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2018 NISSAN MAXIMA — Complaint #1885845

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NHTSA Complaint about FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: SENSING SYSTEM: RADAR filed April 6, 2023

NHTSA complaint #1885845 (ODI reference 11515788) concerns a 2018 NISSAN MAXIMA and was filed on April 6, 2023. The owner reports the failure occurred on November 1, 2022. The vehicle had 94,000 miles on the odometer at the time of the incident. The report was geocoded to Texas based on the filer's self-reported location. The affected component is categorized as forward collision avoidance: sensing system: radar, one of NHTSA's standardized taxonomy codes used to group defect patterns across make, model, and year.

The filer flagged the following severity indicators: crash: no, fire: no, injuries: 0, fatalities: 0. No crash, fire, or fatality was associated with this report, which places it in the early-warning stream rather than the priority-review stream. Because a VIN was supplied, this complaint is tied to a specific vehicle and not just a model-year cohort.

Individual complaints are consumer-submitted and unverified by NHTSA engineers — the agency's role at this stage is to collect, index, and make them searchable. What matters for federal action is the pattern: when many owners of the same NISSAN MAXIMA cohort independently describe similar forward collision avoidance: sensing system: radar failures, defect investigators have grounds to open a PE and request manufacturer data. Related filings for the same vehicle and component appear below, and the detail page for the full 2018 NISSAN MAXIMA shows the complete component-level complaint distribution alongside any active investigations or recalls.

Vehicle
2018 NISSAN MAXIMA
Component
FORWARD COLLISION AVOIDANCE: SENSING SYSTEM: RADAR
State
Texas
Mileage
94,000 mi

Complaint Description

The contact owns a 2018 Nissan Maxima. The contact stated that while driving at various speeds, the "Front Radar Obstruction Unavailable" message was displayed on the instrument panel. The vehicle independently slowed down without depression the brake pedal. As a result of the failure, several electrical features including the Forward Collision and Lane Keep Assist safety features failed to operate as needed. Neither the dealer nor the manufacturer was notified of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 94,000.

Complaint Details

NHTSA Complaint ID 1885845
ODI Number 11515788
Date Filed April 6, 2023
Failure Date November 1, 2022
VIN 1N4AA6AP8JC

Source: NHTSA Vehicle Complaints Database. Component taxonomy and severity codes are standardized by NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.