Nissan Maxima Complaints (2005)

948 consumer complaints on file.

#10479410October 9, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE ATTEMPTING TO SHIFT GEARS THE VEHICLE WOULD SHAKE VIOLENTLY. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE WHILE GOING THROUGH AN INTERSECTION. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DEFECTIVE AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE WHO DID NOT OFFER ANY ASSISTANCE AND REFERRED HER TO THE DEALER. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 109,695. UPDATED 12/5/12 *CN UPDATED 12/12/2012 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10479498October 9, 2012
POWER TRAIN
WHEN WILL WE GET A RECALL FOR THE 2004 - 2005 MAXIMA TRANSMISSIONS? THIS IS OBVIOUSLY A KNOWN AND WIDE SPREAD ISSUE. I'VE FOUND AND READ MANY MANY REPORTS ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS SLIPPING IN AND OUT OF GEAR, HARD SHIFTING (UP AND DOWN), HESITATING AND HARD JERK WHEN PLACED IN DRIVE, AND BREAKING MOTOR MOUNTS. MINE STARTED THIS JUST UNDER 100,000 MILES. MOST CASES I'VE READ REPORTED THIS STARTING AROUND 60,000 MILES. SOME HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT NISSAN REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION, I HOPE I'M AS LUCKY. TRANSMISSIONS SHOULD BE DEPENDABLE AND PERFORM WELL BEYOND 100,000 MILES, MUCH LESS 60,000 MILES. I'VE HAD FAITH IN NISSAN AND WAS REALLY IMPRESSED WITH NISSAN VEHICLES UNTIL I DISCOVERED THIS EPIDEMIC ISSUE. HOW MANY DOES IT TAKE TO WARRANT AND ISSUE A RECALL? TO PROTECT NISSAN'S REPUTATION AND MAINTAIN IT'S CUSTOMER BASE, I HOPE THEY SUPPORT THEIR CUSTOMERS IN CORRECTING THIS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10478618October 4, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 35 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC FOR DIAGNOSIS AND THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE VEHICLE NEEDED A REPLACEMENT TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 112,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10478242October 2, 2012
POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE WILL SLAM INTO GEAR AT LOW SPEEDS. WILL POP OUT OF GEAR WHEN GOING FROM 35 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR, AND WHEN YOU PRESS THE GAS IT WILL REV UP TO 5000 RPMS AND SLAM BACK INTO GEAR NEARLY CAUSING ME TO HAVE 2 ACCIDENTS IN TRAFFIC. WHEN BACKING OUT OF MY DRIVEWAY IT TAKES FROM 10 TO 20 SECONDS FOR IT TO ENGAGE IN DRIVE WHICH COULD LEAVE ME OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD FOR SOMEONE TO SLAM INTO ME. THE TRANSMISSION HAS ALSO BROKEN MY MOTOR MOUNTS WITH ALL THE TWISTING BUCKING SLAMMING AND JERKING IT HAS DONE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10477392September 28, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE TRAVELING 10 MPH, THE VEHICLE FAILED TO SHIFT FROM FIRST TO SECOND OR FIFTH GEAR. THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED DURING THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 94,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10477281September 27, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 55 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK WITH HESITATION WITHOUT ANY PRIOR WARNING. THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT ON A SEPARATE OCCASION THE GEAR FAILED TO SHIFT INTO THE REVERSE OR PARK POSITION AND THE KEY WOULD NOT RELEASE FROM THE IGNITION SWITCH. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THE TRANSMISSION EXHIBITED EARLY SIGNS OF FAILURE AND THE SHIFT LOCK UNIT WAS REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND THEY ADVISED THERE WAS NOT A RECALL RELATED TO THE DEFECT. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10477325September 27, 2012
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
I BOUGHT A 2005 MAXIMA 3.5 SL IN 2006 BRAND NEW IN SOUTH CAROLINA. I FIRST STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN I HAD MY 60,000 MILE SERVICE. ABOUT TWO WEEKS AFTER THE SERVICE MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON SO, I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY SAID THERE WAS NO CODES, AND CLEARED THE LIGHT. I THEN TOOK MY CAR IN FOR THE 90,000 SERVICE AND ONCE AGAIN AROUND A WEEK OR TWO LATER MY CHECK ENGINE LIGHT CAME ON. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND NOW THEIR WAS CODES SAYING MY EGR VALVE NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. I TOLD THE DEALERSHIP THE SAME THING HAPPENED WHEN I DID MY 60,000 MILE SERVICE. NEEDLESS TO SAY THEIR WAS A RECALL THAT THEY WOULD HAVE REPLACED IT FOR FREE BUT I WAS JUST OVER THE MILEAGE WHERE IT COULD HAVE BEEN DONE AT NO COST TO ME. ABOUT 3 MONTHS LATER MY CAR JERKED REALLY HARD, AND MY CAR LOST COMPLETE POWER THEN JERKED ONCE MORE AND STARTED TO MOVE. THE GAUGES IN THE CAR WENT COMPLETELY OUT AND EVERY LIGHT POSSIBLE ON THE DASH CAME ON. FIRST I WAS TOLD I HAVE TO REPLACE FOUR SENSORS, AND SO I DID SO ALONG WITH THE EGR VALVE. THE CAR RAN FINE FOR ABOUT TWO WEEKS AND STARTED DOING THE SAME THING. WHEN I WENT FROM DRIVE TO REVERSE OR VICE VERSA IT WOULD JERK REAL HARD BEFORE ENGAGING. I THEN TOOK THE CAR TO THE REPAIR SHOP AND THEY SAID MY TRANSMISSION SENSOR WAS BAD. I JUST HAD IT REPLACED TWO WEEKS AGO, AND NOW MY CAR IS BACK IS THE SHOP DOING THE SAME THING. THE TCS SLIP, AND EVERY LIGHT ON THE DASH IS ON, AND NONE OF MY GAUGES ARE WORKING. NOW THEY SAY IT MIGHT BE THE COMPUTER THAT IS BAD. THIS LAST TIME I WAS ON MY WAY HOME FROM MISSOURI AND IT DISENGAGED AND WOULD NOT PUT UP SPEED WHEN I PRESSED THE GAS PEDAL. I WAS NEARLY REAR ENDED, AND HAD TO PULL OVER BECAUSE MY 12 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER WAS IN THE CAR AND GOT SCARED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10476629September 21, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE RPMS WOULD ABNORMALLY INCREASE TO 8000 RPMS. IN ADDITION, THE GEAR WOULD SLIP AND THE VEHICLE WOULD REFUSE ACCELERATION ATTEMPTS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC AND AFTER INSPECTION, THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 120,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10476501September 19, 2012
POWER TRAIN
JUST AFTER THE VEHICLE PASSED 100,000 MILES, IT BEGAN TO SHIFT ROUGHLY BETWEEN ALL GEARS. THE CAR "BUCKS" WHEN SHIFTING, AND SOMETIMES SEEMS TO "MISS" A SHIFT, REVVING THE ENGINE BEFORE SETTLING INTO GEAR. I HAVE RESEARCHED THE ISSUE AND FOUND MANY OTHER MAXIMA OWNERS WITH CARS OF ABOUT THE SAME AGE AND MILEAGE AS MINE, INDICATING THIS IS A MANUFACTURING DEFECT AND NOT SPECIFIC TO MY PARTICULAR VEHICLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475884September 18, 2012
POWER TRAIN
AFTER THE DEALER TOLD ME THAT MY MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AT 60,000, AND TOLD ME IT WASN'T UNDER WARRANTY, I WENT FOR A SECOND OPINION. A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP TOLD ME IT WASN'T MAY TRANSMISSION BUT RATHER MY CLUTCH PEDAL BRACKET AND THAT IT WAS UNDER WARRANTY! I WENT TO A SECOND DEALERSHIP AND HAD IT REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY. THAT LASTED FOR ABOUT 20-30,000 MILES WHEN IT STARTED TO FEEL AS THOUGH I WAS MOVING A BOULDER WHILE DEPRESSING MY CLUTCH. THIS PAST SUMMER, WHEN I WAS MANUALLY PULLING THE PETAL BACK FROM THE FLOOR, I HAD TO REPLACE MY FLY WHEEL AND CLUTCH BECAUSE OF THE WEAR. MY CLUTCH BRACKET STILL NEEDS TO BE REPLACED AGAIN! WHY IS THIS SUCH A WIDELY KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE 2005 MT MAXIMA AND NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475895September 18, 2012
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
AT APPROXIMATELY 58,000 MY VEHICLE STARTED SLIPPING AND JERKING. IT GETS STUCK AND DOESN'T MOVE OR WILL MOVE AT VERY HIGH SPEED. IT IS DANGEROUS TO DRIVE. WHEN DIAGNOSED BY TWO DIFFERENT MECHANICS I WAS TOLD IT IS A MANUFACTURE PROBLEM. CONTACTED MANUFACTURE AND REPORTED THE PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475427September 14, 2012
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WAS ACCELERATING AND SHIFTING GEARS INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHERE THEY ADVISED THAT THE VALVE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED AND STATED THAT THERE WERE NO RECALLS FOR THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 60,000. UPDATED 10/03/12*LJ
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10475457September 14, 2012
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR WILL JERK REALLY HARD SWITCHING FROM 1ST AND SECOND GEAR. SOMETIMES THE CAR WILL JUST REV WHEN INCREASING SPEED AND THE CAR WON'T MOVE! WHEN U PARK THE CAR AND THEN GO TO SHIFT IT TO DRIVE IT ACTUALLY WON'T KICK IN FOR 7-10 SECONDS. THE ONLY REASON I'M MAKING A COMPLAINT ABOUT IT IS BECAUSE I WAS SEARCHING ONLINE TO SEE OF OTHER PEOPLE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM AND THERE WERE LITERALLY THOUSANDS OF COMPLAINTS WITH THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM AND I DON'T THINK ITS RIGHT FOR ME AND ALL THE OTHERS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM TO HAVE TO PUT 3000-3500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION WHEN CLEARLY THIS SHOULD BE A RECALL! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10474442September 10, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION JERKS IN 2ND AND 3RD SHIFTS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10474321September 8, 2012
ENGINE
WHEN THE VEHICLE GETS UP TO NORMAL OPERATION IT BEGINS JERKING EXTREMELY HARD AND SHIFTING HARD, SOMETIMES BANGS ON SHIFT AND REVS AND JUMPS INTO GEAR. I HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION WHICH IS GOING TO COST AROUND $3700!!!! NOT TO MENTION EVERY MECHANIC THAT I TOOK IT TOO MENTION THAT THIS YEAR AND MAKE ARE NOTORIOUS FOR NEEDING THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10474228September 7, 2012
STRUCTURE:BODY
THE FLOORBOARDS ON BOTH THE DRIVER'S SIDE AND PASSENGER SIDE ARE RUSTED THROUGH. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10474278September 7, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
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.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10472981August 29, 2012
POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT THIS CAR LESS THAN A WEEK AGO. IT'S ALREADY BEGINNING TO JERK AND CLUNK WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN 1ST AND SECOND GEAR. YESTERDAY IT BEGAN TO REV AND THEN JUMP BACK INTO GEAR WHENEVER I TRIED TO PULL AWAY FROM A STOPPED POSITION. I TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER AND HE PAID $1700 + TO HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REBUILT BECAUSE HE FELT BAD FOR SELLING ME A JUNK CAR!. BUT FROM WHAT I'M HEARING FROM OTHER DRIVERS WITH THE SAME CAR A REBUILD ONLY HELPS FOR ABOUT 6 MONTHS OR SO THEN THE CAR ACTS UP AGAIN.... I'M IN THE U.S. MARINES AND I NEED A RELIABLE CAR TO GO HOME AND CHECK ON MY SICK FATHER EVERY SO OFTEN AND THIS ISN'T SEEMING SO RELIABLE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10472716August 28, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSIONS JERKS REALLY HARD THEN GRINDS WHILE DRIVING (TAKING OFF) UNTIL IT EVENTUALLY DOES IT EVERY TIME I TRY TO DRIVE IT AND IS NOW PARKED DUE TO IT POSSIBLY CAUSING AN ACCIDENT. THE JERKING STARTED AT 75,000 MILES EVERY NOW AND THEN UNTIL IT BECAME CONSISTENT UP TO 127,000 MILES THEN PARKED! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10472625August 27, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD ABNORMALLY. THE FAILURE RECURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AT DIFFERENT SPEEDS AND WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING OR REPAIRS. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 105,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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