2004 Nissan Maxima

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEMS WITH OUR TRANSMISSION FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW, WE TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP (CERRITOS NISSAN) AND THEY SAY THE PROBLEM IS THAT WE NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS WILL BE OUR THIRD TRANNY AND THE CAR ONLY HAS 120,000+ MILES ON IT. OUR FIRST TRANSMISSION LASTED 5YRS. BEFORE HAVING TO BE REPLACED AND NOW THIS ONE HAS LASTED 3YRS. THE TRANSMISSION NOW IS STUCK IN 5TH GEAR WHEN YOU SWITCH TO THE TIP TRONIC SETTING TO SEE THE GEARING AND THIS IS THE REASON THERE IS NO POWER DURING ACCELERATION. WE ALSO NEED MOTOR MOUNTS NOW BECAUSE OF THE VIOLENT JERKING THAT THE TRANNY DOES WHEN PUT INTO GEAR. AND THE DEALERSHIP ALSO SAID WE NEEDED A TIMING CHAIN REPLACEMENT BECAUSE IT WAS BAD AS WELL, TOTAL REPAIR COST $6700.00+. I'VE RECENTLY TAKEN MY CAR TO ANOTHER MECHANIC AND HE SAID THE TIMING CHAIN WAS PERFECTLY FINE. OUR DRIVER SIDE WINDOW SWITCHES DO NOT WORK AGAIN, THAT WAS REPLACED 1YR AGO. AND WE ARE NOW ON OUR THIRD SET OF FRONT STRUTS. *TR

THE CAR STARTED SHAKING AND WOULD NOT ACCELERATE, THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LIGHT WAS NOW DISPLAYED. NEED TO GET OFF THE ROAD AND HAVE IT TOWED. THE GROUND WIRE WAS BROKEN OFF THE TRANSMISSION AND CAUSED THE COMPUTER TO SHORT OUT AS WELL AS ALL OF THE SIX IGNITION COILS AS TOO MUCH VOLTAGE WAS SENT TO THE COILS. NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THE PROBLEM BUT DID NOT ISSUE ANY RECALL. THIS CAN ALSO CAUSE A FIRE IN THE CAR IF THE WIRES HEAT UP AND CATCH THE EVAP SYSTEM; THEREFORE I WOULD RECOMMEND ISSUING A RECALL OF THIS PROBLEM. *TR

I AM A NISSAN MAXIMA LOVER!! I HAVE HAD A 95 MAX, A 00 MAX, AND NOW A 04 MAX. I HAD NO MAJOR PROBLEMS WHAT SO EVER WITH MY MAXIMAS EXCEPT FOR THIS 04. THIS CAR IS LITERALLY DRIVING ME CRAZY! FIRST THE CAR STARTED JERKING. THEN MY WINDOWS STARTED STICKING MY DRIVER AND PASSENGER WINDOW WILL GO DOWN THEN SOMETIMES NOT COME BACK UP.THEN LATER IT STARTED MAKING THIS EMBARRASSING RATTLING NOISE. EVERYTIME I GOT AN OIL CHANGE IT WOULD STOP FOR A WHILE. I NEEDED A DEPENDABLE CAR WHICH IS WHY I GOT ANOTHER NISSAN BUT ABOUT TWO WEEKS AGO I WAS GROCERY SHOPPING WITH MY KIDS AND AS I TURNED ON THE HIGHWAY HEADED HOME THE WHOLE CAR SHUT DOWN IN THE MIDDLE OF TRAFFIC. HOW DANGEROUS IS THAT. I MANAGED TO COAST TO A GAS STATION AND HAD TO CALL AAA TO TOW IT HOME NOW I AM STUCK WITH A CAR THAT I CANNOT DRIVE AND HAVE TO CONTINUE TO MAKE CAR PAYMENTS ON. IVE BEEN TOLD IT WAS A MIXTURE OF MY TRANSMISSION AND TIMING CHAIN.THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTS ON THIS SITE WITH TRANSMISSION AND TIMING CHAIN PROBLEMS. UNLESS NISSAN DOES SOMETHING ABOUT THIS MY NEXT CAR WILL BE A FORD FUSION! LOVE MY MAXIMA BUT CANNOT ENDANGER MY KIDS WITH AN UNDEPENDABLE VEHICLE. WITH ALL THAT BUSINESS NISSAN GETS WHAT HARM WILL IT CAUSE FOR YOU TO HELP YOUR CUSTOMERS FIX CARS THAT YOU CAUSED THE PROBLEM TO WITH THIS FAULTY ENGINE AND TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT WOULD KEEP CUSTOMERS LIKE ME COMING BACK TO NISSANS. I DO LIKE THE NEW MODELS BUT I DONT WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS PROBLEM WITH A NEWER CAR. NISSAN WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO????? *KB

FOR THE 4TH TIME IN 35,000 MILES THE CAR BEGAN TO MISFIRE, RUN ROUGH AND LOSE POWER. SINCE WE HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS BEFORE WE QUICKLY PULLED OVER AND HAD IT TOWED TO A MECHANIC. THE MECHANIC TOLD US THAT THE SAME PARTS FAILED THAT FAILED THE LAST THREE TIMES. THESE CONSIST OF IGNITION COILS (PLURAL). CHANGING THESE FIXED THE PROBLEM FOR 5 WEEKS WHERE THE PROBLEM HAPPENED AGAIN ALTHOUGH MORE CATASTROPHIC. GROUNDING CABLES ($2250, SIX COILS ($1,100), AND THEN WHATEVER ELSE (ECM IS EXPECTED AND MAYBE CYLINDER SENSORS). DOING INTERNET RESEARCH HAS RESULTED THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM FOR THE 2004 LINE THAT NISSAN HAS REFUSED TO COMPENSATE OWNERS FOR.

FRONT AND REAR SUSPENSION, STEERING, BRAKES,BODY WORK, DRIVERS DOOR. HAD ISSUES RIGHT AFTER WIFE BOUGHT THE CAR SHE WENT WITHOUT ME BUT UPON LOOKING AT CAR AFTER SHE CAME HOME WITH IT DID THE CAR FAX ON IT ON THING WERE SOME ELECTRICAL CHECKS THAT'S IT NO ACCIDENTS. STEERING TIGHT WHEN I DROVE IT AND NOTICED NOISE FROM SUSPENSION WHEN GOING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS AND DRIVER DOOR SAGGING. BROUGHT TO DEALER NEXT DAY AND THE SAID A BAR WAS RUBBING ON ANOTHER THEY FIX THEY SAID NOTHING WRONG WITH SUSPENSION IN HEARING THINGS IS THERE EXACT WORDS AND REPLACED THE DOOR HINGES WHICH ARE PURPLE AND THE CAR IS RED DOOR SAGGING AGAIN BUT I WAS INVOLVED IN ACCIDENT END OF 2008 GOT SIDESWIPED BY 2500 DODGE RAM TRUCK AT 45 MPH ON DRIVERSIDE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THAT BECAUSE BODY SHOP ON REPAIR DAMAGE NOT REPLACED I BROUGHT MY CAR TO ANOTHER BODY SHOP BECAUSE OF ISSUES IM HAVING AND THEY SAID WORK WAS DONE INCORRECTLY. AND TRANSMISSION HAS ALWAYS WHEN I DRIVE MORE THAN 20 MILES CONTINUOUSLY WHEN I COME TO STOP AND START AGAIN THE TRANNY ALWAYS SLIPS BAD BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR AND INTO 4TH SOMETIMES. *TR

I BOUGHT THE 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SL FOR MY WIFE IN 2008. IT WAS A ONE OWNER WITH ABOUT 90,000 HIGHWAY MILES, I LOVED THE CAR AND HAD NO PROBLEMS UNTIL FEB 2010. THE ABS SYSTEM STARTED ACTING UP. SOUNDS LIKE THE ABS IS TRYING TO ENGAGE EVERY TIME YOU HIT THE BRAKES. NISSAN DEALERSHIP WANTED $100 JUST TO HOOK IT TO COMPUTER TO SEE WHAT THE PROBLEM WAS, NO THANK YOU. I HAD A MECHANIC FRIEND HOOK HIS SERVICE COMPUTER UP WHILE I DROVE AND LIKE MANY OTHER CONSUMERS, MY MAXIMA HAS A RIGHT (PASSENGER) REAR SPEED SENSOR THAT IS BAD, THIS CAUSES THE BRAKES TO NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY, ALL THE WHILE THERE ARE NO SERVICE LIGHTS ON THE DASH, YOU CAN PULL THE ABS FUSE AND BUT THEN THAT KNOCKS OUT 1/2 OF THE CLUSTER, INCLUDING SPEEDOMETER, GAS GAUGE, PARTS OF THE OBC, THIS IS A HUGE PROBLEM SUFFERED BY MANY CONSUMERS AND NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED IMMEDIATELY. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH 50,008 MILES ON IT AND RECENTLY HAD THE ABS COMING ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND NO DASH WARNING LIGHTS ON, BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT THAT THE RIGHT REAR ABS SPEED SENSOR WENT BAD BUT WHY DIDN'T ANY WARNING LIGHTS COME ON THEY PULLED THE ABS FUSE AND NOW THE WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON BUT YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPEN THIS IMAGINE HITTING THE BRAKES AT 55 MPH WITH YOUR TWO YEAR OLD IN CAR AND ITS NOT STOPPING BECAUSE WHEN YOU ABS SENSOR GOES BAD IT TURNS ON THE ABS WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW YOUR NORMAL BRAKES TO OPERATE AND DO NOT THROW ANY OF YOUR DASH LIGHTS ON, IF I HAD THE MONEY FOR A LAWYER I WOULD BE GOING AFTER NISSAN RIGHT NOW IT SHOULD WORK SO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR ABS IT SHOULD TURN AT LEAST YOUR WARNING LIGHTS AND THEN DISCONNECT THE ABS SO YOU CAN USE YOUR NORMAL BRAKES TO ACTUALLY STOP THE CAR..... ALSO NONE OF THE FRONT END AND REAR END BODY LINES MATCH UP TO NONE OF THE GAPS BETWEEN HOOD AND FENDERS ARE THE SAME CAN GET FINGER IN ONE SIDE AND NOT THE OTHER SAME WITH THE TRUNK, AND THE CAR HAS ONLY BEEN IN ONE ACCIDENT THAT I KNOW OF THAT I REPORTED HAD GOTTEN SIDE SWIPED AT 45 MPH ON DRIVERS SIDE BY BIG TRUCK ALSO NOTICE THAT FRONT AND REAR WINDSHIELDS DO NOT HAVE NISSAN STAMP ON WINDOWS THE CAR FAX WAS CLEAN WELL THE ON THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT CAR FROM WAS CLEAN I THINK THIS CAR WAS WRECKED FRONT AND REAR AND FIXED AND WASN'T REPORTED THEN SOLD TO ME WITH 26,800 MILES WHEN I BOUGHT IT NO SITS AT 50,000 CAUSE HAVE NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH I WOULD LIKE A STATE INSPECTOR TO LOOK AT CAR MY OPINION IS CAR IS UNSAFE BUT ONLY ONE I HAVE AND STILL OWE MORE THAN 10,000 DOLLARS ON IT PLEASE HELP. *TR