Overview & Reviews

The Maxima has been fully redesigned for 2004. It now rides on the same underpinnings as the well-received Nissan Altima. This year's Maxima is longer, wider and more powerful than the previous version.

• Roomy interior, lots of upscale options, sweet V6, available with a manual transmission.

• Some small, oddly arranged controls.

User Reviews:

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  Shoulda bought a Grand Prix GTP - 2004 Nissan Maxima
  By Max-owner - April 14 - 10:00 am

  Not bad. Powerful, comfortable, but I liked the 1996 version I owned better. It was classier and more practical.

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  Beautiful car, noisy ride - 2004 Nissan Maxima
  By Rose - March 28 - 10:06 am

  I love the look of the car. Its very roomy, and has alot of great features. Love the headlights, quad exhaust, telescope wheel and Nav system. However, I am very disappointed with road noise. You can hear and feel every crack in the road. My husbands pickup is a much quieter ride. Some people say they love the quiet, smooth ride. I dont have that. Is there something wrong with my car, or is it just me. I had a Lincoln Mark VIII which gave a very stiff ride, but MUCH quieter. Paid 26,000 for the Max, used, and 18,000 for the Lincoln when it was 2yrs old. For the money spent on the Max, I expected to ride a lot quieter.

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  Lots of power, no good on gas - 2004 Nissan Maxima
  By dwillington - March 17 - 9:43 pm

  What I like most about this car is its power and performance. 260 hp, this thing flies. It has performance tires for a reason. Do not like the interior, it looks cheapish Japanese style, like a cheap electronic calculator. The leather is nice, most of the trim great, but the gauges could seriously have benefited from a different designer. Gas consumption is NOT good, youll notice pretty fast youre paying at the pump a lot. But overall, its a nice sporty sedan.

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  Love my 04 Maxima - 2004 Nissan Maxima
  By Glenda Porter - March 15 - 7:20 pm

  This car is fun to drive with a lot of power and it has all kinds of features, like the garage opener and the home link it comes with the vehicle so you can get rid of the opener, this feature is located on the rear view mirrorf and in the event that u return back to your house and u forgt to tun the lights dont worry home link can turn the lights on for u , I just love it

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  Couldnt be happier... - 2004 Nissan Maxima
  By Cheets - February 12 - 2:00 am

  We leased the SL with the Journey package. The navi is awesome and the screen is much easier to read than the orange one. My wife and I test drove several other cars (G35, Acura TL amongst others). This car has the most room front and back. Seats very comfortable for long periods of time. Extremely fun to drive.

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  Love it! - 2004 Nissan Maxima
  By Jake - February 11 - 4:46 pm

  I recently purchased the SL edition and I have to say I love it! Fun to drive, alot of pep (fast), so many interior options but most of all comfort. Great handling and good on gas. Not your typical sedan thats for sure. I also own a 1998 Maxima that has a ton of miles but, runs like the day I bought it. I definetly recommend Maximas they always have more to offer then comparable sedans and are the most reliable of any other car I have owned including Honda.

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  Great Improvements - 2004 Nissan Maxima
  By Cali97 - February 8 - 10:00 am

  Just acquired a new 2004 SE 3.5 and absolutely love it. Traded in 2001 Maxima and the improvements in the 2004 are sensational. Lots of room, great interior and exterior design and it has unbelievable acceleration. Great looking and fun to drive. Much more automobile for the money than comparable cars I looked at all the competitors and the Maxima was the winner hands down. You are making a mistake if you dont test drive one before you buy. Has so many bells and whistles at this price level it amazes me - heated seats, heated steering wheel, halogen lights, 18" wheels,auto set seats and steering wheel plus many more.

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  Fun & Roomy - 2004 Nissan Maxima
  By donnasaurus - February 8 - 10:00 am

  Weve only had the car a few weeks, but both my husband and I enjoy the Maxima very much. Great acceleration with 265 HP. But has some nice to haves, like telescoping steering wheel, 2 driver memory, and tons of on board storage. You feel like you are in a much bigger car. Rear seat passengers say how roomy it is. Also, the split back seats are another plus. So far so good, no defects found.

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  Maxima.....Loaded Altima? - 2004 Nissan Maxima
  By Foo - January 18 - 10:00 am

  I love the new Maxima. Looks great, superb engine, top notch interior (unlike the plastic woes of the Altima) and roomy. But I am doubting the strategy put out by Nissan. The Maxima is identical to the Altima mechanically and suspension and chassis wise, other than 20 more horsepower. For a car that cost so much more, I believe that Nissan should have forked out more development money to maximize the cars potential, especially chassis and suspension wise, instead of routing the cheap way, and building a car that looks great, but is just an Alitma. The car still handles well, but for the price, it could be much better.

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  First Japanese Car - 2004 Nissan Maxima
  By Goforit - January 13 - 10:00 am

  As a former American car owner riddled with serious probs with Fords and Buicks I decided to go import. This appears to be a excellent car. Handling is excellent, Power is scalding, Interior is wonderfully balanced between comfort and tech. This car has been truly engineered by some of the most talented people in the automotive industry. I hope this car will be worthy of a review like this 3-5 years from now.