Recall Register

1985 Nissan Maxima: recalls and complaints

NHTSA lists 1 recall campaign for the 1985 Nissan Maxima. The campaign is 86V096000. NHTSA received the report on 16 Jul 1986. The NHTSA record gives the component Visibility / Windshield. NHTSA has 54 complaints on file for this model year. 2 NHTSA investigations name this model year.

The NHTSA recall file shows no do-not-drive advisory and no park-outside advisory on this campaign.

This page cannot show if a recall applies to one vehicle. The NHTSA VIN lookup shows the unrepaired recalls of one vehicle.

Remedy of campaign 86V096000, in the NHTSA record

Add more adhesive to bottom of front windshield glass.
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Recall campaigns

1 campaign. 33,000 units in total.

  1. 86V096000Received . 33,000 units.

    Visibility / Windshield

    Defect, in the NHTSA record
    There may be insufficient thickness of adhesive in the contact area between the bottom of the front windshield glass and the body. Consequence of defect: this lack of adhesive may cause the windshield to dismount in an accident, thus failing to comply with FMVSS 212, windshield mounting and which may allow the occupants to be ejected out of the car, causing more serious injuries or death.
    Remedy, in the NHTSA record
    Add more adhesive to bottom of front windshield glass.

    Report filed by NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.. Owner notification date in the NHTSA record: .

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Units: The number of vehicles or products that a recall can include. The manufacturer or the firm reports the number to the agency.

Complaints by component

54 complaints, 64 component mentions.

A complaint can name more than one component. Each component that a complaint names is one component mention. The figure per 1,000 component mentions shows how many of each 1,000 mentions name the component.

  • 1985 Nissan Maxima
  • All 1985 vehicles
1985 Nissan Maxima: complaints by component, per 1,000 component mentions
Component1985 MaximaAll 1985 vehiclesMaxima, all yearsMentions
Fuel System, Gasoline546.9104.998.835
Engine and Engine Cooling203.1137.2108.813
Electrical System109.4137.7125.47
Power Train31.376.1210.42
Service Brakes, Hydraulic31.357.554.42
Visibility15.633.839.41
Vehicle Speed Control15.648.927.11
Tires15.654.556.81
Fuel System, Other15.6541
Steering15.651.427.11
Complaints that report a crash
2
Complaints that report a fire
38
Injuries in the complaints
1
Deaths in the complaints
0
Date of the newest complaint
23 Mar 2004

These figures are the entries of the persons who sent the complaints.

Complaint: A report about a possible safety problem that a person sends to NHTSA. This site shows the number of complaints and not their text.

Complaints about the 1985 Nissan Maxima, by the year NHTSA received them. The largest year is 1995, with 18 complaints.

Investigations

NHTSA investigations that name the 1985 Nissan Maxima
NumberTypeSubjectComponentOpenedClosedCampaign
EA94018Engineering analysisFUEL INJECTOR ASSEMBLY LEAKAGEFuel System, Gasoline / Fuel Injection System23 Jun 19948 Nov 199595I006000
PE88025Preliminary evaluationSTEERING MALFUNCTIONSteering9 Feb 198811 May 1988

Investigation: A study of a possible safety defect by the NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation. An investigation with no closing date in the NHTSA file is open.

Other model years

The number under each year is the number of recall campaigns.

  1. 19820
  2. 19830
  3. 19840
  4. 19851
  5. 19861
  6. 19870
  7. 19880
  8. 19891
  9. 19901
  10. 19911
  11. 19922
  12. 19933
  13. 19942
  14. 19950
  15. 19960
  16. 19971
  17. 19981
  18. 19990
  19. 20000
  20. 20013
  21. 20026
  22. 20033
  23. 20042
  24. 20052
  25. 20062
  26. 20071
  27. 20080
  28. 20091
  29. 20101
  30. 20168
  31. 20174
  32. 20182
  33. 20191
  34. 20201

A year without a link has fewer than 2 campaigns and fewer than 25 complaints. It has no page.

Official channels

Cite this page

Recall Register. 1985 Nissan Maxima: recalls and complaints. https://recallregister.com/vehicle/nissan/maxima/1985/. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation, recall, complaint and investigation files. Data through .

Sources

Source
NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation
Licence
US government work, public domain
Recall file through
29 Sep 2026
Complaint file through
29 Mar 2018
First complaint in the file
1 Jan 1995
Manufacturer in the recall file
NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, INC.

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Questions

How many units are in the recall campaigns for the 1985 Nissan Maxima?
33,000 units in 1 campaign. A campaign can name other models and model years, and its units include them.
How many recall campaigns does the Nissan Maxima have for all model years?
NHTSA lists 27 recall campaigns for the Nissan Maxima, model years 1982 to 2020. 1 of them names the 1985 model year.
Which component do the complaints about the 1985 Nissan Maxima name most often?
Fuel System, Gasoline: 35 of 64 component mentions, or 546.9 per 1,000. For all 1985 vehicles the figure is 104.9 per 1,000.
Is an NHTSA investigation of the 1985 Nissan Maxima open?
No. Each of the 2 investigations that name this model year has a closing date in the NHTSA file.