2005 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

I BOUGHT THIS CAR USED JULY 2013 TEST DROVE FINE BUT IT WAS A SHORT DRIVE AFTER AN HOUR OF DRIVING THE CAR'S TRANSMISSION HIT VERY HARD IN REVERSE AND GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND TOOK THE CAR BACK TO DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION THEY REPLACED IT W A USED ONE WHICH SCARES ME BUT THEY DID FIX IT NO CHARGE IT IS A BEAUTIFUL CAR AND I HOPE IT WORKS OUT I OWNED A 2001 I30 INFINITI AND IT WAS A GREAT NISSAN PLEASE DO A RECALL NISSAN TOO MANY EXPENSIVE FIXES FOR FOLKS WHO LOVE YOUR CARS. *TR

MY CAR TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING WHEN TRYING TO ACCELERATE AND SHIFTS HARD WHEN ITS DOES IN 1 AND 2ND GEAR AND SOMETIMES STALL THE CAR AND WONT MOVE ONLY REV FOR ABOUT 5 SECS THEN JERK HARD ENOUGH TO MAKE IT FEEL LIKE I GOT HIT BY ANOTHER CAR. *TR

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY SHIFTS INTO GEAR FROM 1ST TO 2ND. ALSO VIOLENT SHIFTING WHEN SLOWING DOWN. *TR

WHILE DRIVING THE CAR IN TOWN THE CAR STARTED JERKING ERRATICALLY, LAUNCHING FORWARD, HARD JERKS, CAR SHAKING LIKE CRAZY, SMELL BURNING SMELL IN THE CAR, I ALMOST HIT OTHER CARS DUE TO MY CAR JERKING FORWARD. I WAS FRIGHTENED... THE CAR IS VERY UNSAFE TO DRIVE TO SAY THE VERY LEAST. IT DOESN'T MATTER WHAT SPEED YOU ARE DRIVING, IT JERKS AND LAUNCHES FORWARD AT WILL. MY CHILDREN COULD HAVE GOT SERIOUSLY HURT RIDING IN THIS CAR. I PAID CLOSE TO $800 TOGET THIS CAR FIXED IN MAY OF 2013, ONLY TO HAVE IT ALL HAPPEN ALL OVER AGAIN AS THE NISSAN CORPORATION KNEW OF DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS IN THE NISSAN MAXIAMAS. YET, THEY CONTINUE TO SELL THESE "DEATH TRAPS", TO CITIZENS.. THIS IS AN ATROCITY, WHAT THE NISSAN CORPORATION HAS TO DONE IT'S CONSUMERS. *TR

TRAVELING AT 30 MPH, VEHICLE BEGAN TO UPSHIFT. ALSO, MADE CLUNKING NOISE WHEN SHIFTING TO REVERSE, THEN TO DRIVE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT AN UNKNOWN SPEED, THE VEHICLE WOULD NO LONGER ACCELERATE FORWARD. THE ENGINE CONTINUED TO OPERATE BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 100,000. *TR

2005 NISSAN MAXIMA BEGAN SHIFTING HEAVY, ESPECIALLY WHEN DOWN SHIFTING,HEAVY JERKS AT TIMES, AND DELAY OR JUMP WHEN PUT INTO DRIVE. TOOK TO TRANSMISSION PLACE TO CHECK ON ISSUE ONCE I SAID WHAT KIND OF CAR I HAD HE SAID LET ME GUESS 2005. THEY SAID THEY HAVE SEEN SEVERAL WITH ISSUES SOME AS EARLY AS 50,000 MILES. I CURRENTLY HAVE 104,000 WAS INFORMED THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND ALSO BECAUSE OF THE JERKING AND ENGINE MOUNT WAS ALSO NEEDED. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. IT STARTED JERKING AND SHIFTING HARD. I HAD TRANSMISSION OIL CHANGED AND FLUSHED AT A LOCAL NISSAN BUT IT ONLY WORKED TEMPORARILY. I HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $3500-$5000. *TR

I HAVE BEEN DRIVING MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA FOR AWHILE, BUT LATELY THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN ACTING UP. THE MAXIMA SHIFTS GEARS VERY HARD AND CAUSES A VERY DANGEROUS THRUSTING MOTION. ALSO, WHENEVER THE MAXIMA IS SWITCHED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE IT KICKS FORWARD VERY HARD AND LOUD. THIS HAS ALMOST CAUSED NUMEROUS ACCIDENTS AND NISSAN NEEDS TO HANDLE THIS SITUATION APPROPRIATELY. I TOOK THE MAXIMA INTO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP AND THEY INFORMED ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION NISSAN HAS PUT IN THIS CARS MODEL IS TERRIBLE AND NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. THEY INFORMED ME THAT MY ONLY OPTION IS TO HAVE THE VALVE BODY REBUILT. THIS PROBLEM IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS AND CAUSING DAMAGE TO MY SURROUNDING PARTS OF THE VEHICLE. AGAIN, THE TRANSMISSION ON THE 2005 MAXIMA NEEDS TO BE RECALLED. *TR

WHENEVER MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA IS PLACED FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, IT HESITATES AND THEN JERKS INTO DRIVE. IT IS ALMOST LIKE A KICKING MOTION. THIS IS A VERY POWERFUL MOTION THAT HAS AGITATED OTHER PARTS OF THE CAR, RESULTING IN LOOSE HOSES AND CLIPS. IT APPEARS THAT OTHER OWNERS OF THE SAME VEHICLE ARE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. I EXPECT MORE FROM NISSAN AS THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL PERFORMED FOR THE TRANSMISSION. I AM AND INDIVIDUAL WHO FOLLOWS THE OWNER MANUAL MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE PERFECTLY. THIS SHOULD NOT BE HAPPENING THIS EARLY ON. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS ISSUE AND IT IS CAUSING EXPENSIVE DAMAGES TO MY MAXIMA. FIX IT! *TR