2018 Nissan Maxima defect investigations

Investigations by NHTSA’s Office of Defects Investigation that name the 2018 Nissan Maxima. An investigation is how complaints can become a recall: complaints → investigation → (sometimes) TSB → recall.

• Rear Suspension Control Arm Failure
  Engineering Analysis EA19002 · opened Jul 29, 2019 · closed Jun 16, 2025

  On July 29, 2019, the Office of Defects Investigation (ODI) opened EA19002 to investigate instances of alleged rear lower control arm failures in 2013-2018 Nissan Altima and 2016-2018 Nissan Maxima vehicles. At the time the investigation was opened ODI had 91 consumer complaints alleging rear lower control arm failures…