2006 Nissan Maxima

I NOTICED THAT THE TRANSMISSION IN MY 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA STARTED TO SHIFT HARD WHILE DRIVING AND JERK INTO GEAR. I BOUGHT IT THREE YEARS PRIOR AS PREOWNED FROM A NISSAN DEALERSHIP. IT HAD 106K MILES ON IT WHEN IT STARTED TO SHIFT HARD AND JERK. I TOOK IT TO PAT PECK NISSAN IN MOBILE, AL TO HAVE IT DIAGNOSED AND I WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION BANDS WERE GOING OUT AND THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. ONCE I STARTED TO GOOGLE NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSIONS, I CAME ACROSS WHERE A CIVIL LAWSUIT WAS FILED AGAINST NISSAN IN 2012 CLAIMING THAT NISSAN KNEW OR SHOULD HAVE KNOWN ABOUT DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS IN THE 2004-2006 NISSAN MAXIMAS AND ALTIMAS. I CONTACTED THE CORPORATE OFFICE OF NISSAN WITH MY ISSUE AND TO SEE IF THEY WERE GOING TO MAKE THIS RIGHT. I THEN HAD TO CALL THEM BACK FOR AN STATUS ON MY CASE AND I WAS THEN TOLD THAT BECAUSE MY WARRANTY EXPIRED (4 MONTHS PRIOR) THAT NISSAN WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO ASSIST ME WITH THIS PROBLEM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHAT MY EXPIRED WARRANTY HAS TO DO WITH A DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSION?? A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NOT BE GOING OUT WITH 106K MILES, MOSTLY HIGHWAY AND THE CAR HAS BEEN TAKEN CARE OF. WHILE I WAS ONLINE AND DISCOVERED THE LAWSUIT, THERE WERE SO MANY COMPLAINTS OF PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE. THERE IS NO WAY THAT THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD GO OUT IN EVERYONE'S CAR THAT HAS A 2004-2006 MAXIMA OR ALTIMA! I HAVE OWNED THREE NISSAN TOTAL AND I WILL NEVER BY ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN. *TR

SUDDENLY BROKE DOWN WHILE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC. CAR WAS TOWED AND HAD CAM SENSORS REPLACED. TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP SHORTLY AFTERWARDS. THE ENGINE WOULD REV BUT THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. IT THEN WOULD BEGIN TO ABRUPTLY SHIFT BUT NOT GAIN SPEED. THERE WAS ALSO KNOCKING WHEN SHIFTING FROM DRIVE TO PARK AND VICE VERSA. WOULD AT TIMES BE STUCK AT 20MPH OR THE ENGINE WOULD REV. HAD TO PULL OVER ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS WITH MY CHILDREN IN THE CAR FEARING THAT IT MIGHT ACCELERATE AND REAR END ANOTHER VEHICLE OR ABRUPTLY LOSE SPEED AND MYSELF BE REAR ENDED. ALSO LETS OFF A HORRIBLE SULFUR SMELL. WAS DIAGNOSED WITH TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 8/22/13 WITH 48500 MILES. *TT

TRANSMISSION ON MY 2006 MAXIMA IS SLIPPING SIGNIFICANTLY!!! INITIALLY BEGAN ACTING UP WHEN PUTTING IN REVERSE FROM PARK OR GOING FROM REVERSE TO 1ST. HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHECKED--NO PROBLEM FOUND. NOW, HOWEVER, IT SLIPS WHEN ACCELERATING ON THE HIGHWAY. THE RESULTING JERK IS AS BAD AS HAVING BEEN REAR-ENDED!! SEVERAL TIMES THE TRANSMISSION HAS HESITATED SO LONG WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, THAT I HAVE BEEN AFRAID OF BEING HIT BY THE CAR BEHIND ME. MOREOVER, THE SLIPPAGE SEEMS TO BE EXACERBATED WHEN THE A/C IS RUNNING--WHICH MAKES NO SENSE TO ME--BUT THE JOLT I GET WHEN IT FINALLY FINDS THE NEXT GEAR IS CLEARLY MUCH WORSE. AT 100,000 MILES, I'M GOING TO BE OUT-OF-POCKET FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION THAT SHOULD HAVE LASTED AT LEAST TWICE THE MILEAGE!! I TAKE CARE OF MY CARS--GOT NEARLY 250,000 OUT OF EACH OF MY PREVIOUS CARS: 2000 ACCORD, 1993 MAZDA 626 AND 1985 CAMRY. THIS IS THE FIRST AND LAST NISSAN I WILL EVER BUY!!!!! *TR

MY 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS BEEN FEELING WEIRD FOR SOME WEEKS NOW. EVERY TIME IT WAS TAKEN TO THE MECHANIC SHOP THEY WERE NEVER EVER ABLE TO PINPOINT THE ISSUE. AFTER HAVING SPENT HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS ON A NEW VALVE BODY, TRANSMISSION FLUSH, ETC. THE ISSUE NOW SEEMS TO BE THE TRANSMISSION! MY TRANSMISSION IS COMPLETELY OUT! I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED THAT I HAVE SPENT $21,000+ ON THIS CAR TO GET NOTHING BUT DEPT OUT OF IT! AFTER ALMOST GETTING INTO MULTIPLE ACCIDENTS FROM THE SUDDEN JERKING OF THE TRANSMISSION, I CAN SAY I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN VEHICLE AGAIN!!!!! I WISH I WOULD HAVE DONE RESEARCH ON THIS VEHICLE SOONER SO THAT I COULD HAVE TRADED IT IN BEFORE IT WAS TOO LATE. MY MOTHER WHO ALSO PURCHASED A NISSAN (QUEST) IS BEGINNING TO HAVE THE SAME PROBLEMS. WE ARE VERY DISAPPOINTED WITH THE COMPANY. THE LEAST NISSAN COULD DO IT REPAIR THE DAMAGE FOR ALL THE CUSTOMERS THAT ARE GOING THROUGH THE SAME ISSUE! *TR

RECENT DANGEROUS ISSUES WITH MY 2006 MAXIMA. LATELY IT HAS BEEN JUMPING, OR JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP, OR AFTER MILD BRAKING. IT IS SO SUDDEN, FEELS LIKE I MAY HAVE BEEN REAR ENDED! I NOTICED TWO WEEKS AGO A LITTLE JUMP IN THE RPMS, BUT NOTHING TOO MAJOR. ROUTINE MAINTENANCE AND "EVERYTHING LOOKED GOOD". THAT'S WHAT THEY ALWAYS SAY.. SAT AUG, 2, 2013, TURNED INTO A RESIDENTIAL AREA FROM A HIGHWAY, MY RPMS JUMPED SO HIGH AND MY CAR SEEMED TO ALMOST STALL OR FREEZE, IT JUMPED TO RPM 6. I WAS SO STARTLED I STOPPED THE CAR AND TURNED IT OFF. LATER IN THE NIGHT IT DROVE AGAIN FINE. TWO DAYS LATER, AFTER GETTING OFF THE HIGHWAY, MY CAR DID IT AGAIN, UP TO 5, THEN A MOMENT LATER UP TO 4-5. I THEN CAME TO A FOUR WAY STOP AND GENTLY ACCELERATED ONLY FOR MY CAR TO FREEZE/JUMP/JERK AGAIN BUT THIS TIME ALL THE WAY TO 7. I HAD TO DRIFT OFF TO THE SIDE OF ROAD AND TURN MY CAR OFF AGAIN. SAT THERE FOR 20 MIN UNTIL TRYING TO START ENGINE AND DRIVE HOME, 3 MILES FROM HOME, EXITING A MAJOR HIGHWAY. 10- 45 MPH. NOT CATCHING THE CORRECT GEAR, OR NOT RECEIVING THE FUEL PROPERLY TO THE ENGINE, INHIBITING ALL DRIVING ABILITIES, SPEED AND SAFETY. LITERALLY CAN FEEL IT AS A DRIVER. INCREDIBLY SCARY, SUPPOSED TO BE SAFE, EXPENSIVE CAR. DO NOT WANT TO BE KILLED BY A TRACTOR TRAILER, ALL BECAUSE NISSAN WON'T TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, CLAIM A RECALL THAT IS OBVIOUSLY A NATION WIDE ISSUE. 255 OUT OF 375 COMPLAINTS ON THIS WEBSITES ARE FOR THE POWER TRAIN OF 2006 MAXIMAS. POWER TRAIN=THAT IS 92.7 % OF THE PROBLEM WITH 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. IF THAT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE FAULT, THEN WHAT DOES? HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE TO BE INJURED, OR KILLED BEFORE THIS IS RECOGNIZED? DISGUSTING, ASHAMED, PATHETIC. HTTP://WWW.COURTHOUSENEWS.COM/2012/01/13/NISSAN.PDF. *TR

MY CAR BEGAN SHIFTING (ABRUPTLY AND HARD) WHEN SLOWING DOWN OR STOPPING I'D SAY MAYBE 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. IT WAS DISSATISFIED TO KNOW AFTER ONLINE RESEARCH THAT THIS IS AN ONGOING ISSUE AND NISSAN WILL HAVE NO PART IN RESOLVING THE PROBLEM. NOT HAPPY!! SO NOW I MUST REPLACE THE VALVE BODY FROM WHAT I'VE FOUND BECAUSE IT'S NOT THE TRANNY JUST "THE BRAINS" FOR THE TRANNY. *TR