2006 Nissan Maxima

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.

I HAD ADEQUATE CLEARANCE TO BACK INTO A PARKING SPACE IN FRONT OF A BUILDING. I PUT MY CAR IN REVERSE, GENTLY PRESSED ON THE ACCELERATOR, AND WITHOUT WARNING MY VEHICLE TOOK OFF LIKE A MISSILE. WITHIN SECONDS THE REAR OF MY CAR WAS AGAINST THE BUILDING AND MY FRONT END WAS AGAINST THE CAR PARKED IN THE NEXT SPACE. TO SAY I WAS STUNNED IS AN UNDERSTATEMENT. WEATHER CONDITIONS WERE NOT AN ISSUE AND I WAS OF SOUND MIND AND BODY. I FIRMLY BELIEVE SOME KIND OF MECHANICAL DEFECT (POSSIBLY WITH MY VEHICLE'S ACCELERATOR) CAUSED THE ACCIDENT. I AM 100% CONFIDENT I DID NOT PRESS TOO HARD ON THE ACCELERATOR. I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF THIS VEHICLE WHICH I HAVE DRIVEN FOR OVER 8 YEARS (I'M ALSO A REPEAT OWNER OF THIS MAKE/MODEL) SO I AM VERY FAMILIAR WITH HOW IT HANDLES. IT ACCELERATED INAPPROPRIATELY RESULTING IN OVER $7,400 OF DAMAGES TO MY CAR ALONE.

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.

ALTHOUGH THE CAR LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, IT'S QUICKLY BECOMING ONE OF MY LEAST FAVORITE VEHICLES I'VE OWNED. WHEN I START GOING FORWARD, I HAVE TO WAIT AND BE VERY PATIENT ON THE GAS PEDAL TO MAKE SURE IT SHIFTS PROPERLY OR IT WILL JERK MYSELF AND SMALL CHILDREN IN THE BACK FORWARD. I PARK IN A RAMP AT WORK AND ON MORE THAN ONE OCCASSION THE CAR WAS DOWNSHIFTING AS I TURNED A CORNER GOING UP THE RAMP AND I WAS SLOWING FOR A PEDESTRIAN AND THE CAR JERKED FORWARD AND THE PEDESTRIAN JUMPED AND GAVE ME A SCARED LOOK. NOT ONLY IS THAT ENTIRELY EMBARASSING AS AN EXECUTIVE BUT IT IS A HUGE SAFETY HAZARD ON MULTIPLE LEVELS. THE CAR SEEMS TO JERK THE MOST FROM 1-2 AND 2-3 AND VISA VERSA. I NOTED ELECTRICAL AS AN AFFECTED PART BECAUSE NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES I SET THE MIRROR AND SEATS, EVERY TIME I USE REVERSE, THE MIRRORS MOVE AND CLICK UNTIL I ADJUST THEM TO WHERE I NEED THEM.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNED A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH, A POPPING SOUND CAME FROM THE REAR OF THE VEHICLE. THE DRIVER LOST CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE AND CRASHED INTO ANOTHER VEHICLE. THE DRIVER SUSTAINED INJURIES TO THE CHEST, NECK, AND BOTH KNEES, WHICH REQUIRED MEDICAL ATTENTION. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE WAS NOT DETERMINED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 136,000.