Faults:

This car is my life.. I only replaced the transmission due to high speed racing and all that stupid stuff.

Oil changed every 2500 miles; Mobil 1 fully synthetic.

I never had a problem with my CAT or anything else.

General Comments:

Perfect, it's a four door Nissan Skyline.

The acceleration is amazing since the first day I drove it from the dealer, and it has the same feeling.

Faults:

At 30000, miles replaced all 4 tires.

Replaced many items in the last 8 yrs.

The SES light is always on. Dealer says bad coils and it costs $800 for replacements.

Almost on average of $1500 every year.

Air sensors, battery etc. Most recent, at 70000 miles, 2 new tires and alignment and tie-rod replacements costs - $600.

Firestone mechanic says - Axle needs replacement also which is additional $300... the list goes on and on... I would never advise anyone to buy a Nissan.

General Comments:

High maintenance.

Faults:

Engine light came on. I took it to the mechanic and he hooked it to the computer. Diagnosis - Engine coil. Which one? Don't know, (dealership would have you replace all 6), my mechanic said to drive it til the engine misfired badly. That way the computer will diagnose which engine coil is misfiring and I won't need to replace all 6.

I did this twice. First with coil #6, then coil #2.

The car is again running rough. I imagine #4, don't know.

Did not know this was a problem. I have 170,000 miles on the car.

General Comments:

I have 170,000 miles on the car.

There are other mechanical problems, but otherwise, this is a great running car.

Faults:

I'm writing about my Dad's Maxima. He bought it from the dealer in 2000. Takes it in like clockwork to the same dealer for routine maintenance.. always.

Never had major problems. Two days ago, he calls and tells me his car won't start. (Apparently it turned but did not start).

Next day, Nissan changes out the starter for about $500. The car is knocking and apparently sounds terrible! Nissan tells him he needs a new engine because it's shot. They tell him they'll give him $1000 for a trade.

General Comments:

My feeling is after reading all about this models problems is that he may need a second opinion.

Faults:

Almost 10 years, 135,000 miles; within the last year:

Alternator went - replaced with Nissan part through dealership / cost was around $400.

Cracked radiator - replaced with aftermarket Nissan since a new one would run around $1,000 / cost was around $700.

Muffler / Cracked rear exhaust pipe - forget how much, but the car was making a rattling sound that was scary.

Spark plugs - they are up next since my car's performance has been off and the gas mileage is dropping. When I brought the car in for the radiator issue, the guy told me the plugs should have been done at 120,000 miles, but I was already at 130,000.

When I first got the car, it was so quiet I loved it; over the past few years it has gotten steadily louder in the cabin.

General Comments:

For the most part my 2000 Maxima has run well, which is different from many of the posts here. The past year it has become more and more unreliable, and I'm putting more and more money into it. Shopping around, but hope to get another year out of it... the verbal quote I got for the spark plugs was high so I started poking around and found this site.

The guy at the dealership told me it was so expensive because the rear plugs are not easily accessible (remove part of the engine), but from what I saw in my manual and on this site, I think he was lying to me on the degree of difficulty. If I can have a garage do the work and save some money I'll do it... just to get another year or two.