2004 Nissan Maxima

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 35-45 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK VIOLENTLY OUT OF THIRD GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE FAILURE OCCURRED WHENEVER THE VEHICLE WAS IN OPERATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING WHERE THE ERROR CODES WERE RESET. THE FAILURE RECURRED SIX MONTHS LATER. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THE SAME FAILURE AND THE TECHNICIAN RECOMMENDED THAT THE TRANSMISSION BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE BECAME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE RESULTING IN THE TRANSMISSION NOT BEING ABLE TO SHIFT INTO ANY GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 70,000.

I OWN A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA 3.5 SE WITH 74,000 MILES, AND FOR THE PAST COUPLE OF WEEKS THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEGUN SLIPPING AND JERKING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO3RD. BUT THE BIGGEST PROBLEM HAS HAPPENED TWICE NOW; WHERE THE CAR HAS BEEN SITTING IDLE AT A STOP LIGHT, THE TRANSMISSION HAS SLIPPED OUT OF 1ST GEAR, AND WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN THE CAR WOULD NOT REV UP AND I WAS STUCK HOLDING UP TRAFFIC UNTIL I PUT THE CAR IN PARK, WAS ABLE TO OBTAIN RPMS AND THEN PUT THE CAR BACK IN DRIVE. *TR

2004 NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSION TROUBLES. THE TRANSMISSION ON THE AUTOMATIC 5 SPEED MAXIMA GET STRUCK AND OFTEN TAKES MORE THAN 5 SECONDS TO GET IN TO GEAR. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE AND IT SEEMS WIDESPREAD AMONG THE 6TH GENERATION MAXIMAS. WE HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS PROBLEM FOR QUITE A WHILE NOW AND IT SEEMS NISSAN ONLY WANT TO CHARGE CUSTOMERS FOR A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. THIS IS SO WIDESPREAD, AMONG MAXIMAS OF VARYING MILEAGE, IT BEGS THE QUESTION ON WHETHER THIS IS A FACTORY DEFECT THAT NEEDS TO BE SYSTEMATICALLY ADDRESSED. NISSAN (CORPORATE) AND DEALERS ARE UNRESPONSIVE TO THESE CONCERNS AND IT'S NOT FAIR THAT CONSUMERS HAVE TO FOOT THE BILL FOR WHAT APPEARS TO BE A FACTORY ISSUE. *TR

WHILE DRIVING, OUT OF THE BLUE, AT STREET SPEED, 10-25 MPH, A SUDDEN "CLUNK" IS HEARD AND THEN THE TRANSMISSION FAILS CAUSING THE CAR TO STOP SUDDENLY AND LEFT WITHOUT ANY POWER. IF CAR RESTARTS, THE TRANSMISSION IS LEFT IN 5TH GEAR WITH NO ABILITY TO CHANGE GEARS AT ALL. ONLY 44000 MILES ON THE CAR, BUT WE HAVE BEEN COMPLAINING/DOCUMENTING TO THE NISSAN DEALER EVERY SERVICE, SINCE WE BOUGHT THE CAR NEW. ALL THEY DO IS "ADD TRANSMISSION OIL", OR JUST TELL US "THERE IS NO PROBLEM FOR THIS IS NORMAL." *TR

MY CAR DIED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET WHILE IN REVERSE. WHEN I WAS ABLE TO RESTART IT BACK UP, I DISMISSED IT. A FEW DAYS LATER, IT WOULD NOT START AT THE GROCER. IT RESTARTED ONLY AFTER JUMPING. I DROVE IT TO AUTO ZONE FOR A NEW BATTERY WHICH SEEMED TO HELP. YESTERDAY WHILE BACKING OUT OF A PARALLEL PARK IT DIED AGAIN MID AISLE. I RESTARTED IT AND SLOWLY PRESSED FORWARD BY FLOORING THE ACCELERATOR. I BACKED OUT AGAIN AND AFTER CHANGING GEAR, IT DRAGGED FORWARD WITHOUT TORQUE. FINALLY, IT LURCHED INTO TORQUE ONLY TO DRAG DOWN AT EACH RED LIGHT. I'M APPALLED AT ALL THE ONLINE COMPLAINTS OF CONSUMERS EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH NO RELIEF. *TR

I HAVE HAD MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA FOR SIX YEARS. I HAVE HAD THIS CAR SINCE IT WAS BRAND NEW. THE CAR SLAMS INTO GEAR AND JERKS INTO FIRST GEAR WHEN STARTING TO DRIVE. IT BANGS AND THROWS ME FORWARD WHEN DOWNSHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR. IT ALSO THROWS ME INTO GEAR WHEN GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. IT HAS ABOUT 76,197 MILES. AT 70,000 MILES THE STRUTS HAD TO BE REPLACED I REPORTED THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM TO NISSAN NORTH AMERICA, BY FILING A FORMAL COMPLAINT. THEY ADVISED ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TOLD ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. WHEN I TOLD NISSAN NORTH AMERICA WHAT THE DEALERSHIP TOLD ME, THEY INFORMED ME THAT THERE WAS NOTHING THEY COULD DO ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, BECAUSE THE CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY. WITH ALL OF THE COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA, IT WILL COST ME A TOTAL OF $3553.13 TO HAVE THIS PROBLEM REPAIRED. WITH SO MANY COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION ON THE 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA , I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL! *TR