NHTSA Complaint #10862362 — 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA

JUST A MONTH AFTER BUYING THIS CAR, I TOOK IT THROUGH INSPECTION. I DROVE THE CAR, WHICH WAS OPERATING PERFECTLY, DIRECTLY TO THE INSPECTION STATION WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES FROM HOME. ON THE WAY HOME, IT STARTED TO DOWNSHIFT HARD, SPECIFICALLY WHEN CLOSE TO FIRST GEAR. IT THEN STARTED TO HAPPEN PERIODICALLY. IT IS NOW TO THE POINT THAT IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME YOU SLOW DOWN. AND NOW, IT SOMETIMES BUCKS WHEN ACCELERATING. FORGET ABOUT TAKING YOUR FOOT OFF OF THE GAS TO SLOW DOWN; THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO BUCK SO BADLY THAT IT FEELS AS THOUGH YOU HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED. I TOOK MY CAR TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO STATED THAT HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, EVEN WHEN HOOKING IT UP TO AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTER TO FIND A CODE. UPON RESEARCHING, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2004-2006 NISSAN MAXIMAS AND THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT IT BUT REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SOUNDS TO ME LIKE NISSAN NEEDS TO DO A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM! WHEN CALLING NISSAN, THEY WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR CAR IN FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE IT, WHICH WOULD BE AT MY COST, OF COURSE. AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST TELL ME WHAT I CAN PAY FOR THEM TO DO TO FIX IT.