1998 NISSAN MAXIMA

I WISH TO RECEIVE REIMBURSEMENT FOR OUT-OF-POCKET COST OF REPAIR AND INSTALLATION OF NEW PARTS FOR THE VEHICLES ALTERNATOR HAVING CAUGHT ON FIRE. ON OR ABOUT NOVEMBER 24, 2014, MY REQUEST WAS SUBMITTED TO NISSAN OF NORTH PER NISSAN MANUFACTURERS RECALL INSTRUCTIONS. THE RECALL ISSUED IN 2001 WAS STILL OPEN ON THE VEHICLE BY VIN NUMBER. ALL PERTINENT DOCUMENTATION WAS PROVIDED BY FAX AND PHONE TO THE NISSAN SAFETY COMPLAINT UNIT. AS INSTRUCTED BY THE INVESTIGATING AGENT, THE VEHICLE WAS TAKE

Mileage: 155,418

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 10 MPH, SMOKE STARTED TO EMIT FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. THE VEHICLE WAS MERGED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE CONTACT NOTICED THE PRESENCE OF FIRE COMING FROM THE ALTERNATOR. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO EXTINGUISH THE FIRE. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACT'S RESIDENCE. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND INDICATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID NUMBER: 02V171000 (ELECTRICAL

Mileage: 170,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH AND TRAVELED OVER A PATCH OF ICE. THE VEHICLE THEN SPUN AROUND AND THE CONTACT LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT ATTEMPTED TO APPLY THE BRAKES BUT THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESPOND. THE CONTACT CRASHED HEAD FIRST INTO AN UNKNOWN OBJECT AND THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED A FRACTURED KNEE AND WAS TRANSPORTED TO THE HOSPITAL. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE POLICE WERE PRESENT ON SCENE AND A POLICE REPOR

Mileage: 150,000

WAS DRIVING A (BOUGHT NEW) 1998 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH OPTIONAL SIDE AIR BAGS ON LEATHER SEATS IN APR 2003. THE SIDE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY AFTER A SIDE IMPACT FROM LEFT TO RIGHT ON FRONT BUMPER AND LEFT FRONT WHEEL. THE CAR WAS TOTALED BY ACCIDENT. I SUFFER FROM NECK INJURY FROM HITTING THE DRIVER DOOR PILLAR (BY SEAT BELT ADJUSTER). HAD CERVICAL FUSION OF C4 & C5 IN THE NECK. NOW SUFFER A LIFETIME OF PAIN AND NUMBNESS. *TR

Mileage: 40,000

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1998 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED SMOKE RISING FROM UNDER THE HOOD OF THE VEHICLE. HE SHUT THE VEHICLE OFF WHEN HE ARRIVED HOME AND IT FAILED TO RESTART. HE INSPECTED THE VEHICLE AND DETERMINED THAT THE ALTERNATOR FAILED. THE MANUFACTURER STATED THAT HIS VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED IN NHTSA CAMPAIGN NUMBER 02V171000 (ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR). THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 69,000.

Mileage: 69,000

ON 30 NOVEMBER 2006 I STARTED THE CAR WHICH THEN QUIT RUNNING AND STARTED SMOKING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. I COULD SEE THE ALTERNATOR WAS BURNING SO I PULLED THE BATTERY CABLE TO STOP THE FIRE. DAMAGE AFFECTED THE ALTERNATOR, ELECTRICAL CONNECTOR AND SOME WIRING. I DISCOVERED THERE WAS A RECALL FOR DEFECTIVE ALTERNATORS ON THIS VEHICLE. MY ALTERNATOR FAILURE APPEARS TO BE THE SAME AS THE FAILURES COVERED BY THE NHTSA CAMPAIGN ID 02V171000 DATED JUNE 24, 2002. I CONTACTED NISSAN ON DECEMBER 1, 2

Mileage: 125,996

DT*: THE CONTACT STATED THE ALTERNATOR CAUGHT ON FIRE. THERE IS AN NHTSA RECALL, # 02V171000 REGARDING THE ELECTRICAL SYSTEM: ALTERNATOR/GENERATOR/REGULATOR. THE VEHICLE HAS THE SAME PROBLEMS AS INDICATED IN THE RECALL; HOWEVER IT IS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO THE VIN. *AK

Mileage: 113,000

ON THURSDAY, MARCH 16, 2006 AT APPROXIMATELY 10:15AM I WENT OUT TO MY DRIVEWAY AND STARTED MY 1998 NISSAN MAXIMA. UPON STARTING THERE WAS A TERRIBLE GRINDING NOISE. I TURNED THE CAR OFF AND RESTATED IT AT WHICH TIME THE CAR BEGAN SMOKING. I DROVE THE CAR DIRECTLY TO MY INDEPENDENT SERVICE STATION (APPROXIMATELY 1/4 MILE ) FOR THEM TO CHECK THE VEHICLE. UPON OPENING THE HOOD, WE OBSERVED FIRE, WHICH WAS EXTINGUISHED. FURTHER OBSERVATION CONFIRMED THAT THE ALTERNATOR HAD CAUGHT FIRE AND THE S

DT: THE CONTACT STATED WHILE PULLING OUT OF THE DRIVEWAY THE ALTERNATOR CAUGHT ON FIRE, AND THE FIRE WAS IMMEDIATELY EXTINGUISHED. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN TAKEN TO DEALERSHIP YET FOR INSPECTION. THE ALTERNATOR WAS REPLACED PRIOR TO THIS INCIDENT UNDER NHTSA RECALL 02V171000 .THE MANUFACTURER HAS AGREED TO FIX THE VEHICLE UNDER THE RECALL. THE REPAIRS HAVE NOT MADE. *AK

Mileage: 103,000

DT: THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE ALTERNATOR, HOWEVER, NISSAN STATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AND COULD HEAR A SOUND AND VIEWED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW FIRE IN MIDDLE OF THE ALTERNATOR. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 15, 2005. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER KEPT THE BAD ALTERNATOR. *AK RECALL CAMPAIGN# 02V171000. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE A

Mileage: 64,336

DT: THERE IS A RECALL FOR THE ALTERNATOR, HOWEVER, NISSAN STATED THIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE AND COULD HEAR A SOUND AND VIEWED SMOKE COMING FROM UNDER THE HOOD. THE CONSUMER OPENED THE HOOD AND SAW FIRE IN MIDDLE OF THE ALTERNATOR. THIS HAPPENED ON AUGUST 15, 2005. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE CONSUMER KEPT THE BAD ALTERNATOR. *AK RECALL CAMPAIGN# 02V171000. THE CONSUMER REQUESTED REIMBURSEMENT FOR THE REPLACEMENT OF THE A

Mileage: 64,336

VEHICLE CAUGHT ON FIRE. RECALL 02V171000 WAS ISSUED. CONSUMER WAS TOLD THAT HIS VEHICLE WAS NOT INCLUDED IN THE RECALL DUE TO VIN. *AK WHEN THE CONSUMER STARTED THE VEHICLE HE NOTICED SMOKE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. AS THE HOOD WAS OPENED FIRE WAS SEEN BURNING INSIDE THE ALTERNATOR. AFTER TESTING THE ALTERNATOR RESULTS CONFIRMED THAT THE MALFUNTION TO BE IDENTICAL WITH THE BASIS OF THE RECALL CAMPAIGN. THE DEALER REPLACED THE FAULTYALTERNATOR WITH A NEW ONE. *TC

ACCIDENT OCCURRING ON 8/29/2004 DUE TO B. F. GOODRICH TIRE, P225/55TR17 BLOWING OUT ON THE HIGHWAY.*AK

Mileage: 78,282

VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AND SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. VEHICLE CROSSED THE INTERSECTION AND HIT TWO RESIDENTIAL WALLS, WENT THROUGH A LAWN, AND HIT A LAMP POST. THE IMPACT FROM THE LAMP POST CAUSED THE VEHICLE TO TURN OVER ON ITS SIDE. THE DRIVER DIED ON IMPACT. *AK

Mileage: 98,000

1998 NISSAN MAXIMA , VIN # [XXX] . I CHECK THE RECALL VIN # ON THIS VEHICLE AND IT WAS NOT IN THE RANGE OF #'S. BUT MY ALTERNATOR STARTED ON FIRE IN MY DRIVEWAY WHEN I STARTED IT UP THAT NIGHT. IT DID EVERYTHING THE RECALL STATED IT WOULD. I AM CALLING THE DEALER TOMORROW TO SEE IF ITS COVERED. *JB UPDATED 07/26/2012 *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

Mileage: 135,000

LETTER ON BEHALF OF ANTHONY A ABELE CONCERNING NON DEPLOYMENT OF FRONT AND SIDE AIR BAGS DURING A CRASH INVOLVING 1998, NISSAN MAXIMA. *AK

WHILE LOOKING UNDER HOOD PRESSURE SYSTEM FAILED, CAUSING HOOD TO FALL, AND CAUSING INJURY.*AK

DIAGNOSE FROM NISSAN ELMWOOD FOR $39.22 STATES: " A CK FOG LAMP BURNT BY IGNITION WIRING WHOEVER INSTALLED ALARM SYSTEM IN VEHICLE TAPPED INTO HARNESS NEAR IGNITION AND LEFT WIRES BARE AND AFTER TIME THESE WIRES TOUCH AND BURNT. BRING VEHICLE BACK TO WHOEVER INSTALLED ALARM SYSTEM INTO VEHICLE FOR REPAIRS!!!". I BROUGHT MY CAR TO NISSAN ROUTE 22 WERE I HAD ALARM INSTALLED. THEY WANT TO CHARGE ME FOR DIAGNOSES AND PERHAPS REPAIRS THEN. I BOUGHT NEW CAR FROM NISSAN DEALER, DID ALL REPAIRS AND MAI

VEHICLE WAS PARKED WHEN IT STARTED SMOKING, CONSUMER CHECKED UNDER THE HOOD AND NOTICED A FIRE. FIRE WAS EXTINGUISHED, AND VEHICLE TOWED TO DEALERSHIP. DEALER STATED THAT FRONT FUEL INJECTOR WAS LEAKING. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER DETAILS.*AK

AFTER PUTTING THE CAR IN REVERSE THE TRANSMISSION FLUID DRAINED FROM THE BACK END AND THE THE CAR ACCELERATED FORWARD I HIT A BUILDING. THERE IS OVER $8000.00 DAMAGES TO THE CAR AND THE DEALER REFUSES TO TOTAL THE VEHICLE AND REPLACE THE VEHICLE FOR ME. THIS VEHICLE IS A LEASED VEHICLE AND BECAUSE THE CAR ACCELERATED ON ITS OWN AND AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT AGAIN. ALSO THE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY AND THE CAR WAS GOING 35 MILES PER HOUR WITH IT HIT THE BUILDING. I AM TRYING TO JUST GET THE DEALER T