2006 Nissan Maxima

PURCHASED 2006 MAXIMA FROM ALABAMA NISSAN DEALERSHIP IN 2008. WELL MAINTAINED. CURRENT OIL CHANGES , TIRE ROTATIONS AND CHANGES, ALWAYS USED PREMIUM FUEL. RAN GREAT. UNTIL!!!!!!! IN 2010 NOTICED I COULD FEEL GEARS SHIFTING. TOOK IT TO MECHANIC AND HE ADVISED ME THAT THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THIS PARTICULAR YEAR DUE TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE AND THAT IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS. NOW 8/2010 IT SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO SECOND AND BACK FROM SECOND TO FIRST. THIS MAKES ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION EXTREMELY UNSAFE. SURPRISED TO SEE SO MANY COMPLAINTS SIMILAR TO MINE AND NISSAN NOT FIXING IT. CAR ONLY HAS 75,000 MILES AND IT IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE.. I AM A SINGLE MOM AND ALWAYS HAVE CHILDREN IN MY VEHICLE. I AM CONTACTING AN ATTORNEY AND TAKING THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT AND IF NO RECOURSE I PRAY NO ONE GETS HURT.. INCLUDING ME CAUSE I CAN SEE WHAT HAPPENED WITH TOYOTA AND I REALLY WOULD HATE FOR IT TO HAPPEN WITH NISSAN. *TR

I PURCHASED A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA AS A BRAND NEW VEHICLE. RECENTLY, IT STARTED HAVING SOME PROBLEMS (AT APPROXIMATELY 60,000 MILES). WHEN I CHANGE GEARS FROM PARK TO REVERSE, FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, OR WHEN ACCELERATING FROM 1ST GEAR TO 2ND GEAR THERE IS A HARD JERKING. SOMETIMES IT WILL TAKE A FEW SECONDS TO CHANGE GEARS AND MY RPM'S GO UP. IT HAS DIED ON ME AT A STOP LIGHT. I TOOK THE CAR IN FOR A DIAGNOSIS, AND THEY SAID I NEEDED A TRANSMISSION FLUSH. I HAD THE FLUSH DONE, AND THE PROBLEM WAS STILL PRESENT. THE PROBLEM HAS BECOME WORSE. I HAVE READ ABOUT THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM ON NUMEROUS WEBSITES. I HAVE SPENT COUNTLESS HOURS RESEARCHING THIS PROBLEM, AND HAVE COME UP WITH THE SAME CONCLUSION...I AM NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM!!!! PLEASE, LET'S WORK ON GETTING A RECALL INTO EFFECT FROM NISSAN. IT'S ONLY RIGHT! *TR

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING 10 MPH , THE VEHICLE SLIPPED OUT OF GEAR CAUSING THE VEHICLE TO LUNGE FORWARD. THE DEALER WAS CONTACTED AND STATED THAT THEY WERE UNABLE TO OFFER HER ASSISTANCE. THE TRANSMISSION FAILURE HAD BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE OVER TIME. THE VEHICLE IDENTIFICATION NUMBER WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 89,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 89,009. UPDATED 09/15/10. *LJ UPDATED 09/16/10

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO ABNORMALLY JERK BEFORE STALLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO HER PLACE OF RESIDENCE. THE CONTACT WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE VEHICLE THE NEXT DAY AND TOOK IT TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE DEALER REPLACED THE MOTOR MOUNTS BUT DID NOT CORRECT THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A DIFFERENT DEALER WHERE A TRANSMISSION FLUSH WAS PERFORMED. THE DEALER ALSO ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED BUT WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY ASSISTANCE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS NOT REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 74,323.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT A SPEED OF 55 MPH OR LESS, THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK EXCESSIVELY BEFORE SHIFTING INTO GEAR. THE DEALER ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION VALVE AND MOTOR MOUNTS WERE DEFECTIVE AND WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER ADVISED HAVING A DIAGNOSTIC TEST PERFORMED ON THE VEHICLE BEFORE PROCEEDING WITH REPAIRS, AT THE CONTACT'S EXPENSE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 58,300.

I JUST BOUGHT A NISSAN MAXIMA 2006 IT IS A REALLY NICE CAR, BUT I DID START NOTICING THAT THE SHIFTING OF GEARS SPECIALLY FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD JERKS, IT'S BEING LIKE THAT LATELY, TODAY WHEN ENTERING A BUSY STREET WITH MY FAMILY IN THE CAR, THE TRANSMISSION SLEEPS AND DID NOT MOVE , A TRUCK ALMOST HIT THE CAR, WE STAY PARKED ON THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR 2 OR 3 SECONDS UNTIL THE CAR MOVE AGAIN, BUT THOSE 2 OR 3 SECONDS CAN COST MY HOLD FAMILY LIVES. I DID START SEARCHING FOR THIS CAR DEFECTS AND IT LOOKS LIKE A VERY COMMON ISSUE, A DEFECT FROM THE FACTORY AND NISSAN AND THE GOVERNMENT DON'T DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SHAME ON NISSAN AND THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY FOR MAKING THIS BIG COMPANIES TO SALE SAFE AND GOOD QUALITY PRODUCTS, AND STAND BEHIND THEIR PRODUCT FREE OF THIS TYPE OF DEFECTS, ACCORDING TO WHAT I DID FIND OUT, IT IS A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM THAT IT MAY COST THOUSANDS, AND THE FACTORY KNOWING ABOUT IT, DON'T LIFT A FINGER. *TR

I OWN A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH 89000 MILES ON IT. RECENTLY, THE CAR JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 2ND TO 3RD GEAR. T\AT LOW SPEEDS, IT REVS TO 5000 RPM AND WILL NOT ACCELERATE AT STOPS. AFTER RESEARCHING ONLINE, I FOUND MANY COMPLAINTS OF THE EXACT PROBLEMS WORD-FOR-WORD. SOME HAVE BEEN IN ACCIDENTS DUE TO THIS UNCONTROLLABLE PROBLEM. OTHERS HAVE OPTED TO PARK THEIR VEHICLES DUE TO THE UNSAFE CONDITIONS. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM, BUT OFFERS NO RECALL OR ASSISTANCE. *TR

I RECENTLY PURCHASED A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA SE WITH 60,000 MILES FROM A DEALERSHIP HERE IN TUCSON, AZ. AFTER ABOUT 2 WEEKS, I STARTED TO NOTICE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SHIFTING RATHER ROUGH. I ALSO NOTICED IT WAS "REVVING UP" ON ITS OWN WHEN I WOULD PUSH THE GAS, AND WHILE IT WAS TRYING TO SHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR, OR FROM 2ND TO 3RD. I ALSO NOTICED A "JERKING" WHILE SHIFTING, WHETHER IT BE UPSHIFT, OR DOWNSHIFTING. I TOOK IT TO MY MECHANIC AND HE COULD FIND ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG WITH THE VEHICLE. I WENT ONLINE TO SEE IF THERE WERE ANY OTHER PEOPLE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS AS MYSELF, AND I WAS HORRIFIED! I CANNOT BELIEVE THERE HASN'T BEEN A RECALL. TOYOTA RECENTLY HAD A SIMILAR INCIDENCE WHERE THE GAS PEDAL WOULD PUSH DOWN, AND THE DRIVER WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO STOP AND WOULD CAUSE ACCIDENTS! THIS IS VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT'S HAPPENING WITH THE MAXIMA. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY IT MUST TAKE A FATALITY, TO MAKE NISSAN DO THE RIGHT THING AND FIX THE PROBLEM BEFORE ANYONE IS HURT! *TR