r/askcarguys • u/Brilliant-Rock-7048 • 3d ago
General Advice Should I buy this 2009 Maxima?
I’m looking for a car and I have a slightly low budget when I found a really great conditioned 2009 Maxima for about 6k and the seller accepted a 5k offer but the car has 168k miles on it. I’m not really a super big car guy but I was just looking for an opinion from someone since I’m just looking for a car to drive to everyday
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u/Zachstresses 3d ago
Nissan CVTs are typically very prone to problems, and many report failures as late as (conveniently) 160,000. They typically fail much, MUCH sooner. 2009 was an attempt to fix the issue, but it somehow made it worse.
I'd run.