The car is becomes unstable and difficult to control when going over bumps, even at moderate speeds (20+ mph). when going over bumps, there is a loud thump / clunk / bang from the rear suspension - and then the rear of the car looses traction/stability. nissan must be aware of a design issue issue as it has issued a tsb trying to solve the inferior bushings it chose for the rear suspension - service bulletin ntb17-107. however this does not solve the instability problem. i find myself driving at half the legal speeds to keep the car stable - the need to slow down for each bump is creating a road hazard. driving on the same roads with my other cars at much higher speeds (road legal speeds), i do not experience anything like that. the stability control function does not seem to help and it lights up frequently when driving on bumpy roads. i found myself veering of the road several times because of the difficulty to control the car. this must be a terrible and dangerous design flaw. in roads that i can drive the legal speed in a hyundai sonana or toyota 4runner (45 - 65mph) i sometimes need to cut speed in half when driving the nissan maxima sr just to keep the car stable on the road.
The steering arm from the rack to the left wheel assembly just snapped while driving on a smooth city street at a low speed leaving the car completely out of control.