Vehicle report
2004 NISSAN MAXIMA
This model year
What the record shows
The 2004 Nissan Maxima is a midsize car, and the 25th model year of a nameplate NHTSA records from 1980 to 2023.
The EPA rated three configurations: a single 3.5-litre six-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive only, three transmissions and running on regular gasoline.
Combined fuel economy is 21 mpg.
The federal record holds 1,425 owner complaints, 1 investigation and 108 service bulletins for it.
Counts are reports, not rates. A complaint is something an owner chose to file; it is unverified and unadjusted for how many of these cars were sold, so the useful comparison is against other model years of the same car. Recalls and investigations carry more weight because a manufacturer or regulator acted on them.
Reading this report
Complaint counts are reports filed with NHTSA, not failure rates. A common model collects more of them than a rare one that breaks more often.