2008 NISSAN MAXIMA Power Train Problems

VEHICLE STOPPED FORWARD MOVEMENT IN MIDDLE LANE OF I-95 NORTH. ENGINE REVOLUTIONS JUMPED TO RED ZONE BUT NO FORWARD MOVEMENT. HAD TO COAST, IN LIGHT TRAFFIC, TO EDGE OF ROADWAY MERGE LANE. ENGINE THEN DIED. ENGINE RE-STARTED ABOUT 35 MINUTES LATER AND TRAVELED TO US HWY 1 WHEN SAME THING HAPPENED. VEHICLE DIED IN OUTER LANE. STATE POLICE ARRIVED AND ASSISTED IN PUSHING VEHICLE TO BUSINESS SHOULDER/DRIVEWAY ENTRANCE. HAD VEHICLE TOWED APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES TO TRANSMISSION SHOP IN FREDERICKSBURG, VA WHERE THEY TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WAS GONE.

HAVE A 2008 NISSAN MAXIMA AND JUST FOUND OUT I NEED A TRANSMISSION AFTER ONLY HAVING IT 2YRS ..DEALER NEVER TOLD ME THAT IT HAD A PROBLEM WHEN HE SOLD TO ME HAD I KNOWN NISSAN HAD A PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL I WOULD NEVER HAD PURCHASE IT...I NEED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSON AND FOR 3700 DOLLARS I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD RPLACE IT AT NO COST TO ME SINCE IT SEEMS THAT THIS ISSUE SEEMS TO BE WITH ALL THERE MODELS NOT JUST MINE...IT JUST CRAP THAT IM STUCK TRYING TO FIX IT...NISSAN NEEDS TO MAKE THIS PROBLEM OR RATHER FIX THIS ISSUE THAT IS SO COMMON IN THERE VECHICLE THEY NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ...CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER CAUSE IT WOULDNT SHIFT AND THERE IT WAS A BIG HEFT BILL TO TELL ME THAT I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION AND HAD...

I LEFT THE IGNITION ON AND IT RAN THE BATTERY WENT DOWN , WHEN I REALIZED THE BATTERY WAS DEAD WE CHARGED THE BATTERY NEXT DAY I GOT IN TO DRIVE THE CAR THE TRANSMISSION WAS LIKE IN 1ST GEAR OF THE 6 SPEED AUTO TRANSMISSION , I WAS OUT OF STATE AND FOUND A DEALERSHIP IT TOOK THEM A WEEK TO REPLACE IT, BUT THEY DID GIVE ME A RENTAL CAR THE CAR HAD 58,000 THOUSAND MILES ON IT, IT HAS 89,000 NOW , GOT IN THE CAR THIS WEEK TO GO TO A FUNERAL AND MY REMOTE WOULDNT WORK , SO I ACCIDENTLY LEFT THE CAR IN REVERSE , WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE CAR , THE CAR NEVER MOVED WHEN I GOT IN GARAGE I SEEN THE CAR MOVING, I DONT UNDERSTAND WHY THE CAR WASNT MOVING WHEN I GOT OUT OF IT , HIT THE...

ON FEBRUARY 17, 2015, MY DAUGHTER DROVE INTO A 3' DITCH WITH ABOUT 4" OF STANDING WATER WITH ALGEA STANDING ON TOP OF THE WATER. I HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY MY LOCAL MECHANIC TO SEE IF ANYTHING WAS DAMAGED AND HAD THE OIL LEVELS CHECKED AS WELL AND WE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE FOR ABOUT 2500 MILES. IN MAY 2015 I CHOSE TO HAVE THE CAR REPAIRED , FRONT BUMPER ETC. AFTER THE BODYSHOP FINISHED WITH THE CAR THE AIRBAG LIGHT NEEDED TO BE RESET BY NISSAN. WE CONTINUED TO DRIVE THE CAR FOR ANOTHER 500 MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION STOPPED. I WAS INFORMED BY MY TRANSMISSION MECHANIC THAT THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE VEHICLE WITH AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. I HAD THE VEHICLE TRANSPORTED BACK TO NISSAN FOR REPAIR ON JULY 27, 2015 AND 10 -15 DAYS LATER I WAS CALLED AND ASKED IF THE VEHICLE HAD...

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2008 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO RESPOND. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS FOUND THAT THE CRANK AND CAM SENSORS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED ABOUT THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 60,000.

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