2006 Nissan Maxima

THERE ARE SERIOUS JERKS WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SWITCHES GEARS. HAPPENS WORST ON 2ND GEAR AND 3RD AND EVENTUALLY REDUCES. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND STARTING HAPPENING ONLY AFTER DEALER SERVICES THE TRANSMISSION AT 60K MILES. THE CAR IS NOW ON 70K AND WENT TO DEALER ONCE AGAIN.. AFTER SPENDING ANTHER $400, I SEE NO RESULT. VEHICLE IS STILL MOVING BUT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS ISSUES ANYTIME. REPLACING TRANSMISSIONS IS PROBABLY ANOTHER $3500. IT MAKES NO SENSE UNTIL NISSAN COMES FORWARD TO HANDLE THIS. THE CAR HAS BARELY REACHED 70K.

MY 2006 MAXIMA HAS 89000 MILES ON IT AND STARTED JERKING WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, IT BEGAN OUT OF THE BLUE. I WAS AT AT A STOP LIGHT AND HAD TO BACK UP FOR A FIRE TRUCK AND THEN DRIVE FORWARD AND THEN MY CAR JERKED AND SHOOK THE WHOLE CAR. IT HAD NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. I THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO FALL OUT. I DROVE HOME AS SLOW AS I COULD AND MY DAD MET ME THERE. HE GOT IN THE CAR AND WE TESTED IT. EVERY TIME YOU REVERSE AND GO INTO DRIVE IT WOULD STALL AND COUGH AND MAKE SO THAT THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR. WE TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC WHO AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BEING LOW, SO WE FILLED IT UP. THEN AFTER ABOUT A WEEK IT STARTED AGAIN WITH THE JERKING AFTER TAKING IT FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE. WE TOOK IT TO THE TRANSMISSION GUY WHO SAID IT COULD BE THE SOLENOID? SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $300-500. IN THE END TO REBUILD THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION ON A MAXIMA WITH ONLY 89,000 MILES IT COSTS $3500-4500 TO FIX WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!! NISSAN NEEDS TO FIX THEIR PRODUCT AND STAND BEHIND IT. RECALL THE PROBLEM AND HAVE IT FIXED BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS.

CAR WAS PURCHASED WITH BAD TRANSMISSION NOT KNOWING THAT JERKING WAS SO BAD IT FELT LIKE A REAR END COLLISION HAD OCCURED. HAD IT REPLACED AND NOW ITS STARTING TO HAPPEN FOR A SECOND TIME SINCE OWNING THE CAR. CAR WILL JERK AT 20MPH AND 40MPH. THE CAR ALSO ACCELERATES FORWARD WHEN GOING DOWN HILLS. CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD WAITING TO KILL MYSELF OR OTHERS BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW WHT WILL HAPPEN. SAD TO SEE NISSAN DOES NOT STAND BEHIND FIXING THE UNSAFE TRANSMISSIONS FOR THOSANDS OF PEOPLE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AND HOPE THAT NO ONE GETS KILLED BEFORE ALL THE EFFECTED CARS ARE OFF THE ROAD. SAD TO THINK THAT NISSAN DOESN'T STAND BEHIND THEIR CARS AND SAFETY OF THE OWNERS.AN OWNER OF A CAR THAT IS LESS THAN 10YRS OLD SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BUY TWO TRANSMISSIONS IN 4 YRS OF OWNERSHIP. SORRY I EVER BOUGHT THIS CAR AND DEFINITELY LET MY OPINION BE HEARD WHEN OTHERS LOOK TO BUY A NISSAN PRODUCT. I AM SCARED TO SELL MY CR BECAUSE I FEEL IT IS DANGEROUS AND HAS BEEN NOHING BUT A MAINTENANCE MOBILE WITH CONTINUOUS STRESS AND FEAR OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT.

CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE PAST 20 MPH. TRANSMISSION KEPT SLIPPING (JERKS FELT, AND DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHT KEPT SHOWING UP.) CAR WAS ON HIGHWAY AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. TRIED PULLING OFF HIGHWAY, AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE EXIT, AND CAR STALLED GOING UP THE RAMP, AND ONCE AGAIN WHEN AT THE STOP SIGN, AND ON THE ROAD. CAR BARELY MADE IT BACK TO A SAFE PLACE OFF THE ROAD.

IN A BUSY SHOPPING MALL PARKING LOT VEHICLE HESITATED AND JERKED WHEN BACKING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. HAD TO PUSH ACCELERATOR DOWN MUCH HARDER THAN USUAL TO GET THE CAR TO BACK UP CREATING AN UNSAFE CONDITION FOR ANY PEOPLE OR VEHICLES THAT MAY HAVE BEEN BEHIND THE VEHICLE, SAME CONDITION ALSO OCCURS AT TIMES WHEN GOING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE (HESITATION AND JERKING).

WHILE DRIVING ON THE INTERSTATE A SLOWED FROM THE CRUISING SPEED FOR TRAFFIC. UPON MY ATTEMPT TO ACCELERATE THE ENGINE REVVED TO A HIGH RPM BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED CAUSING A HARD SHIFT THAT SEEMED TO TORQUE THE ENGINE AND CAR TO THE SIDE CAUSING A SHORT LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AT HIGHWAY SPEED. SINCE THEN, I HAVE HAD NUMEROUS INCIDENTS WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A STOP LIGHT OR STOP SIGN WHEN THE THE CAR WILL JUST LOSE POWER UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION JOLTS INTO GEAR.MAS IT LOSES POWER THEE HAVE BEEN TIME WHEN CARS BEHIND ME ALMOST RAMMED THE BACK OF MY VEHICLE.

WIFE WAS DRIVING VEHICLE DOWN THE INTERSTATE. ENGINE REVVED AND CAR LURCHED. SHE EXITED INTERSTATE AND WE TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP. REPLACED TRANSMISSION UNDER WARRANTY. 2ND INCIDENT OCCURRED COMING OFF A MOUNTAIN IN EAST TENNESSEE. TRANSMISSION FAILED AND HAD TO RIDE BRAKES TO FLAT LAND, OVER 3 MILES. 2ND INCIDENT OCCURRED

OVER A PERIOD OF ABOUT THREE WEEKS, THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR WENT FROM OCCASIONAL ROUGH SHIFTING TO BEING STUCK IN 5TH GEAR ALL THE TIME. THE CAR WOULD "RESET" WITH THE IGNITION TURNED OFF, THAN THE CAR RESTARTED, BUT THAT TOO FAILED TO WORK AFTER ABOUT A WEEK. THE SITUATION NOW HAS THE CAR UN-DRIVABLE. NISSAN CLAIMS THE TRANSMISSION IS TOTALLY FAILED, AND AN INDEPENDENT REPAIR SHOP AGREED. THE CAR WILL STILL DO ONE NORMAL SHIFT CYCLE WHEN IT IS COOL, BUT THAN REMAINS IN FIFTH GEAR AFTER THAT.