Nissan Maxima Complaints

6,958 consumer complaints on file.

#10469992August 9, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 60 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND CHANGE GEARS INDEPENDENTLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE TRANSMISSION WAS FLUSHED HOWEVER THE FAILURE RECURRED. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 155,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 160,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10470034August 9, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK EXCESSIVELY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A MECHANIC WHO INSPECTED THE FAILURE AND ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 72,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10470042August 9, 2012
SEAT BELTS, POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION JERKING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10470048August 9, 2012
ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
GARAGE-KEPT SINCE NEW 1999 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS DEVELOPED SEVERE RUST/BODY ROT IN THE "RADIATOR SUPPORT MEMBER" WHICH ALSO ATTACHES FRONT ENGINE MOUNT POINTS. THIS DAMAGE WAS CAUGHT DURING AN OIL CHANGE WHEN THE PROTECTIVE PLASTIC SHIELD WAS REMOVED - WHICH EXPOSED THE DEGREE OF DANGER. INATTENTIVE OWNERS COULD MISS THIS ENTIRELY AND THE ENGINE COULD LITERALLY RIP FROM THE CAR OVER SEVERE BUMPS! BE SURE TO CHECK UNDER YOUR RADIATOR! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10469720August 8, 2012
POWER TRAIN
I PURCHASED MY VEHICLE AND THE POWER TRAIN WAS FINE. I STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN MY VEHICLES SHIFTS. IT MAKES HARD JERKS WHEN SHIFTING AND THE RPMS REV UP UNCONTROLLABLY. I GOT ONLINE TO RESEARCH FOR RECALLS AND HAVE YET FOUND ONE BUT WHAT I DID FIND IS NUMEROUS REPORTS OF THE SAME EXACT PROBLEM I'M HAVING. THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SITUATION. I CONTACTED NISSAN CORP. TO SEE WHY THERE IS NO RECALLS WITH SO MANY PEOPLE OBVIOUSLY HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I WAS TOLD THAT NHTSA DEALS WITH ALL RECALLS. THERE IS ALSO A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT COMING TOGETHER ON THIS ISSUE. I'M JUST TRYING TO MAKE IT KNOW THAT SO MANY OF US ARE HAVING TO PAY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS TO HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH OUR TRANSMISSIONS CORRECTED. THIS HAS GOT TO BE A DEFECT IN THIS CERTAIN YEAR, MAKE, AND MODEL. PLEASE HELP WITH THIS SITUATION BEFORE SOMEONE GETS SERIOUSLY INJURED OR KILLED. I HAVE THREE SMALL CHILDREN THAT RIDE IN THIS VEHICLE. I WORRY EVERYTIME I DRIVE WITH THEM THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE IS GOING TO HAPPEN. I FEEL NISSAN SHOULD BE COMPLETELY RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND CONSIDERATION THAT IT TAKES TO LOOK INTO SITUATIONS LIKE THIS. IT IS DEEPLY APPRECIATED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10469474August 7, 2012
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
WHEN BEGINNING TO ACCELERATE, TRANSMISSION SLIPPED. ISSUE WORSENED WHEN ACCELERATING OR DECELERATING RAPIDLY. FLUIDS CHANGED REGULARLY. PROBLEM WAS INTERMITTENT AT FIRST. HAS NOW BECOME RECURRING. UPON REVIEW, IT APPEARS TO BE WIDE SPREAD THROUGHOUT THE 2005 AND 2006 YEAR MODEL WITH THE AISIN RE5F22A 5 SPEED AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10469512August 7, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION SLIPS, JERKS AND GOES IN AND OUT OF GEAR WHILE DRIVING. SHIFTS HARD IN THE LOWER GEARS AFTER IT WARMS UP, SLIPS AND ENGINE REVING DURING SHIFTS, SLAMMING HARD WHEN SLOWING DOWN, AND DELAYS WHEN PLACING IN GEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10469401August 6, 2012
STEERING
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 45 MPH THE STEERING COLUMN FAILED, CAUSING THE CONTACT TO LOSE CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED THAT THE TELESCOPIC MOTOR WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED, BUT OFFERED LITTLE ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 33,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10469270August 6, 2012
ENGINE, POWER TRAIN
THE VEHICLE IS VIOLENTLY JERKING AND SWITCHING BETWEEN GEARS WHILE SLOWING DOWN OR GOING DOWN HILL. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10469066August 3, 2012
POWER TRAIN
EXPERIENCED HARD JERKY SHIFTS WHILE DRIVING AND WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN DRIVE AND REVERSE GEARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10469109August 3, 2012
POWER TRAIN
HELLO : I AM HAVING PROBLEMS WHEN I SHIFT INTO AND OUT OF GEAR . THERE'S A BIG CLUNK SOUND, IT GOES AND COMES . I LOVE NISSANS I HAD 3 IN MY LIFE AND THIS IS MY FOURTH AND BY FAR THE WORSE ONE SO FAR PLEASE RECALL THIS PROBLEM PPL DON'T HAVE THE TIME NOR MONEY TO SPEND ON A PROBLEM THAT SHOULD HAVE BEEN FIXED . *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10468949August 2, 2012
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SL. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 16 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED VALVE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 133,688.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10468799August 1, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 50 MPH WHEN THE TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO JERK WITH HESITATION INTO THE THIRD GEAR. THE FAILURE ALSO OCCURRED WHENEVER THE GEAR SELECTOR WAS SHIFTED INTO REVERSE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO ADVISED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE CONSISTENT PROBLEM. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10468845August 1, 2012
POWER TRAIN
I BOUGHT A BRAND NEW 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA WHEN THEY FIRST CAME OUT, AND EVERYTHING WAS PERFECT. NOTHING WAS WRONG WITH IT, AND IT DROVE SMOOTHLY. A FEW MONTHS AGO, AFTER HITTING ABOUT 70,000 MILES THE TRANSMISSION HAS BEEN MESSING UP. IF THE CAR IS SHIFTING UP OR DOWN, INTO 1ST, 2ND, OR 3RD GEAR, IT JERKS. THE MORE THE CAR HEATS UP, THE HARDER THE CAR JERKS. IT WAS JERKS IF I'M SHIFTING INTO DRIVE. THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHEN THE CAR REVS UP TO 5,000 RPMS AND JERKS VERY HARD. IT IS NOT SAFE AT ALL, AND THERE ARE MANY CARS WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10468891August 1, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION JERKY AND SLIPPING DESPITE BEING WELL MAINTAINED. STALLED IN MIDDLE OF INTERSECTION AND OTHER TIMES MAKING UNSAFE. TRANSMISSION REPLACED. 50,000 MILES LATER, SAME EXACT PROBLEM. TRANSMISSION MUST BE REPLACED. UNSAFE CAR TO DRIVE. MUST BE DEFECTIVE DESIGN. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10468315July 30, 2012
POWER TRAIN
I WAS DRIVING MY VEHICLE TO WORK AND I STOPPED AT A RED LIGHT. WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN I PRESSED ON THE GAS AND THE CAR RPM WENT UP BUT MY CAR DID NOT MOVED. ABOUT 10 SECONDS LATER IT JERK REALLY HARD INTO GEAR AND MOVED. I GOT SCARED BECAUSE CARS WERE IN FRONT OF ME AND I DIDN'T KNOW IF MY CAR WAS GOING TO RUN RIGHT IN THE BACK OF ANOTHER VEHICLE. I BOUGHT THE CAR FROM THE WALDORF, MD NISSAN DEALERSHIP. WHEN I WAS PURCHASING THIS CAR MY MAIN CONCERN WAS SAFETY. I WAS PREGNANT AND I HAD TWO OTHER SMALL CHILDREN THAT I TRANSPORT BACK AND FORTH FROM SCHOOL. NOW I DON'T EVEN FEEL SAFE TO HAVE MY CHILDREN IN MY CAR. I WAS TOLD THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE THE THROTTLE BOTTLE IN MY CAR OR BETTER YET GET ANOTHER TRANSMISSION DUE TO NISSAN BUILDING THESE CARS POORLY. ONE I AM A SINGLE WORKING PARENT TRYING TO PROVIDE FOR MY FAMILY. AND NOW I AM STUCK WITH A CAR THAT HAS KNOWN TRANSMISSION ISSUES. I KNOW THAT NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE SITUATION AND THIS IS VERY UNPROFESSIONAL FOR THEM NOT TO FIX THE PROBLEM. WHAT IF ONE OF MY CHILDREN WHERE HURT DUE TO THE CAR JERKING OR DOWN SHIFTING WHEN IT ISN'T SUPPOSE TO. WHAT IF MYSELF OR SOMEONE ELSE LOST THEIR LIFE DUE TO NISSAN NOT WANTING TO FIX THE ISSUE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE HAVE COMPLAINED ABOUT. I PRAY THAT SOMEONE AT NISSAN WILL OWN UP TO THIS AND FIX THIS ISSUE BEFORE SOMEONE GETS HURT. AND IF IT TAKES MYSELF AND OTHERS TO KEEP CALLING OR TO GO TO THE DEALERSHIP AND COMPLAIN OR BETTER YET CALL THE LOCAL NEWS AND HAVE THEM COVER A STORY BECAUSE NO ONE WOULD LIKE TO SEE A MOTHER OR HER CHILDREN GET HURT BY A POOR BUILT VEHICLE!!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10468032July 27, 2012
ENGINE
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 60 MPH, THE CHECK ENGINE WARNING LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE INSTRUMENT PANEL AND THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO NEUTRAL AND WAS ABLE TO RESTART THE ENGINE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 2,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 93,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10467910July 27, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 30 MPH WHEN THE VEHICLE LUNGED FORWARD ABNORMALLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 115,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 142,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10467587July 24, 2012
POWER TRAIN
THE PROBLEM FIRST OCCURRED WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION MADE A THUD NOISE AND THE GEAR INDICATOR SHOWED 5 INSTEAD OF D AND WOULD NO LONGER SHIFT AND FELT LIKE IT WOULD NOT ACCELERATE. EVEN WHEN TRYING TO MANUALLY SHIFT THE TRANSMISSION IT WOULD NOT GO INTO D AND WOULD CONTINUE TO INDICATE 5. NISSAN SERVICED THE TRANSMISSION WITH A FLUID CHANGE AND THIS DID NOT FIX THE PROBLEM. THIS HAS OCCURRED ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS SINCE THEN. THE PROBLEM OCCURS AT VARIOUS SPEEDS AND NOW IT SOMETIMES CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO SHUT OFF. THIS IS A HAZARDOUS SITUATION AND WE HAVE BEEN FORTUNATE THIS HAS NOT OCCURRED IN HEAVY TRAFFIC AND INVOLVED US IN AN ACCIDENT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10466978July 23, 2012
STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS:UNDERBODY SHIELDS, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, POWER TRAIN
THE RADIATOR CORE SUPPORT IS RUSTING AND HAS LEAD TO A LARGE HOLE ON THE BOTTOM. THE ENGINE BRACE IS MOUNTED WHERE THE RUST IS FORMING. IF THE RUST FORMS BAD ENOUGH AROUND THE BOLTS THE ENGINE COULD FALL DOWN. ALSO THE HOOD LATCH IS CONNECTED THE BOTTOM OF THE CORE SUPPORT. IF THIS FAILS THE RUST CAN CAUSE THE HOOD TO OPEN WHILE DRIVING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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