2005 Nissan Maxima complaints

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND SWITCHING GEARS, THERE WAS A HARSH JERK FROM THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 100,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 105,000.

2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. CAR HAS 62,000 MILES. DRIVING HOME AT NIGHT, AT APPROX 35 MPH, ENGINE STARTS ACCELERATING WHILE CAR BEGINS TO SLOW. STUCK IN 5TH GEAR, BUT CAR SLOWS TO A STOP AND WILL NOT RE-START. BUSY HIGHWAY. UNDETERMINED TRANSMISSION FAILURE. CAR REQUIRED TOW TO REPAIR SHOP. *TR

LOSS OF BOTH REAR WHEEL ABS SENSORS CAUSES ABS SYSTEM TO STOP WORKING COMPLETELY. TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN PUBLISH BY NISSAN RELATING TO FAILURE, CAR OWNER'S RESPONSIBILITY. ABS PUMP AND CONTROLLER FAILURE. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN SLIPPING SINCE 75,000 MILES. I HAVE BEEN DOING ALOT OF RESEARCH AND ALOT OF OTHER INDIVIDUALS WITH 04 AND 05 MAXIMAS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME ISSUES. NISSAN MAXIMA PUT DEFECTED TRANSMISSIONS IN THEIR 04 AND 05 MODELS. I CONTACTED NISSAN USA HOWEVER THE REFUSED TO FIX MY CAR. *TR

FIRST THING I WANT TO LIST IS THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. AFTER DRIVING FOR TEN MINUTES THE VEHICLE JERKS LIKE A HAD A MANUAL TRANSMISSION(WHICH I DON'T) IN THE WRONG GEAR. WHEN THE VEHICLE GETS INTO A GEAR IT SLAMS FORWARD LIKE I WAS REAR-ENDED BY SOMEONE. THIS IS A SAFETY HAZARD IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC. THEN ONE DAY I MADE A TURN AT AN INTERSECTION AND THE VEHICLE DECIDED IT HAD ENOUGH AND STOPPED ON ME. GOT IT TOWED TO THE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME THE COST OF A NEW OR REBUILT TRANS WOULD BE $4000-4500. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MPH HE NOTICED THE GEARS WOULD SLIP BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND WHICH ALSO INCLUDED A HARSH JERKING MOTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 114,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 118,500.

WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE OR DRIVE; OR DRIVE TO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE JERKS AND JUMPS BEFORE BEING ABLE TO ADVANCE. GEAR CHANGING IS VERY "ROUGH". TRAVELING AT SPEEDS OF 30-35 MPH FEEL THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. *TR

AUG 2011 BEGAN EXPERIENCING SLIPPING IN REVERSE TO DRIVE AND STOP TO START POSITIONS. ALSO WHEN TURNING CORNERS AND WHEN MAINTAINING A HIGHWAY SPEED TO SUDDEN BRAKING AND THEN PICKING UP SPEED I WOULD EXPERIENCE JERKING. THIS ONLY SEEM TO HAPPEN IN WARM WEATHER. IT PROGRESSIVELY GOT WORSE BY OCT 2011. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 MAXIMA AND I AM HAVING VERY BAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WHEN I TAKE OFF IT JERKS REAL BAD BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR AND THEN WHEN I AM SLOWING DOWN ABOUT TO COME TO A STOP IT ALSO KICKS AND JERKS REAL BAD WHEN IT GEARS DOWN TO 1ST AND 2ND. AND SOMETIMES IT JUST WONT GO AT ALL..AND THEN WHEN I SIT THERE A MIN AND PUT MY CAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE IT HESITATES FOR ATLEAST 7 TO 10 SECS. AND THEN JUMPS REAL BAD AND THEN GOES INTO DRIVE. IT USUALLY DOES ALL THIS WHEN THE CAR IS HOT. *TR

TRANSMISSION WOULD DELAY ENGAGEMENT SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE FOR 5 SECONDS THEN BANG INTO GEAR. IT WOULD ALSO VIOLENTLY SLIP AND JERK WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2-3 AND ROUGH DOWNSHIFTING FROM 3-2 AND 2-1. WHEN COASTING AROUND 20-25MPH THEN STEPPING ON GAS PEDAL THE RPMS WOULD REV HIGH THEN THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. OVERALL THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHOT AT ONLY 57K MILES AND I'M ON A SECOND TRANSMISSION WHICH IS ALREADY EXHIBITING SIGNS OF PREMATURE FAILURE AT 60K MILES. THERE IS A HUGE DEFECT WITH THIS CAR AND AFTER RESEARCHING, I'M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

I PULLED OUT AT A BUSY INTERSECTION AND MY NISSAN MAXIMA STALLED OUT, IT SEEMED LIKE IT WOULD NOT GO INTO FIRST GEAR, EVEN THOUGH I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL TO ACCELERATE, THE CAR JUST WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR! IT CAUSED OTHER CARS TO HAVE TO SLAM ON BRAKES AND DRIVE ON THE SHOULDER TO AVOID HITTING ME AND EACH OTHER! MY CAR FINALLY "JERKED" VIOLENTLY INTO GEAR. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID THIS WAS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION, 4,000 TO FIX!! MIND YOU THEY WILL REPLACE IT WITH A NEW DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION THAT THERE IT NO GUARANTEE IT WILL LAST MORE THAN 1 YEAR! NOT A SAFE CAR TO DRIVE IN METROPOLITAN AREAS! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK, LUNGE AND SLAMMED INTO GEAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED NUMEROUS TIMES, TYPICALLY IN THE LOWER GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AT LEAST FIVE TIMES BUT THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 88,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS THERE WAS A VIOLENT JERK WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEARS, AND ALSO WHEN SHIFTING FROM SECOND AND THIRD GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC OR A DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000.

IT HAS BEEN PROVEN AND REPORTED MANY TIMES ON THE INTERNET OF THE POOR DESIGN OF THE SECONDARY TIMING CHAINS, TENSIONERS, AND GUIDES FOR THIS PARTICULAR MODEL OF NISSAN. OWNERS OF THESE VEHICLES HAVE HAD TO PAY HUGE REPAIR BILLS DUE TO THE DEFECTIVE TIMING CHAIN TENSIONERS THAT WERE PLACED IN THIS VEHICLE WHEN IT WAS MANUFACTURED. THEY WEAR OUT PREMATURELY AND THE ENGINE HAS TO BE TAKEN OUT OF THE CAR TO REPLACE THE DEFECTIVE PARTS. THIS IS INEXCUSABLE ON THE PART OF NISSAN AND THE OWNERS SHOULDN'T HAVE TO PAY THESE HUGE REPAIR COSTS TO REPLACE A PART THAT WAS DEFECTIVE IN THE FIRST PLACE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND BACK FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTED VERY HARD, THEN AFTER A WHILE, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED TO SLIP BETWEEN GEAR CHANGES AND NOW THE TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE LOCKED IN 3RD GEAR AND WILL NOT SHIFT AND REVS VERY HIGH AND SEEMS TO SLIP AT TIMES. WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP AT SPEEDS AND REV HIGH, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD CATCH AGAIN AND JERK THE CAR SIDEWAYS AS IF CHANGING LANES. VERY DANGEROUS WHILE DRIVING ON ANY ROAD WITH CARS AROUND. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND WOULD NOT ENGAGE IN GEAR. THE CONTACT STATED WHENEVER HE PUT THE VEHICLE IN GEAR IT WOULD JERK AND EXHIBIT A CLUNKING NOISE. IN ADDITION, IT WOULD TAKE A WHILE TO GO INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 92,000.

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT I BOUGHT IN 2010 WITH 87,000 MILES, I HAD THE CAR FOR 5-6 MONTHS WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WHEN OUT WAS TOLD THIS WAS DUE TO A FAULTY VALUE BODY ON THIS MODEL. I CALLED NISSAN CORPORATE AND THERE WAS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO. I THEN SPENT $3,000 DOLLARS OUT OF MY POCKET TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND THAT HELPED FOR A YEAR AND HALF. WHEN THE MAXIMA HIT APPROX 130,000 MILES THE HARD SHIFTING, HANGING IN GEAR, POPPING OF THE TRANSMISSION RETURNED. THIS CAR IS NOT UNDER WARRANTY AND WILL COST A LOT TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I FEEL THIS IS DEFECTIVE PARTS PUT TO USE BY NISSAN AND THEY SHOULD BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REPAIRS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN DRIVING AT LOW SPEEDS AND MANEUVERING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP WITHOUT WARNING. IN ADDITION, THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER SHIFTING TO REVERSE, THERE WAS A SIX SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE VEHICLE WOULD RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE UNAWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 79,182.

I JUST TOOK DELIVERY OF A USED 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH A 5SPD AUTO TRANSMISSION. I NOTICED A FEW TIMES WHILE DRIVING TODAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION TAKES SOME TIME BETWEEN GEAR CHANGES AND AT TIMES CAN JERK PRETTY HARD AS IT CHANGES GEARS PARTICULARLY BETWEEN 1-2-3. IT APPEARS TO BE THE EARLY SIGNS OF A FAILING TRANSMISSION AS THE SHIFTING CAN BE VERY ROUGH. I NOW FEEL THAT PERHAPS NISSAN WAS NOT THE RIGHT DECISION, AND THIS WILL MOST DEFINITELY DETER ME FROM BUYING A NEW NISSAN IN THE FUTURE. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA NEW IN JULY OF 2005-EARLY 2012 I START HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR. IT WOULD STALL, HESITATE AND PULL FORWARD WHE I DRIVE. WHEN I REVERSE AND PUT IT IN DRIVE IT WOULD NOT MOVE FOR A FEW SECONDS THEN JUMP FORWARD. ITS SCARY AT TIMES WHEN I DRIVE. I TOOK IT TO REPAIR SHOP AND WAS TOLD IT WAS THE ENGINE MOUNT-I HAD TO PAY OVER $800 TO GET IT FIXED. AFTER IT WAS FIXED, I STILL HAVE THE PROBLEMS. MY NIECE WAS HAVING PROBLEMS ALSO WITH HER ALTIMA AND WENT ONLINE AND FOUND SIMILIAR COMPLAINTS. SHE DROVE MY CAR ON 11/29/12 AND I TOLD HER TO BE CAREFUL, AND TO BE AWARE OF THE ISSUES WITH THE CAR-SHE HAD HER 3 WEEK OLD BABY WITH HER, SO I WANTED TO MAKE SURE IF ANYTHING WAS GOING ON SHE COULD LET ME KNOW. SHE CALLED LATER ON AND SAID THE CAR SHE HAD BEFORE WAS DOING THE SAME THING AND IT TURNED OUT IT NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. SHE GOOGLED MY CAR AND FOUND 705 COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME THING I WAS GOING THRU-I WAS AMAZED OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS, AND NOTHING SEEM TO BE DONE ABOUT IT. I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMERS AFFAIRS AND THEY WANT ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO NISSAN TO HAVE THEM DIAGNOSE IT, WHICH WOULD COST ME $99 OF WHIC I DONT HAVE RIGHT NOW. I TOOK MY NIECE TO GET HER CAR ON SATURDAY 12/1 AND A FEW OF THE SALESMEN THERE SAID YEAH THEY KNOW OF THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND ITS GOING TO COST ME TO FIX. I WOULD LIKE SOMEONE FROM NHTSA TO REVIEW ALL THESE COMPLAINTS AND HAVE NISSAN ACKNOWLEDGE WHATS GOING ON WITH THEIR VEHICLES BEFORE WE HAVE A FATAL ACCIDENT. *TR

WHEN PUTTING THE CAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR THE OTHER WAY AROUND MY NISSAN WOULD JERK HARD AND WHEN I SPEED UP TO AROUND 35 MPH THE WOULD JERK HARD AND THE RPM WOULD SPEED UP AND MY CAR SPEED WOULD GO DOWN. *TR

VEHICLE STARTED SHOWING SIGNS OF TRANSMISSION TROUBLE WITH LESS THAN 68,000 MILES DRIVEN. INITIALLY, RANDOM REVVING/LAGGING WAS LESS NOTICEABLE AND JERKING WAS MINIMAL. THE PROBLEM PROGRESSIVELY GOT MORE FREQUENT AND SHIFTING BECAME HARSHER AND JERKING WOULD RESULT IN A HARD CLUNKING NOISE. VEHICLE WAS BROUGHT TO DEALERSHIP SERVICE DEPARTMENT FOR A DIAGNOSIS. RECOMMENDATION WAS FOR REPLACEMENT OF THE TRANSMISSION, MOTOR MOUNTS AND TIMING CHAIN SERVICE TO REMEDY A WHINING NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. EXTENDED WARRANTY COVERAGE WAS FOR 6YEARS/75,000 MILES SO TIME CONSTRAINT HAD EXPIRED ALTHOUGH MILEAGE WAS WELL UNDER. THUS, DEALER WOULD NOT COVER UNDER WARRANTY SO I CONTACTED NISSAN CORPORATE FOR ASSISTANCE. THEY WERE ALSO UNWILLING TO COVER REPLACEMENT OF TRANSMISSION EVEN WITH THIS BEING SUCH A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE/MODEL YEAR 04-06. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

WHILE GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE THE TRANSMISSION JERKS HARD, MAKES A LOUD BUMP NOISE,WHILE DOWN SHIFTING THE TRANSMISSION MAKES A LOUD THUMP SOUND. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SHIFTING HAS BECOME ROUGH AND ABRUPT. AT MEDIUM SPEED 20-45 MPH THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP, ENGINE RPM'S WILL SURGE AND VEHICLE SPEED WILL DECREASE. NISSAN DEALER FLUSHED TRANSMISSION FLUID JAN 2010 (83600 MILES). *TR

IT SHIFTS HARD TO BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND THEN VICE VERSA. DELAYED SHIFTING AND JERKING. DEALER CLAIMS THE ONLY FIX IS TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. *TR

I AM HAVING VERY BAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WHEN I TAKE OFF IT JERKS REAL BAD IN THE LOWER GEARS AND THEN WHEN I AM SLOWING DOWN ABOUT TO COME TO A STOP IT ALSO KICKS AND JERKS REAL BAD WHEN IT GEARS DOWN IN THE LOWER GEARS. AND SOMETIMES IT JUST WONT GO AT ALL..AND THEN WHEN I SIT THERE A MIN AND PUT MY CAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE IT HESITATES FOR AFEW SECS AND THEN JUMPS REAL BAD AND THEN GOES INTO DRIVE.IT USUALLY DOES ALL THIS WHEN THE CAR IS WARMED UP. *TR

I HAVE HAD THIS CAR SINCE 2008. THE TRANSMISSION START JERKING AT 80 THOUSAND+ MILES ON IT.. IT JERKS FROM 3RD GEAR TO 2ND WHILE MOVING. I TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THEY CANNOT HELP. THEN I CALLED NISSAN USA AND ASKED THEM FOR HELP NISSAN SAID ITS OUT OF WARRANTY SO THERE'S NOTHING THEY CAN DO!! DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT IT WOULD COST ME 4000+ TO GET TRANSMISSION REPLACED... I RESEARCHED THERE'S THOUSAND OF MORE PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM WITH TRANSMISSION. AND NISSAN IS PUTTING PEOPLES LIFE IN DANGER AND WONT DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT.. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRYING TO SHIFT FROM DRIVE TO PARK, THE VEHICLE JERKED VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A MECHANIC. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 114,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 117,000.

I BOUGHT MY NISSAN MAXIMA ABOUT 2YEARS AGO. MY DAD HAD BOUGHT ME A 1999 MAXIMA DURING MY HIGH SCHOOL YEARS AND IT NEVER GAVE ME PROBLEMS. IT RAN AWESOME SO THAT'S WHY I ENDED UP BUYING MY 1ST MAXIMA AND VERY DISAPPOINTED. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST BECAUSE AFTER THE TRANSMISSION WOULD BE HOT I WAS HAVING PROBLEMS. IT SEEMED AFTER COMING DOWN SPEED IT WOULD SLIP AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE AFTER BREAKING FOR EXAMPLE: IF A CAR INFRONT OF ME WOULD BRAKE TO TURN AND I WOULD BRAKE AND THEN ACCELERATE THE CAR SEEMS TO NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO AND IT GETS STUCK AND DOESN'T WANT TO ACCELERATE FOLLOWED BY A HARD JERK THAT FEELS LIKE SOMEONE JUST HIT MY BACK BUMPER. IT'S SO UNSAFE DRIVING I'VE HAD ALMOST BEEN IN CAR ACCIDENTS BECAUSE IT WON'T ACCELERATE AND ALMOST GOT HIT. IT'S SO FRUSTRATING DEALING WITH THIS CAR ISSUE ESPECIALLY AFTER JUST BUYING IT AND STILL MAKING CAR PAYMENTS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO DRIVE IT. I WILL NEVER BUY NISSAN AGAIN!! MY MOM BOUGHT A 2011 NISSAN VERSA AND ARE LOOKING INTO TRADING IT IN FOR ANOTHER MAKE FOR THE FEAR THAT IT WILL HAVE ISSUES TOO!! THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL. I CAN'T AFFORD TO PAY $3000-4000 ON A REBUILD TRANSMISSION!!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AS THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPED GEARS WITH A RAPID INCREASE IN ENGINE RPMS. IN ADDITION, THERE WAS A BURNING ELECTRICAL ODOR INSIDE OF THE VEHICLE. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE CONTACT LATER CHECKED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND NOTICED THAT IT HAD BECOME ABNORMALLY DARK IN COLOR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT AUTO MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THEY DETECTED THAT THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED INTERNAL DAMAGE AND THE TRANSMISSION VALVE WAS FAULTY. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 111,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT PROPERLY AND WHEN IT WOULD SHIFT, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK FORWARD ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

THE CAR JERKS WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SE WITH APPROXIMATELY 70K MILES. I BEGAN NOTICING THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING OVER THE SUMMER MONTHS. IN THE BEGINNING OF SEPTEMBER, THE TRANSMISSION SEEMED TO BE STUCK IN 4TH GEAR. I TOOK THE CAR TO A SHOP THAT SPECIALIZED IN TRANSMISSION, THEY REPLACED 2 ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS IN THE TRANSMISSION WHICH REPAIRED THE IMMEDIATE PROBLEM AND MADE THE CAR DRIVABLE, HOWEVER THE TRANSMISSIONS FOR THE 2004-2005 NISSAN MAXIMA APPEAR TO BE KNOWN FOR EARLY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. I ALSO OWN A 1998 NISSAN ALTIMA AND HAVE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS. THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT FUNCTION LIKE YOU WOULD EXPECT A 70K NISSAN TRANSMISSION TO PERFORM - IT SLIPS, HESITATES AND STUTTERS. THERE IS AN OBVIOUS MANUFACTURER DEFECT HERE. AS I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM WORK TODAY, THE CAR WAS ONCE AGAIN ACTING UP AND I WILL, UNFORTUNATELY, ONCE AGAIN, BE TAKING IT TO THE SHOP. WHEN RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM ONLINE, THERE ARE HUNDRED OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN THIS YEAR/MODEL .... PLEASE HELP. *TR

VERY HARD JERKY SHIFTS BETWEEN 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 1ST AND ACCOMPANIED BY LOUD CLUNKING NOISE. TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR DURING REGULAR DRIVING ALLOWING THE ENGINE TO REV FREELY THEN JERKING BACK INTO GEAR WITH A LOUD CLUNK. THE IS FOLLOWED BY A BURNT OIL / ELECTRICAL TYPE SMELL THAT GETS INSIDE THE CAR AND EVIDENT OUTSIDE AFTER STOPPING. SOMETIMES I GO FOR DAYS WITH NO SYMPTOMS AT ALL AND OTHER TIMES IT MAY HAPPEN A DOZEN TIMES IN A DAY. I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER AND NONE OF THE PROBLEMS SHOWED UP FOR THEM BUT THEY NOTED THAT THE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE BROKEN BUT THAT WOULD NOT CAUSE THESE SYMPTOMS. THEY SUGGESTED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR MOUNTS FOR $4,000. I DRIVE MAINLY ON THE FREEWAYS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND HAVE MAINTAINED AND BABIED THIS CAR SINCE IT WAS NEW. THIS IS MY FIRST NISSAN AND I HAVE LOVED THIS CAR UNTIL THESE SYMPTOMS. PLEASE SUGGEST WHAT COURSE OF ACTION SHOULD BE TAKEN TO CORRECT THIS AND RESTORE MY FAITH IN NISSAN. *TR

I AM HAVING VERY BAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WHEN I TAKE OFF IT JERKS REAL BAD IN THE LOWER GEARS AND THEN WHEN I AM SLOWING DOWN ABOUT TO COME TO A STOP IT ALSO KICKS AND JERKS REAL BAD WHEN IT GEARS DOWN IN THE LOWER GEARS. AND SOMETIMES IT JUST WONT GO AT ALL..AND THEN WHEN I SIT THERE A MIN AND PUT MY CAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE IT HESITATES FOR AFEW SECS AND THEN JUMPS REAL BAD AND THEN GOES INTO DRIVE.IT USUALLY DOES ALL THIS WHEN THE CAR IS WARMED UP. *TR

STOPPED AT A LOCAL SHOP, GOT OUT OF CAR TO MAIL A LETTER, CAR STILL RUNNING, KEY IN THE IGNITION AND THE DOORS LOCKED ON THE CAR WHILE IT WAS RUNNING AND NO ONE IN THE DRIVERS SEAT. LUCKILY I DID NOT HAVE MY CHILD IN THE CAR SEAT, IT WAS HOT AND IT TOOK ME HAVING TO GET SOMEONE TO GO TO MY HOME AND RETRIEVE A SPARE KEY TO OPEN THE DOOR. TOOK IT TO DEALERSHIP AND BECAUSE IT WAS 10 MILES OVER THE WARRANTY, THEY WOULD NOT REPAIR IT. I FILED A COMPLAINT EARLIER, BUT NEVER HEARD A RESPONSE. THIS ALSO HAPPENED TO MY 2005 ALTIMA. THE DOORS ARE NOT SUPPOSE TO LOCK IF CAR IS RUNNING. THIS IS A HAZARD AND A DEFECT. *TR

I HAD BOUGHT A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WITHIN A MONTH IT STARTED JERKING REALLY BAD BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND SHIFT. GETTING OFF THE FREEWAY AND COMING TO A STOP IT STARTED JERKING REALLY BAD IT SEEMED LIKE I HAD BEEN HIT FROM MY BACK BUMPER, BUT IT JUST THE SHIFT GEAR PROBLEM. IT WAS REALLY SCARY ESPECIALLY HAVING MY TWO YEAR OLD SON IN THE CAR. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE MECHANIC MULTIPLE TIMES BUT THEY DIDN'T SEEM TO KNOW WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS SO I LOOKED IT UP ONLINE AND THERE WERE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM I WAS HAVING. MY MAXIMA NOW HAS 75000 MILES AND DOES NOT FALL UNDER WARRANTY I AM AFRAID THAT THEY ARE GOING TO CHARGE ME $3000 FOR A PROBLEM THAT ALOT OF NISSANS SEEM TO HAVE AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED. *TR

VEHICLE WILL NOT SHIFT INTO DRIVE UNLESS THE TRANSMISSION LOCK IS ENGAGED (STARTED @ 50K MILES). ABRUPT DOWNSHIFTS AT ABOUT 20 MPH (STARTED @ 70K MILES). NOW THE TRANSMISSION IS STUCK IN 5TH AND WILL NOT DOWNSHIFT (STARTED AT 75K MILES). VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE AND I'M TOLD IT WILL COST AT LEAST $3000 TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS COMPLETELY UNACCEPTABLE FOR A VEHICLE WITH ONLY 75K MILES. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN PRODUCT AGAIN. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HER VEHICLE BEGAN TO LUNGE FORWARD WHILE IN FIRST OR SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED. THE FAILURE RECURRED AND THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THE TRANSMISSION BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS REBUILT. ONE MONTH LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 110,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE AND REFERRED HER TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,695. UPDATED 12/5/12 *CN UPDATED 12/12/2012 *JS

WHEN WILL WE GET A RECALL FOR THE 2004 - 2005 MAXIMA TRANSMISSIONS? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A KNOWN AND WIDE SPREAD ISSUE. I'VE FOUND AND READ MANY MANY REPORTS ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF GEAR, HARD SHIFTING (UP AND DOWN), HESITATING AND HARD JERK WHEN PLACED IN DRIVE, AND BREAKING MOTOR MOUNTS. MINE STARTED THIS JUST UNDER 100,000 MILES. MOST CASES I'VE READ REPORTED THIS STARTING AROUND 60,000 MILES. SOME HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT NISSAN REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, I HOPE I'M AS LUCKY. TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD BE DEPENDABLE AND PERFORM WELL BEYOND 100,000 MILES, MUCH LESS 60,000 MILES. I'VE HAD FAITH IN NISSAN AND WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH NISSAN VEHICLES UNTIL I DISCOVERED THIS EPIDEMIC ISSUE. HOW MANY DOES IT TAKE TO WARRANT AND ISSUE A RECALL? TO PROTECT NISSAN'S REPUTATION AND MAINTAIN IT'S CUSTOMER BASE, I HOPE THEY SUPPORT THEIR CUSTOMERS IN CORRECTING THIS. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 112,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE VEHICLE WILL SLAM INTO GEAR AT LOW SPEEDS. WILL POP OUT OF GEAR WHEN GOING FROM 35 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR, AND WHEN YOU PRESS THE GAS IT WILL REV UP TO 5000 RPMS AND SLAM BACK INTO GEAR NEARLY CAUSING ME TO HAVE 2 ACCIDENTS IN TRAFFIC. WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IT TAKES FROM 10 TO 20 SECONDS FOR IT TO ENGAGE IN DRIVE WHICH COULD LEAVE ME OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR SOMEONE TO SLAM INTO ME. THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALSO BROKEN MY MOTOR MOUNTS WITH ALL THE TWISTING BUCKING SLAMMING AND JERKING IT HAS DONE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND OR FIFTH GEAR. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 94,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK WITH HESITATION WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ON A SEPARATE OCCASION THE GEAR FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THE REVERSE OR PARK POSITION AND THE KEY WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED EARLY SIGNS OF FAILURE AND THE SHIFT LOCK UNIT WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY ADVISED THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

I BOUGHT A 2005 MAXIMA 3.5 SL IN 2006 BRAND NEW IN SOUTH CAROLINA. I FIRST STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN I HAD MY 60,000 MILE SERVICE. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THE SERVICE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO CODES, AND CLEARED THE LIGHT. I THEN TOOK MY CAR IN FOR THE 90,000 SERVICE AND ONCE AGAIN AROUND A WEEK OR TWO LATER MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND NOW THEIR WAS CODES SAYING MY EGR VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I DID MY 60,000 MILE SERVICE. NEEDLESS TO SAY THEIR WAS A RECALL THAT THEY WOULD HAVE REPLACED IT FOR FREE BUT I WAS JUST OVER THE MILEAGE WHERE IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE AT NO COST TO ME. ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER MY CAR JERKED REALLY HARD, AND MY CAR LOST COMPLETE POWER THEN JERKED ONCE MORE AND STARTED TO MOVE. THE GAUGES IN THE CAR WENT COMPLETELY OUT AND EVERY LIGHT POSSIBLE ON THE DASH CAME ON. FIRST I WAS TOLD I HAVE TO REPLACE FOUR SENSORS, AND SO I DID SO ALONG WITH THE EGR VALVE. THE CAR RAN FINE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. WHEN I WENT FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE OR VICE VERSA IT WOULD JERK REAL HARD BEFORE ENGAGING. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID MY TRANSMISSION SENSOR WAS BAD. I JUST HAD IT REPLACED TWO WEEKS AGO, AND NOW MY CAR IS BACK IS THE SHOP DOING THE SAME THING. THE TCS SLIP, AND EVERY LIGHT ON THE DASH IS ON, AND NONE OF MY GAUGES ARE WORKING. NOW THEY SAY IT MIGHT BE THE COMPUTER THAT I

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE RPMS WOULD ABNORMALLY INCREASE TO 8000 RPMS. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR WOULD SLIP AND THE VEHICLE WOULD REFUSE ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND AFTER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.

JUST AFTER THE VEHICLE PASSED 100,000 MILES, IT BEGAN TO SHIFT ROUGHLY BETWEEN ALL GEARS. THE CAR "BUCKS" WHEN SHIFTING, AND SOMETIMES SEEMS TO "MISS" A SHIFT, REVVING THE ENGINE BEFORE SETTLING INTO GEAR. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND FOUND MANY OTHER MAXIMA OWNERS WITH CARS OF ABOUT THE SAME AGE AND MILEAGE AS MINE, INDICATING THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND NOT SPECIFIC TO MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE. *TR

AFTER THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT MY MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 60,000, AND TOLD ME IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY, I WENT FOR A SECOND OPINION. A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP TOLD ME IT WASN'T MAY TRANSMISSION BUT RATHER MY CLUTCH PEDAL BRACKET AND THAT IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY! I WENT TO A SECOND DEALERSHIP AND HAD IT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THAT LASTED FOR ABOUT 20-30,000 MILES WHEN IT STARTED TO FEEL AS THOUGH I WAS MOVING A BOULDER WHILE DEPRESSING MY CLUTCH. THIS PAST SUMMER, WHEN I WAS MANUALLY PULLING THE PETAL BACK FROM THE FLOOR, I HAD TO REPLACE MY FLY WHEEL AND CLUTCH BECAUSE OF THE WEAR. MY CLUTCH BRACKET STILL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN! WHY IS THIS SUCH A WIDELY KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2005 MT MAXIMA AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE? *TR