2016 Nissan Maxima Steering Problems

2016 nissan, noticed while stuck in traffic on highway on rainy day the vehicle seemed to want to loose power and battery light was coming on. I was able to exit highway an make it home. Later that night while at laundry mat headed to get food the car wouldn't accelerate eventually died an wouldn't start. Next day go to get it towed yet started no problem acceleration was fine alternator voltage was normal range. Few weeks later battery was dead which I have replaced. Alternator voltage still reads normal. I get about 20 minutes driving and battery light pops on eventually soon power steering and traction control goes out then car will die. If leave it few hrs 2-4hr an come back is fine. But can't drive 20min before it is a problem again. Has caused serious finacial strain and still paying for vehicle close to loosing employment it dies everyday then I have to pay for ride home and to go back to get it later. Have gotting stuck in intersection car just stops working. People have almost crashed into me because i cant get it off the road. Electrical or software computer problem somewhere.

October 25, 2021 At 4:30 PM. After waiting for the light to turn green, I enter the Clear Lake Park making a left a right and left turn into the park. While turning left that’s when I notice a decreased in power, and an exclamation symbo, but the car kept advancing very smooth!! But when I tried to park the vehicle it started shaking, vibrating with a roaring sound, it felt like even the tires ware going to get off the rims!! Making a lot of noice!! I had difficulty steering and parking between two spaces hit the concrete barrier twice or tree times, at that time the steering wheel was to hard to control. I turn the car off on parked I was puzzled, for what happened. After five or ten minutes I start the car again place it on reverse then on drive the car was moving very, very, slow with the gas paddle to the floor. Advance to the other side by the Community Center, as I turn left to park, the car started shaking again the steering wheel was very, very hard to control turning left but the force of the tires ware moving right. I was holding on to the steering wheel trying to park again at this time the car completely die on me. By then it was almost 5:00 PM. I called my insurance to request roadside assistance, and a wrecker service that didn’t arrived. After one hour and half a driver came to help to start the battery, he attempted to start the battery twice. This happened after one of my sons had tried two times too. Finally the car starts again, after dealing with it for 4 hours. Drove it for a quarter of a block and died again. The wrecker service came the next day to drive the car to Clear Lake Nissan, they kept the car for two days and supposedly didn’t find anything wrong with it. If this problem had happened on Nassau, road probably I would had been killed. Today the 29th of October, After doing some errands and returning home a symbol of a transmission came on the dashboard while the car was loosing power it hardly made it up to my driveway

I was driving and it all of a sudden shut off on me without warning causing safety issues because I was involved the middle of traffic

THE TIRE MAINTENANCE NOTIFICATION STAYS ON AFTER THE TIRES HAVE BEEN PROPERLY ROTATED BY A TIRE SHOP AND RESET ON DASHBOARD AND IT PULLS TO THE RIGHT BEEN DOING THIS COMPLAINT MADE TO DEALERSHIP NO RESPONSE AND NOW RECEIVED NOTIFICATION THAT THERE WAS A SAFETY RECALL ON MY CAR. IT DOES IT WHILE DRIVING THE PULLING TO THE RIGHT AND THE TIRE MAINTENANCE STAYS ON. *TR

THE WHEEL IS TURN SLIGHTLY TO THE RIGHT SO IT SEEMS LIKE IT'S PERFECTLY STRAIGHT BUT IN REALITY IT'S NOT. NOW DO YOU SEE I HAVE PUT THE MARKS(THIS IS WHERE I'M NOTICING UNALIGNMENT) IF I PUT THE WHEEL PERFECTLY STRAIGHT THE WHEEL AND STEERING COLUMN PLASTIC WILL NOT BE ALIGNED FROM THE RIGHT SIDE. NOW THE CAR HOLDS ITS LINES, DOES NOT PULL TO THE LEFT OR RIGHT. I'M JUST WONDERING IF IT'S MECHANICAL OR PLASTIC COVER WENT OFF A BIT OR IT'S BEEN LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME. KINDA STRANGE TO NOTICE. ITS REALLY DANGEROUS SOMETIMES CAUSE I AM TRYING TO MAKE IT STRAIGHT AND I FIND MY SELF GOING SLIGHTLY TO THE LEFT. I TOLD MY DEALERSHIP ABOUT THIS AND ALL HE RESPONDED ... OH WELL NO MORE PERFECTION THESE DAYS. NOT PROFESSIONAL THOUGH I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MAXIMA'S FOR A WHILE NOW I HAVE NEVER FOUND A SINGLE IMPERFECTION LIKE THIS.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE STEERING WHEEL FAILED TO TURN LEFT OR RIGHT, WHILE DRIVING AT 65 MPH. THE POWER STEERING LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHILE THE FAILURE OCCURRED. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE COAST THE VEHICLE OUT OF HIGHWAY TRAFFIC. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE CONTACTS RESIDENCE. THE FOLLOWING DAY THE STEERING WHEEL RETURNED TO NORMAL FUNCTION. THE CONTACT DROVE THE VEHICLE TO COLONIAL NISSAN STATE OF MASSACHUSETTS PHONE NUMBER: (781-352-008) TO HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC PERFORMED. A DIAGNOSTIC REPORT WAS NOT FINALIZED. THE VIN INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 11,066.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2016 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 20 MPH, THE STEERING WHEEL SEIZED WITHOUT WARNING. THE CONTACT WRESTLED WITH THE STEERING WHEEL IN AN EFFORT TO AVOID CRASHING INTO THE ONCOMING BARRIER. LECKNER NISSAN OF ELLICOTT CITY, MARYLAND WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND HELD THE VEHICLE FOR TWO WEEKS. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY COULD DUPLICATE THE FAILURE THE FIRST WEEK. THE DEALER EXAMINED THE STEERING PUMP DURING THE SECOND WEEK AND STATED THAT THE CONTACT WOULD HAVE TO PAY A FEE FOR THE POWER STEERING FLUSH THAT WAS CONDUCTED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE ISSUE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 12,961.

STEERING/STRAIGHT LINE TRACKING ON THIS NISSAN MAXIMA SV (PURCHASED 06/28/2016) IS HORRIBLY UNPREDICTABLE FROM IT'S DATE OF PURCHASE. DRIVER REQUIRED TO BE HYPERSENSITIVE TO CORRECTING TRACKING/LINE DIRECTION OF AFOREMENTIONED VEHICLE. NATURAL TENDENCY OF FRONT WHEELS ARE TO CAREEN TO LEFT AND RIGHT ABRUPTLY AND DANGEROUSLY WITH THE RESULT BEING TO MOVE INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC LANE OR DRIFT QUICKLY OUTSIDE OF PAINTED LANE LINES. CONSTANT AND INORDINATE ATTENTION IS NEEDED TO DRIVE THIS VEHICLE AT SPEEDS OF 50 MPH OR HIGHER. IN MOTION, HIGHWAY, STRAIGHT PATHS.

FRONT BUMPER CLIP BROKEN CAR STALLS WHEN DRIVING UP AN INCLINE AT LOW SPEEDS. CAR PULLS TO THE LEFT WHEN DRIVING. ALIGNMENT WAS CHECKED, BUT WAS FINE ACCORDING TO A NISSAN DEALER TECHNICIAN. THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMED TO MOMENTARILY LOCK WHEN MAKING A SWIFT AND SHARP LEFT TURN.