2006 Nissan Maxima

WE HAVE A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. WE BOUGHT IT USED IN JAN 2012. BY JUNE 2013, WE NOTICED TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WHEN ACCELERATING, IT HESITATES AND THEN BANGS INTO GEAR. WHEN PARKING IT HESITATES AND BANGS INTO REVERSE AND DRIVE. THE RADIATOR IS ALSO HAVING ISSUES. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE IT MORE THAN 10 MILES AT A TIME. THIS SEEMS LIKE A MASSIVE ISSUE WITH SEVERAL NISSAN MODELS FROM 2004-2006. LET'S HOPE NISSAN ACCEPTS THEIR FAULTY EQUIPMENT AND DOES WHAT IS RIGHT TO HELP EVERYONE GET IT FIXED. MANY PEOPLE DO NOT HAVE THE MONEY FOR REPAIRS AND/OR ARE UPSIDE DOWN IN LOAN. *TR

ENGINE STARTS FINE. WHEN CAR IS SHIFTED FROM PARK TO DRIVE THERE IS A DELAYED ENGAGEMENT, FOLLOWED BY A HARSH THUD AS CAR GOES INTO GEAR. I HAVE WORKED PROFESSIONALLY AS A MECHANIC AND HAVE REBUILT SEVERAL AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSIONS. THIS APPEARS TO BE A PROBLEM WITH THE VALVE BODY. THE INTERNET IS COVERED IN COMPLAINTS ON THIS PROBLEM; JUST GO TO GOOGLE AND TYPE IN "MAXIMA TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS." UNFORTUNATELY, MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE MY MECHANICAL APTITUDE AND THE NISSAN IS NOT OWNING UP TO THE PROBLEM SO IT ENDS UP COSTING THE CUSTOMER $3,000.00 -$4,500.00 OR MORE TO HAVE THE PROBLEM FIXED. MY CAR NO LONGER HAS THE "HARSH DELAYED SHIFT," INITIALLY IN THE MORNING, BUT AFTER DRIVEN 30 MILES OR SO, THEN THE PROBLEM MANIFESTS ITSELF. LET ME KNOW IF I CAN HELP IN YOUR ANALYSIS. *TR

MY CAR STARTED TO JERK AND HAD TROUBLE MOVING FROM ONE GEAR TO THE NEXT. AS I STARTED TO ACCELERATE, THE ENGINE WOULD REV FOR A FEW SECONDS, THEN JERK, AND FINALLY SHIFT TO THE NEXT GEAR. WHEN PARALLEL PARKING, IT WOULD JERK UPON SHIFTING. I WAS VERY CONCERNED ABOUT STALLING IN TRAFFIC AND POSSIBLY BEING HIT. ON 7/1/13 I BROUGHT MY CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP FOR INSPECTION. THE NEXT DAY THEY TOLD ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND VALVE BODY; ESTIMATED COST $6,000. *TR

WHEN PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE, GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, A HARD SHIFT IS HEARD AND FELT AND THEN FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, SAME THING....ABNORMAL. THERE ARE HARD SHIFTS AND RELUCTANT SHIFTS DURING DRIVE TIME. DRIVING TO AN APPOINTMENT, TAXI IN FRONT PULLED TO LEFT TURN LANE AND ALMOST CHANGED THE DIRECTION TO COME BACK TO MY LANE. I APPLIED BRAKES ASSERTIVELY (NO SKID) AND TAXI REMAINED IN TURN LANE SO I CONTINUED BY ACCELERATION (NOT AGGRESSIVELY). THE CAR SOUNDED AS THOUGH IT WAS IN NEUTRAL AND THEN SPUN THE TIRES. THIS WAS A NORMAL MANEUVER AND SHOULD NOT HAVE HAD THE SPIN RESULT. THE PROBLEM WILL BE EVALUATED IN THE VERY NEAR FUTURE BY A REPUTABLE MECHANIC. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE STOPPED AT A TRAFFIC STOP LIGHT, THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND A POLICE REPORT WAS NOT FILED. ADDITIONALLY, THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE STALLED INTERMITTENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE JERKED ABNORMALLY HARD WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. WHEN THE VEHICLE WOULD ACCELERATE, THE TRANSMISSION SLOWED AND SLAMMED INTO GEAR. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND THE DEALER DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED AN INTERNAL FAILURE, WHICH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 17,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 149,000. *TR