2006 Nissan Maxima

BEGINNING AT 38K MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS STOPPED ENGAGING PROPERLY WHEN ACCELERATING BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND GEAR OF THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. THIS OCCURS BETWEEN 20 AND 35MPH AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SLAM INTO GEAR WITH A FORCE THAT NEGATIVELY IMPACTS THE DRIVER'S ABILITY TO CONTROL THE CAR CAUSING AN UNSAFE DRIVING EVENT. THE EVENT IS AS POWERFUL AS BEING HIT FROM THE REAR WHILE DRIVING. THE DEALER CHARGED $200 TO FLUSH THE TRANS BUT THIS HAD NO EFFECT. I HAVE MADE SEVERAL ATTEMPTS TO ENGAGE THE DEALER BUT HAVE HAD NO RESPONSE. I HAVE INVESTIGATED THIS PROBLEM AND FOUND IT IS WIDE SPREAD WITH THIS MODELS' 2005 & 2006 YEAR VEHICLES BUT IS DENIED BY THE MANUFACTURER AS A WARRANTY COVERAGE PROBLEM. PLEASE FORWARD THIS COMPLAINT TO NISSAN USA AND REQUEST A REPLY. *KB

I HAVE A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA, BOUGHT BRAND NEW FULLY LOADED CAR IN EARLY 2006. AFTER 80,000 MILES ON IT, THE CAR STARTED JERKING ON ME. HAD TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED BUT IT DIDNT HELP. RECENTLY CAME TO KNOW THAT TRANSMISSION NEEDS TO BE REPLACED, A $5000 EXPENSE. THE CAR STARTS JERKING WHEN IT IS HOT OR HAVE BEEN DRIVEN IN CITY FOR ATLEAST 15-20 MINS. THE SHIFTING OF GEARS IS DIFFICULT. IT HAS STOPPED ON ME MANY TIMES WHILE DRIVING, A HIGH RISK WHEN I AM ON HIGHWAYS. WHEN MERGING ON HIGHWAY, THE INCREASE IN SPEED TAKES LONGER THAN USUAL, SO MAKES IT VERY DIFFICULT TO MERGE. PLS RECALL THIS, BECAUSE IT IS NOT SAFE TO DRIVE AND LOT OF PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS. *TR

THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IN MY NISSAN MAXIMA 2006 JERKS WHEN IT CHANGES FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 3RD. THIS ALSO HAPPENS WHEN I SHIFT FROM PARK TO REVERSE. SOMETIMES DURING ACCELERATION, THERE IS A 2 TO 5 SECOND DELAY BEFORE THE CAR REACTS WHICH IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS WHEN MERGING INTO TRAFFIC. THESE PROBLEMS USUALLY HAPPEN AFTER THE CAR HAS WARMED UP AND HAVE BECOME INCREASINGLY WORSE. *TR

WE HAVE BEEN HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS WITH MY 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. IT STARTED A FEW MONTHS AGO. IT STARTS TO JERK GRADUALLY. IT REALLY DOESN'T START DOING IT UNTIL THE VEHICLE IS HOT AND HAS BEEN RUNNING FOR A WHILE. WE TOOK IT TO GET DIAGNOSED BUT IT DID NOT READ AS THE TRANSMISSION AT FIRST. AS THE PROBLEM PROGRESSED, WE TOOK IT AGAIN AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS THE TRANSMISSION AND THAT IT WAS GOING TO COST A WHOLE BUNCH OF MONEY THAT WE DO NOT HAVE. I STARTED TO DO RESEARCH ON MY ISSUE. JUST TO FIND OUT THAT I WAS NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS ISSUE BUT MANY MORE LIKE ME. FOOD FOR THOUGHT, I HAVE IN-LAWS WITH OLDER NISSANS THAT ARE STILL RUNNING WITH OVER 200 THOUSAND MILES ON THEM. THEY NEVER HAD TO REPLACE ANY MECHANICAL PARTS BECAUSE OF HOW GOOD THEY WERE MADE THEN. WHAT DOES THAT TELL US ABOUT THE NEWER MODELS. THEY WERE NOT MADE TO LAST AND WE THE CONSUMERS ARE TO PAY FOR IT. NOT THEM. THESE DEFECTIVE NISSANS THAT WERE MADE AND PURCHASED IN MID 2000'S MAY HAVE NOT BEEN IN ACCIDENTS/CAUSED ACCIDENTS/INJURIES BUT WE WANT TO AVOID THAT. WE NEED NISSAN TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS ISSUE BECAUSE THESE PROBLEMS WE ARE HAVING WILL AND MIGHT CAUSE AN ACCIDENT. ALL WE ARE ASKING FOR IS TO HAVE OUR VEHICLES TAKEN CARE OF. *TR

FOR THE PAST 12 MONTHS, OUR 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING MAJOR TRANSMISSION/POWER TRAIN ISSUES THAT HAVE MADE THE VEHICLE EXTREMELY UNSAFE TO OPERATE. IT BEGAN AS SEVERE JERKING WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR, AND HAS PROGRESSED TO A NEARLY UNCONTROLLABLE DRIVING MACHINE. THERE ARE MULTITUDES OF OWNERS WITH SIMILAR ISSUES, AND THE MANUFACTURER HAS REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE/ADDRESS THE ISSUE. I HAVE COMMUNICATED WITH NISSAN'S CONSUMER AFFAIRS DEPARTMENT AND RECEIVED NO RESPONSE WHATSOEVER. IT IS SO UNSAFE THAT I WILL NOT ALLOW MY 16 YEAR OLD TO DRIVE THE VEHICLE OVER FEAR AND ANGST THAT SHE MAY UNINTENTIONALLY DRIVE OVER A PEDESTRIAN OR CHILD. SOMEONE NEEDS TO PRESSURE NISSAN TO RECALL AND ADDRESS THIS MAJOR, KNOWN ISSUE. *TR

I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE ON THE INTERSTATE HIGHWAY AND THE VEHICLE IN FRONT OF ME CAME TO AN TO AN IMMEDIATE STOP. I WAS IN PROCESS OF BRAKING WHEN I WAS HIT IN REAR AND LEFT SIDE OF VEHICLE THEN THEN WENT HEAD ON AND HIT THE GUARD RAIL. IT SPUN MY VEHICLE AROUND WHERE THE CAR ENDED UP FACING TRAFFIC ON SHOULDER OF ROAD. MY AIRBAGS DID NOT DEPLOY. THE VEHICLE ENDED UP BEING A TOTAL LOSS.

2006 NISSAN MAXIMA TRANSMISSION KEEPS SLIPPING AND JERKING IN-BETWEEN GEARS. THERE IS A GROWLING NOISE COMING FROM THE ENGINE. THERE IS A SQUEAKING COMING FROM THE FRONT DRIVERSIDE SHOCK. TOOK TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO HAVE IT INSPECTED AND ENDED UP HAVING TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT AND THEY COULDN'T "RECONSTRUCT THE NOISES FROM THE SHOCK" AND THEY COULDN'T IDENTIFY THE WHAT WAS CAUSING THE NOISE FROM THE ENGINE. *TR

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 5 MPH THE CONTACT HEARD A LOUD CLANGING SOUND AND IT BECAME DIFFICULT TO SHIFT THE GEARS. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND OVER TIME HAD BECOME PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THE TECHNICIANS STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 70,000.

2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. I NOTICE THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING WHEN CHANGING GEARS. IT ALSO WAS JERKING REPEATEDLY WHILE CHANGING INTO 1ST AND 2ND GEAR AND THEN BACK DOWN FROM 2ND TO 1ST. I WAS TOLD BY A NISSAN SERVICE ADVISOR THAT MY CAR NEEDED A TRANSMISSION FLUSH. I HAD THE FLUSH DONE ON THE CAR, PROBLEMS STILL EXIST. NISSAN NOW SAYS I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. $3500. THERE ARE THOUSAND OF PEOPLE WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM. THIS TRANSMISSION SHOULD BE RECALLED, BEFORE SOMEONE GET HURT AND NISSAN STOP STEALING PEOPLE HARD EARNED MONEY. WHEN THEY KNOW SOMETHING IS WRONG WITH THE CAR. *TR

WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 65 MPH, THE GAGES ON MY INSTRUMENT PANEL BEGAN TO READ ERRATIC. SPEEDOMETER, FUEL AND TACHOMETER DRIFTED BETWEEN ZERO AND THIER MAXIMUMS. THE INSTRUMENT PANEL BACKGROUND LIGHTING ALSO BEGAN TO FLICKER. THE VEHICLE MADE IT HOME. AT HOME THE DASH WAS TAPPED A FEW TIMES TO SEE IF IT WAS A LOOSE CONNECTION. UPON DOING THIS, SOME OF THE GAGES BEGAN TO READ NORMAL, WHILE OTHERS BEGAN TO READ ERRATIC. THE VEHICLE WOULD START AND ALL THE MAJOR SYSTEMS APPEARED TO OPERATE NORMAL; OTHER THAN THE GAGES AND BACKGROUND LIGHTING, WHICH WERE STILL UNRELIABLE. THE NEXT DAY, 5/26/11, WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING DRIVEN INTO A PARKING LOT THE GAGES AND LIGHTING STARTED ACTING ERRATIC, EXCEPT THIS TIME SMOKE APPEARED FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE STA.TUS DISPLAY SCREEN (THE SCREEN IN THE CENTER OF THE DASH BOARD USED TO GIVE INFORMATION ON TIME, MAINT, TEMPERATURE). THE ENGINE WAS SHUT DOWN IMMEDIATELY. THE PROBLEM WAS FOUND AND FIXED BY A DEALER. THE PROBLEM WAS CAUSED BY A COIN THAT HAD FALLEN INTO A GAP THAT WAS FORMED BY DESIGN OR MISALINEMENT OF THE DISPLAY SCREEN AND THE SHELF AT THE BASE OF THE SCREEN. THE SCREEN IS RECESSED 3.125 INCHES AND DECLINED AT AN ANGLE OF APPROX 18 DEG. THIS ALLOWS ANY SMALL OBJECTS TO MIGRATE TO THE DISPLAY SCREEN GAP. THE GAP MEASURES .114 INCHES ACROSS THE BASE OF THE DISPLAY. THE COIN (A DIME) CONTINUED DOWNWARD UNTIL IT CAME IN CONTACT WITH AN ENCLOSED PRINTED CIRCUIT (PC). THE PLASTIC ENCLOSURE HAS A SMALL SLOT(.3125 X .78125) ON TOP WHICH ALLOWED THE COIN TO DROP IN AND SHORT OUT THE PC. THE REPLACEMENT PART DOESN'T HAVE THE SLOT. TWO SMALL HOLES BURNT THROUGH THE PLASTIC ENCLOSURE. P/N OF PC IS 277607Y00A/UPR/5804. WILL FURNISH PHOTOS UPON REQUEST.