2006 Nissan Maxima

MY INITIAL INCIDENT OCCURRED SOMETIME IN DECEMBER, AFTER PUTTING MY VEHICLE IN TO GEAR (D) FROM PARK POSITION IT HESITATED AND THEN IT FELT AS IF MY WHOLE CAR JUMPED. I STEPPED ON THE GAS TO SLOWLY ACCELERATE AND THE CARS ENGINE REVVED UP BUT THE CAR DID NOT MOVE. IT KIND OF SCARED ME. IT CONTINUED TO DO SO ON MY DRIVE HOME. IT CONTINUES TO DO SO OFF AND ON PREDOMINATELY WHEN MY CAR HAS HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO WARM UP. AFTER DOING SOME ONLINE RESEARCH AS TO WHAT COULD BE CAUSING THE ISSUE IT SEEMS THAT THERE ARE MANY COMPLAINTS WITH THIS SAME MATTER. IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE TRANSMISSIONS INSTALLED IN NISSAN MAXIMAS ARE FAULTY AND NISSAN REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. IT IS VERY HAZARDS TO BE DRIVING LIKE THIS AND IT IS A VERY COSTLY FIX FOR A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING THIS EARLY ON OR AT ALL WITH A VEHICLE. *TR

WHILE CASUALLY DRIVING, HANDS ON STEERING WHEEL, FOOT ON ACCELERATOR, ASPHALT ROAD SLIGHTLY DAMP BUT NOT WET, ON A TWO WAY STREET WITH NO REASON TO EXPECT A SUDDEN CRISIS, THE ABA BRAKES ON MY 2006 MAXIMA SUDDENLY LOCKED THROWING THE REAR END OF THE VEHICLE INTO A SLIDE FACING ONCOMING TRAFFIC WHICH AT THIS TIME THERE HAPPENED TO BE NONE. WHEN I FELT THE SUDDEN ACTION, WHICH WAS LIKE I HAD RUN INTO AN INVISIBLE WALL, I THEN HIT THE BRAKES ATTEMPTING TO STOP THE VEHICLE. THE STEERING WHEEL SEEMED TO FLOAT WITH NO CONTROL OF THE DIRECTION HEADED. THE CAR CONTINUED TO ACCELERATE INSTEAD OF BRAKING. THIS SENT THE VEHICLE BACK ACROSS TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE ROAD INTO A CONCRETE CURB AND OVER INTO A GRASSY AREA BEFORE THE CAR CAME TO A STOP. ONLY EXTERIOR MINOR DAMAGE FROM HITTING A SMALL SIGN POST. HAD IT IMMEDIATELY TOWED TO THE DEALER WHO ROAD TESTED IT BUT FOUND NO REASON FOR THE INCIDENT. THEY SAID THERE WERE NO COMPUTER CODES FOR WHAT HAPPENED. I SPOKE TO THE SERVICE MANAGER AND CALLED NISSAN TO EXPLAIN WHAT HAPPENED. THEY HAD NO CLUE FOR WHY. I AM STILL AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR IN HEAVY TRAFFIC FOR FEAR OF A REPEAT. WITH SUCH LOW MILES AND IN THE GARAGE CARE OVER THE YEARS IT IS NOT TIME TO TRADE IT IN. *TR

EVERY TIME I PUT CAR IN GEAR IT JUMPS AND FEELS LIKE CAR FALLING APART. AS I AM DRIVING AND GET UP TO 50 MILES PER HOUR THE CAR WILL JERK. I HAVE REPLACED MOTOR MOUNTS, HAD TRANSMISSION FLUSHES, TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGES, NEW TIRES AND CAR STILL JERKS AND TRANNY AND GEAR SHAFTS ARE FAULTY. THE ENTIRE BODY OF CAR FEELS LIKE IT'S COMING APART. *TR

2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO ABS AND ACTUATOR DEFECT. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED THE ABS SENSOR AND HUBS WERE REPLACED IN AUGUST 2009, AFTER RECEIVING NOTIFICATION FROM NISSAN. A REPEAT OF THE SAME PROBLEM RECENTLY, REQUIRED THE REPLACEMENT OF THE SENSORS, HUBS AND ACTUATOR. NISSAN FAILED TO NOTIFY THE PUBLIC ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL, ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE KNOWN ABOUT THE PROBLEM SINCE 2004 AND ISSUED AN ADVISORY TO DEALERS. FAILURE OF THE COMPONENTS COULD LEAD TO FAILURE IN PROPER BRAKING, SIGNIFICANT REDUCTION OF ENGINE POWER AND LOSS OF SPEEDOMETER READING. NISSAN WAS NOTIFIED OF THE INCIDENT, BUT REFUSED TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY IN REPAIRING THE VEHICLE.

TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND BUCKING SO HARD THAT IT FEELS AS IF YOU EITHER HIT SOMEONE OR SOMEONE HAS HIT YOU FROM BEHIND. CAUSES YOU TO LOSE SPEED AND MAKES THE CARS BEHIND YOU TO SLOW DOWN TO AVOID REAR ENDING COLLISION. WHEN THE VEHICLE IS LIKE THIS IT GIVES YOU A VERY UNEASY FEELING AS TO WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT TO CAUSE YOU TO BECOME A HAZARD AND PUT YOURSELF AND OTHERS IN DANGER. THE VEHICLE HAS GONE THROUGH 2 REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS ALREADY THIS YEAR ALONE AND THE PROBLEM IS STARTING TO RESURFACE AGAIN. *TR

I WAS A PROUD OWNER OF A 2006 MAXIMA BUT NOW I AM VERY DISAPPOINTED. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO, MY CAR STARTED JERKING WHEN SWITCHING GEARS, ACCELERATING, PARKING, AND SLOWING DOWN. I WENT TO NISSAN AND THEY TOLD ME THAT MY TRANSMISSION HAD INTERNAL FAILURES AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT $4200.00!!! MY CAR ONLY HAS 73,000 MILES SHOULD NOT NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. I LOOKED ON THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED THAT THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUES AND HAVE FILED A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT AGAINST NISSAN BECAUSE THEY KNOW THAT THEIR TRANSMISSIONS ARE MESSED UP AND THEY ARE TRYING NOT TO OWN UP TO IT. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN BECAUSE WHEN IT JERKS VIOLENTLY OR STALLS, YOU LOSE CONTROL OF THE CAR WHICH IS VERY SCARY AND TERRIFYING. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AGAIN!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO PARK, THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS STOPPED BY THE CONTACT APPLYING THE PARKING BRAKE, DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL AND POWERING OFF THE VEHICLE SIMULTANEOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR INSPECTION WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT A SPIRAL CABLE HARNESS AND THE CRUISE CONTROL SWITCH NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE INCIDENT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.