2004 Nissan Maxima

MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS BECOME A SAFETY HAZARD IN THAT IT JERKS VIOLENTLY WHILE SHIFTING GEARS AND LOSSES POWER DURING ACCELERATION. I WAS ON THE HIGHWAY AND WAS VERY CLOSE TO BEING INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT WITH A SEMI WHEN MY CAR SUDDENLY SLOWED AND WHEN I APPLIED PRESSURE ON THE PEDAL IT JERK VIOLENTLY LIKE SOMEONE HAD REAR-ENDED ME. THERE WAS A SEMI RIGHT BEHIND ME APPROACHING AT A RAPID SPEED. BECAUSE I HADN'T APPLIED MY BRAKES HE DIDN'T REALIZE MY CAR WOULD SUDDENLY SLOW DOWN IN FRONT OF HIM. I WAS TERRIFIED TO SAY THE LEAST. I MADE CALLS TO NISSAN BUT THEY COULD CARE LESS AND WILL ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR FAULTY EQUIPMENT. AFTER DOING SIGNIFICANT RESEARCH IN ASSESSING THE ISSUE AND TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION I FOUND THAT MANY OTHER PEOPLE WHO OWN THIS PARTICULAR MODEL HAVE THE SAME PROBLEM. I WAS ALSO TOLD THAT MECHANICS HAVE DONE MANY THINGS LIKE NEW OR REBUILT TRANSMISSIONS, ENGINE MOUNTS REPLACED, FUEL FILTER REPLACEMENTS, ETC. NONE OF WHICH HAVE SOLVED THE PROBLEM. *TR

MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA WAS JERKING WHEN GOING FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR AND WHEN I WOULD SLOW DOWN. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY SAID IT WAS MY MOTOR MOUNTS. I SPENT $500 REPLACING THEM AND IT STILL DID IT. WHEN I TOOK BACK TO THE DEALER THEY SAID IT WAS MY TRANSMISSION. NOW I JUST FORKED OUT $4000 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION. I WENT AND ONLINE AND SAW OVER 1,000 COMPLAINTS FOR THE SAME MAKE AND MODEL SAYING THAT THEIR CARS WERE DOING THE SAME THING. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON TRANSMISSIONS ON MY YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SE WITH 51039 MILES AND RECENTLY I NOTICED THAT THE CAR JERKING CHANGING GEARS SO I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT LOOKED AT AND THEY ADVICE ME THAT I NEEDED TO HAVE THE MOTOR MOUNT REPLACE, AC LINE IS LEAKING NEED REPLACEMENT AND TRANSMISSION FLUSHED. I DID ALL THAT AND THE PROBLEM STILL HAPPENS SO I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THIS TIME THEY ADVICE ME THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL NEED TO BE REPLACE. THEY GAVE ME A ESTIMATE OF 4500 FOR THE REPAIR. AFTER RESEARCHING ON THIS ISSUE TO SEE IF THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT WILL FIX THE PROBLEM AND I AM A LITTLE WORRY THAT IT MIGHT NOT. BECAUSE I GOT THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED FROM THE DEALERSHIP AND I DROVE IT FOR NO MORE THEN 3 MILES AND THE PROBLEM CAME BACK. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALERSHIP TO HAVE TO HAVE IT LOOK AT AGAIN. I THINK THAT IF NISSAN DOES NOT LOOK INTO THIS IT WILL CAUSE A MAJOR ACCIDENT IF THE TRANSMISSION FAILS OR THAT SUDDEN JERK WILL CAUSE PANIC IS THE DRIVER AND CAUSE THE DRIVEN TO STEP ON THE GAS AND HIT SOMEONE IN FRONT OF THEM. PLEASE PLEASE ADVICE NISSAN FOR RECALL. *TR

I HAVE A 2004 MAXIMA SE THAT HAS HAD A SERIES OF PROBLEMS SINCE I BOUGHT IT BRAND NEW IN 2003. I AM VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT ALMOST LEFT MY HUSBAND SITTING IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC YESTERDAY. THIS VEHICLE HAS BEEN IN THE SHOP TOO MANY TIMES TO COUNT. I RECENTLY SAW A BLOG WHICH INDICATED THAT THIS IS A PROBLEM FOR THOUSANDS OF 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS. NISSAN HAS DONE NOTHING TO COMPENSATE OWNERS OF THIS CAR WHEN A RECALL IS CLEARLY INDICATED. I BOUGHT A NISSAN HOPING TO OWN IT FOR SEVERAL YEARS AND KNOWING THAT NISSAN HAS A GOOD REPUTATION. I WORRY ABOUT THE SAFETY OF MY FAMILY TRAVELING IN THIS VEHICLE AND FEEL THAT NISSAN SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR DOING A RECALL ON THIS VEHICLE. PLEASE HELP OWNERS LIKE ME WHO HAVE INVESTED A LOT OF TIME, MONEY, AND TEARS WITH THIS ISSUE. *TR

AT ABOUT 53,000 MILES MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA STARING JERKING AND SHIFTING ROUGHLY. I WAS TOLD MY CAR NEEDED MOTOR MOUNTS AND THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. I HAD THIS TAKEN CARE OF AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. IT'S BEEN ALMOST A YEAR SINCE MY CAR TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED AND NOW IT'S STARTING TO JERK AND SHIFT ROUGH AGAIN. I HAVE INVESTIGATED THE PROBLEMS THAT THE 2004 NISSAN MAXIMAS HAVE WITH THE TRANSMISSION HAVING TO BE REPLACED AT AROUND 55,000 TO 65,000 MILES. NISSAN MADE A POORLY MADE 2004 MAXIMA. THIS SHOULD BE INVESTIGATED. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. APPROXIMATELY ONE YEAR AFTER PURCHASING THE VEHICLE IN 2007, THE VEHICLE BEGAN JUMPING OUT OF GEAR UNEXPECTEDLY. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE BECAUSE IT AUTOMATICALLY CHANGES GEARS DURING BRAKING AND ACCELERATING. THROUGH RESEARCH, HE DISCOVERED OTHER VEHICLES WITH THE SAME FAILURE AND FEELS THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED. THE DEALER WAS AWARE OF THE FAILURE AND STATED THAT IT WAS RELATED TO THE TRANSMISSION. THE VEHICLE HAS NOT BEEN REPAIRED; HOWEVER, THE REPAIR WOULD COST $5,000. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 98,000.

BEGINNING OF THIS WEEK, MARCH 30, 2009, MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA HAD A SITUATION WHEN I BEGAN TO DRIVE (MY CAR IS AN AUTOMATIC), THE TRANSMISSION APPEARED TO BE STRUGGLING TO REACH 2ND GEAR. ALTHOUGH I ONLY WORK 1.8 MILES FROM MY HOME, I COULD FEEL THE "DIFFERENCE" IN THE TRANSMISSION FROM ANY OTHER TIME. I HAVE 63,000 MILES ON MY CAR AND FOR A FIVE YEAR OLD CAR, THAT IS VERY LOW. I MAINTAIN THE VEHICLE ACCORDINGLY AND ABOUT 8 MONTHS AGO, I HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID FLUSHED, ETC. THE SECOND DAY (TODAY), I STARTED UP THE CAR, PUT IT IN DRIVE AND QUICKLY NOTICED IT WAS GOING TO STRAIN ITSELF INTO 2ND GEAR. ONCE IT DID, THERE WAS A HARD JERK IN GETTING THERE. I IMMEDIATELY DROVE THE CAR TO MY HOME, PARKED IT AND MADE AN APPOINTMENT FOR IT TO BE CHECKED OUT TOMORROW MORNING. THEN I WENT ONLINE TO SEARCH FOR ANY NISSAN 2004 TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS SUCH AS MINE AND FOUND A LOT OF WEB-SITES THAT PEOPLE HAVE DESCRIBED THE EXACT HAPPENINGS THAT OCCURRED TO MY VEHICLE. THIS DOES NOT SEEM TO BE AN ISOLATED INCIDENT. SOMETHING IS SERIOUSLY DEFECTIVE WITH AT LEAST THE 2004 TRANSMISSIONS. MANY PEOPLE'S COMMENTS ALWAYS STATED THAT THERE'S OCCURRED RIGHT AFTER 60,000 MILES. MY CAR HAS NOT BEEN DRIVEN HARD AND IS WELL MAINTAINED. I READ ALSO ABOUT 2 OTHER ITEMS THAT OCCURRED TO MY VEHICLE. ONE IS THE DRIVERS POWER WINDOW WILL NOT CLOSE UP AND STAY CLOSED WHEN THE BUTTON IS PUSHED. I DISCOVERED A WAY TO GET THE WINDOW CLOSED BY HOLDING THE BUTTON IN THE UP POSITION, TURN OFF THE CAR AND OPEN THE DOOR, WHILE KEEPING YOUR FINGER ON THE POWER UP BUTTON. SECONDLY, PEOPLE WROTE ABOUT A AC REFRIGERANT HOSE HAVING LEAKS AND NEEDING TO BE REPLACED BY SEVERAL OTHER OWNERS. MINE ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM SOME TIME BACK. THE MOST IMPORTANT ISSUE TO ME IS THIS TRANSMISSION FAILING RIGHT AFTER 60,000 MILES. IT MENTIONS THAT WHEN THEY PUT IT ON A MACHINE TO TEST, IT SHOWS NOTHING IS WRONG, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IT IS. NISSAN HAS TOLD PEOPLE THEY DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE PROBLEM IS EITHER. *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING BETWEEN 5-20 MPH, THE VEHICLE HESITATED TO SHIFT INTO SECOND GEAR. THE VEHICLE TENDS TO JERK AND MAKES A LOUD NOISE WHEN THE FAILURE IS OCCURRING. THE CONTACT FEELS THAT A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED DUE TO THE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS THAT ARE POSTED ON THE INTERNET. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 62,000. UPDATED 07/28/09 *BF WHEN DRIVING FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, THERE WAS A HARD SHIFT. UPDATED 07/30/09.*JB