2005 Nissan Maxima

THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO HARD VERY HARD SHIFTS BETWEEN 1ST AND 2ND GEAR DURING ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION. RECENTLY THE CAR HAS BEEN SHUTTING OFF ON THE ROAD WHEN I DRIVE, THERE IS A HARD BANG EVERY TIME I PUT THE CAR IN REVERSE AND DRIVE. I AM A SURVIVOR OF 6 SEPARATE CANCERS, AND FEAR DRIVING THIS CAR TO AND FROM MY CHECK UPS AND CHEMO APPOINTMENTS AT THE HOSPITAL. MY CAR SHUT OFF ON THE HIGHWAY ON THE WAY TO CHEMO, AND I SHOULD NOT HAVE TO FEAR FOR MY LIFE BECAUSE OF NISSANS POOR MANUFACTURING. I AM ON DISABILITY AND DO NOT HAVE THE $4,000 NISSAN TOLD ME IT WOULD COST TO REPAIR THE CAR. THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM THAT ALMOST EVERY 2004-2006 NISSAN MAXIMA OWNER HAS, BUT NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE PROBLEM AND ISSUE A RECALL. A QUICK GOOGLE SEARCH WILL YIELD THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE SAME ISSUE, AND NISSAN REFUSING TO HELP. THIS IS WHY IN 2007 NISSAN WENT TO A CVT TRANSMISSION AND WARRANTIED IT UP TO 10YEARS/120K MILES (BECAUSE THEY KNEW OF THE 04-06 FAILURES EVEN THOUGH THEY ARE NOT HELPING THOSE PEOPLE OUT). I CALLED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND THEY REFUSED ANY ASSISTANCE IN HELPING ME FIX THE PROBLEM. I NOW HAVE TO PAY $3,450 FOR A REPAIR DUE TO AN ISSUE WITH NISSANS WORKSMANSHIP. *TR

MY CAR JERKS REALLY HARD. COMING IN AND OUT OF 1ST AND 2ND GEAR. WILL JUMP AFTER BEING PUT INTO DRIVE. TAKES A WHILE TO CATCH DRIVE FROM PARK. GEARS SLIP WHILE DRIVING DOWN ROAD AND ENGINE JUST BEGINS TO REV BY ITSELF. I SEE TONS OF THE SAME COMPLAINTS ONLINE. HOW DO WE GET THIS OBVIOUS RECURRENT ISSUE RESOLVED WITHOUT SPENDING THOUSANDS?!?! *TR

THIS VEHICLE HAS A PROBLEM WITH THE WAY THE TRANSMISSION WAS BUILT. MY TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING GEARS "WHILE DRIVING" I CAN BE ON THE HIGHWAY DOING 60MPH AND ALL OF A SUDDEN THE GEARS WILL CHANGE AND IMMEDIATELY "LOCK UP" OR THE CAR AUTOMATICALLY GO TO A LOWER SPEED. I HAVE PUT IN COMPLAINTS WITH THE MAKER, THEY ARE SAYING NO RECALL AS OF YET, ONLY THE ONES LISTED ON THIS SITE FOR SEAT BELTS AND THE LOWER LUBAR SWITCH. I TOOK THE CAR TO SEVERAL DEALERS AND THEY ARE ALL SAYING THE SAME THING AND THAT IS THIS VEHICLE FALLS UNDER THE LIST OF POORLY BUILT TRANSMISSIONS. I BOUGHT THE CAR USED WITH 50,000 MILES AND IS NOW FACING A $6000 REPAIR JOB??? REALLY. I FEEL IT IS UNFAIR A COMPANY CAN PUT OUT A BAD SEED AND HAVE NO REPERCUSSIONS UNTIL AN UNFORTUNATE EVENT HAPPENS. *TR

DRIVING 20-25 MPH THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR, TOOK IT TO DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS BAD. HAD MOTOR MOUNT REPLACE BUT THE SAME THING HAPPEN OVER AND OVER, TOOK IT BACK TO DEALER NOW HE TELLS ME THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION, I RESEARCHED AND FOUND THAT IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS MODEL. THIS SHOULD BE LOOK INTO. *JB

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND ATTEMPTING TO ACCELERATE, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK FORWARD. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 85,000.

AFTER PURCHASING CAR FROM DEALER WITH 66300 MILES I DROVE IT FOR ROUGHLY A WEEK WHEN I STARTED TO NOTICE THE TRANSMISSION SLIPPING AND JERKING WHILE GOING FROM GEAR TO GEAR. THE CAR STARTED TO DRIVE LIKE A MANUAL EVEN THOUGH IT WAS AUTOMATIC. THEN SHIFTING TO DRIVE FROM REVERSE THE CAR WOULD KICK AND JERK VERY BADLY AND A VERY HEAVY JERK WHILE DRIVING ON THE FREEWAY WHEN IT GOES INTO A DIFFERENT GEAR. I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AFTER LESS THAN 1000 MILES DRIVEN AFTER BEING PURCHASED AND IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS BROKEN AND 2 OF THE ENGINE MOUNTS WERE ALSO BROKEN WHICH WAS DETERMINED TO BE A RESULT FROM THE BAD TRANSMISSION. THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED ALONG WITH THE 2 ENGINE MOUNTS. AT 66K MILES THE TRANSMISSION ON THE CAR SHOULD NOT GIVE OUT AND AFTER READING ON VARIOUS SITES THIS SEEMS TO BE A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS VEHICLE. THIS CAR IS NOT SAFE AND NISSAN SHOULD TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR PUTTING OUT A UNSAFE VEHICLE THAT CONTAINS A BAD TRANSMISSION. *JS