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2009 Maxima
by smarty666
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Jul 20, 2009 (11:01 am)
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Hi, I was hoping someone could clarify something for me; do the 09 max's steering wheel controls illuminate at night? because I asked the salesman when I went for a test drive last week and he said they didn't yet in the brochure it says steering wheel illuminated gauges? Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
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Re: 2009 Maxima [smarty666]
by strehlow
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Jul 20, 2009 (11:15 am)
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Replying to: smarty666 (Jul 20, 2009 11:01 am)
HI smarty!
I have a 09 Max SV with the Premium and tech package and my controls are illuminated in the red light like it is on the dashboard. I assume that all models are the same. It is hard to read what they say at night because the type is small and you have to watch the road but they are illuminated and it make them easy to find. Besides a few things I would do differently, the car is AWESOME. I am getting a lot of compliments, everyone loves it. And as much as everyone complains about the CVT and front real drive I don't mind it at all. It is nice to go from 20 to 90 in seconds without feeling the jerky shifts and as far as torque steer, I find it very non-existent and I have no problem controlling the car which handles great!
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Re: 2009 Maxima [strehlow]
by smarty666
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Jul 20, 2009 (2:33 pm)
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Replying to: strehlow (Jul 20, 2009 11:15 am)
Thanks strehlow for the information; I thought they were lit up at night; I think the salesman I had was new to the dealership because he didn't even have a business card to give me; I just finished up a Acura TL lease the buttons lit up which was really helpful at night and I figured the maxima would do that to
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Re: 2009 Maxima [strehlow]
by flightnurse
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Jul 20, 2009 (3:05 pm)
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Replying to: strehlow (Jul 20, 2009 11:15 am)
I have a 08 Atlima Coupe and am looking to move up, when I drove the MAX at night I too found the controls hard to read, my streering wheel controls are VERY easy to read at night, I found that to a problem for me, it seems that Nissan didnt think this through very well...
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Re: 2009 Maxima [flightnurse]
by smarty666
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Jul 20, 2009 (3:34 pm)
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Replying to: flightnurse (Jul 20, 2009 3:05 pm)
I think the reason why the maxima's steering gauges are harder to read at night are a two-fold problem, one is that the red-orange lighting Nissan uses is extremely dim and difficult to see compared to makers like Infiniti, Acura, and Lexus who uses blue or white illumination which are brighter to see at night; the second reason is that the maxima's controls/lettering on these gauges seems to be smaller than that on the altima's steering wheel; so both the dim color illumination and smaller lettering contribute to the problem; at least they are illuminated compared to my 05 FX35 which has no illumination and I have to feel around for the buttons which stinks!!!
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Dual-Panel Moonroof
by poodog13
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Jul 21, 2009 (6:33 am)
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Do either of the dual-panel moonroofs on the Premium Package open? I can't believe they would sacrifice the ability to open the roof in order to provide the second panel. My back seats are used like 5 times a year, and so I could care less about the second panel, I just want a roof that opens!
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Re: Dual-Panel Moonroof [poodog13]
by dmccallum
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Jul 21, 2009 (6:50 am)
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Replying to: poodog13 (Jul 21, 2009 6:33 am)
Yes the sun roofs does open on the Premium Package plue it comes with a shade for the rear window. I've had my car for two weeks now and I love the Premium Package. I hope this helps
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The Grill
by dmccallum
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Jul 21, 2009 (6:52 am)
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I would like to change my 2009 Maxima grill. What are a some web sites i should check out?
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Re: 2009 Maxima [smarty666]
by strehlow
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Jul 21, 2009 (7:42 am)
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Replying to: smarty666 (Jul 20, 2009 2:33 pm)
I am sure it was the salesman. I knew more about the car than the 4 salespeople that I went through at my dealership. I don't think they train the salespeople at all. Nissan needs to step up on their customer service levels. Love the car, not real excited about the company from a customer service standpoint.
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Re: 2009 Maxima [strehlow]
by smarty666
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Jul 21, 2009 (9:42 am)
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Replying to: strehlow (Jul 21, 2009 7:42 am)
Thats the way it is at all dealerships; I've had salesman at Nissan, Toyota, Acura, Infiniti, and Lexus over the years who know absolutely nothing about the vehicles I've test drived and my questions have never been really complicated like about package options, gas required, what kinds of technology it has and things of that nature. The problem now is they don't just say they don't know they make a guess and give the wrong information. I would be better selling the vehicles much like yourself cause me know more information then the salesman do. It just fustrates me to go buy $30 and $40k vehicles and the salesman act like they don't care or don't know anything about the cars. If your a car salesman you should be taking all the brochures home and learning them front to back. I'm also sick of salesman giving crappy 5 minute test drive and then when you ask to take a slightly longer one to get a better feel they give some bullshit reasons like insurance or we can't do that, etc - oh well
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