2005 Nissan Maxima

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY BETWEEN 5-15 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD KNOCKING NOISE COMING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. ALSO, THE TRANSMISSION FAILED TO SHIFT CORRECTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION SOLENOID NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.

THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING IN BETWEEN 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. A VERY HARD JERK OFTEN. A HARD JERK WHEN GOING INTO REVERSE. IT HAPPENS WHEN THE CAR IS WARMED UP. I AM BEING TOLD THAT THIS IS A VERY VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THE 2004 AND 2005 MAXIMAS AND LOOKING ONLINE IT IS A DEFECT IN THE CARS TRANSMISSION ASSEMBLY. I AM BEING TOLD I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AND IT IS VERY COSTLY. THEN TO MOST LIKELY HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM WITH THE NEW TRANSMISSION GETS ABOUT 60,000 MILES ON IT. HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEM FOR MONTHS, SO BEING THAT WE DO NOT HAVE FINANCES TO REPAIR, THE CAR IS SITTING. *TR

I PURCHASED A NEW 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. SINCE THEN I HAVE REPLACED THE ENGINE MOUNTS 4 TIMES. NOW AT 88,000, I AM TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I AM 47 YEARS AND HAVE OWNED MANY CARS IN MY LIFETIME. I RESEARCHED THIS TOPIC AND FOUND MANY AMERICANS WITH SIMILAR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WHO OWN 2004-2005 NISSAN MAXIMAS. THE CAR JERKS FORWARD WHEN GOING FROM 2-3 GEAR, NEUTRAL TO REVERSE AND NEUTRAL TO DRIVE. ENGINES REVS HIGH WHEN THIS IS HAPPENING AND JERKS FORWARD WHEN DRIVING. THIS IS A PUBLIC SAFETY ISSUE THAT HAS LEAD TO ACCIDENTS AND ENGINE FIRES. SIMILAR EXPERIENCES AND COMPLAINTS CAN BE FOUND AT-HTTP://WWW.CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM/AUTOMOTIVE/NISSAN_MAXIMA.HTML UPDATED IVOQ 05/10/11 *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 127,000.

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING A SHIFTING PROBLEM FOR A WHILE. THERE IS A DELAY IN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND ALSO A BIG JERK WHEN IT SHIFTS FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. I RECENTLY CHANGED THE TRANNY MOUNT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. I PROBLEM DID NOT GO AWAY. I THINK THERE IS A GENERAL PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 MODEL OF NISSAN MAXIMA AND IT SHOULD BE RECALL FOR TRANSMISSION AND SHIFTING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY JERK WITH HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE FAILURE WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE MODEL YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

2005 MAXIMA..VERY HARD JERKING. GOES REALLY HIGH IN RPMS WITHOUT NOTICE. HAVE READ ALOT OF COMPLAINTS JUST LIKE MINES. MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE HARD HITTING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN KNOWS THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND JUST DOESNT CARE. CAR STALLS AND I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND WAS GLAD THAT THE CAR BEHIND ME NOTICED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I DONT FEEL SAFE DRIVING. SUCH A NICE CAR BUT NOT WORTH ALL THE PAIN ITS CAUSING. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA, AND HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION STICKING IN 3RD GEAR WHILE GOING DOWN A HILL. IT JERKS VERY BADLY WHEN GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND...AND BACK DOWN FROM 2ND TO 1ST. IT ALSO JERKS WHEN I GO FROM PARK TO DRIVE. I'VE TAKEN IT TO NISSAN AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT I WILL NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM STARTED AT 65K MILES. I FIRST HAD THE VALVE BODY FIXED, AND IT STOPPED JERKING FOR 6 MONTHS....BUT STARTED BACK. NOW, I'M TOLD NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAVE SPENT $3,600 ON REPAIRS FOR A CAR THAT IS 6 YEARS OLD (5 AT THE TIME OF REPAIRS), AND I AM NOW BEING ASK TO SPEND $4,500 MORE. NISSAN WILL NOT HELP AS I HAVE CALLED AND FILED A COMPLAINT. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE PARTS THAT MAKE UP THE TRANSMISSION. VERY FRUSTRATING AND DISAPPOINTED WITH NISSAN. WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE AGAIN. *TR

AROUND 95,000 MILES MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA BEGAN TO JERK AND BUCK WHILE SHIFTING GEARS. I TOOK IT IN AND HAD THE CODES READ - THERE WERE NONE. THE JERKING AND BUCKING HAS INTENSIFIED AS WELL AS DELAYS WHILE ACCELERATING AND HESITATION, THEN "DROP" GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST AND THEY SAID I HAD TO REPLACE BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS BUT THAT THERE MOST LIKELY WOULD STILL BE AN ISSUE, AFTER DOING RESEARCH. I DID PAY FOR NEW MOTOR MOUNTS AND THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL JERKING. IT WILL BE $3700 TO PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THE 2005 MAXIMA. NEVER AGAIN! *TR

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE. DURING ACCELERATION, THERE ARE DELAYS SHIFTING INTO FIRST AND SECOND GEAR CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO REV AT HIGH LEVELS AND A SHARP JOLT WHEN IT DOES SHIFT INTO GEAR. SLOWING DOWN AND ACCELERATING HAVE THE SAME BUCKING PROBLEM. ON LINE CONSUMER BLOGS INDICATE THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR