Other brake problem on the 2009 Nissan Maxima
Only 3 reports for this mode came with an odometer reading, which is too few for percentiles to mean anything. The page is here because someone linked to it; treat the figures as anecdotes, and see the full report for this year instead.
When other brake problem gets reported
There are 4 reports of other brake problem on the 2009 Nissan Maxima, 3 with a mileage attached. That is too few to place the failure on the odometer with any confidence.
A part like this is normally expected to survive 88,000 miles. It is the 20th most-reported problem on this model year.
The whole distribution
| 10th | 25th | Median | 75th | 90th |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 30,000 miles | — | — |
Read the 10th percentile as “one report in ten arrived this early”. Exact figures are shown in this table because it is the table of record; everywhere else on the site they are rounded to the precision the sample can carry.
What a percentile can and cannot tell you here
These five numbers describe the readings owners gave, in order. The median is the middle one: half the reports arrived below it. The 10th and 90th are the edges of the bulk of the distribution, and the distance between them is the part worth reading. A tight spread — say 70,000 to 95,000 miles — points at something that wears out on a schedule, and the schedule is knowable. A wide one, 20,000 to 190,000, points at a fault that hits some cars and never troubles others, which means the mileage on the listing in front of you tells you very little about your odds.
What these figures are not is a survival curve. Every reading here comes from a car whose owner filed a complaint, so the sample contains only failures: it cannot say what share of the fleet made it past 150,000 miles untouched, because those owners had nothing to report. Nor is the mileage the moment of failure — it is the odometer reading as recalled at the time of filing, which may be weeks later and is sometimes rounded to the nearest ten thousand by the person typing it.
Percentiles are shown at all only once 8 readings exist for the vehicle and mode. Below that the middle of a handful of numbers is noise wearing a decimal point, so the figures are withheld rather than dressed up.
What happens, and what it costs
Putting it right typically runs $300–$1,800 at an independent US shop. That range is an editorial estimate held in this site's failure-mode catalogue, not a figure from NHTSA, and it is a repair cost rather than a diagnosis cost.
The same failure on other years
The same failure is reported on 10 model years of this car. It shows up earliest on the 2016, at a median of 15,000 miles, and latest on the 2005 at 90,000 miles.
By volume the 2006 carries the most reports, with 31; the 2009 has 4. A mode that appears across most years of a model is usually a design choice rather than a bad batch.
If one year stands out to the left, that is the year to avoid; if the whole line sits at a similar mileage, this is wear rather than a defect in one production run.
Tick median reported mileage Solid middle half of reports Faint 10th to 90th percentile Colour how bad the failure is when it happens
What owners wrote
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint narratives, trimmed for length. The mileage is the one the owner gave.
The brakes on my nissan maxima failed and I was almost hit by cars as I slid into a major intersection while braking for a red light. I was only driving at 5mph because I saw the light from about five car lengths away and I braked at 2 car lengths away from the light. I braked again twice but the brakes continued to fail as I slid into the intersection. Luckily for me, the oncoming traffic was able to stop in time for me to move the car to a safe position. The brakes then held again until I drove to the dealer.the brake problem occurred twice before though I did not recognize it as such , once on the same day and once within the same week. It was intermittent. It occurred at speeds less than 20mph and within 10 minutes of starting the car and driving. The outside temperature was 20 to 25 degrees f and the roads were clean. I immediately took the car to the dealer who said that nissan engineers have to evaluate the car. Its been more than three weeks, neither the dealer nor I have heard from nissan as to what they are doing about it. I even reported the incidents to the online nissan consumers.they acknowledged receiving the…
It has been two months since my nissan maxima 2009 had a problem with failed brakes. There has been no response from nissan usa corp. Except to say that their engineer has inspected the vehicle. Both myself and the service manager at my nissan car dealership here in saginaw tried multiple times to talk to the people at nissan but we are left with no answers. I don't know what's wrong with the brakes and I am afraid to take it out on the road. I have had a rental car for the last two months with only a verbal reassurance that the nissan corporation would pay for it. I am wondering whether you can look into this matter and whether nissan also has problems with their brakes like the toyota. Thank you for your consideration. *tr
Steering/brake lock failed to disengage with attempted engine start up. Key indicator light and security lights flashing on dash. Steering lock required replacement after car was towed to nearest nissan dealership. This repair was not covered under warranty which had expired 7 month earlier. On line research would suggest this is a fairly common occurrence; a nissan service bulletin has apparently be published for this issue as it was referenced by the service department providing the repair. *tr
Also reported on the 2009 Nissan Maxima
No-start or intermittent start failure
Other steering problem
Steering column or shaft failure
Other electrical problem
Airbag warning light or occupant sensor fault
Other body or interior problem
How far this goes
This page is kept out of search results because 4 reports is not enough to publish percentiles from. It stays reachable because somebody looking at this exact car would rather see the reports than be told there are none.
Complaints are voluntary, so 4 is a floor and not a count of affected cars. Mileages are typed in by owners and cluster on round numbers. And the mode itself is assigned by software reading the complaint text, which is reliable in bulk and fallible one report at a time.
Questions this page answers
At what mileage does other brake problem happen on the 2009 Nissan Maxima?
Across 3 owner reports that included an odometer reading, half were filed by 30,000 miles. A quarter were filed before — and a quarter after —. These are the mileages owners reported when they complained, not a prediction for any individual car.
How common is other brake problem on the 2009 Nissan Maxima?
4 reports have been filed with NHTSA, about 0.6 per 1,000 vehicles. Complaints are voluntary, so this is a floor rather than a count of affected cars.
What this is and is not. These are the mileages at which owners chose to complain to a federal agency, which is not the same as the mileage at which the part fails on every car. It skews toward failures that happened outside warranty, cost real money, or frightened someone. It is still the only public dataset that carries failure mileage at all, and the shape of a few hundred readings is informative even when a single one is not. Methodology · JSON · this failure on other cars
Source Owner complaints and recall records published by the US National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, model years 1996–2027 Figures rebuilt Published by AtWhatMileage How every figure is computed