2004 Nissan Maxima

I HAVE A NISSAN MAXIMA 04 THAT I STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS LAST YEAR. WHEN I TRAVEL DOWN HILL IT SLAMS INTO GEAR WHEN IT DOWN SHIFTS. I ALSO NOTICED THAT WHEN I SHIFT FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE IT PAUSES THAN SHIFTS HARD AND LOUD INTO DRIVE. IN APRIL OF 08 I TOOK IT IN TO THE DEALER TO HAVE IT CHECKED (59000 MILES) WHILE STILL UNDER WARRANTY. THEY FOUND NO PROBLEM AND RETURNED IT TO ME. ON THE INVOICE THEY HAVE 47,000 MILES AT THE TIME OF INSPECTION. I ALSO HAVE A INVOICE FOR 07 THAT SHOWS MILEAGE AT 47,000. OBVIOUSLY, SOME ONE NOTED THE WRONG MILEAGE. IN TALKING TO THE DEALER THEY ARE ESTIMATING NEW TRANSMISSION BETWEEN $3500-$4000 DOLLARS. I AM ASTONISHED THAT NISSAN WOULD PUT OUT A PRODUCT THAT THEY KNOW IS FAULTY. WHAT CAN WE DO TO RESOLVE THIS? *TR THANK YOU,

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SE MODEL.. CAR ONLY HAS 98K MILES AND HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM..SLIPPING OF GEARS.. I LOOKED ONLINE MANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS.. I JUST BOUGHT IT FOUR MONTHS AGO BUT ONLY HAD ONE MONTH WARRANTY..I WAS DUMB... NOW I NEED TO CHANGE MY TRANSMISSION...COSTING 4K JUST FOR THAT.... NISSAN WOULD FIX THIS PROBLEM..MANY OTHERS HAVE IT.. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. *TR

2004 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH 101K MILES. I AM NOTICING A SEVERE JERKING MOTION WHEN BRAKING OR WHILE TRYING TO ACCELERATE. THE JERK MAKES YOU THINK THAT SOMEONE HAS HIT YOU FROM THE BACK. AND MOST RECENTLY WHEN STARTING MY CAR I NOTICED THAT WHEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE THAT IT SLIPS. I PRESS ON THE GAS, FLOORING THE PEDAL, AND THEN I "CREEP" TO 10 MPH AND SO ON. IT TAKES ALMOST 20 SECONDS TO GET UP TO A CRUISING SPEED. THIS IS VERY DANGEROUS. I NEARLY CAUSED AN ACCIDENT AFTER STOPPING AT A RED LIGHT AND THEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AFTER THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. *TR

2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SE HAS 58,000. TRANSMISSIONS JERKS, CAR FALLS OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER 2 MONTHS AGO, THEY SAID TRANSMISSION FLUID AND FLUSH COST $400.00 IT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM, I TOOK IT IN AGAIN 2 DAYS AGO. THEY SAID $4800 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION!! NOTE: I HAVE AN EXTENDED WARRANTY SO THE $4800 IS COVERED BUT I AM OUT $400 FOR THE FLUSH PLUS $50.00 DEDUCTIBLE. ADDITIONALLY, I HAVE DONE WEB SEARCHES ON THIS CAR AND PROBLEM. THIS PROBLEM IS HAPPENING TO A LOT OF PEOPLE. PLEASE NOT THAT MY CAR SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR ON THE EXPRESSWAY SO THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS PROBLEM!! *TR

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH 61,038 MILES ON IT. AS I AM DRIVING, MY CAR WILL JUMP SOMETIMES LIGHTLY & AT OTHER TIMES VERY HARD. IF I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND THEN PUT THE GEAR BACK INTO DRIVE, I WILL HAVE TO WAIT FOR THE CAR TO JUMP INTO GEAR. WHEN I BRAKE, THE CAR WILL JUMP BEFORE STOPPING. IT FEELS LIKE THE ENGINE IS SLIPPING. AT TIMES, THE CAR JUMPS SO HARD THAT I SEE OTHER PEOPLE LOOK MY WAY. THIS CAN HAPPEN AT ANY TIME, DAY OR NIGHT, HOT OR COLD... THE CAR WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVEN FOR HRS., SO YES IT IS WARMED UP. IN JUNE OF 2008, I TOOK THE CAR TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP & I WAS TOLD I NEEDED 2 TRANSMISSION MOUNTS AND A TRANSMISSION FLUSH WHICH WOULD COST OVER $900.00. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND I HAD IT DONE FOR A LITTLE OVER $600.00. A FEW DAYS LATER I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO MY MECHANIC 3 MORE TIMES & THEY COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG. IN SEPTEMBER OF 2008, I TOOK THE CAR TO A NISSAN DEALER & IT PASSED ALL OF THE DIAGNOSTIC TESTS. I WAS VERY DISAPPOINTED. ON 2/6/2009, I TOOK THE CAR TO A NISSAN DEALER & I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED A TRANSMISSION WHICH WILL COST ME $4507.00,I NEED A RIGHT ENGINE MOUNT WHICH WILL COST $361.00, BOTH FRONT STRUTS ARE MAKING A CHUCKING NOISE...$832.00, LOWER CONTROL ARM BUSHINGS ARE BROKEN...$809.00. ALL OF THESE REPAIRS BECAUSE OF THE CAR'S JERKING. THE MECHANIC TOLD ME THAT IF I GET THIS DONE, THE CAR SHOULD LAST ABOUT 6 TO 7 MORE YRS. I HAD TO PAY $98.00 FOR THE DEALERSHIP TO TROUBLE SHOOT, WHEN THE AMOUNT IS USUALLY $65.00 FOR INSPECTION AT OTHER PLACES. I CANNOT AFFORD TO BUY A NEW TRANSMISSION, I WOULD BE BETTER OFF TRYING TO BY SOMETHING ELSE (NO NISSAN) TO DRIVE. I STILL HAVE PAYMENTS ON THIS CAR, SO THAT IS NOT EVEN BEING REALISTIC. I AM FED UP WITH THIS CAR & THERE IS NOTHING THAT I CAN DO ABOUT IT. I ONLY DRIVE THE CAR TO WORK & PLACES THAT I MUST GO TO, BECAUSE I AM SCARED TO RELY ON IT. I CAN'T ENJOY MY WEEKENDS ANYMORE BECAUSE I HAVE TO DEPEND ON THIS CAR. PLEASE HELP. *TR

CAR IS JERKING WHEN BRAKES ARE FULLY APPLIED. ALMOST BAD ENOUGH TO GET WHIPLASH. CAR WAS PURCHASED SEPT. 2006 WITH 64,000 MILES. CAR RAN GOOD FOR ABOUT 1 YEAR. AFTER OWNING THE CAR FOR ABOUT 18 MONTHS, THE JERKING STARTED. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER IN MY AREA. THEY TOLD ME I NEEDED TO FLUSH THE TRANSMISSION. I HAD THAT DONE. THE VERY NEXT DAY THE CAR STARTED JERKING AGAIN. AS MENTIONED IN ANOTHER COMPLAINT, JERKING STARTS ONCE FLUIDS ARE WARM. I TOOK THE CAR BACK, THEY LOOK AT IT AND TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THEREFORE, THEY COULDN'T TELL ME WHAT WAS WRONG. I ASKED THEM IF IT COULD BE THE TRANSMISSION. SERVICE MANAGER TOLD ME THAT IT WASN'T THE TRANSMISSION. I TOOK THE CAR HOME. I WAS A LITTLE FRUSTRATED BY NOW. ONE MONTH LATER, I TOOK THE CAR BACK IN. I HAD THE SERVICE WRITER RIDE OUT WITH ME. HE FELT THE JERKING. I ASKED HIM IF IT COULD BE A BROKEN MOUNT. HE WROTE BROKEN MOUNT DOWN ON HIS NOTEPAD. I LEFT THE CAR WITH NISSAN. NISSAN'S SERVICE WRITER CALLED ME BACK THE NEXT DAY AND WOULDN'T YOU KNOW IT, HE SAID IT WAS A BROKEN MOUNT. I TOLD THEM TO GO AHEAD AND FIX IT. THEY DID. I PAID AND TOOK THE CAR HOME. GUESS WHAT? CAR STARTED JERKING AGAIN. I CONTACTED NISSAN AND THEY BASICALLY TOLD ME THEY COULDN'T DO ANYTHING. 6 MONTHS LATER, THE CAR IS STILL JERKING AWAY. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO NISSAN. I TOLD SERVICE MANAGER ABOUT THE JERKING. HE CAME OUT FOR A TEST DRIVE AND TOLD ME THAT IS WAS THE TRANSMISSION. SAID THAT HE HAD SEEN A LOT OF 2004 MAXIMAS COMING BACK DURING THE LAST OF 2008 WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT. HE TOLD ME TO CLEAN IT UP AND SELL IT TO CARMAXX BEFORE IT GAVE ALL THE WAY OUT. HE SAID THAT CARMAXX WOULDN'T KNOW THE TRANSMISSION WAS HAVING PROBLEMS HE TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T CHECK TRANSMISSION BEFORE. HE SAID IT COST 250.00 TO DROP PAN TO CHECK TRANNY. PLEASE PEOPLE, LETS FLOOD NISSAN USA WITH YOUR COMPLAINTS. THEY WILL HAVE TO RESPOND IF WE ALL COMPLAIN. DON'T LET THEM GET AWAY WITH THIS. *TR

MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS 86,000 MILES NEVER WRECKEDOR ANYTHING WELL MAINTAINED AND JUST 5 YEARS OLD THE TRANSMISSION HAD STARTED JERKING AND SLIPPING REALLY BAD. IT DOES IT WORSE WHEN THE FLUIDS ARE STARTING TO GET WARM THAN IT DOES WHEN ITS COLD. MECHANICS TOLD ME BEST BET IS TO CHANGE IT OUT FOR A NEW THAT JUST SERVING IT WITH IT SLIPPING THAT BAD WOULD BE A WASTE OF MONEY. THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN GREAT UNTIL RECENTLY I AM STILL PAYING FOR THIS CAR AND STILL HAVE A FEW MORE YEARS LEFT ON IT AND I THOUGHT WHEN I BOUGHT IT SINCE IT WAS PUT OUT BY NISSAN THAT IT WOULD BE A GREAT VEHICLE, WELL IT IS STARTING TO LET ME DOWN, I A NEWBORN BABY AND A WIFE GOING TO COLLEGE AND HERE I HAVE TO WORRY IF SHE WILL GET TO SCHOOL OR HOME WITHOUT BREAKING DOWN. THESE TRANSMISSIONS ARE VERY EXPENSIVE TO JUST GO OUT AND REPLACE. I AM THE ONLY ONE WORKING FULL TIME RIGHT NOW AND IT WOULD BE HARD TO SWING AROUND A ROUGH ESTIMATE OF TRANSMISSION AND LABOR OF ABOUT $4500.00. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE INTERNET AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE ALOT OF PEOPLE WITH THESE MODELS COMPLAINING ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION, SO IF YOU COULD PLEASE HELP US AND MAKE NISSAN RECALL THESE TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE THEY HURT OF KILL SOMEONE OR THERE FAMILY I WOULD PERSONALLY APPRECIATE IT. THANKS *TR