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2009 Nissan Maxima

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All windows automatically opened by user421229
Sep 09, 2008 (7:26 am)
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Hey has this happened to any of you that own the 2009 maxima. Today I went in for a dr. appt , when I got out of the clinic all of my windows were down. I was like what the hell. I dont even know how the hell that happened..I never drive with my windows open. So why did it do this??
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Re: All windows automatically opened [user421229] by habitat1
Sep 09, 2008 (12:52 pm)
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Replying to: user421229 (Sep 09, 2008 7:26 am)

In my TL, if you press the unlock button once, the drivers door unlocks; twice , the reamining doors unlock; three times and hold it, the windows and sunroof open. Any chance you did it by accident?
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Re: All windows automatically opened [user421229] by nemesis04
Sep 09, 2008 (4:11 pm)
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Replying to: user421229 (Sep 09, 2008 7:26 am)

I remember reading that a certain amount of button presses on the pod will lower the windows.
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Re: Uh-Oh [out4cat] by nemesis04
Sep 09, 2008 (4:18 pm)
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Replying to: out4cat (Sep 08, 2008 5:01 pm)

Before I purchased my 09 Maxima I test drove the new Mazda 6. Overall a very impressive re-design. A loaded 6 is definitely cheaper than the Max but the two cars definitely feel different. The 6, even though bigger and has the same dimensions as the Maxima still has a tighter feel. As far as fit and finish go, the grand touring has the best of the materials and would have been my only option if I chose that car. The lease packages were pretty crappy when I talked with the salesman.
 
The overseas version of the 6 is sharper looking, they definitely neutered some of the looks with the US version.
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Re: All windows automatically opened [user421229] by out4cat
Sep 09, 2008 (4:48 pm)
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Replying to: user421229 (Sep 09, 2008 7:26 am)

Interesting how I have the opposite happening to me. With my 04, non smart-key Maxima, I could lower the 4 windows from far far away, not the case with the 07 with the smart-key. I sometimes have to be up close to get the 2 windows on this model to go down. I wonder if it is the battery or the key itself is faulty, the car is only 1 year old.
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Re: Uh-Oh [nemesis04] by out4cat
Sep 09, 2008 (4:52 pm)
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Replying to: nemesis04 (Sep 09, 2008 4:18 pm)

I was impressed with the rakish design of the car without getting overly quirky, balanced design is a good thing. I can imagine that the foreign version is sharper looking, for some reason even the American car companies give us the toned down version of these cars and send the good stuff overseas (see the Ford Falcon for example). I was pricing the different trim levels and for me it would mean an 5k reduction in the sticker price for a good looking 6 with the same room. I do agree that Nissan has the most attractive lease deals, Toyota has the worst.
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Color Choices by out4cat
Sep 09, 2008 (5:06 pm)
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Hey I have only seen one 09 Maxima on the road and it was in Precision Grey which is the color of my 07, I have not seen one in Tuscan Sun, does anyone on this page have one in that color? Is it hard to keep clean? I am glad they made the color deeper and darker than the old Sonoma Sunset (04-08).
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What's wrong with the CVT? by cecilt1
Sep 09, 2008 (6:49 pm)
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I'm considering new car. Currently drive an '06 TL 6MT. Test drove the '09 Max SV Premium and Tech package. Loved the looks, handling, interior, and tranny. Not sure if I want to give up a MT and my reasons in the past was b/c I could not stand regular automatics and the jarring downshifts when making passing maneuvers or going up twisty mountain roads. The CVT seems to solve these issues. To me it was a very good thing. I guess I don't understand why this tranny is not what most would want or why they feel it is not sporty enough. It was buttery smooth compared to a normal AT.
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Re: What's wrong with the CVT? [cecilt1] by habitat1
Sep 10, 2008 (2:26 am)
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Replying to: cecilt1 (Sep 09, 2008 6:49 pm)

If "buttery smooth" is a priority over direct driver control, go ahead and trade in your TL 6-speed for a Maxima CVT. Just don't call that CVT "sporty" or yourself a driving enthusiast, please. The CVT is indeed a formidable cure for insomnia and it won't disturb your snooze in the drivers seat with the feel of a shift (or heaven forbid, the need to shift yourself). But if you have any warm blood running through your veins, and on occasion want to take control of the car you are driving, the CVT is every bit as castrating as a slushbox automatic.
 
I'm not arguing that the 2009 Maxima CVT won't be attractive to "most" Camry, Accord and Buick shoppers. It certainly will. But, IMHO, if Nissan wants any chance whatsoever of recapturing even semi-serious driving enthusiasts (and making their 4DSC label less of a joke) they need to offer a manual transmission alternative. Or, at a minimum, ditch the CVT in favor of a SMG/DSG if they are only going to offer one transmission. Nissan offering a sport suspension and high performance 19" tire option on a CVT transmission is worse than Toyota putting a spoiler on a Camry and calling it a sport version. At least that spoiler doesn't need to be replaced every 15-20k miles and doesn't give those who want "buttery smooth" a rougher ride in the interim.
 
It's challenging enough to keep even a "sporty" label on a FWD car that has bloated from 3,000 to 3,600+ lbs, but doing so with a rubber band CVT is beyond credible.
 
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Re: What's wrong with the CVT? [habitat1] by houdini1
Sep 10, 2008 (5:25 am)
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Replying to: habitat1 (Sep 10, 2008 2:26 am)

I don't have a dog in this fight but you really seem to have some sort of grudge against the Maxima. What gives? Any time someone posts about how much they like the Max you feel you have to rant about how bad it is. We get your point and now it is getting tiresome.
 
If you prefer BMWs, that's fine, but you realize that not everyone does. The vast majority of folks drive mostly in bumper to bumper traffic, on 35 mph residential streets, or cruise on an interstate, and still manage to fined plenty of excitement in their lives.

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