2004 Nissan Maxima

ENGINE / TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING. THE CAR JERKS AND RPM'S SEEM TO JUMP AROUND THE 3 GEAR. CAR SEEMS TO BE LOOSING POWER AND WORKS HARDER TO REACH HIGHER SPEEDS. 1ST GEAR IS OK, AFTER THAT THE SECOND THIRD AND FOURHT GEARS ALL KICK IN WITHIN 5MPH OF EACH OTHER. I AM IN FOURTH GEAR BY THE TIME I REACH 25 MPH. TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE GOING OUT. NISSAN DEALER STATES THAT THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS SINCE NO CODES CAME UP. I WILL HAVE A LOCAL MECHANIC INSPECT IT SINCE I TRUST THAT THEY WILL MOST LIKELY FIND THAT IT IS TRANSMISSION FAILURE, NOT SOME ELECTRONIC CODE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR ALL THESE VEHICLES AND NISSAN SHOULD OWN UP JUST AS TOYOTA HAS WITH THEIR ACCELERATION PROBLEMS.

2004 AND NEWER NISSAN MAXIMAS HAS A SERIOUS STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AFTER 40MPH. NISSAN DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY ARE NO COMPLAINTS, BUT THE INTERNET IF FULL OF CUSTOMERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR IS 6YEARS OLD BUT ONLY HAS 34,000 MILES. NEW TIRES, BRAKES,ROTORS,ALIGNMENT MULTIPLY TIRE BALANCES HAS NOT FIXED THIS PROBLEM. ON THE INTERNET CUSTOMER HAVE REPLACED STRUTS, BEARING,CV AXLES AND PROBLEM STILL EXIST. THIS SEEMS LIKE A PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR

I HAVE A 04 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT JERKS WHEN COMING OUT OF A COAST ESPECIALLY WHEN COMING OFF OF THE EXPRESSWAY. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPEND. THERE HAVE BEEN 2 PREVIOUS OCCASSIONS THAT THIS HAS HAPPEND AND NEARLY CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. I HAVE CALLED NISSAN AND THEY PLAY DUMB AS IF THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF THE ISSUE,WHEN THERE ARE TONS OF COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET. WHAT IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET SOMEONE TO HOLD NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS FAULTY TRANSMISSION DESIGN? SOMEONE GETTING KILLED? I PRAY NOT.

THIS IS IS REGARDS TO THE NISSAN MAXIMA 2004 AND 2005 MODELS. THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN THESE MODELS. THE CAR WILL STALL AT RED LIGHTS OR WHEN TRYINGING TO MERGE WITH TRAFFIC ON EXPRESSWAYS, INTER STATE HIGHWAYS OR SIMILAR ROADWAYS. NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THIS PROBLEM OR CORRECT IT. WE WERE UNAWARE WHENL WE INITIALLY BEGAN TO HAVE PROBLEMS WITH OUR VEHICLE. SINCE WE PURCHASED OUR VEHICLE, WE HAVE RETURNED TO THE DEALER THREE TIMES. THE FIRST TWO TIMES WE WERE TOLD THERE WAS NOTHING WRONG WITH OUR CAR. THE FIRST TIME WE TOOK IT IN WAS ABOUT THREE DAYS AFTER PURCHASE. THE SECOND TIME WAS ABOUT 3-4 MONTHS AFTER PURCHASE. THE PROMBLEM HAS BECOME SEVERE, AND NOW THEY SAY IT IS TOO LONG. IF YOU SEARCH THE INTERNET -- WE DID LOOKING FOR HELP, YOU WILL FIND LOTS OF CHATTER (COMPLAINTS) ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION IN THESE MODELS. WE HAVE A 2004 MAXIMA. NISSAN SHOULKD RECALL THESE VEHICLE AND CORRECT THE PROBLEM. INSTEAD, THEY CONTINUE TO SALE THE UNSAFE VEHICLES.

AFTER SEEING MANY OTHER PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM I FELT I HAD TO CONTACT SOMEONE,,,I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA,SE THAT SHIFTS INTO GEAR VERY HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND ON TAKE OFF AND REVERSE WHEN SLOWING DOWN,,A TRANSMISSION COMPANY TOLD ME THAT A LOT OF THE SE MODELS HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS,SAFE US HARD WORKING PEOPLE IN BAD TIMES FROM THESE BIG CAR COMPANY GETTING OVER WITH THESE THINGS AND NOT HAVING TO FIX THERE PROBLEM THAT WE GET,,,,,THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED,,,,,READ THE PROBLEMS FROM OTHERS!!!!!!!! *TR

PLEASE NOTE THAT I HAVE DONE SOME RESEARCH ON LINE AND DISCOVERED THAT MANY PEOPLE ARE GOING THROUGH EXACTLY WHAT I AM GOING THROUGH. THIS HAS BEEN VERY FRUSTRATING FOR ME AND MY HUSBAND BECAUSE WE HAVE HAD NISSAN ALL OF OUR LIVES AND HAVE NEVER HAD PROBLEMS SUCH AS THESE. I PURCHASED MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA USED IN 2006 WITH A LITTLE OVER 50,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER IT REACHED AROUND 90,000 MILES, I STARTED FEELING THE JERKING JUST LIKE TO THE OTHERS, MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING. THIS IS MY THIRD TIME I HAVE TAKEN IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CANNOT SEEM TO PROPERLY DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM. I WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW MOTOR MOUNT, WHICH I REPLACED ON FEBRUARY 19, 2010 FOR $484.00. AFTER DRIVING IT HOME, STILL EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROBLEM. SO WE TOOK IT BACK TO FURTHER DIAGNOSE THE PROBLEM, WERE TOLD THE SENSOR NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND THAT SHOULD FIX THE PROBLEM. FINALLY, WE WERE TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT WE NEEDED A TRANSMISSION. MY TRANSMISSION CONTINUES TO BANG WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR. IT ALSO SURGES WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER SLOWING DOWN AND HESITATES AT LEAST A 10 SECONDS BEFORE ENGAGING INTO GEAR. WHEN IN PARK OR NEUTRAL, THE TRANSMISSION BANGS WHEN DRIVING OFF FROM 1ST TO 2ND. . I AM TOLD BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT I AM GOING TO NEW TO PURCHASE A NEW TRANSMISSION IN ORDER TO FIX THE PROBLEM. I AM SO AFRAID THE DRIVE THE CAR BECAUSE IT SLIPS AND HESITATES. THIS IS SCARY, ESPECIALLY ON THE HIGHWAY. I HOPE THAT IT WILL NOT TAKE A FATALITY FOR NISSAN TO FACE UP TO THEIR PROBLEMS. ANY ASSISTANCE YOU CAN PROVIDE WILL BE GREATLY APPRECIATED. OUR NAMES ARE [XXX] . WE CAN BE REACHED AT [XXX]. THANKS FOR YOUR GUIDANCE. INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR

I OWN A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA FOR ALMOST THREE YEARS NOW. I BOUGHT THE CAR WITH 70,000 MI. AND IN VERY GOOD SHAPE AT THE TIME. THREE MONTHS WENT BY AND I STARTED NOTICING MY TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND SHIFTING VERY HARD. I TOOK IT TO THE LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR THEM TO CHECK MY TRANSMISSION AND TOLD ME THEY DID NOT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT BUT SUGGESTED A TRANSMISSION FLUSH. BECAUSE OF THEIR HIGH PRICE FOR A TRANSMISSION FLUSH I TOOK IT TO JIFFY LUBE. THE VEHICLE SHIFTED SMOOTHLY FOR ABOUT 30 MIN. INTO THE DRIVE THEN THE SLIPPING AND HARD SHIFTS CONTINUED. I WENT ONLINE TO RESEARCH THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND OUT THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY PERSON WITH THIS EXACT PROBLEM. I FOUND THIS WEBSITE (HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/REVIEWS/NISSAN/MAXIMA/R61092/COMMENTS/PAGE-16/) AND CAME ACROSS THOUSANDS OF NISSAN OWNERS WITH THE EXACT TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. AFTER LEARNING THIS I WAS CONVINCED THAT IT WAS A DEFECT AND NISSAN NEEDS TO RECALL THE TRANSMISSION. I AM NEVER GOING TO BUY A NISSAN CAR EVER AGAIN! I HAVE THIS EXPENSIVE CAR NOTE FOR THE NEXT FOUR YEARS AND THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTED EVER SINCE IT WAS PUT IN THE CAR! MY WARRANTY WAS EXPIRED BEFORE THIS STARTED HAPPENING. THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO AND AN INVESTIGATION NEEDS TO START. IT IS SO UNFAIR TO ME AND THE OTHER PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING THROUGH THIS. PLEASE HELP!

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE TRANSMISSION WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED. RECENTLY, THE VEHICLE HAD BEEN EXHIBITING TRANSMISSION FAILURES AGAIN. HE WAS CONCERNED WITH THE SMALL TIME FRAME IN WHICH THE VEHICLE NEEDED A SECOND TRANSMISSION. HE WAS CONCERNED THE TRANSMISSION MAY HAVE BEEN DEFECTIVE AND BELIEVED IT SHOULD FALL UNDER RECALL. THE CONTACT WOULD NOT OPERATE THE VEHICLE AS FREQUENTLY AS NEEDED DUE TO THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 55,000 AND THE CURRENT WAS 140,000. UPDATED 07/22/10. *LJ

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR JERKING ESP. GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND DOWNSHIFTING BACK FROM 2ND TO 1ST. IT WAS RANDOM AT FIRST BUT HAS PROGRESSED OVER THE PASS 3 MONTHS. NOW, IT OCCURS FREQUENTLY THROUGHOUT THE DAY. OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, MY RPM GOES REALLY HIGH BEFORE IT CHANGES INTO GEAR. TODAY MY "CHECK ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON AND STAYED. *TR

MY TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP, SLOWLY, AND WITHIN 1K MILES I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION IN MY 04 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE WARRANTY HAD JUST EXPIRED LEAVING ME TO PAY FOR THE ENTIRE THING, 3,450 DOLLAR OUT OF POCKET. I'VE DONE SOME RESEARCH AND THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON ISSUES AMONG THIS VEHICLE. I DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING IN MY CAR, EVEN THOUGH THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN REPLACED, BUT SINCE I JUST SPEND OVER 3K TO FIX MY CAR, I HAVE NO MONEY TO PURCHASE A NEW ONE. AGAIN, MY CAR IS STILL NOT COMPLETELY FIXED AND I DON'T FEEL COMFORTABLE DRIVING IN THIS VEHICLE AND ALSO I HAVE LITTLE TO NO CONFIDENCE THAT NISSAN REALLY CARES THAT MYSELF AND THOUSANDS OTHERS ARE HAVING THE SAME CONCERNS. *TR