2005 Nissan Maxima

AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:1) WHEN YOU SHIFT FROM PARK TO DRIVE THE CAR DOES NOT ENGAGE AT FIRST THEN SUDDENLY ENGAGES AND ACCELERATES VERY QUICKLY. 2) HARD JERKING SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND FROM 2ND TO 1ST. 3) WHEN DE-ACCELERATING FROM A HIGHER GEAR TRANSMISSION DISENGAGES THEN ENGAGES HARD. 4) THE CAR INTERMITTENTLY DOES THIS GOING A DAY OR TWO PERFORMING NORMALLY. *TR

I DRIVE THE CAR AND IT IS HARD TO SHIFT GEARS. WHEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE IT JERKS VERY HARD. CALLED THE DEALERSHIP AND IT WAS SAID BY THE DEALERSHIP THAT IT IS NOT THE TRANSMISSION BUT INSTEAD IT WAS THE MOTOR MOUNTS THAT WERE THE PROBLEM. ONCE THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS FIXED, THE PROBLEM STILL PERSIST. I CALL THE DEALER BACK AND THEY HAVE YET TO GIVE ME A RESPONSE. WHEN DRIVING, IN BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR IT SHIFT TO THE 4TH OR 5TH GEAR CAUSING THE CAR TO JERK FORWARD IF SUDDENLY ACCELERATED. COMPLICATED SITUATION. *TR

2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SE, TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. SOMETIMES SHIFTS VIOLENTLY, WHEN IN REVERSE & JUMPS FROM 2 TO 3 GEAR, ALMOST LIKE BEING REAR ENDED, ALSO REVS UP TO 5 OR 6 RPM ON THE TACT WITHOUT FOOT ON PEDAL, AND LOOSES POWER. I TOOK IT TO A NISSAN DEALER WHO TOLD ME I NEEDED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $4000.00 AND BECAUSE OF THE SHIFTING THE MOTOR MOUNTS ALSO NEED REPLACED. ONE TIME THE CAR WILL DRIVE FINE THEN THE NEXT ALL THE PROBLEMS ARE BACK. I HAVE LOOKED ON SEVERAL NISSAN WEB SITES FOR COMPLAINTS ON THIS CAR, THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WITH THE EXACT 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM, WHY NISSAN DOES NOT LOOK INTO A RECALL ON THIS CAR IS UNBELIEVABLE. THERE IS NO WAY SEVERAL HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE CAN BE HAVING THE VERY SAME PROBLEM AND IT NOT BEING BECAUSE OF THE CAR. THIS DEFECT IN THIS CAR IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY HURT OR KILLED. LOOK FOR YOURSELF AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING NISSAN RECALL THE 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA SE. *TR

I HAVE A 2005 MAXIMA AND I AM HAVING VERY BAD TRANSMISSION ISSUES. WHEN I TAKE OFF IT JERKS REAL BAD BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR AND THEN WHEN I AM SLOWING DOWN ABOUT TO COME TO A STOP IT ALSO KICKS AND JERKS REAL BAD WHEN IT GEARS DOWN TO 1ST AND 2ND. AND SOMETIMES IT JUST WONT GO AT ALL..AND THEN WHEN I SIT THERE A MIN AND PUT MY CAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE IT HESITATES FOR AT LEAST 7 TO 10 SECS. AND THEN JUMPS REAL BAD AND THEN GOES INTO DRIVE.IT USUALLY DOES ALL THIS WHEN THE CAR IS HOT. *TR

I HAVE HAD PROBLEMS WITH THIS CAR SINCE I PURCHASED IT. I BOUGHT THE CAR AS A USED CAR WITH ABOUT 72,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I BOUGHT. ABOUT A MONTH AFTER THE CAR STARTED TO DRIVE DIFFERENTLY. I NOTICED THAT THE CAR WOULD START TO JERK WHEN ACCELERATING. THE CAR JERKS REALLY BAD WHEN THE RPM GOES BETWEEN THE NUMBER 2 & 3. THERE ARE TIMES WHERE I CAN BE PUSHING ALL THE WAY DOWN ON MY GAS PEDAL AND THE CAR TAKES FOREVER TO ACCELERATE. AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR I READ REVIEWS ONLINE THAT SHOW A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THESE ISSUES. I TOOK MY CAR TO TWO DIFFERENT TRANSMISSION SHOPS THAT SPECIALIZE IN TRANSMISSION AND THEY REFUSED TO EVEN WORK ON THE TRANSMISSION BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY PROBLEMS THEY CAN'T GUARANTEE THERE WORK. I FEEL THAT THIS IS A MAJOR SAFETY ISSUE BECAUSE IF ANYONE WAS TO PULL OUT AND THE CAR WON'T ACCELERATE OR YOU PULL OUT TO ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND YOUR CAR STARTS TO GO THEN STOPS AND JERKS BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR CAN CAUSE A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. I HEAR ABOUT RECALLS FOR ALL KINDS OF OTHER PROBLEMS SO I DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW NISSAN HASN'T GOTTEN IN TROUBLE FOR MAKING THESE HORRIBLE CARS. *TR

THIS NISSAN HAS BEEN HAVING ISSUES WHERE IT JERKS FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, UPSHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND, AND SECOND TO THIRD. THE VEHICLE ALSO JERKS WHEN DOWN SHIFTING FROM THIRD TO SECOND, SECOND TO FIRST AND FIRST TO PARK IS DELAYED IN SHIFTING. THIS ISSUE IS A SAFETY CONCERN DUE TO AFFECTING THE ABILITY TO STOP THE VEHICLE AS THE VEHICLE SPECIFICATIONS INDICATE STOPPING DISTANCE FOR THE VEHICLE SHOULD BE. THE ISSUE IS HIGHLY UNPREDICTABLE AS TO THE SEVERITY OF THE JERK THE CAR WILL EXPERIENCE WHICH HAS BEEN KNOWN TO CAUSE THE VEHICLE TO EITHER NOT STOP OR SLIDE IN INCLEMENT WEATHER SUCH AS SNOW. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 10 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO LUNGE FORWARD ABNORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED AS THE CONTACT DROVE AT HIGHER SPEEDS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS WHERE THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT. THE CONTACT WAS NOT AWARE OF THE SPECIFIED DEFECT. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 94,800.