2004 Nissan Maxima

2004 NISSAN MAXIMA, 6 SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSION 4-DOOR SEDAN. AT 73,000 MILES, A GRINDING NOISE BEGAN WHEN SHIFTING INTO SECOND GEAR. ALSO, SHORTLY THEREAFTER, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO 'SEIZE' WHERE YOU COULD NOT SHIFT AT ALL; THIS ALL CULMINATED WHILE ON A TRIP TO THE BICYCLE SHOP WITH MY 3 KIDS, GETTING STRANDED (LUCKILY MADE IT TO A PARKING LOT) WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NOT EVEN COME OUT OF GEAR. TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP, AND AFTER $1300 IN REPAIRS (NEW CLUTCH) THE 'SEIZING' PROBLEM IS BACK 2 MONTHS LATER, AND THE GRINDING WAS NEVER FIXED; THEY TOLD ME THAT WOULD BE AN EXTRA $1300... LOOKS LIKE MANY SENTRAS ARE HAVING SIMILAR SYNCHRONIZER ISSUES AS MY MAXIMA - AS WELL AS OTHER MAXIMAS. WHY CAN'T WE HOLD NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR THEIR PRODUCT DEFICIENCIES? PLEASE HELP - THANKS!! *TR

IN 2005 I PURCHASED A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. AT AROUND 60K MILES THE TRANSMISSION STARTED ACTING UP. EVERYTIME I REVERSE AND PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE THERE IS A DELAY AND THE CAR ALL OF A SUDDEN JERKS INTO DRIVE. THE CAR ALSO JERKS/SLIPS INTO GEARS AS YOU ACCELERATE AND WHEN YOU APPLY THE BRAKES. NOTHING HAS WORKED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS REGARDING THIS SAME ISSUE ALL OVER THE INTERNET. PLEASE HELP, THIS IS NO WAY THAT THIS IS SIMPLY COINCIDENCE THAT EVERY MAXIMA IS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

CAR WAS BEING DRIVEN ON ATLANTIC CITY EXPRESSWAY IN NEW JERSEY WHEN A RECALLED GOODYEAR TIRE BLEW OUT. KEPT CONTROL OF THE CAR. WENT TO GET A NEW TIRE A FOUND THAT ALL FOUR TIRES THAT WERE RECALLED WERE READY TO BLOW OUT. BOUGHT FOUR NEW TIRES. THE RECALL DEADLINE FOR THESE TIRES WAS DECEMBER 2007-WHICH WE MISSED. HOW DO YOU PUT A DEADLINE ON A RECALL. IF THERE WAS AN ACCIDENT IT COULD HAVE BEEN VERY BAD AND WE WOULD BE PURSUING A LAWSUIT AGAINST THE TIRE MANUFACTURER. *TR

TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND THEN JERKING CONSTANTLY IN FIRST GEAR AT 80K MILES AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED BY A NEW TRANSMISSION= $3500. DEFECTIVE STRUT/STRUT MOUNTS APROX. EVERY 40K MILES. REPLACED AND COVERED BY NISSAN THE FIRST INCIDENT, IS NOW HUNDREDS TO FIX THE SECOND TIME. AC HOSE CRACKED AND CAUSED A LEAK AT 40K MILES AND WAS $275 TO REPLACE. CRACKED AGAIN AT 80K MILES, LEAKING. REPLACED :$300. *TR

WHILE DRIVING MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA ON HIGHWAY 92 LEADING TO FORT HUACHUCA AZ, THE CAR CAME TO A COMPLETE STOP FROM THE SPEED OF 45MPH. JERKING ME FORWARD. PRIOR TO THIS THE CAR HAD BEEN IN AND OUT OF THE DEALERSHIP AT LEAST TWICE BECAUSE OF A METALLIC NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. NONE OF THE REPAIRS FIXED THE PROBLEM ALL OF WHICH I HAD TO PAY FOR. THE TRANSMISSION WENT OUT WHILE DRIVING AT SPEEDS OF 45MPH AND THE CAR JERK VIOLENTLY WHEN SWITCHING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR BEFORE COMING STUCK IN 5TH GEAR. *TR

PURCHASED CAR IN JULY OF 2007 FOUR BRAND NEW CHROME WHEELS FROM THE DEALER. BY SEPTEMBER OF 2007 CHROME BEGAN TO PEEL ON THE INSIDE OF THE WHEEL BETWEEN THE SPOKES ON ALL FOUR TIRES. TOOK IT TO THE DEALER IN NOVEMBER AND WAS TOLD THE BEST THEY COULD DO WAS PAY 50% OF ALL COSTS. I CALLED CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY STATED THE SAME THING. I EXPLAINED I COULDN'T AFFORD THE $1,500 IT WOULD COSTS ME AND THAT THE DEALER SHOULD WARRANT THE COST SINCE THIS INCURRED SIX MONTHS AFTER I PURCHASED THE CAR. I REFUSED THE OFFER AND CONTINUED DRIVING ON THE PEELING WHEELS. RECENTLY, APRIL 2008, MY FRONT PASSENGER TIRE BEGAN TO LEAK AIR. THE CAR WAS BOUGHT BACK TO THE DEALER AND THE REP STATED THE CHROME WAS DETERIORATING FROM THE INSIDE. THE REP STATED THAT IT WAS CAUSED BY FIX A FLAT (NOT CORRECT AS THE FIX A FLAT WAS USED TO STOP THE LEAK IN THE FIRST PLACE) THE FAULTY WHEEL WAS BEADED AND MY TIRES WERE ROTATED. THIS HAS GONE FROM A COSMETIC ISSUE TO THE ISSUE OF A HEALTH HAZARD IN MY DAILY DRIVING. I HAVE FILED ANOTHER COMPLAINT WITH CONSUMER AFFAIRS ON THIS MATTER AND WOULD LIKE MY WHEELS REPLACED BY NISSAN. I SINCERELY REGRET MY PURCHASE... *TR