2005 NISSAN MAXIMA Power Train Problems

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. CAR ONLY HAS 56,000 MILES ON IT. AT 50,000 MILES I STARTED EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE IT WOULD JERK REALLY BAD, THEN PUT INTO DRIVE AND AGAIN A VERY BAD JERK. IT IS VERY SCARY AND I KNOW THAT IT IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH THE GEARS. WHEN I DRIVE BETWEEN 20-30 MILES IT JUST STARTS JERKING AGAIN AND THE GEARS ON THE TRANSMISSION CHANGE. I NEED 2 MOTOR MOUNTS DUE TO THIS PROBLEM. I WOULD HOPE WITH ALL OF THESE COMPLAINTS, THERE WILL BE A SAFETY RECALL ON THIS ISSUE. *TR

WE PURCHASED THIS CAR IN 08/13 AFTER WE BOUGHT THE CAR IT NEEDED A TRANSMISSION THEN ENDED UP PUTTING 2 TRANSMISSIONS IN THE CAR, ALSO A NEW THROTTLE BODY WITH ALL THIS AND THE PURCHASE OF THE CAR IT IS OVER $8,000 IN THIS USELESS CAR, THAT NOW IS TOTALED DUE TO FAULTY BRAKES AND TRACTION CONTROL, THESE CARS ARE DANGEROUS IT WAS ONLY GOIN 20 MPH THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED, AND THE BRAKES LOCKED AND THE THROTTLE WAS HUNG OPEN, THEN IT HIT A BANK AND FLIPPED OVER NOW IT IS TOTALED AND WE HAVE NOTHING THESE CARS ARE JUNK. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:1) WHEN YOU SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE THE CAR DOES NOT ENGAGE AT FIRST THEN SUDDENLY ENGAGES AND ACCELERATES VERY QUICKLY. 2) HARD JERKING SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND FROM 2ND TO 1ST. 3) WHEN DE-ACCELERATING FROM A HIGHER GEAR TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES THEN ENGAGES HARD. 4) THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY DOES THIS GOING A DAY OR TWO PERFORMING NORMALLY. *TR

OKAY, I AM LIKE ALMOST EVERYBODY ON HERE! MY CAR SEVERAL YEARS AGO STARTING SLIPPING IN BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. JERKING FORWARD AND I HAVE NEARLY GOTTEN INTO SEVERAL WRECKS BECAUSE OF IT. TOOK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY. I PAID OVER A $1000 BUCKS AND THE TOLD ME MY TRANSMISSION WOULD EVENTUALLY GO. WHICH IS A $3200 FIX. WHAT THE CRAP. IT'S NOT MY FAULT THEY MADE A FAULTY PART. OWN UP TO IT AND FIX IT. WELL THIS PAST FRIDAY 08/08/2014, THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY WENT. NOW I HAVE LOST MY ONLY VEHICLE AND DON'T HAVE THE MONEY TO FIX IT. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL!! *TR

CAR KEPT JERKING BETWEEN GEARS, ENGINE REV'D TO 5000 RPMS CAR LUNGED FORWARD - HITTING TRAILER HITCH AND REAR END OF AN SUV STOPPED IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION. *JS

I TOOK MY CAR TO NISSAN TO HAVE MY CAR TOTALLY CHECKED OVER . THE ABS LIGHT CAME ON AND I HAD SHARP JERKS FROM THE TRANSMISSION AND HESITATION AROUND 40 MPH . THE TIMING CHAIN ALSO HAD A RATTLE WHEN THE CAR WAS STARTED. MY ABS SYSTEM HAD FAILED DUE TO WATER SHORTING OUT THE ABS SENSOR WHICH DESTROYED THE ABS CONTROL MODULE REPAIR COST 1200.00 . WHEN I TOLD THE SERVICE ADVISOR MY ABS LIGHT WAS ON, HE HAD A SERVICE BULLETIN AT HIS STATION WITH EXACTLY WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS WRONG WITH MY CAR AND HE TOLD ME IT WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH MY CAR. THE TRANSMISSION NEEDS A VALVE BODY DUE TO PREMATURE WEAR COST 3500.00 TO REBUILD AND INSTALL NEW VALVE BODY DESIGN . THE TIMING CHAIN HAS GUIDES THAT WEAR AND CHAIN RUBS AGAINST PLASTIC THEN DOWN TO METAL REPAIR COST 1500.00. NISSAN...

AFTER THE CAR RUNS FOR ABOUT 15 MINUTES THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OR COMES OUT OF GEAR AT 5-45 MPH. WHEN YOU PULL OUT IN TRAFFIC AND ARE TRYING TO GET UP TO SPEED ITS LIKE IT GOES FROM IN GEAR TO NEUTRAL WITH YOUR FOOT ON THE GAS. I HAVE SEEN HUNDREDS OF COMPLAINTS ON 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I HAVE THAT WILL GET PEOPLE KILLED GOD ONLY KNOWS HOW MANY ALREADY HAVE!!! NISSAN IS WELL AWARE OF THE PROBLEMS AND REFUSED TO COOPERATE WITH A RECALL ON A POOR PRODUCT. PLEASE HELP ALL OF THE 2005 MAXIMA OWNERS. *TR

AFTER COMING TO A STOP THE CAR DOES NOT WANT TO ACCELERATE. GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND IS THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE BUT THE CAR IS NOT SHIFTING WELL INTO ANY GEAR. THE TRANSMISSION ALREADY FAILED AT 48,000 MILES AND WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. IT IS SAD TO KNOW THAT NISSAN WOULD NOT CORRECT THE TRUE PROBLEM, SIMPLY MASK IT FOR THE TIME BEING AND PUT A SINGLE MOTHER RIGHT BACK INTO THE SAME DIFFICULT SITUATION. THIS IS MY ONLY MEANS OF TRANSPORTATION. 2 OUT OF THE 4 CARS THAT I HAVE OWNED HAVE BEEN NISSAN'S. I PURCHASED THIS CAR FOR RELIABILITY. SURE, PROBLEMS WILL COME ABOUT WITH ANY CAR OVER 100,000 MILES, BUT YOU DON'T EXPECT THE TRANSMISSION TO GO OUT ON YOUR NISSAN. NISSAN NEEDS TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM WITH THESE PREMATURELY FAILING TRANSMISSIONS! *JS

MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA EXPERIENCES SHIFTING PROBLEMS FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, IT SLAMS INTO GEAR, REVS THE RPM UP PAST 5, DOWNSHIFTS ON ITS OWN. DELAYS WHEN CHANGING GEARS AND THEM SLAMMED ITSELF INTO GEAR CAUSING CAR TO JERK FORWARD OR SLAMM TO A STOP. I HAVE TAKEN MY CAR INTO SHOP SEVERAL TIMES WAS TOLD THAT IT IS A DEFECT IN THE TRANSMISSION VALVE BODY, TOOK CAR TO DEALER WITHOUT THEM EVEN TESTING CAR THEY SAID IT WAS THE MOTOR MOUNTS. THIS IS THE 4TH NISSAN I'VE OWNED NEVER EXPERIENCED THIS TYPE OF ISSUE. AFTER REVIEW OF OTHER COMPLAINTS THOUSANDS OF OTHER OWNERS ARE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM SOME WITH AS FEW AS 30,000.00 MILES THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A MANUFACTURING ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL OF NISSAN. *TR

THIS VEHICLE ALONG WITH MANY 2004-2006 NISSAN MAXIMS HAVE A LOT OF TRANSMISSION ISSUES, MY CAR HAS SWITCHED GETS SO HARD I HD A MINOR WHIPLASH, THE RPMS RAISE SO HIGH THIS NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED ASAP. THIS IS A BAD ISSUE THAT HAPPENS IT CAUSES MY VEHICLE TO JUMP FORWARD AFTER PRESSING ON THE GAS, AND I HAVE A 2 YR OLD DAUGHTER THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS, HELP THE PEOPLE, SOMEONE GET OFF THEIR ASSESS AND HELP US. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA FROM PRIVATE OWNER LESS THAN A WEEK AGO. THE CAR HAD A HARD SHIFT WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE. THE LADY I BOUGHT FROM, TOLD ME THAT AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP THEY SAID THE TRANSMISSION IS WORKING PROPERLY AND IT NEEDS THE TRANSMISSION MOUNTS THATS ALL. SHE REPLACED ONE SIDE BUT DID NOT HAVE MONEY TO DO THE OTHER SIDE. I WAS ABLE TO DRIVE ABOUT 1000 MILES BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED WORKING. I HAVE READ SO MANY COMPLAINS ONLINE ABOUT THE SAME EXACT ISSUE AND NISSAN WILL NOT TAKE ANY RESPONSIBILITY. *TR

FOR ABOUT SIX MONTHS, I'VE BEEN EXPERIENCING MY TRANSMISSION SLIPPING/JERKING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR WHEN I EITHER ACCELERATE OR DECELERATE AND ALSO WHEN I MOVE FROM PARK TO DRIVE, AND REVERSE. I, LIKE COUNTLESS OTHERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE WAS TOLD IT WAS MY MOTOR MOUNTS AT FIRST. GOT THOSE FIXED AND THE PROBLEM STILL PERSISTED. TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY SAID I NEED TO REPLACE MY TRANSMISSION ($4300). I AM SHOCKED TO SEE SO MANY PEOPLE COMPLAINING ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE. THE JERKING IS VERY ABRUPT AND STARTLING. THERE IS A SERIOUS DELAY IN CHANGING GEARS AND SOMETIMES, THE CAR WON?T CATCH INTO DRIVE/RHYTHM WHICH CAUSES THE RPMS TO REV HIGHER THAN NORMAL. THIS IS DRAINING MY GAS MILEAGE AS WELL. I WAS TOLD BY ANOTHER MECHANIC THAT IT IS THE TRANSMISSION SELINOID AND VALVE THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED WHICH WOULD COST $1,500....

MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA STARTED SLIPPIN GEARS BETWEEN 2 AND 3RD DURING MODERATE ACCELERATION AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN, TOOK IT THE NISSAN DEALER, FOR THEM TO TELL ME IT NEEDS A NEW TRANSMISSION, I TOLD THEM ITS A KNOWN PROBLEM, HOWEVER THEY DO NOT WANT TO HELP ME OUT, $4400 FOR REPAIR. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SE GIVES DELAYED GEAR SHIFTS AND AS A RESULT A SIGNIFICANT JERK WHILE DRIVING. IT IS MAINLY WHEN DRIVING AT LOWER SPEEDS. I AM REPORTING AS THIS SHIFT ISSUE IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA AND HAS BEEN REPORTED BY SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS. I HOPE NISSAN FIXES THIS KNOWN ISSUE WITH MY CAR.

I DRIVE THE CAR AND IT IS HARD TO SHIFT GEARS. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT JERKS VERY HARD. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS SAID BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT IS NOT THE TRANSMISSION BUT INSTEAD IT WAS THE MOTOR MOUNTS THAT WERE THE PROBLEM. ONCE THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS FIXED, THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. I CALL THE DEALER BACK AND THEY HAVE YET TO GIVE ME A RESPONSE. WHEN DRIVING, IN BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR IT SHIFT TO THE 4TH OR 5TH GEAR CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK FORWARD IF SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. COMPLICATED SITUATION. *TR

LIKE SO MANY OTHER PEOPLE, MY 2005 NISSAN BEGAN SHIFTING ROUGHLY BETWEEN REVERSE AND DRIVE, THEN BETWEEN LOWER GEARS. IT WOULD SLIP OUT OF GEAR WHEN DRIVING, AND THE ENGINE WOULD REV UP TO ~3500RPM BEFORE SLAMMING BACK INTO GEAR. CLEARLY, I HAVE THE SAME BAD MAXIMA TRANSMISSION AS EVERYONE ELSE. THERE REALLY SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION JERKED WHILE EXITING THE FREEWAY AND COMING TO A STOP AT THE END OF THE OFF RAMP. IT DOWNSHIFTED IMPROPERLY AND WILL NOT COME OUT OF 5TH GEAR. IT JUMPS FROM 2ND GEAR TO 4TH OR 5TH WHEN TAKING OFF. *TR

TWO YEARS AGO, MY 2005 MAXIMA STARTED HAVING A HARD JERK WHEN IT SHIFTS FROM 1ST-2ND GEAR, AND FROM 2ND-1ST. IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE IT ON THE ROADS. THIS MAXIMA HAD MANY PROBLEMS AND LOTS OF HEADACHES. A PIECE OF JUNK, NO MORE NISSAN CARS. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION IS DOING HARD SHIFTS AND I FEAR IT IS GOING TO FAIL. ALSO THE THROTTLE POSITION SENSOR IS GIVING ME PROBLEMS TOO. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION JERKS REALLY BADLY WHEN THE CAR SHIFTS FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. HAPPENS SPONTANEOUSLY, TYPICALLY AROUND 35-45 MPH. WHEN I TOOK IT INTO THE REPAIR SHOP, THEY SAID THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM, SO I JUST HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT FOR NOW. SEEMS TO OCCUR MORE FREQUENTLY WHEN THE CAR IS CLOSE TO NEEDING AN OIL CHANGE. I NOTICED A TON OF OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE EXACT SAME THING, AND THINK IT IS OBSCENE THAT A RECALL HAS NOT BEEN ISSUED OR AN INVESTIGATION CONDUCTED AT THE MINIMUM. *TR

I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED/SERVICED AT A LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THE TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING AND JERKING BETWEEN SPEEDS OF 20 TO 30 MPH. SOMETIME IT ALSO SLIPS AND JERKS WHEN I ENGAGE THE REVERSE GEAR. I ALSO STARTED SMELLING A FAINT BURNING SMELL SINCE THEN. AT A 130000 I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID DRAINED AND FILLED AGAIN AS THE COLOR OF THE FLUID HAD CHANGED TO DARK RED. I HAD HOPED THAT THE SLIPPING AND JERKING WOULD GO AWAY, BUT THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED. IN FACT IT HAS GROWN WORSE. I HAVE GONE ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND OUT THAT MINE IS NOT AN ISOLATED PROBLEM. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS FROM 2004-06 MAXIMA OWNERS WHO ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TRANSMISSIONS. I THINK IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT NISSAN OWNS UP TO THIS TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WITH THESE 2004-06 MAXIMAS AND ISSUES A RECALL, REPLACEMENT AND A FIX OF THESE...

THE PROBLEM BEGAN WITH HARD SHIFTS BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALERSHIP WHICH I PURCHASED IT FROM BUT THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE THE PROBLEM AND SAID THERE WAS NO PROBLEM. AFTER THAT INCIDENT, THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO HAPPEN SPORADICALLY AND WHEN THE VEHICLE REACHED 102K MILES THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN GOING INTO SAFE MODE AFTER THE VEHICLE WAS DRIVEN MORE THAT 10 TO 12 MILES. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND LUNGE INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED BUT OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 75,000.

NOTICED THAT TRANSMISSION WAS NOT ENGAGING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. WHEN IT DID ENGAGE THERE WAS A VERY STRONG FORWARD SURGE. THIS BECAME VERY SERIOUS WHEN STOPPED AT BUSY INTERSECTION AND WOULD PROCEED TO CROSS INTERSECTION THE CAR WOULD SURGE FORWARD. WHEN DRIVING ON FREEWAY AND ATTEMPTING TO PASS SLOWER CARS THE SAME STRONG FORWARD SURGE WOULD OCCUR. I RETURNED THE CAR TO OUR LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT A COST OF $800.00. THEY FELT THAT WOULD CURE THE PROBLEM. IT DID NOT! I SIGNED ON TO THE INTERNET AND DISCOVERED COUNTLESS OF THE OTHER 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS WITH THE VERY SAME COMPLAINT. I CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA ABOUT THE SURGE AND THEY WERE NOT INTERESTED. MY WIFE DRIVES THE MAXIMA MOST OF THE TIME AND IS AFRAID THAT WILL CAUSE A SERIOUS OR FATAL ACCIDENT. NO ONE...

2005 NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSION IS FAILING PREMATURELY. THOUSANDS OF OTHER COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE ONLINE. HARD KNOCK WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND, THEN DELAY IN TRANSMISSION "CATCHING" 4TH GEAR (LOSS OF POWER). IF ACCELERATION IS NEEDED AT THAT POINT TO AVOID AN ACCIDENT, IT WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE. ALSO, IMMEDIATE LOSS OF TRANSMISSION IS A SAFETY CONCERN IN ALL CASES. ACCORDING TO ONLINE REPORTS, THESE ARE NOT ISOLATED INCIDENTS AND THERE SHOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE RECALL TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE VEHICLES. *TR

I AM HAVING A TRANSMISSION ISSUE THAT CANT SEEM TO BE FIGURED OUT. I AM EXPERIENCING A HARD JERK WHEN I SHIFT GEARS FROM 1ST-2ND GEAR. IT WONT HAPPEN FOR DAYS BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN IT WILL COMEBACK. FOR SOME REASON NO ONE CAN TELL ME WHAT'S WRONG BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE LOTS OF REPORTS AND COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE PROBLEM ON 2004-EARLY 2005 MODEL NISSAN MAXIMAS. I LOVE THE CAR BUT NISSAN NEEDS TO BE MADE AWARE OF THIS ISSUE. *TR

TRANS SLIPPING AND JERKING IN TO GEAR. *TR

I PURCHASED MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA IN DECEMBER 2012 - AND DROVE IT SMOOTHLY AND PEACEFULLY FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS. ONCE THE MILEAGE HIT ABOUT 89,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND WITHIN A FEW DAYS THE VIOLENTLY HARD SHIFTING BEGAN, STALLING BETWEEN PARK AND REVERSE AND REVERSE INTO DRIVE. ONE TIME IT SHIFTED SO HARD, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT SEEMED AS THOUGH I HAD NO FIRST GEAR. I WANTED THIS PARTICULAR CAR SO BAD - AND AM NOW SO DISAPPOINTED IN NISSAN -A COMPANY AND CAR THAT AT ONE TIME I VALUED SO MUCH. WHAT A LET DOWN. I AM AFRAID TO DRIVE MY CAR THAT I STILL OWE 10K ON - WOW. *TR

THE CAR JERKS INTO GEAR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A LIGHT. AFTER ACCELERATING FROM A STOP AT 3000 RPM, THE CAR BUCKS AND JERKS INTO GEAR. THE ENGINE REVS BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION CATCHES GEARS. WHEN THE ENGINE IS WARM, AFTER ABOUT 30 MINUTES, WHEN CHANGING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE OR PARK, THE TRANSMISSION HESITATES AND JERKS VERY HARD INTO GEAR. *TR

I HAVE HAD MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA FOR 7 MONTHS AND SINCE I HAVE PURCHASED THIS CAR I HAVE NOTICED JERKING. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT HESITATES FOR 3-5 SECONDS THEN IT JERKS. WHEN IT SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR IT JERKS. WHEN IT DOWN SHIFTS FROM 2ND TO 1ST IT JERKS. WHEN DRIVING IN STOP AND GO TRAFFIC SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T RESPOND WHEN PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL, IT HESITATES FOR ABOUT 3 SECONDS AND THEN JERKS REALLY HARD THEN TAKES OFF. PLEASE DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR TO DIFFERENT SHOPS TO GET IT WORKED ON BUT WHEN THEY TELL ME IT WILL COST $3000 FOR A TRANSMISSION REPAIR I HAVE GONE BACK TO PICK UP MY CAR BECAUSE I CAN'T AFFORD THE PRICES. *TR

TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE CAR HAS A HARD JERK WHEN PUTTING INTO GEAR. SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING THERE IS A DELAY IN THE SHIFT CHANGE CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO IDLE HARD. *TR

TRANSMISSION FAILURE. WAS REPLACED AT MY EXPENSE FOR 3000.00 DOLLARS AND NOW MARCH 9 , 2014 IT HAS FAILED AGAIN. I SUSPECT A FACTORY DEFECT. I AM TOLD THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE AND RECURS OFTEN WITH THIS MODEL. DEALERSHIP OR NISSAN MUST REPLACE AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE. INTERNET IS FULL OF PERSONAL TESTIMONY BY THOUSANDS FOR THE SAME PROBLEM. NISSAN MUST ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY AND ISSUE A RECALL. *TR

SEVERE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS! 1. WHEN SLOWING DOWN AROUND A TURN, UPON ACCELERATING, THERE WAS A HARD KNOCK. ALMOST FELT AS IF I HAD GOTTEN REAR ENDED. 2. WHEN SLOWING DOWN TO A STOP, SHIFTING FROM 3 TO 2 WAS ALSO VERY HARD 3. SOMETIME WHEN SLOWING DOWN, I WOULD PUT THE TRANSMISSION IN NEUTRAL TO AVOID #2 ABOVE. WHEN I WOULD PUT TRANSMISSION BACK INTO DRIVE, THE CAR WOULD SHIFT HARD FROM FIRST TO SECOND AND THEN TO THIRD. 4. WHEN COASTING DOWNHILL, IT WOULD INTERMITTENTLY FEEL AS IF I WAS APPLYING THE BRAKES. *TR

MY CAR BEGAN JERKING VIOLENTLY WHEN SHIFTING INTO 1ST AND 2ND, JUST AS BAD OR WORSE WHEN DOWNSHIFTING IT WOULD LITERALLY JUMP AROUND IN TRAFFIC. I HAD TO DRIVE IT THIS WAY UNTIL IT BROKE COMPLETELY OR I SAVED THE 2000 TO REPAIR THE VALVE BODY. LUCKILY I CAME UP WITH THIS MONEY BEFORE I WAS STRANDED. IT WAS VERY NERVE RACKING EVERY TIME I DROVE BECAUSE IT WOULD JERK AND JUMP MAKING ME THINK I WAS GOING TO HIT SOMEONE OR AT TIMES IT FELT LIKE I'D BEEN HIT FROM BEHIND WHEN IT SLAMMED IT 1ST ON DOWNSHIFTING. I WAS TOLD BY MY DEALER TO TRADE IT IN, IT WAS AN ISSUE WITH ALL THESE MODEL CARS. ALSO EVERY TRANSMISSION SHOP IN MY TOWN THAT I CONTACTED KNEW EXACTLY THE PROBLEM BECAUSE THEY HAD SEEN IT SO MANY TIMES AND HAD A FLEET OF THEM ALREADY AT THEIR SHOP...

NOT LONG AGO MY NISSAN HAS STARTED TO HAVE SHIFTING ISSUES , WHEN I PUT THE CAR INTO DRIVE OR REVERSE IT TAKE A FEW SECONDS THEN IT JERKS INTO GEAR WHICH IS WEARING OUT THE MOTOR MOUNTS . I HAVE TRIED CHANGING CAMSHAFT SENSORS WHICH HAS HELPED SOME OTHER PEOPLE BUT DIDN'T NOT FIX MY PROBLEM. NOW THE CAR TAKES OFF WHILE IM DRIVING ! WHEN ACCELERATING FROM A LIGHT THE RPMS WILL JUMP TO 6K AND THE CAR WILL GRAB A GEAR AND TAKE OFF WHICH HAS BEEN VARY UNCOMFORTABLE TO DRIVE LATELY BE CAUSE I AM AFRAID IT WILL RAM ME INTO A CAR INFRONT OF ME . I REALLY LIKE MY CAR INSIDE AND OUT BUT THIS SHIFTING PROBLEM IS KILLING ME AND I DON'T HAVE $4K TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION INSTALLED , I HAVE NO OTHER CARS SO I HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE BUT...

MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS SEVERE TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. THE GEARS JERK VERY HARD AND SLIPS. I'VE HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED,NOTHING HAS HELPED. *TR

I LIVE IN WASHINGTON STATE. I BOUGHT MY 2005 MAXIMA SE IN FEB 24 2007 WITH 48,000 MILES ON IT. WHEN IT REACH 98,000 MILES (MOSTLY HIGHWAY MILES), MY AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION BEGAN DISPLAYING SHIFTING PROBLEMS. 1.FROM PARK AND/OR REVERSE TO DRIVE IT HAD A 5 SECOND DELAY TO SHIFT INTO GEAR, AND WHEN IT DID IT SHIFTED HARD. 2.TRANSMISSION SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR DURING SLOW AND GO DRIVING CAUSING THE ENGINE TO REV AT HIGH RPM?S AND THEN SLAMMING INTO GEAR. 3.VERY HARD SHIFTS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR WHEN SHIFTING UP AND DOWN AT SPEEDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH. 4.ONCE IT SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR, AND SHUT MY ENGINE DOWN. DURING SLOW AND GO DRIVING I COULD FEEL THE TRANSMISSION BEGIN TO SHIFT AT15 MPH, AND GET A HARD SHIFT AT ABOUT 20 AND 25 MPH. IT SHIFTED HARD BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN HIGH AND LOW GEARS. I...

WHEN TURNING IN BURGER KING DRIVE THRU TURNING THE VEHICLE THE DRIVE SHAFT SOMETHING IN IT BROKE AND THE WHEELS WOULDN'T TURN. WE WOULD TURN THE STEERING WHEEL SND IT WOU LD JUST SOUND LIKE POPPING SOUND. IF I WOULD HAVE BEEN DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IT COULD HAVE KILLED ME. *TR

MY CAR STARTED JERKING ALL OF A SUDDEN. I , TOOK IT TO TRANSMISSION SHOP AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION GOING BAD. I WAS TOLD THAT IT WILL COST ME $3,000 OR MORE TO REPAIR. I HAD ONLY HAD THE CAR FOR A YEAR. I DIDN'T REALIZE THIS IS AN GOING ISSUE UNTIL I STARTED RESEARCHING FURTHER INTO THE HISTORY FOR THE MALE AND MODEL OF THIS CAR. NISSAN NEEDS TO STEP UP AND OWN UP TO THEIR DEFECTIVE CARS. *TR

2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SE, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SOMETIMES SHIFTS VIOLENTLY, WHEN IN REVERSE & JUMPS FROM 2 TO 3 GEAR, ALMOST LIKE BEING REAR ENDED, ALSO REVS UP TO 5 OR 6 RPM ON THE TACT WITHOUT FOOT ON PEDAL, AND LOOSES POWER. I TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALER WHO TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $4000.00 AND BECAUSE OF THE SHIFTING THE MOTOR MOUNTS ALSO NEED REPLACED. ONE TIME THE CAR WILL DRIVE FINE THEN THE NEXT ALL THE PROBLEMS ARE BACK. I HAVE LOOKED ON SEVERAL NISSAN WEB SITES FOR COMPLAINTS ON THIS CAR, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, WHY NISSAN DOES NOT LOOK INTO A RECALL ON THIS CAR IS UNBELIEVABLE. THERE IS NO WAY SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAN BE HAVING THE VERY SAME PROBLEM AND IT NOT BEING BECAUSE OF THE CAR. THIS DEFECT...

-ACCELERATING CAR JERKS BAD BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND GEAR. -SLOWING DOWN, CAR KICKS & JERKS WHEN DOWN SHIFTING -PUTTING THE CAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE IT HESITATES A FEW SECONDS -TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR CAUSING THE RPM TO JUMP UP TO 3-5K SEEMS TO BE A WIDESPREAD ISSUE WITH THIS MODEL NISSAN MAXIMA. I VISIT TO THE DEALER RESULTED IN BEING TOLD THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA STARTED SHOWING SIGNS OF WHAT MAY BE SERIOUS TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS ,MAINLY AFTER VEHICLE IS WARMED UP TRANSMISSION HAS A HARSH SHIFT ,AND HARD JERKING THAT WOULD START IN 1ST GEAR GOING INTO 2ND GEAR ,THIS HAPPENED AROUND 80,000 MILES .I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP BUT FOR WHATEVER REASON THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE CAR ,AT CURRENTLY 148,000 MILES CAR STILL HAS EXACT THE SAME ISSUE ..CAR DOES RUNS GREAT ON HIGHWAY ONLY .I'VE SEEN I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE HAVING THIS TYPE OF ISSUE MAXIMA IS A NICE CAR BUT HAVING TO DEAL WITH TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS NOT SO ..SPECIALLY SINCE IT COST FROM 3,000 TO 4,000 BRAND NEW HOPEFULLY THERE'S SOME TYPE OF RECALL SO THEY CAN HELPS US OUT HERE AND GET THE PROBLEM SOLVED. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND JERKS THE CAR WHEN UP AND DOWNSHIFTING BETWEEN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. THE CAR HAS HAD STRONG JERKS WHEN GOING FROM PARK OR REVERSE TO DRIVE AS WELL. THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY CONCERN AND SHOULD BE A RECALL WITH THE NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS OVER THE SAME ISSUE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 15 MPH, THE VEHICLE HARD SHIFTED FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO VEHICLE TRANSMISSION DEFECTS. *SMD THE CONSUMER STATED SEVERAL MONTHS AGO, HE FELT SOME MINOR JERKING WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. RECENTLY, THE JERKING BECAME STRONGER AND MORE FREQUENT, EVEN HAPPENING WHEN THE VEHICLE WAS IN MOTION. UPON HAVING THE VEHICLE INSPECTED, THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONSUMER WAS INFORMED TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO A NISSAN DEALER, WHERE THE SAME PROBLEM WAS DIAGNOSED, ALONG WITH SOME OTHER ISSUES THAT WERE PROBABLY RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION DEFECT SUCH AS A TIMING PROBLEM.

CAR BEGAN JERKING AND SKIPPING. LOST ALL CONTROL AND CAR COMPLETELY STALLED OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF 5 LANE TRAFFIC. REPAIRS WERE MADE AND CAR HAS BEGUN JERKING AGAIN. *TR

THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HARD VERY HARD SHIFTS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR DURING ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. RECENTLY THE CAR HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF ON THE ROAD WHEN I DRIVE, THERE IS A HARD BANG EVERY TIME I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND DRIVE. I AM A SURVIVOR OF 6 SEPARATE CANCERS, AND FEAR DRIVING THIS CAR TO AND FROM MY CHECK UPS AND CHEMO APPOINTMENTS AT THE HOSPITAL. MY CAR SHUT OFF ON THE HIGHWAY ON THE WAY TO CHEMO, AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FEAR FOR MY LIFE BECAUSE OF NISSANS POOR MANUFACTURING. I AM ON DISABILITY AND DO NOT HAVE THE $4,000 NISSAN TOLD ME IT WOULD COST TO REPAIR THE CAR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT ALMOST EVERY 2004-2006 NISSAN MAXIMA OWNER HAS, BUT NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH WILL YIELD THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS...

MY CAR JERKS REALLY HARD. COMING IN AND OUT OF 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. WILL JUMP AFTER BEING PUT INTO DRIVE. TAKES A WHILE TO CATCH DRIVE FROM PARK. GEARS SLIP WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND ENGINE JUST BEGINS TO REV BY ITSELF. I SEE TONS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ONLINE. HOW DO WE GET THIS OBVIOUS RECURRENT ISSUE RESOLVED WITHOUT SPENDING THOUSANDS?!?! *TR

I BOUGHT A USED NISSAN MAXIMA FOR 8,000 SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT, THE CAR HAS A HARD TIME SHIFTING FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR AND SO ON IT MAKES A LOUD CLUNK NOISE AND IS STARING TO DAMAGE THE MOUNTS. I HAVE READ SIMILAR COMPLAINTS TO MINE ONLINE AND NEED TO LEARN HOW TO GET IT RECALLED OR FIXED. *TR

NISSAN TRANSMISSION FAILURE - CLASS ACTION SUIT FILED WITH ATTORNEYS FOR THIS CASE: [XXX] INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6). *TR