2000 NISSAN MAXIMA

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

CERTAIN PRO-A MOTORS CORNER LAMPS, TURN SIGNALS, AND HEADLIGHTS SOLD AS REPLACEMENT LAMPS FOR USE ON CERTAIN PASSENGER VEHICLES LISTED ABOVE. SOME COMBINATION LAMPS THAT ARE NOT EQUIPPED WITH AMBER SIDE REFLECTORS FAIL TO CONFORM TO FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, LAMPS, REFLECTIVE D

EXTERIOR LIGHTING:HEADLIGHTS

DOPE, INC. IS RECALLING 42,540 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES

EXTERIOR LIGHTING

SABERSPORT IS RECALLING 16,270 COMBINATION CORNER AND BUMPER LAMP ASSEMBLIES OF VARIOUS PART NUMBERS SOLD FOR USE AS AFTERMARKET EQUIPMENT FOR VARIOUS PASSENGER VEHICLES. THESE HEADLAMPS FAIL TO CONFORM TO THE REQUIREMENTS OF FEDERAL MOTOR VEHICLE SAFETY STANDARD NO. 108, "LAMPS, REFLECTIVE DEVICES

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE DRIVER WAS DRIVING AT 55 MPH, CONSCIOUSNESS WAS LOST AND AS A RESULT, THE DRIVER CRASHED INTO THE REAR END OF A TRACTOR TRAILER. THE AIR BAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED BACK AND WHIPLASH INJURIES THAT REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN IMPOUND LOT. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS

Mileage: 180,000

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH, ANOTHER VEHICLE CAME INTO THE CONTACT'S PATH WHICH RESULTED IN A CRASH. THE AIR BAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE CONTACT SUSTAINED UNKNOWN INJURIES THAT DID NOT REQUIRE MEDICAL ATTENTION. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED AND TOWED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 153,000.

Mileage: 153,000

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. MOTORCYCLES EVERYWHERE. TRAFFIC. IM IN THE FAR LANE ON THE BELTWAY AND MY EXITS COMING UP. MOTORCYCLES EVERYWHERE. HEAVY TRAFFIC TOO BUT ITS MOVING. I CANT CUT OFF THE MOTORCYCLES. SO I WAIT TO PASS THEM. IM MERGING, LOOKING TO THE SIDE, LOOKING BEHIND ME. I WASN'T PAYING TO MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS COMING UP IN FRONT OF ME. I MEAN, WHAT ELSE IS THERE BUT CARS IN FRONT OF ME. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR RIGHT? SO I THOUGHT. I MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE

Mileage: 165,000

MEMORIAL DAY WEEKEND. MOTORCYCLES EVERYWHERE. TRAFFIC. IM IN THE FAR LANE ON THE BELTWAY AND MY EXITS COMING UP. MOTORCYCLES EVERYWHERE. HEAVY TRAFFIC TOO BUT ITS MOVING. I CANT CUT OFF THE MOTORCYCLES. SO I WAIT TO PASS THEM. IM MERGING, LOOKING TO THE SIDE, LOOKING BEHIND ME. I WASN'T PAYING TO MUCH ATTENTION TO WHAT WAS COMING UP IN FRONT OF ME. I MEAN, WHAT ELSE IS THERE BUT CARS IN FRONT OF ME. THAT'S ALL I NEED TO WATCH OUT FOR RIGHT? SO I THOUGHT. I MADE IT ALL THE WAY TO THE

Mileage: 165,000

DRIVER AND PASSENGER NORTHBOUND ON I-805 REAR ENDED A DODGE DURANGO SUV @ 50-60 MPH 6:30 AM; BOTH DRIVER AND PASSENGER AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY; BOTH TAKEN BY AMBULANCE TO HOSPITAL EMERGENCY ROOM FOR MINOR INJURIES; VEHICLE IRREPAIRABLE AND TOTAL LOSS.

MY NISSAN WAS PARKED ON THE STREET ABOUT 11:00 PM. THE FOLLOWING MORNING, JUST BEFORE 7:00 AM, I HAD KNOCKING AT MY DOOR AND IT WAS THE FIREMAN WANTING THE KEYS TO MY CAR SO THEY COULD ACCESS THE LATCH TO OPEN THE HOOD. SMOKE WAS COMING OUT OF THE SIDES OF THE HOOD AND THE FIREMEN WERE ALREADY SPRAYING MY HOOD AS THE ENGINE WAS ON FIRE. SINCE THE LATCH DID NOT WORK, AN ELECTRIC SAW WAS USED TO OPEN IT. THE ENGINE WAS DOUSED WITH THE FIRE HOSE TILL THE SMOKE STOPPED. YOU COULD SEE THAT THE W

Mileage: 137,000

ON APRIL 1, 2010, MY DAUGHTER WAS WAITING IN MY VEHICLE FOR ME TO LEAVE WORK, AS I APPROACHED THE CAR I NOTICED SMOKE COMING OUT OF THE HOOD, MY DAUGHTER WAS IN THE CAR, WHEN SAW ME APPROACHING THE CAR SHE EXITED THE CAR AND STOOD IN FRONT OF THE CAR TO OPEN HOOD OF CAR, ONE OF MY COWORKERS YELLED THE CAR WAS ON FIRE POINTING AT THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR. I NOTICED FLAMES COMING OUT FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE CAR, I YELLED FOR MY DAUGHTER TO STAY CLEAR FROM THE CAR, I PHONED 911 IMMEDIATELY, MY CAR WAS

Mileage: 92,000

WE WERE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AND HAD ABOUT 5 FEET TO GO BEFORE THE CAR WAS PARKED. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN FURTHER. SUDDENLY THE CAR ENGINE REVVED AND THE CAR TOOK OFF. I PRESSED HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, NOT THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T STOP. I TURNED THE WHEEL TO AVOID HITTING THE BUILDING IN FRONT OF ME, BUT HIT THE ADJACENT RESTAURANT INSTEAD. THE CAR CRASHED INTO THE RESTAURANT WALL AND SENT A LARGE REFRIGERATOR CRASHING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RO

Mileage: 87,000

WE WERE DRIVING IN A PARKING LOT AND HAD ABOUT 5 FEET TO GO BEFORE THE CAR WAS PARKED. I DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL AND THE CAR SLOWED DOWN FURTHER. SUDDENLY THE CAR ENGINE REVVED AND THE CAR TOOK OFF. I PRESSED HARD ON THE BRAKE PEDAL, NOT THE GAS PEDAL, BUT THE CAR WOULDN'T STOP. I TURNED THE WHEEL TO AVOID HITTING THE BUILDING IN FRONT OF ME, BUT HIT THE ADJACENT RESTAURANT INSTEAD. THE CAR CRASHED INTO THE RESTAURANT WALL AND SENT A LARGE REFRIGERATOR CRASHING TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RO

Mileage: 87,000

I WAS INVOLVED IN A 50MPH COLLISION WITH DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND DRIVERS SIDE. FRONTAL AIRBAGS AND SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY RESULTING IN CHEST INJURIES, UPPER TORSO INJURIES, AND NECK INJURIES. SEATBELTS ALSO FAILED TO LOCK. HAVE NOT HEARD BACK ABOUT WHY THE FAILURE OCCURRED. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

I WAS INVOLVED IN A 50MPH COLLISION WITH DAMAGE TO THE FRONT AND DRIVERS SIDE. FRONTAL AIRBAGS AND SIDE AIRBAGS FAILED TO DEPLOY RESULTING IN CHEST INJURIES, UPPER TORSO INJURIES, AND NECK INJURIES. SEATBELTS ALSO FAILED TO LOCK. HAVE NOT HEARD BACK ABOUT WHY THE FAILURE OCCURRED. *TR

Mileage: 50,000

MY HUSBAND WAS DRIVING THE VEHICLE WHEN HE HEARD A POP AND SAW SMOKE COMING FROM THE CAR. HE PULLED TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD WHERE THE CAR BECAME ENGULFED IN FLAMES. THE FIREMAN THAT PUT OUT THE FIRE SEEMED TO THINK THE FIRE WAS CAUSED BY A FUEL LINE THAT BURST. *JB

Mileage: 136,000

WHILE TRAVELING CONSUMER WAS INVOLVED IN A HEAD ON COLLISION, WHEREBY, ANOTHER DRIVER CROSSED THE MEDIAN AT 60 MPH. CONSUMER AND PASSENGERS WERE INJURED BECAUSE THERE WAS NO AIR BAG DEPLOYMENT. THE DRIVER RECEIVED MULTIPLE INJURIES TO INCLUDE HIS HEAD, NECK, AND RIBS. THE FRONT PASSENGER SUSTAINED A BROKEN FINGER, AND HER KNEES STRUCK THE DASH. ALSO, BOTH REAR PASSENGERS SUSTAINED INJURES. ALL WERE TRANSFERRED VIA AMBULANCE TO A HOSPITAL. *AK *BF *NM

Mileage: 52,000

WHILE CONSUMER WAS IN A PARKING LOT LOOKING FOR A SPACE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. IT HIT A CONCRETE WALL BEFORE STOPPING. CONSUMER INDICATED THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, BUT THERE WAS NO RESPONSE. DEALER HAD BEEN CONTACTED. *AK

Mileage: 49,000

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY 2000 MAXIMA SUDDENLY SPUN OUT OF CONTROL FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES AND DOWN INTO A TWENTY FOOT DITCH, COLLIDING WITH SEVERAL TREES. THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. *NLM

Mileage: 34,700

WHILE DRIVING ON THE HIGHWAY MY 2000 MAXIMA SUDDENLY SPUN OUT OF CONTROL FOR NO APPARENT REASON. THE VEHICLE SPUN AROUND SEVERAL TIMES AND DOWN INTO A TWENTY FOOT DITCH, COLLIDING WITH SEVERAL TREES. THE AIR BAG NEVER DEPLOYED. *NLM

Mileage: 34,700

WHILE PARKING THE VEHICLE THE MOTOR BEGAN TO ACCELERATE WITHOUT APPLYING THE GAS. THE VEHICLE THEN JUMPED THE CURB AND HIT A BUILDING. WHEN THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP AIR BAGS DEPLOYED. *AK

Mileage: 42,000

ELECTRONIC MOTOR MOUNT WIRING SHORTED OUT,CAUSING TWO COMPUTERS TO CATCH ON FIRE. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

THE COIL HAS GONE OUT ON MY 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA TWICE NOW THE FIRST TIME CATCHING ON FIRE. THE FIRST TIME I JUST THOUGHT THAT IT WAS JUST A PART THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, AFTER A LITTLE RESEARCH I NOW BELIEVE THAT THIS IS A DEFECTIVE PART THAT NEEDS TO BE RECALLED.*AK

Mileage: 69,000

BATTERY EXPLODED WHEN IGNITION TURNED ONE CLICK TO "ON" POSITION. VEHICLE WAS IN GARAGE. HEARD A BOOM WHEN I TURNED KEY. OPENED HOOD TO SEE SMOKE AND A DAMAGED BATTERY. CAPS WERE BLOWN CLEAR, TOP OF CELL WAS CRACKED IN 4 PLACES. BATTERY ACID SPRAYED HOOD AND SURROUNDING AREA.*AK

Mileage: 61,700