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Nissan Maxima · 2020

1 recall affects this vehicle. Sorted by severity, then date.

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  • Severity pendingNHTSA·20V570000·2020-09-22

    Nissan Recalls 2020 Altima, Maxima, and Leaf for Rear Window Defect

    Nissan is recalling 2020 Altima, Maxima, and Leaf vehicles because the rear window glass may not remain properly secured, increasing crash risk.

    Product
    NISSAN — NISSAN ALTIMA, MAXIMA, LEAF
    Category
    Vehicle
    Distribution
    Distributed nationwide

NHTSA crash-test safety rating

Federal 5-Star Safety Rating from crash testing. This is a separate government program from the recall(s) above — a high star rating says nothing about whether a specific recall has been fixed, and a recall says nothing about crash-test performance.

Source: NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP), a federal crash-test program — not a recall record.

Wider context for this vehicle

Beyond the official recalls above. These are third-party figures derived from NHTSA complaint data — useful signal, but not part of our verified recall record.

Federal investigations

  • EA19002 Engineering Analysis · suspension:rear
  • EA15003 Engineering Analysis · service brakes, hydraulic
  • PE14014 Preliminary Evaluation · service brakes, hydraulic:foundation components:master cylinder
  • DP12004 Defect Petition · power train:automatic transmission:control module (tcm/pcm/tecm)
  • PE08045 Preliminary Evaluation · power train:automatic transmission:cooling unit and lines
  • PE08037 Preliminary Evaluation · electrical system:wiring:front underhood

Complaint clusters with no matching recall

  • 2005 · powertrain 738 complaints, median 86,000 mi
    Includes 2 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2006 · powertrain 372 complaints, median 88,000 mi
  • 2009 · steering 168 complaints, median 65,000 mi
    Includes 1 alleging a fire. Unverified owner allegations from complaint filings — not confirmed by any agency.
  • 2010 · steering 157 complaints, median 67,000 mi
  • 2005 · engine 53 complaints, median 84,000 mi

Technical service bulletins

1,074 manufacturer service bulletins across 18 model years. A TSB is repair guidance to dealers, not a safety recall.

Third-party reliability score

  • 2023: 4.8/5 · 1 complaints
  • 2022: 4.6/5 · 5 complaints
  • 2021: 4.7/5 · 3 complaints
  • 2020: 4.2/5 · 21 complaints · most complained-of: body
  • 2019: 4.2/5 · 18 complaints

This is ProblemsByVin’s own published heuristic (1 worst – 5 best), not an official rating and unrelated to our severity scale.

Data on this panel comes from ProblemsByVin, derived from US NHTSA owner complaints and recalls, and licensed CC BY 4.0. It is not published by a federal agency and is not part of our verified recall record.

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