Styling

There's nothing like a first glance to grab shoppers' interest, but the Maxima's looks are a bit strange. It has elegant curves all over, especially in the rear, that remind me of the most recent models from Infiniti, Nissan's premium brand. Then there's the grille.

It looks like the company took an ax to a stylish front end, affixed a chrome grille to the resulting vertical edge and moved on. It's an unfortunate look, but it's large and at least it stands out.

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    FM/AM radio operation
    FM/AM band select: Pressing the AM·FM button will change the band as follows: AM > FM1 > FM2 > AM When the AM·FM button is pressed while the ignition switch is in the ACC or ON position, the ...

    Brake pad wear warning
    The disc brake pads have audible wear warnings. When a brake pad requires replacement, it will make a high pitched scraping sound when the vehicle is in motion. This scraping sound will first o ...

    Safety chains
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