2006 Nissan Maxima

OPERATOR WAS DRIVING VEHICLE FRIDAY EVENING IN TOWN AND SLOWED FOR A STOP LIGHT. TRANSMISSION JERKED FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR. WHEN ACCELERATING VEHICLE JERKED FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND DROVE NORMALLY FOR SEVERAL MILES UNTIL A LEFT TURN WAS MADE INTO RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD AT WHICH TIME THE TRANSMISSIONS' GEARS BEGAN TO SLIP UP AND DOWN WHILE OPERATOR MAINTAINED A CONSTANT SPEED WHICH RESULTED IN A JERKING MOTION OF ENTIRE VEHICLE. TRANSMISSION SHIFTS HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND 2ND TO 1ST GEAR. VEHICLE DIES IN 1ST GEAR IN MANUAL MODE. GEARS SLIP IN AND OUT WHILE DRIVING. DEALER DIAGNOSED TRANSMISSION FAILURE WITH RESOLUTION OF REPLACEMENT COSTING NEARLY $3500. VEHICLE IS 1,500 MILES OUT OF FACTORY POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS POSTED CONSUMERAFFAIRS.COM REPORT SIMILAR PROBLEMS WITH 2004 AND 2005 MODELS. OPERATOR DOES NOT CURRENTLY HAVE FUNDS TO COVER COST OF REPAIRS WHICH LEAVES WIFE AND CHILD WITHOUT A VEHICLE. *TR

I BOUGHT NISSAN CERTIFIED USED CAR IN NOV 2009 . BY THIS JANUARY 2010 I STARTED EXPERIENCING CLANK OR HARD SHIFT IN GEAR FROM 1ST TO 2ND IT ALSO CLANKS WHEN COMING DOWN FROM 2ND TO 1ST GEAR. DEALER SHIP SAYS IT IS NOT COVERED UNDER CERTIFIED WARRANTY AND I NEED TO REPLACE TRANSMISSION. THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE WHO EXPERIENCE SAME PROBLEM WITH NISSAN MAXIMA I HAVE ABOUT 60K MILES ON ODO. *TR

TRANSMISSION JERK INTO 1ST GEAR. TRANSMISSION SURGE WHEN ACCELERATING AFTER SLOWING DOWN. CAR JERKS WHEN GOING FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE. PROBLEM OCCURS REGULARLY WHEN CAR IS WARMED UP. AFTER SOME RESEARCH I FOUND THAT MANY OF NISSAN OWNERS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE DEFECT TRANSMISSION. ITS REALLY NOT FAIR THAT THERE GETTING AWAY WITH THIS AND ARE STILL SELLING THESE DEFECT CARS. RIGHT NOW MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT IS ON. *TR

I OWN A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH 58,000 MI. I HAVE BEEN ENCOUNTERING TRANS. PROBLEMS SINCE 55/56,000 MI. I HAVE HAD TRANS FLUID FLUSHED WITH NO SUCCESS. THE TRANS CLANKS OCCASIONALLY WHILE CHANGING GEARS AND EMITS A SLIGHT SCREECHING NOISE AROUND 3000.00 RPM'S THAT SOUNDS LIKE METAL TO METAL CONTACT. IF THIS WAS ANY OTHER COMPONENT I MIGHT BE ABLE TO LET IT GO, BUT THE TRANS. USUALLY GETS PROGRESSIVELY WORSE AT A RAPID RATE ONCE YOU BEGIN NOTICING SYMPTOMS. DEALER RECOMMENDS NEW TRANNY. I HAVE REVIEWED THIS ISSUE ONLINE AND THERE ARE MULTIPLE OWNERS ENCOUNTERING THIS SAME ISSUE. YOU WOULD THINK THAT WITH SO MANY OWNER HAVING SIMILAR ISSUES SINCE 2004, THAT SOME TYPE OF A SOLUTION WOULD HAVE BEEN PROPOSED TO LOYAL NISSAN OWNERS THAT HAVE TO FOOT THE NUMEROUS BILLS FOR THE DEALERS RIDICULOUS GUESSING GAME QUICK FIXES. NISSAN OWNERS ARE BEING TAKEN ADVANTAGE OF AND THIS HAS GOT TO BE ADDRESSED AND COMPENSATED IN SOME WAY. *TR

MY 2006 MAXIMA HAS HAD A SHIFTING PROBLEM SINCE I PURCHASED IT WITH ABOUT 40,000 KM. THE SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND FROM 2ND TO 1ST ARE VERY HARSH AND ERRATIC. THE PROBLEM OCCURS MOSTLY IN STOP AND GO OR VERY LOW SPEED TRAFFIC (20 - 30 KM/HR) HIGH SPEED SHIFTS ARE NO PROBLEM. TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THREE DIFFERENT DEALERSHIPS AND NO ONE COULD PROPERLY DIAGNOSE OR REPAIR THE PROBLEM. FINALLY FOUND AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO SUGGESTED THAT THE SHIFT SOLENOIDS WERE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, BETWEEN THE TWO OF US WE CONVINCED A DEALER TO CHANGE OUT THE TRANSMISSION AND TORQUE CONVERTER FOR NEW COMPONENTS. HOWEVER, WHILE THE PROBLEM GOT BETTER, IT DID NOT DISAPPEAR AND IS NOW GETTING JUST AS BAD AS WITH THE ORIGINAL TRANSMISSION. REPEAT VISITS TO THE DEALER FOR FURTHER DIAGNOSIS DID NOT RESULT IN ANYTHING WRONG BEING FOUND AND THEY WERE UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE ISSUE. ULTIMATELY I WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS JUST THE WAY THE TRANSMISSION OPERATES AND THERE IS NO FIX. I REALLY LIKE THE VEHICLE BUT THIS TRANSMISSION ISSUE MAKES ME HESITANT TO BUY ANOTHER NISSAN .... EVEN THOUGH THEY HAVE CHANGED THEIR TRANSMISSION DESIGN. *TR

HAVE AN 06 MAXIMA SE THE CAR- JERKING ON THE UPSHIFT FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD, SOMETIMES EVEN ON THE DOWNSHIFT. THE CAR WAS PROBLEM-FREE FOR THE 1ST COUPLE OF MONTHS BUT THE LAST 3-4 WEEKS HAVE BEEN A NIGHTMARE. THE JERKING GETS SO BAD, IT FEELS LIKE YOU'RE GETTING PUNCHED! THE PROBLEM IS INTERMITTENT AND RARELY OCCURS ON THE HIGHWAY. TOOK THE CAR TO MY FRIEND - A MECHANIC. HE SAID THERE'S NOTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, BUT IT SEEMS MY ENGINE MOUNT IS BROKEN AND THAT MIGHT BE CAUSING THE "THUMP ENGINE MOUNT WAS REPLACED AND SAME PROBLEM. *TR