2005 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

BOUGHT CAR USED FROM NISSAN DEALER. GOOD SERVICE RECORDS WITH REGULAR ON TIME TRANSMISSION SERVICES. DAY AFTER I DRIVE IT OFF THE LOT IT STARTS VIOLENTLY JERKING INTO GEAR AND IN THE MIDDLE OF GEAR. RANDOMLY DROPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR, JERKS OUT OF NOWHERE. HAS JERKED SO HARD MY NECK AND UPPER BODY WERE SOMEWHAT SORE THE NEXT MORNING. DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IN CLOSE TRAFFIC AS IT COULD EASILY JERK VIOLENTLY ENOUGH TO MAKE ME JERK THE WHEEL, ACCIDENTALLY SLIDE FOOT DOWN ONTO THE GAS OR BRAKE, ETC. THIS TRANSMISSION AND CAR WAS WELL CARED FOR ALL OF ITS 107K MILES AND I HAVE SOLID REPAIR HISTORY PAPERWORK TO PROVE IT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS, POTENTIALLY DEADLY TRANSMISSION IN THESE CARS. I HAVE A QUOTE FOR A $3500 QUOTE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BY A SHOP. THIS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OF OWNING THE CAR. I AM COMPLETELY DISGUSTED. *TR

WHEN I BROUGHT MY CAR AFTER 2-3 MONTHS I HAD TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIX. AFTER , A COUPLE OF WEEKS I STILL WAS HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE CAR , I TOOK IT BACK THEY SAID , IT WASN'T NOTHING WRONG WITH IT . THEN MY AIR CONDITION WENT OUT, IT WAS MY AIR COMPRESSOR TOOK IT IN TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO GET IT FIX, AFTER, A WEEK OR TWO IT WENT OUT AGAIN TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET IT LOOKED AT I WAS TOLD IT NEEDED A PART ( SOME TYPE OF CLIP ). JUNE 10 , 2014 MY CAR WAS ON FIRE IN MY GARAGE WHILE I WAS SLEEPING. WHEN I WOKE UP THAT MORNING MY HEADLIGHTS WERE FLASHING OFF AND ON . WHEN I OPEN THE DOOR MY WINDOW WAS FULL OF SUT AND MY WINDSHIELD WAS CRACKED . WHEN I OPEN THE CAR DOOR ON THE DRIVER SIDE THE DASH BOARD AND UNDER THE DASHBOARD WAS MELTED , THE ODOMETER AND THE FUSE BOX (EVERYTHING ON THE DRIVER SIDE WAS MELTED ) .YOU CAN SMELLED THE SMOKE,THAT IT WAS ON FIRE. THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS CALLED OUT JUST IN CASE IT SPARKED BACK UP. UNDER THE HOOD WAS NOT DAMAGE. I HAVE PICTURES OF DAMAGES. THEY HAD TO PUSH THE CAR OUT OF THE GARAGE IT WOULDN'T GO INTO GEAR. THE RESULTS WAS IT STARTED FROM THE FUSE BOX. MY CAR WAS TOTALED OUT BY MY INSURANCE ADJUSTER. I FEEL THIS MATTER NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO AND SOMETHING NEED TO BE DONE ABOUT THIS SITUATION . THIS IS A SERIOUS SITUATION THAT NEED TO BE LOOKED INTO BEFORE IT HAPPEN TO SOMEONE ELSE . *TR

BOUGHT THE CAR USED IN 2013 WITH 120,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR HAS OVERHEATED SEVERAL TIMES SINCE WE BOUGHT IT, BUT WE WERE ABLE TO CONTROL IT AND KEEP IT FROM CAUSING ANY ISSUES. SUDDENLY, WHEN I WAS SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE THE CAR JERKED EXTREMELY HARD, WHILE DRIVING THE CAR HESITATES TO ACCELERATE, AND HAS A HIGH RPM READING WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. AFTER RESEARCHING THIS ISSUE, I HAVE COME ACROSS NO FEWER THAN 30 COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME PROBLEMS WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR. *TR

I BOUGHT THE CAR IN JUNE 2014 AND IT WAS FINE FOR THE FIRST FEW DAYS. ALL OF THE SUDDEN IT WOULD JERK WHEN SHIFTING INTO DRIVE AND WHILE SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND. I TRIED TO GET THE DEALERSHIP TO HELP AND THEY WOULDN'T DO ANYTHING BECAUSE I COULDN'T GET A HOLD OF THEM UNTIL 30 DAYS AFTER I BOUGHT IT. ONE DAY I WAS WITH MY MOTHER AND WE WERE DRIVING. IT THE MIDDLE OF DRIVING, THE CAR JERKED AND SKIDDED. WE ALMOST LOST CONTROL OF THE CAR. I HAVE A FAMILY AND I COULDN'T BARE IT IF ANYTHING HAPPENED TO THEM. THIS IS A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE AND IT REALLY NEEDS TO BE INVESTIGATED. THE CAR HAS ALREADY DONE IT DANGEROUSLY ANOTHER TIME SINCE THEN. NISSAN NEEDS TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY AND NOT PUT THE LIVES OF PEOPLE IN DANGER. *TR

THE ABS SYSTEM IS DEFECTIVE BASED UPON NISSAN MANUFACTURERS BULLETIN REGARDING MAXIMA'S YEARS 2004, 2005, 2006. THE REQUIREMENT OF NISSAN TO REPLACE 2-REAR WHEEL HUBS $444.10, 2-REAR ABS WHEEL SENSORS $627.20, AND POSSIBLY THE ABS ACTUATOR-ASSY $1306.51 ALL DUE TO THE TECHNICAL FACT THAT WATER ACCUMULATES IN THE WHEEL HUBS AND CAUSES FAILURE OF THE SENSORS & ABS ACTUATOR ASSY TO PROPERLY ENGAGE THE ABS COMPUTER ( ACTUATOR), CAUSING THE ABS COMPUTER TO CONTINUALLY TURN ON IT'S PUMP MOTOR MAKING THE VEHICLE BE UNSTABLE AND NOT STOP EVENLY. I'M ADVISED BY NISSAN SERVICE THE EFFECT OF THE ACTUATOR CONTINUALLY RUNNING WILL CAUSE IT TO BURN OUT PREMATURELY BUT NISSAN IS REQUIRING THE CUSTOMER TO MAKE THE REPAIRS AT THEIR OWN EXPENSE EVEN THOUGH THIS ISSUE HAS BEEN APPARENT IN 2004, 2005, 2006. THE INHERENT DANGER TO MYSELF AS THE OWNER, PASSENGERS, PEDESTRIANS, OTHER VEHICLES IS OF PARAMOUNT CONCERN IN CONSIDERATION OF OPERATING THIS VEHICLE.

EVERY TIME THE CAR IS STARTED, THERE IS A GRINDING, METAL-ON-METAL SOUND FROM THE ENGINE. WE ASSUME THAT IT IS THE TIMING CHAIN THAT IS MAKING THIS NOISE SINCE THIS MOTOR USES PLASTIC PARTS IN THE TIMING CHAIN ASSY. *TR

HEAVY SHIFTING, NOT SHIFTING ON POINT, SLIPPING TRANSMISSION, BANG WHEN SHIFTING OR DOWNSHIFTING. *TR

HEAVY SHIFTING, NOT SHIFTING ON POINT, SLIPPING TRANSMISSION, BANG WHEN SHIFTING OR DOWNSHIFTING. *JS

HOLE IN THE PASSENGER SIDE FLOOR APPROXIMATELY 2 FEET LONG BY 1 1/4 WIDE, NOTICED RUST IN OR AROUND SEPTEMBER 2009, NOT SURE WHEN IT REALLY STARTED TO RUST, TODAY 12/2/2014 I REMOVED PASSENGER SEAT PULLED BACK CARPET TO FIND A HOLE NO FLOOR WHATSOEVER. I HAVE READ ABOUT THIS ON FORUMS ONLINE IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN ON ALL MAXIMAS AND ALTIMAS, NOT SURE WHY THERE ISN'T A RECALL. THANKS. *JS

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE FROM A STOP. THE VEHICLE ALSO JERKED AND SHOOK VIOLENTLY. IN ADDITION, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED CONTINUOUSLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.