2005 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

I PURCHASED AN 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SE AND HAVE EXPERIENCING A JERKING PROBLEM ON THE TRANSMISSION. I FEEL EXTREMELY DANGEROUS DRIVING THIS CAR AS IT WILL NOT SPEED AND ACCELERATE AND DECELERATE AT A NORMAL SPEED. *TR

I AM THE ORIGINAL OWNER FOR MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA, AT APPROXIMATELY 80K MI MY CAR BEGAN HESITATING SLIGHTLY. I TOOK MY CAR TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND WAS TOLD THAT THE PROBLEM WAS NOT DETECTABLE WITH A DIAGNOSTIC MACHINE, BUT THE TECHNICIAN INDICATED THAT THE PROBLEM WAS POSSIBLY A MISSING ENGINE MOUNT. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT A TRANSMISSION FLUSH MAY ALSO HELP THE PROBLEM. THE FLUSH FOUND NO PARTICLES AND DID NOT STOP THE HESITATION. MY LEASE ENDED AND I DECIDED TO KEEP THE CAR. THIS HESITATION HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORST OVER TIME AND CULMINATED WITH ALMOST LOST OF POWER WHILE TRAVELING FROM MY HOME TO THE MALL TONIGHT. THE CAR HAD VERY LITTLE POWER AND MADE A LOW HUMMING SOUND. I PUT MY HAZARDS ON AS OTHER CARS WHIZZED BY. BY THE TIME I PULLED INTO THE RESTAURANT AND TRIED TO BACK INTO A PARKING SPACE THE CAR WOULD NOT DRIVE. I TURNED IT OFF THEN ON AGAIN THAT HELPED AND I WAS ABLE TO REVERSE. GOING HOME THE CAR WOULD NOT ACCELERATE AND THE RPM NEEDLE KEPT GOING UP TO 4-5 THEN HESISTATED BEFORE COMING DOWN. I AM SCHEDULED TO WORK TOMORROW AND I MUST NOW SEE ABOUT HAVING THE CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR EVALUATION. I AM AT A LOST I JUST DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I SEEN MANY OTHER COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE 2005 NISSAN BUT NO RECALL. I CAN'T AFFORD TO BUY A NEW CAR AS I STILL OWE 12000 AND I AM AFRAID MY DAUGHTER AND I ARE NOT SAFE IN THIS CAR. PLEASE HELP. *TR

TRANSMISSION ON 2005 NISSAN IS NOT OPERATING NORMALLY. THIS IS AN ON-GOING PROBLEM AND OCCURS WHEN ENGINE IS WARM. TRANSMISSION HAS A HARD "CLUNK" GOING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR ON ACCELERATION...AND FROM 4TH TO 3RD...3RD TO 2ND ON DECELERATION. TRANSMISSION RECENTLY WENT INTO "SAFE" MODE WHERE IT'S ALWAYS IN 4TH OR 5TH GEAR. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS INTERMITTENT. CAR DRIVES NORMALLY AT HIGHWAY SPEED, BUT ON ACCELERATION OR DECELERATION THE TRANSMISSION COULD FAIL AT ANY TIME, CREATING A DANGEROUS DRIVING SITUATION. IF YOU "GOOGLE" NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS, THOUSANDS OF POSTINGS ON NUMEROUS BLOGS DETAIL THIS EXACT PROBLEM. NISSAN HAS KNOWN ABOUT THESE TRANSMISSION FAILURES FOR YEARS. THE CARS USUALLY EXPERIENCE THE TRANSMISSION 'ISSUE' BETWEEN 45/50 THOUSAND MILES AND 70/75 THOUSAND. OUT OF WARRANTY. THE MAXIMA TRANSMISSION IS NOT A COMPONENT THAT CAN BE EASILY REPAIRED AS I HAVE HAD A TRANSMISSION EXPERT TAKE IT APART. NISSAN PUTS A NEW (OR REBUILT) TRANSMISSION IN. COST IS 2K-4K (OR MORE). IS THIS A PROBLEM THAT HAS BEEN REPORTED BEFORE? *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. FOR THE LAST 2 YEARS I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR HESITATING AND THE RPM RAISES VERY HIGH WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE ALSO BEEN EXPERIENCING HEAVY ENGINE VIBRATIONS WHILE BRAKING WHEN DRIVING. I TOOK NISSAN SERVICE AND HAVE A DIAGNOSTIC DONE AND THEY CAME BACK WITH A CODE FOR THE TRANSMISSION. THEY SUGGESTED THAT I HAVE THE TRANSMISSION FLUSHED, WHICH I HAD DONE 6 MONTHS PRIOR. NEVERTHELESS, I HAD IT FLUSHED AGAIN AND THE PROBLEM CONTINUED TO ESCALATE. I DECIDED TO LOOK ON THE INTERNET TO SEE IF I COULD POSSIBLY FIND A SOLUTION. I FOUND THAT THESE PROBLEMS WERE COMMON WITH MANY 2004-2005 MAXIMA OWNERS AND HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO NISSAN FOR MANY YEARS, BUT THEY REFUSED TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES. IN EACH CASE THE PROBLEM BEGAN RIGHT AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRED, WHICH MAKES ME THINK THEY WERE BUILT LIKE THIS PURPOSELY. I AM NOW GETTING A SHIFT MALFUNCTION CODE AND WAS ADVISED TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION. THESE ARE VERY EXPENSIVE VEHICLES AND IT IS JUST INEXCUSABLE FOR NISSAN TO INSTALL FAULTY MOTOR MOUNTS AND TRANSMISSIONS IN THEM AND NOT TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE REPAIRS. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH SOME SERIOUS TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE FIRST TIME I EVER FELT THE TRANS SHIFT ROUGHLY WAS AT ABOUT 35K MILES, I THOUGHT NOTHING OF IT AT THE TIME BECAUSE IT WAS SO RANDOM AND THE CAR WAS NEW. THROUGHOUT THE NEXT 30K MILES OR SO IT WOULD HAPPEN SO RANDOMLY THAT IT WOULD NEVER CAUSE ANY SERIOUS CONCERN, IT WOULD BE DURING A DESCENT DOWN A HILL WHEN IT WOULD DOWNSHIFT OR AT RPMS HIGHER THAN 2500 AS IT DOWNSHIFTS. AT ABOUT 70K THE TRANS STARTED TO SHOW SOME SLIPPING, ONLY AFTER IT WOULD WARM UP AT ABOUT 20 TO 30 MILES OF DRIVING. THIS CAUSED FOR SOME CONCERN, MY WIFE HAS DRIVEN THIS CAR AND WE HAVE A TWO-YEAR OLD DAUGHTER, SO I KNOW FOR CERTAIN THAT THE CAR WAS NOT ABUSED. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL DEALERSHIP AND SOON THERE AFTER THEY CALLED STATING THAT THE TRANS WILL NEED TO BE CHANGED OUT AND OF COURSE SINCE THE WARRANTY SO CONVENIENTLY JUST RAN OUT I WOULD HAVE TO PAY $3500. THIS IS MY FIRST NISSAN SO I DID A LOT OF RESEARCH ON LINE TRYING TO SEE IF THERE IS OTHERS OUT THERE WITH SIMILAR ISSUES, AND DID I FIND OUT THAT THERE IS... APPARENTLY THE 04 AND THE 05 MAXIMAS HAVE A MAJOR TRANS ISSUE THAT NISSAN IS FAILING TO ADMIT TO. I AM HAVING A HARD TIME TO GET THEM TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE ISSUE AND ASSIST ME WITH THE COST ASSOCIATED WITH A NEW TRANS. I JUST THINK THAT NISSAN NEEDS TO ADDRESS THIS ASAP. MY CAR IS STILL DRIVABLE SO MY WIFE WILL DRIVE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL BE DONE BEFORE THE CAR COMPLETELY BRAKES DOWN. *TR

I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION IN MY CAR. WHEN I DRIVE AND PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT JERKS REALLY HARD. WHEN I AM ACCELERATING IT DRAGS LIKE IT DOESN'T WANT TO GO AND THEN JERKS AND STARTS BACK UP TO SPEED. NISSAN SAID IT IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. MY CAR WAS ONLY 4 YEARS OLD WHEN I FIRST NOTICED THE PROBLEM AND NISSAN WOULD NOT FIX IT. I SEE TONS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS VERY ISSUE AND THEY HAVE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS AND DON'T WANT TO ADMIT, BUT I THINK SOMEONE NEEDS TO MAKE THEM ACCOUNTABLE.. $4800 IS NOT POCKET CHANGE, AND MOST PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THAT KIND OF MONEY. THEY SHOULD FIX THIS FOR FREE. *TR

I OWN A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA, I HAD TO HAVE A NEW TRANSMISSION PUT IN MY CAR. WHEN I FIRST TOOK THE CAR IN TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP HERE IN MEMPHIS, TN, I WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE AGENT AFTER TEST DRIVING THE VEHICLE THAT I WAS NOT HAVING A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM BUT THAT I NEEDED MOTOR MOUNTS AMONG OTHER REPAIRS WHICH TURNED OUT TO BE QUITE EXPENSIVE...ABOUT 3 DAYS AFTER HAVING THESE REPAIRS DONE, I TOOK THE CAR BACK IN WITH THE SAME COMPLAINT AS BEFORE AND WAS THEN TOLD I NEED A TRANSMISSION (THIS WAS MY COMPLAINT WHEN I TOOK THE CAR IN, I COMPLAINED ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION) AND THIS WOULD COST ME $3,000+ IN ADDITION TO THE $2,000+ I HAD ALREADY SPENT. EVERYBODY THAT I KNOW WHO OWNS THE '05 MAXIMA HAS HAD TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION OR IS AT THE POINT OF COMPLAINING AND QUESTIONING TRANSMISSION ISSUES. THE DEALER NOR CORPORATE IS OWNING UP TO ANY PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THIS PARTICULAR VEHICLE. WE WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELP THAT YOU ALL CAN GIVE TO GET NISSAN CORPORATION TO OWN UP TO THIS KNOWN DEFECT....THANKS. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 MAXIMA WITH THE VERY SAME TRANS PROBLEMS IN THE LOWER GEARS. HARD SHIFTING, SLAMMING INTO GEAR, ETC. FORTUNATELY, IT IS STILL DRIVABLE FOR NOW. I DON'T HAVE THE $3500 TO FIX IT. THIS AFTER JUST SPENDING $1700 FOR A NEW CATALYTIC CONVERTER 3 MONTHS AGO. THE CAR IS A MONEY PIT. NEVER AGAIN!!! TOLD BY DEALERSHIP THAT I CAN STILL DRIVE IT UNTIL IT WONT GO ANYMORE. THAT DOESN'T SEEM LIKE A VERY SAFE BUSINESS PRACTICE FOR A DEALERSHIP TO TELL ITS CUSTOMERS. *TR

MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA'S TRANSMISSION STARTED SLIPPING IN THE SEPTEMBER OF 2009, I HAD MAINTENANCE DONE ON THE ENTIRE CAR DONE INCLUDING THE TRANSMISSION WHICH STOPPED THE PROBLEM TEMPORARILY. BY JANUARY OF 2010 THE PROBLEM CAME BACK AND WORST. THE CAR WOULD STOP IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC AND IT TOOK ABOUT 5 SECONDS FOR THE CAR TO CHANGE SHIFT. IT WOULD ALSO JERK VERY VIOLENTLY WHEN CHANGING SHIFTS, SO HARD THAT I WAS ALMOST PUSHED OUT TO THE CAR IN FRONT OF ME, I FINALLY HAD IT ON APRIL 5TH 2010 WHEN OUT OF NOWHERE THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT ENTIRELY. I WAS GOING UP A HILL AND THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION LET GO SO IT STARTED GOING BACKWARDS FAST, I PRESSED FORWARD ON THE GAS ONLY TO GET A HARD REV AND NOTHING ELSE. I KEPT GOING UNTIL I HIT THE BRAKES HARD INADVERTENTLY MAKING ME HIT A TREE DENTING MY BUMPER. MY CAR IS NOW SITTING IN MY DRIVEWAY UNTIL I COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO PAY FOR A BRAND NEW TRANSMISSION. I SPOKE TO NISSAN AND THEY SUGGESTED I TAKE MY CAR TO A CERTIFIED DEALER FOR A DIAGNOSTICS RUN WHICH COST ME 100 DOLLARS. THEY OFFERED ME A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR 4500 BUT I HAGGLED DOWN TO 2500. I AM IN COLLEGE AND CANNOT AFFORD SPENDING THAT KIND OF MONEY. I AM STILL PAYING OFF THIS CAR AND IT IS CAUSING ME DISTRESS. IF I DON'T GET ANY HELP I DON'T KNOW WHAT I WILL DO. *TR

2005 MAXIMA SE....76,000 MILES...... I HAVE HAD JERKY TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS AROUND 0-20 MPH... I HAVE READ HUNDREDS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS..... SOMEONE GET NISSAN TO DO A RECALL PLEASE... I'M SURE THEY CAN'T COME UP WITH THE MONEY TO REPAIR ALL OF MAXIMA'S TRANSMISSIONS FOR FREE, THAT IS PROBABLY THE ONLY THING HOLDING THEM UP...... WELL, BEING 23 YEARS OLD, WORKING 110 HOUR WEEKS DURING THE SUMMER FARMING.... I FOUND MYSELF BUYING A NICE 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA THINKING THAT IT WAS GOING TO BE A DEPENDABLE CAR, WEEKS LATER I FIND OUT IT IS NOTHING BUT JUNK AND IS TOO LATE TO RETURN BACK TO NISSAN.... I'M SURE YOU GUYS HAVE DEALT WITH MANY OF OTHER 2004-2006 NISSAN MAXIMA OWNER'S COMPLAINTS... BUT IT'S TIME TO FORCE NISSAN TO STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT AND ADMIT FAILURE, AND SOMEONE NEEDS TO PUT AN END TO THIS NON-SENSE. I HAVE 4 YEARS OF PAYMENTS ON THIS CAR, THE LEAST THEY COULD DO IS GIVE ME A PROPERLY WORKING TRANSMISSION...... ALSO--- I HAVE READ MANY OF A/C COMPLAINTS, ALL WHICH REPORT OF A/C HOSE NEEDING TO BE REPLACED COSTING HUNDREDS OF DOLLARS, MY AIR CONDITIONER JUST WENT OUT THE OTHER DAY..... GOOD THING I HAVE A SUN ROOF AND WINDOWS THAT WORK. THIS MIGHT AS WELL ALSO BE THROWN IN THE WITH THE RECALL. THANKS *TR