2006 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

DRIVE TRAIN IS SLIPPING AND MAKING A LOUD BANGING NOISE WHEN STARTING TO MOVE IN LOW GEAR

ONCE THE TRANSMISSION GETS WARM IT'S VERY DANGEROUS. BAD STALLING FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE AND ONCE YOU SLOW TO ROUND A CURVE AND GO TO ACCELERATE AGAIN. IT SLAMS REALLY HARD SHIFTING. CAUSES A BAD JERK. IF YOU ARE DRIVING IN RAIN, LET OUT OF THE GAS TO START I TO A SMALL CURVE, THEN WHEN YOU GIVE IT HAS AGAIN. IF YOU ARE NOT CAREFUL YOU WILL HAVE A HIGH RMP WHEN IT FINALLY SHIFTS BACK INTO DRIVE IT WILL CAUSE YOU TO SPIN. POSSIBLY COULD CAUSE AN ACCIDENT.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FLOOR OF THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE WAS RUSTED ROTTED OUT. THE FAILURE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 77,000. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE STARTED TO VIOLENTLY JERK AND THE ENGINE STALLED AS THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THE VEHICLE DID NOT RESTART. THE FAILURE WAS RECURRING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 223,000.

I'VE BEEN THE ONLY OWNER OF MY CAR WHICH I BOUGHT BRAND NEW. I'VE ALWAYS GONE THE EXTRA MILE TO TAKE EXTREMELY GOOD CARE OF MY CAR AND HAVE NEVER MISSED ANY SCHEDULED MAINTENANCE. HOWEVER, NONE OF THIS MATTERED MUCH WHEN MY CAR STARTED JERKING VERY VIOLENTLY AROUND 90K MILES. IT HAPPENED WHEN SHIFTING FROM PART TO DRIVE OR REVERSE AND EVEN WHILE DRIVING, WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD. I TOOK THE CAR TO MANY DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION SHOPS AND EVENTUALLY IT TURNED OUT THAT IT HAD A BAD TRANSMISSION. I SPENT THOUSANDS IN GETTING THIS FIXED. I KNOW FOR A FACT THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS ISSUE WITH THIS CARS BUT REFUSES TO TAKE ACTION, INSTEAD THEY WANT TO CHARGE THE CUSTOMER THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. THEY ARE SO AWARE OF THIS ISSUE THAT THEY EVEN HAVE CREATED AN UPDATED TRANSMISSION FOR THIS CAR WHICH IS THE ONE THAT THEY WILL PUT IN IF YOU GO TO THEM WITH THIS ISSUE. IT'S SAD TO SEE THAT NO ONE IS DOING ANYTHING TO GET NISSAN TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND RECALL THIS FAULTY VEHICLES DESPITE THE RIDICULOUSLY HIGH NUMBER OF COMPLAINTS. IT APPEARS AS THOUGH PEOPLE HAVE TO DIE FIRST BEFORE ANYONE TAKES NOTICE. YOU CAN READ ALL ABOUT THIS WELL KNOW ISSUE IN THIS FORUM LINK: HTTP://MAXIMA.ORG/FORUMS/6TH-GENERATION-MAXIMA-2004-2008/597683-RE5F22A-TRANSMISSION-FIX-38.HTML TO NISSAN: YOU THINK THAT YOU ARE SAVING MONEY BY NOT RECALLING THESE BAD TRANSMISSIONS AND INDEED YOU ARE, BUT ONLY IN THE SHORT TERM. LONG TERM THOUGH YOU WILL LOOSE GREATLY BECAUSE THOSE THAT USED TO CALL THEMSELVES LOYAL CUSTOMERS SUCH AS MYSELF WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER VEHICLE FROM YOU EVER AGAIN. NOT ONLY THAT BUT I WILL TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO TELL EVERYONE I CAN NOT TO BUY FROM YOU. YOUR ORGANIZATION IS CUNNING AND DECEITFUL AND ONLY CARES ABOUT THE BOTTOM LINE.

THERE ARE SERIOUS JERKS WHILE DRIVING ON A BUSY ROAD WHEN THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SWITCHES GEARS. HAPPENS WORST ON 2ND GEAR AND 3RD AND EVENTUALLY REDUCES. THIS IS A MAJOR PROBLEM AND STARTING HAPPENING ONLY AFTER DEALER SERVICES THE TRANSMISSION AT 60K MILES. THE CAR IS NOW ON 70K AND WENT TO DEALER ONCE AGAIN.. AFTER SPENDING ANTHER $400, I SEE NO RESULT. VEHICLE IS STILL MOVING BUT CAN CAUSE SERIOUS ISSUES ANYTIME. REPLACING TRANSMISSIONS IS PROBABLY ANOTHER $3500. IT MAKES NO SENSE UNTIL NISSAN COMES FORWARD TO HANDLE THIS. THE CAR HAS BARELY REACHED 70K.

MY 2006 MAXIMA HAS 89000 MILES ON IT AND STARTED JERKING WHEN SHIFTING GEARS, IT BEGAN OUT OF THE BLUE. I WAS AT AT A STOP LIGHT AND HAD TO BACK UP FOR A FIRE TRUCK AND THEN DRIVE FORWARD AND THEN MY CAR JERKED AND SHOOK THE WHOLE CAR. IT HAD NEVER DONE THAT BEFORE. I THOUGHT THE ENGINE WAS GOING TO FALL OUT. I DROVE HOME AS SLOW AS I COULD AND MY DAD MET ME THERE. HE GOT IN THE CAR AND WE TESTED IT. EVERY TIME YOU REVERSE AND GO INTO DRIVE IT WOULD STALL AND COUGH AND MAKE SO THAT THE ENGINE FELT LIKE IT WAS GOING TO FALL OUT OF THE CAR. WE TOOK IT TO THE MECHANIC WHO AT FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION FLUID BEING LOW, SO WE FILLED IT UP. THEN AFTER ABOUT A WEEK IT STARTED AGAIN WITH THE JERKING AFTER TAKING IT FROM REVERSE INTO DRIVE. WE TOOK IT TO THE TRANSMISSION GUY WHO SAID IT COULD BE THE SOLENOID? SO THAT WOULD BE ABOUT $300-500. IN THE END TO REBUILD THE ENTIRE TRANSMISSION ON A MAXIMA WITH ONLY 89,000 MILES IT COSTS $3500-4500 TO FIX WHICH WAS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS!!! NISSAN NEEDS TO FIX THEIR PRODUCT AND STAND BEHIND IT. RECALL THE PROBLEM AND HAVE IT FIXED BEFORE SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS.

CAR WAS PURCHASED WITH BAD TRANSMISSION NOT KNOWING THAT JERKING WAS SO BAD IT FELT LIKE A REAR END COLLISION HAD OCCURED. HAD IT REPLACED AND NOW ITS STARTING TO HAPPEN FOR A SECOND TIME SINCE OWNING THE CAR. CAR WILL JERK AT 20MPH AND 40MPH. THE CAR ALSO ACCELERATES FORWARD WHEN GOING DOWN HILLS. CAR IS A SAFETY HAZARD WAITING TO KILL MYSELF OR OTHERS BECAUSE I JUST DON'T KNOW WHT WILL HAPPEN. SAD TO SEE NISSAN DOES NOT STAND BEHIND FIXING THE UNSAFE TRANSMISSIONS FOR THOSANDS OF PEOPLE. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN AND HOPE THAT NO ONE GETS KILLED BEFORE ALL THE EFFECTED CARS ARE OFF THE ROAD. SAD TO THINK THAT NISSAN DOESN'T STAND BEHIND THEIR CARS AND SAFETY OF THE OWNERS.AN OWNER OF A CAR THAT IS LESS THAN 10YRS OLD SHOULDN'T HAVE TO BUY TWO TRANSMISSIONS IN 4 YRS OF OWNERSHIP. SORRY I EVER BOUGHT THIS CAR AND DEFINITELY LET MY OPINION BE HEARD WHEN OTHERS LOOK TO BUY A NISSAN PRODUCT. I AM SCARED TO SELL MY CR BECAUSE I FEEL IT IS DANGEROUS AND HAS BEEN NOHING BUT A MAINTENANCE MOBILE WITH CONTINUOUS STRESS AND FEAR OF WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT.

CAR FAILED TO ACCELERATE PAST 20 MPH. TRANSMISSION KEPT SLIPPING (JERKS FELT, AND DASHBOARD WARNING LIGHT KEPT SHOWING UP.) CAR WAS ON HIGHWAY AT THE TIME OF INCIDENT. TRIED PULLING OFF HIGHWAY, AT THE FIRST AVAILABLE EXIT, AND CAR STALLED GOING UP THE RAMP, AND ONCE AGAIN WHEN AT THE STOP SIGN, AND ON THE ROAD. CAR BARELY MADE IT BACK TO A SAFE PLACE OFF THE ROAD.

WHEN GOING TO ACCELERATE OR CHANGE GEARS (PARK TO REVERSE) THE CAR JERKS. WHEN DRIVING IN CITY AND I BREAK THEN TAKE OFF, THE CAR ENGINE REV'S LIKE THE GEAR HAS SLIPPED ..