1990 Nissan Maxima power train problems
10 owner complaints filed with NHTSA name the power train on the 1990 Nissan Maxima — 9% of all complaints for this model year.
What owners report
“Automatic transmission is not able to shift into reverse. Apparently this is a very common problem with nissan maxima's manufactured between 1989-1994. Many maxima owners have had their transmissions fail and have had to replace the transmission more than once in their nissan maxima's.*ak”
filed Apr 23, 2004
“The window problem I have seems to be with a lot of this car model. Each time I had a window fixed, it cost me $220.00. It seems to me that this is a defect that nissan should be paying for. Other than this problem my other with the transmisson just started and I do have 100,000 miles on the car. I…”
filed Oct 26, 2000
Verbatim excerpts from complaints filed with NHTSA. Reports are not independently verified.
Power Train problems in other Maxima years
| Year | Reports | Share |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 Maxima | 2 | 10% |
| 2018 Maxima | 1 | 3% |
| 2017 Maxima | 11 | 11% |
| 2016 Maxima | 33 | 23% |
| 2014 Maxima | 21 | 22% |
| 2013 Maxima | 24 | 39% |
| 2012 Maxima | 18 | 17% |
| 2011 Maxima | 22 | 21% |
| 2010 Maxima | 15 | 5% |
| 2009 Maxima | 11 | 3% |
| 2008 Maxima | 8 | 10% |
| 2007 Maxima | 16 | 12% |
Other reported problem areas on the 1990 Nissan Maxima
Counts are unique NHTSA complaints naming this component group. Complaints are unverified owner reports; mileage is computed only from complaints that included a usable odometer reading.