2005 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

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

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

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

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

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 TO REPAIR. THEN WAS TOLD BY NISSAN CORPORATE THAT IT WAS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE, SO NO RECALL. SO THIS HAS COST SO MANY PEOPLE THEIR TIME AND MONEY ONLY TO GENERATE MORE PROFIT FOR NISSAN. THESE BAD VALVE BODIES THAT THEY KNOWINGLY PUT IN THESE MODELS WHICH ARE EXPENSIVE AND DANGEROUS HAD TO BE PURCHASED FROM NISSAN!!! THIS IS SO WRONG ON SO MANY LEVELS. I LOVE MY CAR OTHERWISE BUT IT INFURIATES ME THAT NISSAN WILL NOT OWN UP TO WHAT THEY DID WRONG!!! AND ARE MAKING MORE MONEY OFF THE PEOPLE WHO TRUSTED THEM AND THEIR PRODUCTS. *TR

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 TO DRIVE IT TO WHERE I NEED TO GO. I HAVEN'T EVEN HAD THE CAR FOR MORE THAN A FEW MONTHS SO I AM TRAPPED MAKING PAYMENTS ON IT EVEN IF I CANT DRIVE IT .I HAVE READ ON MANY DIFFERENT FORUMS ABOUT PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AND HAVEN'T FOUND A WAY TO FIX IT , WITH AS MANY REVIEWS OF PEOPLE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THEIR MAXIMA THE TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE RECALLED AND REPLACED FREE OF CHARGE . *TR

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