2005 Nissan Maxima

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, A LOUD THUMPING NOISE WAS HEARD WHILE THE VEHICLE CHANGED GEARS. THE VEHICLE ALSO BEGAN TO JERK EXCESSIVELY AND WOULD NOT SHIFT COMPLETELY INTO GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER SEVERAL TIMES, BUT THEY WERE UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 72,000.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT HARD WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR. IN ADDITION, WHEN SHIFTING INTO ANY GEAR OTHER THAN FIRST OR SECOND, THE VEHICLE WOULD DECELERATE AND HESITATE BEFORE ENGAGING. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED TO HAVE A TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSH PERFORMED. THE DEALER ALSO ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION COULD POSSIBLE NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 53,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE 100,000.

MY MAXIMA HAS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. NOTHING WRONG WHEN YOU FIRST DRIVE IT BUT WHEN IT GETS WARMED UP THE TRANSMISSION CLUNKS WHEN IT HIT 2ND GEAR UPSHIFTING AND DOWNSHIFTING. WHEN YOU PUT IT REVERSE, IT TAKES 5 SECONDS TO BE IN GEAR BUT IT COMES WITH A LOUD THUD. A LOT OF TIMES IT EVEN GOES OUT OF GEAR WHILE YOU'RE DRIVING THEN A TREMENDOUS THUD WHEN IT GETS BACK IN GEAR. WHEN IT GETS HOT, IT REALLY GETS BAD. SO BAD THAT THE TRANNY SLIPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR UNTIL IT GET IN GEAR THEN A THUD. SO BASICALLY WHEN I'M DRIVING, I'M IN TRANNY HELL. PLEASE HELP! I JUST PAID OFF THIS EXPENSIVE CAR TO HAVE AN EXPENSIVE PROBLEM THAT THE MANUFACTURER KNOWS EXIST.

2005 NISSAN MAXIMA PURCHASED NEW IN 2004. THE CAR KEEPS MAKING SUDDEN VIOLENT JERKING MOVEMENTS WHILE DRIVING CREATING A POTENTIAL HAZARD FOR A CAR ACCIDENT. WHEN THIS HAPPENS I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND RESTART THE CAR. I CAN NOT DRIVE THE CAR ON MAJOR HIGHWAYS AND CAN NOT GO MORE THAT 35MPH. THE CAR FEELS LIKE IT IS SLIPPING WHEN ATTEMPTING TO DRIVE AFTER BEING AT A STOP. THERE IS A LONG HESITATION BEFORE THE CAR BEGINS TO DRIVE AFTER BEING PUT IN GEAR TO DRIVE. IT ALSO JERKS FORWARD SUDDENLY WHEN IT DOES DECIDE TO MOVE. SOMETIMES THE CAR WON'T MOVE WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE. AT STOP LIGHTS I HAVE TO SHIFT GEARS AT TIMES TO GET IT TO MOVE. ANOTHER INCIDENT INCLUDED THE CAR NOT STOPPING. I HAD TO MOVE IT INTO FIRST GEAR TO GET IT TO STOP. THE CAR JERKS BACKWARDS WHEN REVERSING. WHEN THESE PROBLEMS STARTED THE CAR WAS TAKEN TO NISSAN BECAUSE WE SUSPECTED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THEY TOLD US IT WAS NOT THE TRANSMISSION BUT INSTEAD MOTOR MOUNTS,RODS, AND BOLTS. I SPENT ALMOST $3,000 TO REPAIR IT AND THE PROBLEM STILL CONTINUED. NOW, I AM BEING TOLD THAT IT IS THE TRANSMISSION AND GIVEN AN ESTIMATE OF $3100. NISSAN HAS DIAGNOSED THIS PROBLEM. WE DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF OTHER CONSUMERS WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT FOR THE 2004-2005 MAXIMA. THIS INDICATES THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT NISSAN IS ACTUALLY AWARE OF. THE BATTERY HAS ALSO HAD TO BE REPLACED 3TIMES. THE POWER DOORS NO LONGER WORK NEITHER DOES THE SUN ROOF. I HAVE TO DRIVE TO GET TO WORK AND TO GET THE KIDS TO SCHOOL. I DO NOT LIKE TO DRIVE WITH MY KIDS IN THE CAR FOR FEAR THAT THE CAR WILL NOT STOP AGAIN OR THAT THERE WILL BE A COLLISION BECAUSE OF THE JERKY MOVEMENTS AND THE CARS HESITATION. NISSAN HAS BEEN CONTACTED. NO RESOLUTION HAS BEEN OFFERED AT THIS TIME. CAR IS STILL AT THE DEALERSHIP. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SE THAT NOW HAS 73000 MILES ON IT . I AM ENCOUNTERING A PROBLEM THAT SEEMS TO BE WITH THE TRANSMISSION, WHEN CHECKED FOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS NOTHING SEEMS TO SHOW UP AND NO LIGHTS ARE ON. THE CAR BUCKS OR JERKS WHEN DRIVING AND WHEN CHANGING GEARS . IT SCRUBS AS IF IT 'S STRUGGLING TO PULL (WHICH IS VERY DANGEROUS) HAPPENED TO ME WHILE ENTERING THE INTERSTATE THIS WEEK AND I WAS IN TEARS BECAUSE I WAS IN FEAR FOR MY SAFETY. THE CAR HAS BEEN HAVING THESE ISSUE SINCE AROUND 66000 MILES. I'VE GONE ON LINE AND FIND OUT THAT SEVERAL CONSUMERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND ARE AT A LOSS AS TO HOW TO RESOLVE SINCE IT DOESNT SHOW UP AS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM AND TO HAVE A CAR (PURCHASED BRAND NEW) TO START HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT SUCH LOW MILEAGE IS NOT EXPECTED. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE CARS AND NISSAN SHOULD HAVE TO FIX THIS PROBLEM BEFORE SERIOUS INJURY TO THEIR CONSUMER IS ENCOUNTERED. WHEN I WENT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO TRY AND TALK TO THEM ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND THEY JUST BRUSHED ME OFF AND SAID THEY WOULD HAVE TO LOOK AT MY CAR AND PUT IT ON THE MACHINE FOR A COST OF OVER 100.00 . THIS I FELL IS USELESS SINCE I'VE ALREADY HAD IT CHECKED AND ONLINE CONSUMERS ARE SAYING THAT NO TRANSMISSION CODE SHOWS UP ON THE MACHINE. THE TRASMISSION FLUID WAS FLUSHED SINCE MY MACHANIC SAID HE DIDNT SEE ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION AS AN ATTEMPT TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM BUT THAT DID NOTHING FOR THE PROBLEM. *TT

MY 05 NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN MESSING UP AND SO HAVE MANY OTHERS. WHEN THE CAR GETS HOT IT SHIFTS HARD BETWEEN 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 1ST. ALSO, WHEN ITS HOT, AND YOU STOP TO PUT IT FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE YOU HAVE TO WAIT SEVERAL SECONDS FOR IT TO KICK INTO GEAR. I HAVE ONLY HAD MY CAR FOR 6 MONTHS AND IT ONLY HAS 88,500 MILES ON IT. THERE IS NO REASON WHY A CAR WITH SUCH LOW MILES AND NOT MANY YEARS OLD SHOULD HAVE SUCH PROBLEMS. I HAVE HAD A CAR WITH 300,000 MILES ON IT AND NEVER HAD ANY PROBLEMS!!! THESE CARS NEED A RECALL, I HAVE HEARD AND SAW TOO MANY PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS AND ITS RIDICULOUS!!! *KB

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH UNDER 90,000 MILES. I AM EXPERIENCING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE CAR JERKS WHEN I SLOW DOWN AND DOES THE SAME THING GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR. I STARTED HAVING THIS PROBLEM ABOUT A YEAR AGO AND I TOOK THE CAR TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP WHICH I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A TRANSMISSION/ENGINE MOUNTS WHICH WERE REPLACED, AFTER A WEEK THE PROBLEM CONTINUED. I THOUGHT IT WAS JUST ME, BUT I READ THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM AND NISSAN IS NOT DOING ANYTHING ABOUT IT. THERE HAS TO BE A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION, WHICH SHOULD BE A RECALL. IS THERE ANYTHING YOU CAN SUGGEST CAN DO PLEASE HELP. MY WARRANTY IS OVER AND I KNOW IT'S GOING TO BE VERY EXPENSIVE TO REPAIR. I PURCHASED THE CAR BECAUSE OF THE STYLE AND NISSAN REPUTATION FOR HAVING RELIABLE CARS. THEIR REPUTATION IS TAKING A HIT BECAUSE OF THE FACT THEY ARE NOT SHOWING ANY CONCERNS ABOUT PROBLEM WHY WHY WHY WHY IS NOTHING BEING DONE!!!!!!!!!! *KB