2006 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

PURCHASED MY 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA IN JULY OF 2006 HAD 12,750 MILES ON THE ODOMETER I HAVE KEEP THIS VEHICLE SERVICED ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THE PAST SIX YEARS. ON MAY 6, 2012 WHILE PULLING OUT OF A PARKING SPOT I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND IT DIDN'T MOVE A FEW SECONDS LATER THERE WAS A LOUD THUMP AND IT JERKED INTO GEAR SO HARD I THOUGHT SOMEONE HAD REARED ENDED ME. FROM THIS MOMENT ON WHEN I WOULD PUT IT IN GEAR IT HESITATES AND THEN AFTER I'VE DRIVEN FOR A WHILE IT STARTS JERKING AND SEEMS TO LOSE POWER. I'M AFRAID THAT IT IS GOING TO STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC OR CAUSE ME TO HAVE A ACCIDENT. I WAS DUE FOR AN OIL CHANGE IN JULY SO I TOLD THE SERVICE WRITER THAT I WAS HAVING THIS PROBLEM AND THAT I WAS FEELING SOMETHING FUNNY UNDER MY CAR, THE MECHANIC TEST DROVE MY CAR AND I WAS ADVISED THAT I NEEDED A SERPENTINE BELT I PAID 159.99 PLUS TAX TO HAVE THE SERPENTINE BELT REPLACE ALONG WITH MY OIL CHANGE. AFTER I PICKED MY CAR UP AND DROVE IT FOR A WHILE THE JERKING AND HESITATING PRESISTED THATS WHEN A FRIEND ADVISED ME THAT IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION AND I SHOULD HAVE IT CHECKED. I CONTACTED GLENN NISSAN SEVICE DEPARTMENT AND ASKED IF THERE WAS A RECALL ON THE 2006 TRANSMISSIONS AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL I ASKED THE SERVICE WRITER IF I HAD TO HAVE A TRASMISSION HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST THEY HAVE NOT RETURNED MY CALL AS OF TODAY. THAT'S WHEN I WENT ONLINE TO CHECK AND SEE IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM AND SAW THE SAME COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER NISSAN OWNERS. I TOOK MY CAR TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP ON 8/06/2012 AND IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT I WOULD NEED A TRANSMISSION AND THE COST BE AROUND OF $4500.00 PLUS. MY NEXT STEP IS TO CONTACT NISSAN MAUFACTURER TO SEE IF THEY CAN RESOLVE THIS ISSUE WITH THE 2006 TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT AND OR KILLED. *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN MAINTAINED WELL OVER THE YEARS. IT IS ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE ON HOW MANY PEOPLE SHARE THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT I HAVE AND THAT NISSAN HAS NOT DONE NOTHING ABOUT IT. MY CAR STARTED SHIFTING REALLY HARD FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR, IT ALSO GETS STUCK ON 5TH GEAR ONCE THE TRANSMISSION IS HEATED UP. I KNOW THAT IT IS THE TRANSMISSION THAT IS DEFECTIVE OR ELSE THERE WOULD NOT BE SO MANY VIDEOS ON THE INTERNET ABOUT HOW TO REPAIR THE SOLENOIDS THAT ARE INSIDE THE VALVE BODY. THE CAR IS IN HORRIBLE DRIVING CONDITION AND I EVEN DRIVE AROUND WITH MY HAZARDS ON BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENT DOWNSHIFTS SHAKE UP THE CAR AND MYSELF. *TR

I AND MY 6 YEAR OLD SON WERE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY AND THE CAR STARTED JERKING ON THE FREEWAY. I STARTED TO CHANGE LANES AND ALMOST WAS REAR ENDED BECAUSE OF JERKING AND THE NON RESPONSE OF THE TRANSMISSION. THIS COULD HAVE BEEN VERY DANGEROUS FOR MY SON AND MY SELF. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE DRIVER AND PASSENGER SIDE FLOORBOARDS ON WERE RUSTED COMPLETELY FROM THE INTERIOR TO THE EXTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT COULD SEE THE GROUND FROM THE INTERIOR OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO ADVISED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED WHO OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 80,000.

I DROVE TO WORK WHICH IS ABOUT 10 MILES FROM MY RESIDENCE,PARKED TO RETRIEVE SOME PAPREWORK THEN RETURNED TO MY VEHICLE. I STARTED MY VEHICLE AND PLACED THE TRANSMISSION IN DRIVE,WITH MY FOOT ON THE BRAKES AS REQUIRED WHILE CHANGING GEARS.THERE WAS A BIG TIME DELAY BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION ENGAGED INTO THE DRIVE POSITION.THERE ALSO WAS A LOUD AND VERY HARD "BANG" CAUSING ME TO BE FORCED REARWARD IN THE SEAT AND THE VEHICLE JUMPED FORWARD, AS IF THERE WAS NOT A FOOT ON THE BRAKES. AT THIS POINT THE VEHICLE IS ENGAGED IN THE DRIVE POSITION. I SPOKE TO A REPRESENTATIVE AT THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT THE VEHICLE NEW IN APRIL OF 2006,ALL THEY HAD TO SAY IS I MUST PAY $109 FOR A DIAGNOSIS OF THE PROBLEM AND HOPEFULLY THEY COULD DUPLICATE IT. I ALSO SPOKE TO NISSAN AMERICA CONSUMER HOTLINE AND THEY ALSO SAID THAT I MUST HAVE IT DEALT WITH THROUGH THE DEALER, AND THEY WILL SEE WHAT THEY COULD DO .AT THE TIME OF THIS ENTRY,THE VEHICLE HAS 55000 MILE EXACT. I HAVE BEEN ON NUMEROUS SITE ONLINE AND SAW COMPLIANTS ABOUT THE SAME PROBLEM, WITH THE TRANSMISSION AS A KNOWN FAULT. TRANSMISSIONS FROM NISSAN BETWEEN THE YEARS OF 2004 TO 2007.ALL THE COMPLAINANTS STATES THEY HAVE NOT GOTTEN ANY SOLUTION FROM NISSAN AMERICA. *TR

THE VEHICLE IS VIOLENTLY JERKING AND SWITCHING BETWEEN GEARS WHILE SLOWING DOWN OR GOING DOWN HILL. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE TO WORK AND I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS AND THE CAR RPM WENT UP BUT MY CAR DID NOT MOVED. ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER IT JERK REALLY HARD INTO GEAR AND MOVED. I GOT SCARED BECAUSE CARS WERE IN FRONT OF ME AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF MY CAR WAS GOING TO RUN RIGHT IN THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM THE WALDORF, MD NISSAN DEALERSHIP. WHEN I WAS PURCHASING THIS CAR MY MAIN CONCERN WAS SAFETY. I WAS PREGNANT AND I HAD TWO OTHER SMALL CHILDREN THAT I TRANSPORT BACK AND FORTH FROM SCHOOL. NOW I DON'T EVEN FEEL SAFE TO HAVE MY CHILDREN IN MY CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BOTTLE IN MY CAR OR BETTER YET GET ANOTHER TRANSMISSION DUE TO NISSAN BUILDING THESE CARS POORLY. ONE I AM A SINGLE WORKING PARENT TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY. AND NOW I AM STUCK WITH A CAR THAT HAS KNOWN TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I KNOW THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND THIS IS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL FOR THEM NOT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHAT IF ONE OF MY CHILDREN WHERE HURT DUE TO THE CAR JERKING OR DOWN SHIFTING WHEN IT ISN'T SUPPOSE TO. WHAT IF MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE LOST THEIR LIFE DUE TO NISSAN NOT WANTING TO FIX THE ISSUE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT. I PRAY THAT SOMEONE AT NISSAN WILL OWN UP TO THIS AND FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. AND IF IT TAKES MYSELF AND OTHERS TO KEEP CALLING OR TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND COMPLAIN OR BETTER YET CALL THE LOCAL NEWS AND HAVE THEM COVER A STORY BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MOTHER OR HER CHILDREN GET HURT BY A POOR BUILT VEHICLE!!!! *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND EXHIBIT A LOUD THUMPING SOUND. IN ADDITION, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK WHEN THE TRANSMISSION WAS SWITCHING GEARS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE MAINLY OCCURRED IN FIRST AND SECOND GEAR BUT ALSO IN THIRD AND FORTH. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE CONTACT ALSO HAD THE TRANSMISSION CONTROL MODULE REPLACED BUT THE FAILURE WAS NOT CORRECTED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 138,000.

MINE STARTED WITH A LITTLE KICK AND IT JUST KEPT ON GETTING WORSE TO THE POINT WHERE IT COULD CAUSE WHIPLASH... AND THIS IS DURING ACCELERATION AND WHILE SLOWING DOWN TOO. THE TRANSMISSION FINALLY GAVE OUT! *TR

I AM HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY CAR JERKING PROFUSELY WHEN SWITCHING GEARS. IT WILL DO THIS AS WELL WHEN I COME TO A STOP AND THEN TAKE OFF. THERE IS SOMETHING DEFINITELY WRONG WITH THIS MAKE/MODEL/YEAR VEHICLE. I LOVE MY CAR BUT AFTER SEEING THROUGHOUT THE INTERNET ALOT OF PEOPLE HAVING THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM, I DO NOT BELIEVE MY NEXT PURCHASE WILL BE A NISSAN. THE MANUFACTURER SHOULD BE RECALLING AND FIXING THIS ISSUE. MAYBE FAMILIES THAT HAVE LOST LOVED ONES WHILE DRIVING THIS VEHICLE SHOULD INVESTIGATE THE CAUSE OF ACCIDENT A LITTLE FURTHER. *TR