2005 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 35 MPH AND TRYING TO ACCELERATE THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD LUNGE FORWARD VIOLENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS INSPECTED BY AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO ADVISED HIM THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 127,000.

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA AND I HAVE BEEN HAVING A SHIFTING PROBLEM FOR A WHILE. THERE IS A DELAY IN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND ALSO A BIG JERK WHEN IT SHIFTS FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE. I RECENTLY CHANGED THE TRANNY MOUNT BECAUSE I THOUGHT THAT WAS THE PROBLEM. I PROBLEM DID NOT GO AWAY. I THINK THERE IS A GENERAL PROBLEM WITH THE 2005 MODEL OF NISSAN MAXIMA AND IT SHOULD BE RECALL FOR TRANSMISSION AND SHIFTING.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO VIOLENTLY JERK WITH HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHERE THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND THE FAILURE WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE MODEL YEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 40,000.

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 30 MPH HE ENGAGED THE BRAKES AND THEY MADE A VERY LOUD NOISE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE LEFT REAR HUB ASSEMBLY AND ABS MODULE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED AND TWO YEARS LATER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE SAME DEALER WHO PERFORMED A DIAGNOSTIC TEST WHICH INDICATED THAT THE ABS MOTOR MODULE, THE HUB ASSEMBLY AND ACTUATOR WERE DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE SINCE THE VEHICLE WAS NOT COVERED UNDER WARRANTY. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 40,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 62,600. UPDATED 5/2/11 *CN UPDATED 05/11/11

2005 MAXIMA..VERY HARD JERKING. GOES REALLY HIGH IN RPMS WITHOUT NOTICE. HAVE READ ALOT OF COMPLAINTS JUST LIKE MINES. MOTOR MOUNTS HAVE BEEN REPLACED BECAUSE OF THE HARD HITTING FROM THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN KNOWS THAT THERE IS A SERIOUS PROBLEM AND JUST DOESNT CARE. CAR STALLS AND I WAS IN TRAFFIC AND WAS GLAD THAT THE CAR BEHIND ME NOTICED THAT SOMETHING WAS WRONG. I DONT FEEL SAFE DRIVING. SUCH A NICE CAR BUT NOT WORTH ALL THE PAIN ITS CAUSING. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA, AND HAVE HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE TRANSMISSION STICKING IN 3RD GEAR WHILE GOING DOWN A HILL. IT JERKS VERY BADLY WHEN GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND...AND BACK DOWN FROM 2ND TO 1ST. IT ALSO JERKS WHEN I GO FROM PARK TO DRIVE. I'VE TAKEN IT TO NISSAN AND THEY EXPLAINED THAT I WILL NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM STARTED AT 65K MILES. I FIRST HAD THE VALVE BODY FIXED, AND IT STOPPED JERKING FOR 6 MONTHS....BUT STARTED BACK. NOW, I'M TOLD NEW TRANSMISSION. I HAVE SPENT $3,600 ON REPAIRS FOR A CAR THAT IS 6 YEARS OLD (5 AT THE TIME OF REPAIRS), AND I AM NOW BEING ASK TO SPEND $4,500 MORE. NISSAN WILL NOT HELP AS I HAVE CALLED AND FILED A COMPLAINT. AFTER FURTHER RESEARCH, I'VE DISCOVERED THAT THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM AND IS OBVIOUSLY A DEFECT IN THE PARTS THAT MAKE UP THE TRANSMISSION. VERY FRUSTRATING AND DISAPPOINTED WITH NISSAN. WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER ONE AGAIN. *TR

AROUND 95,000 MILES MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA BEGAN TO JERK AND BUCK WHILE SHIFTING GEARS. I TOOK IT IN AND HAD THE CODES READ - THERE WERE NONE. THE JERKING AND BUCKING HAS INTENSIFIED AS WELL AS DELAYS WHILE ACCELERATING AND HESITATION, THEN "DROP" GOING FROM PARK TO DRIVE OR REVERSE. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST AND THEY SAID I HAD TO REPLACE BROKEN MOTOR MOUNTS BUT THAT THERE MOST LIKELY WOULD STILL BE AN ISSUE, AFTER DOING RESEARCH. I DID PAY FOR NEW MOTOR MOUNTS AND THE TRANSMISSION IS STILL JERKING. IT WILL BE $3700 TO PUT IN A NEW TRANSMISSION. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THE 2005 MAXIMA. NEVER AGAIN! *TR

CAR HAS STALLED ON A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. FROM A STOP, THE CAR WILL NOT ACCELERATE NOR GO INTO GEAR, THEN AFTER A FEW MINUTES THE CAR WILL SLAM INTO GEAR AND SEND THE CAR LURCHING FORWARD. IT ACTUALLY FEELS AS THOUGH SOMEONE HAS HIT YOU FROM BEHIND. LUCKILY I WAS ALWAYS A DISTANCE AWAY FROM THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME AND/OR NOT CLOSE ENOUGH TO OTHER VEHICLES. SOMEONE IS GOING TO BE KILLED FROM A SITUATION SUCH AS THIS. I HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT I NEED A WHOLE NEW TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE MANY, MANY SIMILAR DEFECTS NOTED ON-LINE WITH 04', 05', 06' AND 07' NISSANS. I HAVE ALSO BEEN TOLD BY NISSAN DEALERS THAT NISSAN IS REPLACING TRANSMISSIONS ON 07' MODELS BUT NOT ON THE EARLIER VEHICLES & THAT THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT IN THEIR VALVE BODY WHICH RESULTS IN FAILED TRANSMISSIONS.

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS DEFECTIVE. DURING ACCELERATION, THERE ARE DELAYS SHIFTING INTO FIRST AND SECOND GEAR CAUSING THE TRANSMISSION TO REV AT HIGH LEVELS AND A SHARP JOLT WHEN IT DOES SHIFT INTO GEAR. SLOWING DOWN AND ACCELERATING HAVE THE SAME BUCKING PROBLEM. ON LINE CONSUMER BLOGS INDICATE THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR OR WHEN SHIFTING INTO REVERSE, THE VEHICLE WOULD EXHIBIT AN ABNORMALLY VIOLENT JERK. IN ADDITION, WHEN ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE WHILE DRIVING 20-25 MPH, THE ENGINE WOULD EXHIBIT AN UNUSUAL INCREASE IN RPMS AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HESITATE TO RESPOND TO ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. ONCE THE VEHICLE RESPONDED, IT WOULD BEGIN JERKING ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED AND THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE REPAIR WOULD NOT COMPLETELY CORRECT THE FAILURE BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION VALVES HAD FAILED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 69,800 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 70,900. UPDATED 04/15/11*LJ UPDATED 08/18/11