Nissan Maxima Complaints (2004)

1,426 consumer complaints on file.

#10263565March 29, 2009
STEERING, TIRES, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL, EQUIPMENT
THE CAR RPM DROP DOWN BELOW 500, LAST YEAR IT LED TO SERVICE ENGINE LIGHT AND SPEND AROUND A GRAND, BUT NEVER FIX,UNTIL TODAY THE DEALER CLAIM THAT THIS HAPPENED TO NISSAN MAXIM 04, AND LAST YEAR I START HAVING STEERING SHAKING, THE DEALER TOLD IF I CHANGE MY RIMS AND TIRES IT WILL FIX IT, AND IN AUG-2008 I HAVE 4 NEW RIM AND GOOD YEARS TIRES, BUT THE PROBLEM EXIT, I WENT IN JAN TO THE DEALER, AND THEY TOLD IF THEY TIGHTENED SOME THING IT WILL FIX, BUT NO I STILL HAVE UNTIL TODAY, CAR SHAKES IF YOU EXCEED SPEED OF 55 OR 50 M/H. I AM STILL HAVING THOSE PROBLEM UNTIL TODAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10263512March 28, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION ON MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SE, IS STILL SHIFTING TOO HARD AND JERKING. WHEN ENGINE WARMS UP. TRANSMISSION DEFECTED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10263287March 27, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A NISSAN MAXIMA WITH APPROX 90,000 MILES IN JUNE 2007. I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED WARRANTY, HOWEVER AFTER LESS THAN A YEAR THE TRANSMISSION WAS SLIPPING VERY BAD. IT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED, SO THE WARRANTY ONLY PROVIDED A TRANSMISSION WITH EQUAL VALUE AT THE DATE OF PURCHASE, SO THEY INSTALLED A 90,000 MILE TRANSMISSION, THIS TRANSMISSION IS NOW SLIPPING OUT OF GEAR BAD. I THINK THEIR SHOULD BE A RECALL BECAUSE I HAVE READ A TON OF COMPLAINTS ONLINE ABOUT THIS SAME ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10263195March 26, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
THE CAR JERKS WHEN I SHIFT THE GEARS AND THEN AGAIN WHEN I BRAKE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10263203March 26, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10263012March 25, 2009
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SLIPPED AND VEHICLE SURGED FORWARD STRIKING A VEHICLE. ABS SYSTEM FAULTED AS I STOPPED. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262733March 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN, TIRES
IM HAVING SAFETY ISSUE WITH 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA, THE TRANSMISSION GET STUCK IN HIGH GEAR AND SHIFT VERY HARD, MY CAR ONLY HAS 65 K MILES AND THIS SEEN LIKE A PROBLEM THAT HAS HAPPENED TO A LOT OF MAXIM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262743March 23, 2009
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
MY 2004 NISSAN DOOR ACTUATOR IS FAILING REGULARLY. I UNDERSTAND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH NISSANS AFTER READING MANY INTERNET BLOGS. IS THERE A RECALL ON THAT ITEM? *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262861March 23, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SE - VEHICLE SERVICE MAINTENANCE SCHEDULE FOLLOWED AS RECOMMENDED. VEHICLE IS WELL TAKEN CARE OF AND DRIVEN APPROPRIATELY. TWO MAJOR REPAIRS - FIRST 7/2008 NOISE HEARD IN ENGINE, 74,000 MI.. DIAGNOSIS WAS FUEL DAMPER REPLACEMENT NEEDED ALONG WITH MANY OTHER PARTS AND PIECES THAT NEEDED TO BE REPLACED WHILE MAKING THOSE CHANGES (MANY SEALS, WASHERS, AND GASKETS, AND OTHER RECOMMENDED FIXES INCLUDING TENSIONER CHAIN, FRONT AND REAR BRAKES, COOLING SYSTEM UPPER AND LOWER RADIATOR HOSES, CLAMP, TENSIONER ASSY- CHAIN GUIDE - TOTAL COST $3,000. NEW PROBLEM DEC 2008, 81,000 MI. - TRANSMISSION JERKS/SKIPS WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING BETWEEN 15- 25 MI. PER HOUR. CURRENTLY AT NISSAN DEALER FOR REPAIRS MARCH 2009 AND TOLD NEED NEW TRANSMISSION, FRONT AND LEFT MOTOR MOUNTS, AND FUEL INDUCTION WORK, AT A HEFTY COST OF $5,000 PARTS AND LABOR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262622March 21, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH ONLY 58,000 MILES ON IT. AFTER IT HAD REACHED ABOUT 65,000 MILES I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY TRANSMISSION. IT WOULD JERK HARD INTO DRIVE. AND WHEN SLOWING DOWN FOR RED LIGHTS, IT WILL SHIFT HARD WHEN BREAKING DOWN TO STOP. I HAD TAKEN IT BACK TO THE DEALER SHIP WHERE THEY CHARGED ME TO REPLACE THE FLUIDS WHICH WAS NOT THE CAUSE OF THE PROBLEM. IT WAS SOMETHING WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. THEY HAVE ATTEMPTED TO REPAIR IT, BUT IT IS STILL GIVING ME PROBLEMS. I THINK THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL ON THESE TRANSMISSIONS BEFORE SOMEONE GETS KILLED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262604March 20, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
CAR WILL SHIFT HARD AND JERK FROM 1ST TO SECOND GEAR AND FROM 2ND TO 1ST WHEN DECELERATING. IT MAKES IT DIFFICULT TO STOP AND CONTROL THE VEHICLE AND FEAR FOR MY SAFETY AND MY KIDS AS WELL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262441March 19, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A NISSAN MAXIMA 2004 AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS AND JERKS GOING FROM 1ST TO 2ND OR DOWNWARDS. I KNOW I M NOT THE ONLY ONE WITH THIS PROBLEM. IM AT 101K MILES AND THE TRANSMISSION SHOULDN'T BE DOING THIS AT THIS POINT. I UNDERSTAND THIS A MANUFACTURER PROBLEM. THEY CHARGE ME 4000 TO GET A REPLACEMENT AND I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD PAY FOR IT CALL A RECALL ON THESE CARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262491March 19, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262233March 18, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HIS VEHICLE HAS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND HE WAS EXPERIENCING DIFFICULTY SHIFTING GEARS. WHILE DRIVING VARIOUS SPEEDS OR MAKING TURNS, THE VEHICLE JERKS WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. HE TOOK HIS VEHICLE TO A MECHANIC AND WAS INFORMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS FAILING. THE NISSAN DEALER ADVISED HIM TO BRING IN THE VEHICLE FOR INSPECTION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262243March 18, 2009
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
AFTER ONLY 2 YEARS OF OWNERSHIP OUR 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA ARE HAVING SOME ISSUES. FIRST THE TRANSMISSION NOW WE ARE HAVING A HARD TIME STARTING THE CAR. AFTER THE DIAGNOSTIC TEST WE NEEDED TO REPLACE THE CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR. HOWEVER THAT DOES NOT SOLVE THE TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WE ARE DRIVING AND ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR CAR LOSES TENSION. WE ACCELERATE AND IT DOESN'T GET US ANY FURTHER. WE ARE LOOKING AT REBUILDING OUR TRANSMISSION AND TRADING IN THE CAR BECAUSE IT'S REALLY NOT WORTH ALL THE ISSUES THE CAR IS STARTING TO HAVE. ACCORDING TO THE INTERNET THERE'S BEEN A LOT OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH THESE CARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10262366March 18, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A NISSAN MAXIMA 2004 AND THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS BETWEEN 3RD AND 4TH GEAR. I WAS READING ON THE INTERNET ABOUT SEVERAL OWNERS OF MY MAKE, MODEL AND YEAR MAXIMA THAT ARE HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. ACCELERATION WHEN COME TO A STOP AND TRANSMISSION SLIP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10261797March 14, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. IT HAS 107,000 MILES ON IT AND IT NEEDS A TRANSMISSION. ON MARCH 10, 2009, I WENT TO TWO AUTO REPAIR SHOPS AND WAS TOLD THAT MY TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. TWO AND A HALF YEARS AGO I WAS HAVING A PROBLEM WITH MY TRANSMISSION AND I TOOK MY VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO GET THE PROBLEM TAKEN CARE OF AND THEY EXAMINED MY VEHICLE AND TOLD ME THE TRANS WAS OK AND THE PROBLEM I'M HAVING IS DUE TO TWO MOTOR MOUNTS THAT NEED TO BE REPLACED. THEY SAID IT WOULD COST $800.00 . THERE ARE NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS ABOUT THE TRANSMISSIONS IN THE 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA'S ON LINE. WHILE YOUR CAR IS STILL UNDER WARRANTY NISSAN WILL FIND THINGS THAT ARE WRONG WITH THE CAR THAT ARE NOT COVERED UNDER THE WARRANTY AND TELL YOU ITS NOT THE TRANSMISSION IT SOMETHING ELSE. ONCE THE WARRANTY HAS EXPIRED THEN THEY WILL SAY THAT IT IS YOUR TRANSMISSION. THESE VEHICLES NEED TO BE RECALLED AND HAVE THE TRANSMISSION REPLACED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10261813March 14, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
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
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10261818March 14, 2009
AIR BAGS:SIDE/WINDOW, AIR BAGS:FRONTAL
I ALSO SEEM TO BE HAVING TRANSMISSION JERK PROBLEMS WITH MY NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CAR HAS 100000 MILES ON IT. I GET A JERKING MOTION WHEN THE CAR SHIFTS FROM 1ST TO 2ND THAT REALLY HURTS MY NECK. IT JERKS ESPECIALLY HARD WHEN MAKING A TURN AND THE CAR SLOWS DOWN AND PICKS UP SPEED AGAIN. AND, IN MY CASE IT ALSO JERKS ONE DAY AND BEHAVES OK ANOTHER DAY. ALSO THE PROBLEM SEEMS TO HAPPEN MORE WITH A WARMER ENGINE, AND IS RARELY HAPPENING WHEN THE ENGINE IS COLD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10261588March 11, 2009
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. I HAVE BEEN EXPERIENCING PROBLEMS WITH MY CAR SHIFTING FROM FIRST TO SECOND GEAR AND ALSO IN REVERSE SEQUENCE. I HAVE DONE TRANSMISSION FLUSHES AND THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP CAN FIND NOTHING WRONG WITH MY CAR. IT IS SOMETHING THAT HAPPENS RANDOMLY AND I HAVE BEEN LOOKING ON A FORUMS FOR NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS AND HAVE BEEN SEEING THOUSANDS OF OTHERS HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM. FOR EXAMPLE HTTP://WWW.CARSURVEY.ORG/REVIEWS/NISSAN/MAXIMA/R61092/COMMENTS/PAGE-5/. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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