NHTSA Complaint #10588091 — 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA

AFTER CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND HESITATES WHEN SHIFTING, ESPECIALLY INTO AND OUT OF 3RD GEAR. TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND I DIDN'T EVEN HAVE TO TELL THEM WHAT WAS WRONG, HE ASKED ME IF MY TRANSMISSION WAS ACTING UP. WHEN I SAID YES HE RATTLED OFF ABOUT 5 THINGS PEOPLE HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING (HARD SHIFTING IN REVERSE, HESITATION IN UPSHIFTING, ETC) AND I SAID YES TO EACH ONE. WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AT IT HE SAID IT WOULD BE $4,000 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION BECAUSE ALL OF THEM HAVE THAT PROBLEM. I CONTACTED NISSAN ABOUT PAYING FOR IT AND THEY REFUSED, TWICE. I'VE ALMOST GOTTEN INTO A HANDFUL OF ACCIDENTS BECAUSE OF THIS. SWITCHING LANES TO PASS SOMEONE ON THE HIGHWAY AND THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND SENDS THE RPM'S TO 7000 AND I ALMOST GET REAR-ENDED, THEN WHEN IT DOES SHIFT IT JERKS SO HARD THE CAR SWERVES ALL OVER THE ROAD. IT SHIFTS SO HARD MY ENGINE MOUNTS ARE BROKEN AND NEED REPLACED TOO. *TR