2005 NISSAN MAXIMA Complaints

AT LOW SPEEDS, THE CAR JERKS INTO GEAR AS IF IT HAS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IT SEEMS TO DO IT MORE OFTEN WHEN THE CAR HAS WARMED UP. SOME DAYS IT DOES NOT DO IT AT ALL, BUT SOME DAYS IT DOES IT EVERY TIME WHEN SWITCHING BETWEEN 1ST, 2ND AND 3RD GEARS. I TOOK IT TO THE NISSAN REPAIR SHOP HERE IN TOWN ON OCTOBER 14TH, 2009, BUT THEY DID NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG AND COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. I HAD NOTICED THE PROBLEM ABOUT A MONTH OR SO BEFORE TAKING IT IN TO BE CHECKED. I LOOKED THE ISSUE UP ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND WHERE NUMEROUS NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS WERE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. MANY OF THEM HAD VARIOUS EXPENSIVE REPAIRS DONE (TRANSMISSION FLUSHED OR REPLACED) TO NO AVAIL. *TR

2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. 92,200 MILES. STARTED NOTICING ISSUES AROUND 85,000 MILES, BUT BECAME A SERIOUS ISSUE AROUND 90,000 MILES. TRANSMISSION HESITATES 10+ SECONDS AT STOP SIGNS OR WHEN SWITCHING BETWEEN DRIVE AND REVERSE AND THEN ENGAGES AND CAR JERKS INTO GEAR. SHIFTS HARD BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND GEAR. RPM'S GO WAY UP BEFORE TRANSMISSION CATCHES AND CLUNKS INTO GEAR. SLIPS IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC. HAVE HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED TWICE IN PAST 4 MONTHS. NISSAN DEALER RAN $100 DIAGNOSTIC AND FOUND NOTHING OTHER THAN CRACKED MOTOR MOUNT BECAUSE CAR DOES NOT ACT UP CONSISTENTLY. DEALER RECOMMENDED REPLACING MOTOR MOUNT ($480) AND PROBABLY TRANSMISSION ($3800), SINCE THE MOTOR MOUNT WOULD NOT EXPLAIN JUMPING RPM'S. 300+ IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS ON JUST ONE INTERNET BLOG MENTION THAT FIXING MOTOR MOUNTS DOES NOT SOLVE THE PROBLEM, SO I AM HESITANT TO HAVE THAT DONE. MULTIPLE BLOGS SHOW THE SAME COMPLAINTS WITH IDENTICAL SYMPTOMS. FILED A "CAR NEEDS REPAIR" COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS, AND HAVE ONLY SPOKEN TO SOMEONE ONCE, DURING WHICH CALL THEY SAID THEY WOULD 'HAVE TO CALL ME BACK' AFTER LISTENING TO ME DESCRIBE MY PROBLEM FOR ONLY ABOUT 2 MINUTES. "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON THIS MORNING, AND CAR SEEMS TO BE HAVING DIFFICULTY SHIFTING AT ALL. SCARED TO DRIVE MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP TO EVEN SEE ABOUT REPAIRS. NISSAN NEEDS TO DO A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. *TR

2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. TRANSMISSION WOULD HESITATE 15+ SECONDS AT STOP SIGNS AND INTERSECTIONS AND THEN ENGAGE AND JERK CAR OUT INTO TRAFFIC. HARD SHIFT BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND GEAR. & GEARS WOULD SLIP IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC. NISSAN DEALER REPLACED TRANSMISSION ($3800) AND SAID THIS IS HAPPENING FREQUENTLY WITH 2004-2005 MAXIMAS. 300+ IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS ON JUST ONE INTERNET BLOG. NISSAN NEEDS TO DO A RECALL BEFORE SOMEONE IS KILLED. DEALER FOUND CODE PO744A/T TCC S/V FUNCTION INDICATING FUNCTIONAL VALVE MALFUNCTION IN TRANSMISSION. *TR

I AM HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SE. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH IT BECAUSE IT WOULD MESS UP AFTER IT WARMED UP. IT WOULD JERK IN DOWN SHIFTING AND WHEN I ACCELERATED. FIRST THE GUY SAID IT MIGHT BE MY MOTOR MOUNTS. THEY ADVISED ME THAT I NEEDED A TRANSMISSION FLUSH BECAUSE WE NEEDED TO START SOMEWHERE. I GOT THAT DONE AND MY PROBLEM CONTINUED. THEN HE SAID THAT I NEEDED MY FUEL INDUCTION DONE. HE SAID THAT HE PUT IT ON THE MACHINE AND THERE WHERE NO ERROR CODES. THEN AFTER I COMPLAINED AGAIN HE WANTED TO CHARGE ME TO RUN A DIAGNOSTIC AFTER HE ALREADY SAID HE PUT IT ON THE MACHINE AND DIDN'T FIND ANYTHING WRONG. ALSO MY SERVICE ENGINE SOON INDICATOR LIGHT NEVER CAME ON. I HAVE HAD 3 NISSAN MAXIMAS BUT NISSAN IS NOT WORKING WITH ME. I BOUGHT MY CAR IN AUG OF 2008 AND DIDN'T PURCHASE A WARRANTY. I THOUGHT NISSANS WERE GREAT CARS BUT AS STATED IN THE FORUMS LOTS OF PEOPLE ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM RIGHT AFTER THE WARRANTY EXPIRES AND NISSAN NEEDS TO LOOK INTO THIS IF THEY WANT TO KEEP LOYAL CUSTOMERS LIKE MYSELF. *TR

NISSAN 2005 MAXIMA HAD A DEFECT IN THE ANTI LOCK BRAKE DEVICE WHERE WATER FROM THE ROAD ACCUMULATED AND CAUSED CORROSION. NISSAN ADVISED THE DEALER TO DRILL A HOLE TO ALLOW WATER TO EXIT. THE DEALER STATED THAT THEY HAD PRIOR OCCURRENCES EXACTLY LIKE THIS. THE COST TO ME WAS$ 534.34. *TR UPDATED 11/16/09 THE CONSUMER WANTED TO KNOW THE STATUS OF HER COMPLAINT. UPDATED 03/29/10

I HAVE A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA, AND THIS CAR IS HAVING SHIFTING PROBLEMS, I ONLY HAVE 90K ON MY MAXIMA AND IT JERKS WHEN COMING TO A STOP AND ACCELERATING FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR WHICH SOMETIMES ME AND MY PASSENGERS GET WHIPLASH BY IT. I REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION FLUID AND THE CAR IS STILL SLIPPING INTO GEAR. SOME DAYS THE CAR WORKS GOOD, BUT MOST OF THE TIME THE CAR HAS TROUBLE WITH THE SHIFTING AND IS MAKING ME THINK LESS OF NISSAN MANUFACTURING. *TR

MY NISSAN MAXIMA '05 HAS ABOUT 37000 MILES. RECENTLY, THE TRANSMISSION HAS GONE BAD. THE CAR DOES NOT SHIFT RAPIDLY ENOUGH WHEN I ACCELERATE. ALSO, IT HAS SOMETIMES SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR AT LOW SPEEDS, CAUSING IT TO LURCH FORWARD IN BUMPER-TO-BUMPER TRAFFIC! THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY HAZARD. *TR

I FIRST PURCHASED MY 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA LAST YEAR AND IT HAD 70,000+ MILES, IT WAS USED, AFTER THE FIRST WEEK I ENDED UP TAKING IT BACK TO THE DEALER BECAUSE IT WAS JERKING AND SWITCHING. THEY INFORMED ME IT WAS THE MOTOR MOUNTS SO THEY REPLACED THEN. WHEN I GOT THE CAR BACK THE SAME PROBLEM WAS HAPPENING, SO AT MY NEXT OIL CHANGE I INFORMED THEM OF THE PROBLEM AGAIN, THEY SAID NOTHING WAS WRONG, SO I LET IT GO. JUST RECENTLY THE CAR HAS BEEN JERKING ONCE I TRY TO ACCELERATE. THE WORST PART IS THAT I FOUND AN ACTUAL SITE WITH 30+ OTHER 2005 MAXIMA OWNERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM WHO WERE GIVEN THE SAME RESPONSE. IF THAT MANY CARS ARE DEFECTIVE SHOULDN'T THE MANUFACTURER FIX THE PROBLEM OR SUBMIT A RECALL. *TR

THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS CAR DOES NOT WANT TO GO INTO GEAR BETWEEN 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD. THEN IF IT DOES IT JERKS REALLY HARD AND SOUNDS LIKE ITS GOING TO FALL OUT. THEN THERE'S TIMES IT SLIPS. WHEN YOU PUT THE CAR INTO REVERSE YOU HAVE TO HOLD YOUR FOOT ON THE BRAKE REALLY HARD OR THE CAR WILL JUMP BACKWARDS. AS SOON AS THE CAR WARMS UP IT DOES THIS. I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THE CAR OUT OF TOWN IN FEAR THE TRANSMISSION WILL COMPLETELY STOP. THERE ARE PLENTY OF WEBSITES WITH PEOPLE COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME ISSUE. ITS NOT AN ISOLATED THING. I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM BECAUSE OF FINANCIAL REASONS. THE CAR IS ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD. I BOUGHT IT USED AND HAVEN'T EVEN HAD IT A YEAR YET. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY SAID THERE WAS NO KNOWN ISSUE OF THIS PROBLEM. I READ THAT OTHER PEOPLE WERE TOLD THE SAME THING WHEN THEY CALLED. THERE'S NO WAY A TRANSMISSION SHOULD HAVE PROBLEMS AFTER ONLY FOUR YEARS. *TR

CLUTCH PEDAL ON A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA GOES TO THE FLOOR. IT WILL RETURN BY "POPPING" THE PEDAL; BOUNCING IT OFF OF MY FOOT. I HAD THE SAME PROBLEM WITH A 2002 NISSAN ALTIMA. *TR