2005 Nissan Maxima

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHEN THE CONTACT STARTED THE VEHICLE, SHE NOTICED A BURNING SMELL. THE CONTACT TURNED OFF THE VEHICLE AND CALLED FOR ASSISTANCE. WHEN THE MECHANIC ARRIVED THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE SEAT BELT MECHANISM MALFUNCTIONED CAUSING THE BURNING SMELL. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND WAS ADVISED THAT THE REPAIR COST WOULD BE $5,000. THE CONTACT STATED THE SEAT BELT FAILURE WAS RECALL CAMPAIGN ID 05V512000. THE SEAT BELT WAS REPAIRED IN 2006. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILES WERE 62000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

2005 NISSAN MAXIMA STARTED HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AT OR NEAR 73,000 MILES. PROBLEMS CONSIST OF THE FOLLOWING: WHILE SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE AND VICE VERSA, THE ENGINE JUMPS/JERKS; WHILE DRIVING THE ENGINE WILL HESITATE TO ACCELERATE, REVS AND THEN JUMP. CURRENTLY, THE VEHICLE HAS OVER 80,000 MILES. UNFORTUNATELY WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO GET IT ASSESSED BY A NISSAN DEALERSHIP BECAUSE WE LIVE IN ITALY (MILITARY). WE HAD THE VEHICLE ASSESSED LOCALLY AND THE PROGNOSIS WAS THAT THE TRANSMISSION IS GOING BAD. WE MOVE BACK TO THE STATES IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND THE FIRST ORDER OF BUSINESS WILL BE A STOP AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. WE ANTICIPATE THE SAME RUNAROUND THAT EVERYONE ELSE HAS BEEN GETTING. PLEASE NOTE: WE WOULD LIKE TO BE INCLUDED IN ANY AND ALL CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS. WE PAY OFF OUR MAX NEXT MONTH! *TR

THE SECOND AUTOMATIC DOOR LOCK HAS GONE OUT ON MY VEHICLE. NOW THE PASSENGER DRIVERS SIDE REAR DOOR WILL NOT UNLOCK AUTOMATICALLY. SINCE THE ONLY WAY TO LOCK AND UNLOCK THE DOOR IS FROM THE INSIDE (NO DOOR LOCK FOR KEY ON OUTSIDE) THIS POTENTIALLY CREATES A DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH MY FAMILY AND THE NEED TO GET SMALL CHILDREN IN OR OUT OF THE VEHICLE THAT ARE REQUIRED TO RIDE IN THE BACK WITH CHILD SEATS BY STATE LAW. *TR

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER FOR MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA, AT APPROXIMATELY 80K MI MY CAR BEGAN HESITATING SLIGHTLY. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT DETECTABLE WITH A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, BUT THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS POSSIBLY A MISSING ENGINE MOUNT. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT A TRANSMISSION FLUSH MAY ALSO HELP THE PROBLEM. THE FLUSH FOUND NO PARTICLES AND DID NOT STOP THE HESITATION. MY LEASE ENDED AND I DECIDED TO KEEP THE CAR. THIS HESITATION HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORST OVER TIME AND CULMINATED WITH ALMOST LOST OF POWER WHILE TRAVELING FROM MY HOME TO THE MALL TONIGHT. THE CAR HAD VERY LITTLE POWER AND MADE A LOW HUMMING SOUND. I PUT MY HAZARDS ON AS OTHER CARS WHIZZED BY. BY THE TIME I PULLED INTO THE RESTAURANT AND TRIED TO BACK INTO A PARKING SPACE THE CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE. I TURNED IT OFF THEN ON AGAIN THAT HELPED AND I WAS ABLE TO REVERSE. GOING HOME THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE RPM NEEDLE KEPT GOING UP TO 4-5 THEN HESISTATED BEFORE COMING DOWN. I AM SCHEDULED TO WORK TOMORROW AND I MUST NOW SEE ABOUT HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR EVALUATION. I AM AT A LOST I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I SEEN MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2005 NISSAN BUT NO RECALL. I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A NEW CAR AS I STILL OWE 12000 AND I AM AFRAID MY DAUGHTER AND I ARE NOT SAFE IN THIS CAR. PLEASE HELP. *TR

TRANSMISSION ON 2005 NISSAN IS NOT OPERATING NORMALLY. THIS IS AN ON-GOING PROBLEM AND OCCURS WHEN ENGINE IS WARM. TRANSMISSION HAS A HARD "CLUNK" GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR ON ACCELERATION...AND FROM 4TH TO 3RD...3RD TO 2ND ON DECELERATION. TRANSMISSION RECENTLY WENT INTO "SAFE" MODE WHERE IT'S ALWAYS IN 4TH OR 5TH GEAR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS INTERMITTENT. CAR DRIVES NORMALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED, BUT ON ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION THE TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME, CREATING A DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION. IF YOU "GOOGLE" NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, THOUSANDS OF POSTINGS ON NUMEROUS BLOGS DETAIL THIS EXACT PROBLEM. NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THESE TRANSMISSION FAILURES FOR YEARS. THE CARS USUALLY EXPERIENCE THE TRANSMISSION 'ISSUE' BETWEEN 45/50 THOUSAND MILES AND 70/75 THOUSAND. OUT OF WARRANTY. THE MAXIMA TRANSMISSION IS NOT A COMPONENT THAT CAN BE EASILY REPAIRED AS I HAVE HAD A TRANSMISSION EXPERT TAKE IT APART. NISSAN PUTS A NEW (OR REBUILT) TRANSMISSION IN. COST IS 2K-4K (OR MORE). IS THIS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED BEFORE? *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR HESITATING AND THE RPM RAISES VERY HIGH WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE ALSO BEEN EXPERIENCING HEAVY ENGINE VIBRATIONS WHILE BRAKING WHEN DRIVING. I TOOK NISSAN SERVICE AND HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC DONE AND THEY CAME BACK WITH A CODE FOR THE TRANSMISSION. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED, WHICH I HAD DONE 6 MONTHS PRIOR. NEVERTHELESS, I HAD IT FLUSHED AGAIN AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO ESCALATE. I DECIDED TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF I COULD POSSIBLY FIND A SOLUTION. I FOUND THAT THESE PROBLEMS WERE COMMON WITH MANY 2004-2005 MAXIMA OWNERS AND HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO NISSAN FOR MANY YEARS, BUT THEY REFUSED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES. IN EACH CASE THE PROBLEM BEGAN RIGHT AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, WHICH MAKES ME THINK THEY WERE BUILT LIKE THIS PURPOSELY. I AM NOW GETTING A SHIFT MALFUNCTION CODE AND WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THESE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLES AND IT IS JUST INEXCUSABLE FOR NISSAN TO INSTALL FAULTY MOTOR MOUNTS AND TRANSMISSIONS IN THEM AND NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIRS. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH SOME SERIOUS TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE FIRST TIME I EVER FELT THE TRANS SHIFT ROUGHLY WAS AT ABOUT 35K MILES, I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT WAS SO RANDOM AND THE CAR WAS NEW. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 30K MILES OR SO IT WOULD HAPPEN SO RANDOMLY THAT IT WOULD NEVER CAUSE ANY SERIOUS CONCERN, IT WOULD BE DURING A DESCENT DOWN A HILL WHEN IT WOULD DOWNSHIFT OR AT RPMS HIGHER THAN 2500 AS IT DOWNSHIFTS. AT ABOUT 70K THE TRANS STARTED TO SHOW SOME SLIPPING, ONLY AFTER IT WOULD WARM UP AT ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES OF DRIVING. THIS CAUSED FOR SOME CONCERN, MY WIFE HAS DRIVEN THIS CAR AND WE HAVE A TWO-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, SO I KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT THE CAR WAS NOT ABUSED. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND SOON THERE AFTER THEY CALLED STATING THAT THE TRANS WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED OUT AND OF COURSE SINCE THE WARRANTY SO CONVENIENTLY JUST RAN OUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $3500. THIS IS MY FIRST NISSAN SO I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON LINE TRYING TO SEE IF THERE IS OTHERS OUT THERE WITH SIMILAR ISSUES, AND DID I FIND OUT THAT THERE IS... APPARENTLY THE 04 AND THE 05 MAXIMAS HAVE A MAJOR TRANS ISSUE THAT NISSAN IS FAILING TO ADMIT TO. I AM HAVING A HARD TIME TO GET THEM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE AND ASSIST ME WITH THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH A NEW TRANS. I JUST THINK THAT NISSAN NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ASAP. MY CAR IS STILL DRIVABLE SO MY WIFE WILL DRIVE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL BE DONE BEFORE THE CAR COMPLETELY BRAKES DOWN. *TR