2004 Nissan Maxima

WHILE I WAS DRIVING ONTO A HIGHWAY OFF OF A RAMP I WENT TO ACCELERATE TO MERGE INTO TRAFFIC WHILE DOING SO MY CAR DID NOT MOVE AND THE ENGINE RPMS REDLINED AFTER ABOUT 3 SECONDS MY CAR JERKED INTO GEAR AND FELT AS IF SOMEONE HAD REAR-ENDED ME HOWEVER I NOTICED IT WAS MY CAR NOT BEING ABLE TO GET INTO GEAR. ONCE IT GOT INTO GEAR THE CAR PEELED OUT UNCONTROLLABLY AND I ALMOST RAN MY CAR OFF THE ROAD. THE VEHICLE IS A VERY WELL MAINTAINED VEHICLE AND ONLY HAS 75,000 MILES ON IT. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO SHAKE ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION AND THEY ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR MOUNTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

TRANSMISSION EXPERIENCES EXTREMELY HARSH SHIFTING BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR.SEEMS TO BE WORSE WHEN VEHICLE IS WARMED UP. OCCURRENCE IS INTERMITTENT. VEHICLE WILL SLIP COMPLETELY OUT OF GEAR WHEN TURNING A CORNER UNDER BRAKING, THEN SLAM BACK INTO GEAR AS GAS IS APPLIED EXITING THE TURN. VEHICLE ALSO WILL HESITATE WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE FOR 10 SECONDS, THEN SLAM INTO DRIVE. VEHICLE SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR AND THEN SLAMMING INTO GEAR COULD LEAD TO POSSIBLE REAR COLLISION. ALSO FEELS LIKE IT COULD NOT GO BACK INTO GEAR WHEN DRIVING ON A HILL. WITH THE NUMBER OF BLOG POSTS REGARDING THIS ISSUE IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT ISOLATED. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT THE ONLY 'FIX' IS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT MY EXPENSE TO THE TUNE OF $3000-$4000. NEIGHBOR TRADED IN HER .05 MAXIMA FOR A TOYOTA BECAUSE DEALER TOLD HER SHE HAD TO PAY $4000 FOR A NEW TRANNY FOR THE MAXIMUM. AS IT IS APPARENT THAT NISSAN WILL NOT VOLUNTARILY OWN UP TO WHAT IT OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING OR DESIGN DEFECT, I HOPE THEY WILL SOON BE FORCED INTO ISSUING A RECALL AND FIXING THIS ISSUE. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD FROM 2ND TO 3RD AFTER DRIVING ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THEN IT SHIFTS HARD UP AND DOWN. WHEN GOING FROM PARK OR REVERSE INTO DRIVE IT WILL NOT ENGAGE GEAR AND THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR. WHILE DRIVING AT FREEWAY SPEEDS IT WILL SLIP GEARS. IT ALSO SLIPS GEARS AFTER PULLING OUT AT A STOP SIGN. A DIAGNOSTIC CHECK REVEALED THAT IT HAS A PRESSURE CONTROL SOLENOID C STUCK ON .I HAVE FOUND MANY MANY ONLINE POSTS ON FORUMS ABOUT THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM AT ABOUT THE SAME MILEAGE ON MANY 2004 MAXIMAS. I AM CONCERNED THAT I CAN NOT DRIVE IT SAFELY AND NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS FAILURE IN THE CAR AND CHOOSE TO DO NOTHING. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 51 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS ABLE TO BE RESTARTED AFTER SEVERAL MINUTES AND PROCEEDED TO FUNCTION NORMALLY. THE CONTACT STATED THAT FOUR YEARS PRIOR TO THE RECENT FAILURE, THE SAME SYMPTOMS LEAD TO THE CONTACT HAVING TO REPLACE THE ENGINE AND THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 200,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 TO 25 MPH THE CONTACT EXPERIENCED EXTREME JERKING WHEN GOING INTO SECOND GEAR. IMMEDIATELY AFTER, THE SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC. AFTER DIAGNOSIS, THEY ADVISED HIM THAT THE 5 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPAIRED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 114,587. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. *TR

TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND HESITATES AS YOU PLACE IN GEAR. ONCE YOU PLACE IT IN GEAR FROM DRIVE TO PARK TO REVERSE IT JERKS VERY HARD WHICH PLACES PRESSURE ON THE MOTOR MOUNTS CAUSING THEM TO HAVE PROBLEMS. ALL OF THE NISSAN MAXIMA'S HAVE A SERIOUS MANUFACTURED FLAW WITH THERE TRANSMISSION. THIS IS A SERIOUS FLAW AND SHOULD HAVE BEEN RECALLED BY NISSAN, ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS MADE ARE ALL STATING THE SAME THING. THIS IS CLEARLY A MANUFACTURE DEFECT. THIS DEFECT OCCURS EVEN IF YOU ARE SITTING STILL WITH YOUR FEET ON THE BRAKES AND ATTEMPT TO SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE TO REVERSE THE VEHICLE JERKS SO HARD IT MOVES THE VEHICLE EVEN THOUGH YOUR FEET IS ON THE BRAKES. THIS IS A SERIOUS ISSUE. ONCE THE ENGINE WARMS UP THE TRANSMISSION BEGINS TO SLIP EVEN AS THE VEHICLE APPROACH A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN THE CAR DOWN SHIFTS ITSELF AND JERK AS IT SHIFTS.

UNSAFE START. ENGINE WILL HESITATE BEFORE GOING INTO GEAR AT THE SAME TIME WILL INITIATE HIGH RPM'S ON IT'S OWN CAUSING A UNSAFE START IN CROSSWALKS, DRIVEWAYS AND PUBLIC STREETS. THE ENGINE/TRANSMISSION WILL ENGAGE IN HIGH RPM'S ON ITS IN MULTIPLE GEARS BEFORE MOVING FORWARD CAUSING SUDDEN JERKS AND FAST STARTS. TRANSMISSION HAS A HARD TRANSITION FROM GEARS CAUSING A VIBRATION THROUGHOUT THE CAR WHEN CHANGING GEARS. THE NISSAN NORTH AMERICA CORPORATION WAS NOTIFIED IN WRITING OF THIS PROBLEM IN 2012. *TR