resting on the still closed sunshade. The incident occurred on a parkway where no commercial traffic is allowed, and it was just after 7:30am on saturday, october 6th, 2018 so traffic volume was extremely light, almost nonexistent in either direction. There were no other vehicles traveling ahead of me, next to me, or behind me within any close proximity. I was traveling eastbound at or below the posted speed limit of 55 MPH.

Filed Aug 14, 2017 · Suspension · 147,000 miles · MS

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan maxima. While driving 45 MPH over a bump in the road, the contact's husband heard a pop sound coming from the wheels. The contact stated that the front driver's side tire exploded without warning and the passenger side tire wires were exposed. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic who diagnosed that the strut assembly needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 147,000.

Filed Mar 17, 2017 · Wheels · 8,000 miles · NC

My son purchased this vehicle new 2016 nissan maxima on 11-14-2015. He is in the military and now resides in el paso, tx. As he was driving on the interstate his tire blew out. At that time he had about 8000 miles. He contacted nissan was told the warranty didn't cover tires and he had to purchase a new tire. This 1st instance occurred in june 2016. The 2nd tire blow out occurred in november 2016. The 3rd instance occurred march 2017.

Filed Jul 7, 2016 · Steering · 79,521 miles · TX

From the time I purchased the vehicle in 12/2015, I've had nothing but major problems with my steering. It yanks me all over the road and I have to fight the steering to keep from hitting other cars next to me. It's a nightmare every time I have to drive it and it's had 3 blowouts on the right front tire. My mechanic can;t seem to find the problem with it. He suggested putting 4 brand new tires on the car to see it it helps. It did not help one bit, when the roads are wet it's like driving on glass, I'm so afraid this car is going to kill me. Also, I can't keep buying a new tire for the front right every couple of months. Something is definitely wrong with this car, is there anybody out there that can help me before this car kills me and possibly someone else.

Filed Jan 9, 2016 · 88,700 miles · AZ

While driving home from work tonight on a remote stretch of highway my panoramic sunroof suddenly exploded out of nowhere. I was driving about 50 MPH and the outside temperature was about 45-50 degrees so I also had the heater on inside. I had the sunshade open but the tilting portion of the roof closed. Nothing out of the ordinary and there was no traffic near me that could have caused any debris to hit the roof. All of a sudden the loudest bang, initially scaring me so bad I almost lost control of the vehicle and then glass was flying around everywhere. It was so loud I thought at first I had a blowout for split second until then the glass hit me and the wind starting coming in from the gaping hole in the roof. It literally sounded like a gunshot or cannon went off in my car. Luckily none of the glass injured me and even more luckily my daughter was not with me as she would have been hit by the flying glass. I had to close the sunshade and drive home the remaining distance at a much slower speed but luckily did so without incident. I took several pictures once safely home, and as you can see it appears as if the glass bubbled up, almost like from inside air pressure causing the explosion. My first thoughts are that maybe the cold air outside and warm air inside? It is the front panel that opens that has the damage and the rear panel is fully intact. This was an intense experience that I hope to never have happen to anyone else.

Filed Nov 14, 2014 · Tires · 91,000 miles · OH

Tl* the contact owns a 2000 nissan maxima equipped with cooper artic claw-vanderbilt tires, size: 215/55/r16. While driving 55 MPH, an abnormal noise emitted from the rear passenger side of the vehicle. The vehicle was merged to the side of the road where the contact noticed that the rear passenger side tire blew out. The tire was replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The VIN was unavailable. The approximate vehicle failure mileage was 91,000 and the tire failure mileage was 10,000.

Filed Aug 18, 2014 · Tires · 46,842 miles · LA

On july 8, 2014 (10 days after the tires were purchased and only the 4th time I had driven on the new tires) I was driving my son to physical therapy (about 15 miles away) on the interstate in baton rouge, the car was feeling a lil shaky but I thought it was the road conditions knowing I had just purchased new tires. When we were returning home my tire light came on and I stopped to look at the tires. I got out looked for a flat did not see any low tires and then returned to driving home. When I entered the interstate my car began to shake again and I stayed at a 50 MPH speed just hoping to make it home, after about 5 miles the tire blew out and started slapping the side of my car, I was losing control of the car with my 10 year old as a passenger. I was able to make it to the shoulder of the interstate safely but very scared and confused. As I examined the damage I could not understand what happened to the tire, it was unrolled from the rim, it was peeled in a strip. I was now stranded on the interstate with my child in over 100 degree temperature. We returned the tire to sams club where we purchased it, they ordered me a new tire and told us to call goodyear about the damaged tire, the service center said they had never seen a tire peel off the rim like that one. We filed a claim just as good year advised us to do and shipped the damaged tire. At this point I am driving on a spare tire and have damage to my car that was in perfect condition. I had to take a day off work to get 2 quotes for the damage and I received a letter in the mail stating that the tire was not defective. The goodyear customer service agent was rude and the most unhelpful person I have ever spoken with! I am a hard working middle class american woman and this is the most unjust thing I have ever encountered. I am mentally afraid to drive my car for a long distance and now I have to continue to drive a damaged car. Goodyear is the worst company I have ever had dealings with. Please help!

Filed Jul 16, 2014 · Tires · 80,000 miles · AR

Tl* the contact owns a 2009 nissan maxima with kumho ecsta 4x tires, size 245/40/19. The contact stated the tire walls cracked and were cracking across the tread. The tires were taken to a dealer, who stated that the failure did not constitute a hazard. The contact replaced the tires. The vehicle was not taken to a dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle failure mileage was 80,000. The tire failure mileage was 30,000. Updated 8/27/14*cn updated 09/17/2014

Filed May 14, 2013 · Tires · 124,856 miles · AR

I own a 2007 nissan maxima. Coming home from a trip that lasted approximately 60 miles, I turned onto my street after about another mile I went over a bump, and it sounded like I had scrapped the bottom of the vehicle. I continued on. Within the next 500 feet or so the car began to pull extremely hard to the right. Knowing what a tire failure feels like, I immediately pulled over and got out. To my amazement my right rear tire had lost all air within seconds. If I had been traveling on the highway like I previously stated I would have spun out. After changing the tire I examined the flat and observed that the tire had two pieces of tread "torn" out of the tire in two separate locations. The first would be at approximately 2 o'clock and the second at 9 o'clock. Not directly parallel to each other. The tire had not been worn on the inside where the tread failed, so I deemed it not to be a chassis problem with the car. I have photos of the tire and still have it at this moment.