NHTSA Complaint #10679119 — 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA

WE PURCHASED OUR 2005 MAXIMA USED WITH APPROXIMATELY 93000 MILES ON IT, AT FIRST SEEMED LIKE A GREAT CAR. THE CAR STARTED SHIFTING VERY HARD INTO AND OUT OF GEARS, SOME SHIFTS WOULD BE SO HARD THE CAR WOULD LURCH FORWARD. I WAS ACTUALLY DRIVING THE CAR WHEN THE TRANSMISSION ACTUALLY BROKE, MAKING THE CAR VERY HARD TO STEER, FORTUNATELY I WAS ABLE TO GET TO A LOCAL GARAGE. WE PAID OVER 3000 TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED, SINCE I PURCHASED THE TRANSMISSION FROM ADVANCE AUTO, THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP SAID THAT WOULD NOT OFFER ANY TYPE OF WARRANTY EVEN ON THEIR LABOR. I HAD A 12 MONTH WARRANTY ON THE TRANSMISSION AND AT ABOUT 13 MONTHS THE TRANSMISSION BROKE AGAIN, WITH LESS THAN 1,000 MILES PUT ON THE "USED" TRANSMISSION. I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND WAS PRETTY MUCH TOLD THAT IT WAS MY PROBLEM. SO I NOW HAVE A USELESS CAR THAT I AM STILL PAYING ON, AND I AM NOT WILLING TO PAY ANOTHER 3000 TO FIX NISSAN'S PROBLEM. *TR