2005 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS A MAJOR TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT IS VERY WIDE SPREAD FROM WHAT I UNDERSTAND. WHILE DRIVING VIOLENT BANGS OCCUR BETWEEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD. THIS DEFECT IS SO SEVERE IT COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE A DRIVER NOT EXPECTING IT TO LOOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE! THERE ARE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS PROBLEM AND I'M REALLY AGGRAVATED NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE BY NISSAN OR ANY OTHER ORGANIZATION TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS DANGEROUS PROBLEM. AS OF NOW MY CAR IS PARKED AND I'M LUCKY ENOUGH TO HAVE A SECOND VEHICLE AVAILABLE TO ME FOR WORK. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL FOR THIS ISSUE AND NISSAN NEEDS TO STEP UP AND TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE DEFECT. ANYONE OUT THERE LOOKING TO BUY A CAR STAY AWAY FROM THIS COMPANY!! TRUST ME. *TR

2005 NISSAN MAXIMA - INCIDENT REPORT - FAULTY TRANSMISSION LED TO CAR'S FAILURE TO ACCELERATE IN INTERSECTION CAUSING NEAR COLLISION WITH 18 WHEELER. AS I WAS ENTERING INTERSECTION AN 18 WHEELER WAS COMING DOWN THE HILL. I NEEDED TO ACCELERATE TO MOVE OUT OF HIS WAY AND WHEN I ATTEMPTED TO DO SO THE ENGINE MERELY REVVED AND WOULD NOT GO INTO GEAR. I HAVE READ AND REPORTED THIS PROBLEM TO NISSAN AND THIS AGENCY AS HAVE SO VERY MANY OTHERS. I SUPPOSE IT WILL REQUIRE A DEATH TO GET ANYONE TO SIT UP AND MAKE NISSAN BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR FAULTY AW55-50S TRANSMISSIONS. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH SHOPS ALL OVER THIS NATION AND INDIVIDUALS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. WE DON'T ALL HAVE 3 TO 4 GRAND SITTING AROUND TO PAY FOR THAT WHICH NISSAN SHOULD BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE. THE TRANSMISSION IS FAULTY AND THE NISSAN IS NOT THE ONLY AUTO WITH THIS IN IT. THE NHTSA NEEDS TO STEP UP TO THE PLATE AND HOLD THEM ACCOUNTABLE BEFORE A LIFE IF FORFEIT FROM THEIR FAILURE TO ACT. READ THE CONSUMER COMPLAINTS ON THIS PRODUCT - THERE ARE NOT 10'S - NOT 100'S - BUT, THOUSANDS. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH 54000 AND MY TRANSMISSION HAS GONE. I HAVE READ PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE FROM OTHER PEOPLE. ITS VERY DANGEROUS MY CAR JERKS AND I HAVE MY FAMILY IN THE CAR AND I GET VERY SCARED TO DRIVE IT. I DON'T KNOW WHY NISSAN HASN'T HAD A RECALL ON THIS CAR YET. I TOOK MY CAR FOR GET FIXED AND THE DEALER ENDED UP FIXING UP MY MOTOR MOUNTS WHICH WASN'T THE PROBLEM AND IT WAS REALLY MY TRANSMISSION AND I PICKED UP THE MY CAR WHEN IT WAS DONE AND MY TRANSMISSION GAVE AWAY IN TWO DAYS. THEY FAILED TO FIX THE PROBLEM THE FIRST TIME AND IT WASN'T MY MOTOR MOUNTS THAT WAS CAUSING THE JERKING. *TR

MY CAR JERKS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR AND WHEN DOWN SHIFTING. IT STARTED SHIFTING HARD WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE, FEELING AS IF I HIT SOMETHING EVERY TIME. I WOULD HAVE TO PUSH DOWN ON THE BRAKE HARD BECAUSE IT WOULD JERK SO HARD. THEN MY CAR STARTED SHIFTING HARD BETWEEN GEARS WHILE DRIVING. IT WAS SUCH A VIOLENT SHIFT THAT IF FELT LIKE SOMEONE HAD HIT MY CAR. IT SHIFTED SO HARD YESTERDAY THAT MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON AND IT WOULD NOT COME OUT OF FIRST GEAR. I TOOK THE CAR IMMEDIATELY TO MY NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND WAS TOLD I NEED A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION ($3000). I RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM ONLINE AND FOUND THAT THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF 2004,05,06 NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE THAT I AM HAVING. I HAVE CALLED NISSAN AND NO RECALLS! NISSAN REFUSED TO ACT LIKE THIS WAS A PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP! I COULD UNDERSTAND IF MY CAR WAS THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE, BUT WITH HUNDREDS OF OWNERS WITH THE EXACT SAME ISSUE, THAT IS A MANUFACTURERS DEFECT AND NISSAN NEEDS TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHENEVER THE CONTACT WOULD DRIVE THE VEHICLE AT ANY SPEED SHE NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK AND VIBRATE WHILE DOWN SHIFTING OR SHIFTING FROM THE FIRST AND SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 95000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60000.

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA AND THE TRANSMISSION IS GIVING ME A PROBLEM. I SHIFTS REALLY HARD WHEN THE ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING. THE PROBLEM OCCURS ONLY AFTER THE CAR HAS WARMED UP. WHILE TEST DRIVING THE CAR, THE PROBLEM DID NOT OCCUR; AFTER I HAD SIGNED ALL THE PAPERS AND DRIVEN THE CAR HOME DID 30 MINS. AWAY DID THE PROBLEM OCCUR. THE CAR WAS SOLD AS-IS. I AM VERY UPSET. NISSAN NEEDS TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION AT NOT COST TO US. *TR

I BOUGHT A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SL IN JANUARY 2010, SO ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO. IT DROVE BEAUTIFULLY, IT WAS SMOOTH AND EVERYTHING. I CHANGED THE OIL, GOT A TRANSMISSION FLUSH, NEW TIRES, EVERYTHING. A FEW DAYS AFTER I GOT IT, I WAS INVOLVED IN AN ACCIDENT. I WAS DRIVING IN THE RAIN AND PREPARING TO MAKE A LEFT TURN, AND AS I WAS DOING THAT IT STALLED, THEN JERKED AND HYDROPLANED AT THE INTERSECTION AND INTO THE INCOMING LANE OF TRAFFIC INTO ANOTHER CAR. I HAD TO TAKE IT TO THE SHOP TO REPAIR IT WHICH TOOK A FEW MONTHS. THEN, ABOUT 3 MONTHS AGO, I NOTICED THAT THE CAR STARTED TO GET WORSE AND WOULD STALL AND THEN JERK WHEN I WOULD REVERSE THE CAR FROM PARK. SPECIFICALLY WHEN REVERSING OUT OF A PARKING SPACE. AS THE WEEKS WENT BY, IT GOT EVEN WORSE. THE CAR WOULD VIOLENTLY JERK WHILE SWITCHING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR OR WHEN BRAKING SUDDENLY OR WHEN ACCELERATING SUDDENLY. SOMETIMES WHILE ACCELERATING, THE CAR WILL STALL, THE ENGINE REVS UP, AND THEN THE CAR WOULD VIOLENTLY JERK FORWARD AS IF IT WAS HIT FROM BEHIND. IN ONE INSTANCE I PULLED OVER ON THE SIDE OF THE HIGHWAY TO MAKE SURE THAT I WASN'T HIT BY A CAR, WITH THE LATTER NOT BEING THE CASE AT ALL. IT HAPPENS EVERYTIME I DRIVE IT NOW. I TOOK IT TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST AND HE THOUGHT THAT IT NEEDED A NEW SENSOR, SO HE INSTALLED IT, AND TOLD ME THAT IT DIDN'T STOP THE JERKING. THEN I GOT ANOTHER TRANSMISSION FLUSH AND IT HASN'T HELPED THE SITUATION. *TR

FOR AT LEAST 7 MONTH, I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING VERY ROUGH TRANSITIONS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEARS AND ALSO WHEN DECELERATING BETWEEN 3RD AND 2ND GEARS. THIS OCCURS DAILY AFTER THE CAR HAS BEEN DRIVEN 5 MINUTES OR SO. ADDITIONALLY, AT TIMES (DAILY BUT NOT EVERYTIME I START THE CAR) WHEN I SHIFT INTO GEAR, WHETHER IT IS DRIVE OR REVERSE, THE TRANSMISSION TAKES AS MUCH AS 20 SECONDS TO ENGAGE. I HAVE ALREADY REPLACED ONE MOTOR MOUNT AND THE TRANSMISSION MOUNT BUT STILL THE ENGINE JUMPS WHEN ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING. EVER SO CONVENIENTLY FOR NISSAN, ALL THIS STARTED AFTER MY WARRANTY HAD EXPIRED. WITH AS MANY COMPLAINTS AS I SEE FOR THIS EXACT COMPLAINT, IT SEEMS THAT NISSAN WOULD CALL A RECALL BEFORE THERE IS A TRAGIC ACCIDENT. I DO NOT WANT THIS DEFECT TO RUIN THE ENGINE SO WHY CAN'T NISSAN TAKE CARE OF THIS?? THE VERY REASON I BOUGHT THIS CAR IS BECAUSE OF THE NORMAL RELIABILITY AND I MUST SAY THAT I WILL NOT BUY ANOTHER IF NISSAN DOESN'T TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED WHILE ACCELERATING FROM A TRAFFIC STOP, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO BUCK WITH EXTREME HESITATION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT TRANSMISSION FACILITY WHERE THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. ALSO, THEY STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION DEFECT WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 2004 AND 2005 MODEL YEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 106,000. UPDATED 3/14/11 *CN UPDATED 03/21/11. *JB

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH A FAULTY TRANSMISSION. AFTER REVIEWING CONSUMER AFFAIRS WEB SITE SO DOES OVER 122,000 PEOPLE SHARE THE SAME PROBLEM I HAVE WHICH IS A JERKING TRANSMISSION. THE DEALER WANTED TO CHARGE ME $98 JUST TO LOOK AT THE CAR KNOWINGLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS ALREADY. THIS IS JUST A RIP OFF. I FOUND OUT FROM CAR REPAIR SHOP IN MY TOWN ONLY NISSAN HAS ACCESS TO WORK ON MY TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO RELEASED RIGHTS FOR ANYONE ELSE TO REPAIR THEIR CARS. THE CAR IS COMPUTERIZED SO THEREFORE, MOM & POP REPAIR SHOPS CAN'T ACCESS THEIR SYSTEM. THIS A MONOPOLY BY NISSAN. MY CAR STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF AN INTER-SECTION BEFORE CHANGING GEARS AND I WAS ALMOST REARED ENDED BECAUSE OF THIS FAULTY TRANSMISSION. *TR