Nissan Maxima Complaints (2006)

576 consumer complaints on file.

#10497800February 11, 2013
POWER TRAIN
SUDDEN ACCELERATION AFTER THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED. VEHICLE 1 HIT TWO OTHER VEHICLES, MINOR DAMAGE TO THEM AND THEN VEHICLE 1 FLIPPED ONTO THE DRIVER'S SIDE. NO ONE WAS INJURED. NISSAN MAXIMA HAS BEEN SERVICED TWICE FOR SUDDEN ACCELERATION AT THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP. THE NISSAN MAXIMA WAS JUDGED TO BE A TOTAL LOSS DUE TO THE DAMAGE INCURRED. *TR
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496712February 7, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 30 MPH, THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY JERKED FORWARD. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY WHILE DRIVING AND ALSO IDLING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000. MAH
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496772February 7, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I'M CONCERNED THAT THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS THAT NISSAN KNOWINGLY PLACED IN THE 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA IS AND WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE BODILY HARM AND FATALITIES. MY CAR STARTED OUT JERKING, SLIPPING SO BAD IT WOULD CAUSE WHIP LASH. NOW IT'S AT A POINT I HAVE IT PARKED BECAUSE I'M SCARED THAT I, MY FAMILY, OR AN INNOCENT DRIVER WILL BE IN AN ACCIDENT, OR POTENTIALLY KILLED. I RECENTLY CALLED CONSUMER AFFAIRS IN REFERENCE TO THIS MATTER AND THEY WANTED $5,100 TO FIX IT. IT'S A SHAME THAT THEY KNOWINGLY ARE CHARGING THE CONSUMERS AND HARMING THE INNOCENT. I'M A SOLDIER!!! WHAT IF I HALF WAY PROTECTED THIS COUNTRY? I PRAY SOMEONE WILL LOOK INTO THIS MATTER. INNOCENT LIVES ARE AT STAKE.... *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496672February 6, 2013
POWER TRAIN
WITHIN THE LAST MONTH OR SO MY VEHICLE HAS BEGUN TO DISPLAY WHAT APPEARS TO BE A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. WHEN I PUT IT IN REVERSE, THEN BACK INTO DRIVE IT HESITATES AND THEN JUMPS INTO GEAR. WHEN I AM ACCELERATING (ABOUT 30-40 MPH), MY VEHICLE WILL HESITATE OR STRUGGLE TO SHIFT INTO THE NEXT GEAR. THIS HAPPENS MOST OFTEN AT 30-40 MPH BUT IT HAS HAPPEN AT FASTER AND SLOWER SPEEDS AND HAS HAPPENED WITH ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. I HAVE BROUGHT MY VEHICLE TO A REPAIR SHOP WHO REPLACED THE ENGINE MOUNTS AT A COST OF ALMOST $1000 AND THAT DIDN'T FIX THE PROBLEM. NOW THEY ARE STATING THE PROBLEM IS THE VALVE BODY. I BROUGHT IT FOR A SECOND OPINION TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND THEY STATE THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION AT A COST OF $3500. I AM ABOUT TO BRING IT FOR A THIRD OPINION TO A TRANSMISSION SHOP. THIS IS A SAFETY CONCERN IN MY OPINION BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION COULD COMPLETELY STALL OR GIVE OUT WHILE DRIVING. I HAVE RESEARCHED THIS PROBLEM EXTENSIVELY ONLINE AND HAVE FOUND HUNDREDS OF OTHER STORIES OF MAXIMA OWNERS WITH THE SAME OR SIMILAR PROBLEM. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY NISSAN HASN'T BEEN FORCED TO RECALL THESE FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS. THEY OBVIOUSLY POSE A DANGER TO THE PUBLIC AND THEY ARE OBVIOUSLY AWARE OF THE SITUATION. I HAVE FOUND OUT ABOUT CLASS ACTION LAWSUITS AGAINST NISSAN AND HAVE FOUND OUT THAT NISSAN HAS EXTENDED THE WARRANTY ON THE CVT TRANSMISSIONS (IN THE ALTIMA), BUT I DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF TRANSMISSION. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT THE NHTSA LOOK INTO THIS PROBLEM FURTHER AND TAKE A LOOK AT THE SHEER NUMBER OF OWNERS WHO ARE DEALING WITH THIS PROBLEM OR WHO HAVE. I WOULD LIKE TO REQUEST THAT YOU DEMAND NISSAN TO RECALL THESE VEHICLES AND CORRECT THIS PROBLEM. THERE IS NO REASON THAT A TRANSMISSION SHOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED IN A VEHICLE AFTER 70, 80 OR 90 THOUSAND MILES. THANK YOU! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496444February 5, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
HARD SHIFT IN LOW GEARS WHEN ENGINE IS WARM/HOT. WILL REV UP TO HIGHER RPM WHEN DRIVING SLOWLY THEN SHIFTS TO HIGHER GEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496274February 4, 2013
STRUCTURE:BODY
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS BEING APPRAISED FOR A TRADE-IN ON A NEW VEHICLE, THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP, NOTICED THAT THE FRONT DRIVER AND PASSENGER FLOOR BOARDS WERE RUSTED THROUGH. THE OWNER STATED IT WOULD COST $1000 TO HAVE THE FLOOR BOARDS REPLACED. THE CONTACT ENCLOSED A COPY OF THE BILL FOR $506 TO HAVE THE FLOOR BOARDS REPLACED AT THE AUTO BODY SHOP, AS WELL AS PICTURES. THE OWNER OF THE DEALERSHIP, SUGGESTED THAT THE DRIVER'S SIDE BE REPLACED BECAUSE IT WAS IN THE SAME ROTTED OUT CONDITION AS THE PASSENGER SIDE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 47,000. UPDATED 3/22/13 *CN
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496345February 4, 2013
SERVICE BRAKES, POWER TRAIN, EXTERIOR LIGHTING
FIRST AFTER BUYING THIS NISSAN MAXIMA 2006, I NOTICED THAT MY HEAD LIGHT LAMPS NEEDED TO BE CHANGED EVERY 14 MONTHS. I NEVER HAD A CAR WHERE I HAD TO REPLACE THE HEAD LIGHT LAMPS SO OFTEN. BOTH OF MY OTHER CARS (TOYOTA AND HONDA) HAVE OVER 100K MILES AND WE NEVER HAD TO CHANGE THE LAMPS ON THOSE CARS. NEXT, THE ABS BRAKES ARE NOT WORKING PROPERLY, REALLY? AFTER 70K MILES? WOW! LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. THE ABS APPEAR TO BE RUNNING WHILE THE CAR IS MOVING AND ON DRY ROADS. FINALLY, THE TRANSMISSION. WHY DO I HAVE A SLIPPING TRANSMISSION ON A CAR WITH ONLY 64K MILES. AFTER RESEARCH, I FOUND OUT THAT THE PROBLEMS THAT I'M HAVING WITH THIS NISSAN MAXIMA, HUNDREDS OF OTHER OWNS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEMS. I ALWAYS HAD HONDA AND TOYOTA CARS AND I DECIDED TO TRY SOMETHING NEW IN THIS MAXIMA. I WILL NEVER BUY NISSAN AGAIN, I'M RUNNING BACK TO HONDA AND TOYOTA!!! *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10496214February 3, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION HARD INCONSISTENT SHIFTING, JERKING, LURCHING, SLIPPING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10495258January 30, 2013
POWER TRAIN
I GOT INTO THE CAR THEN I STARED UP THE CAR. THEN I PUT THE CAR IN DRIVE AND WHEN I BEGIN TO DRIVE THE CAR IT STARTED TO JERK. AFTER A WHILE OF DRIVING THE CAR I WOULD STOP AT A LIGHT THEN I WOULD GET OFF OF THE BRAKE TO GIVE IT GAS AND THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10494572January 24, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION JERKING AND SLIPPING GOING INTO AND OUT OF 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. VERY HARD JERKING. NISSAN WILL NOT REPLACE UNLESS I PAY $3,400. SAYING INTERNAL TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. THE TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID THAT IT WAS THE INTERNAL VALVE AND ALL THESE NISSAN TRANSMISSIONS HAVE THIS PROBLEM. THE ONE HE WOULD PUT IN FOR ME WILL HAVE THIS FAULT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10493711January 22, 2013
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL, POWER TRAIN
CAR HAS A SERIOUS TRANSMISSION ISSUE AND IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2006 MAXIMAS. IN LOWER GEARS AND IN REVERSE, CAR LURCHES VIOLENTLY AND SLIPS. WHEN ACCELERATING, CAR REVS VERY FAST, BUT GETS NO POWER. THIS IS STARTING TO HAPPEN MORE AND MORE AND I HAVE BEEN TOLD I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS VEHICLE WAS BOUGHT NEW IN 2006 AND SHOULD NOT HAVE TRANSMISSION ISSUES AT 90K MILES. GIVEN THE MULTITUDE OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT THIS EXACT PROBLEM ON VARIOUS AUTOMOBILE FORUMS, NISSAN SHOULD TAKE STEPS TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492351January 12, 2013
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE
WHEN I FIRST BOUGHT THE CAR IT WAS WORKING FINE BUT JUST TWO DAYS AFTER THE CAR STARTED TO JERK HARD THE MPH WOULD GO ALL THE WAY TO THE LAST NUMBER LIKE IT WAS REVING UP TOOK IT BACK TO THE DEALER SHIP THEY TOOK IT TO ONE OF THERE MECHANICS AND TOLD THEM THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAD TO BE REPLACE AND FORD WOULDNT PAY FOR IT NOT ONE PENNY ARE EVEN HALF I PUT DOWN 5000 FOR THE CAR AT THEY COULD OF PAID HALF ARE GAVE US A NEW CAR I HAVE TWO KIDS WITH ME IN THE CAR EVERY DAY AM JUST SCARED IT MY STALE WHEN AM ON THE FREEWAY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492074January 10, 2013
POWER TRAIN
TRANSMISSION BEGAN TO SLIP IN 2ND AND 3RD GEARS MARKED BY ENGINE RPM SPIKES THEN HARD SHIFTS INTO GEAR IN BOTH UP AND DOWN SHIFTS. FUEL MILEAGE AS A RESULT DROPPED APPROXIMATELY 2 MPG DUE TO SURGING ENGINE RPM. ADDITIONAL PROBLEMS WERE MARKED BY A VIOLENT CONTINUAL VIBRATION AT CRUISING SPEEDS UNDER LIGHT ACCELERATION IN 3RD AND 4TH GEARS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10492047January 9, 2013
POWER TRAIN
MY CAR SHIFTS HARD BETWEEN 1 AND 2 GEAR. GOT NEW MOTOR MOUNTS THINKING THIS IS THE PROBLEM NO SUCH LUCK STILL SHIFTING HARD. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10489525December 22, 2012
POWER TRAIN
***FAULTY TRANSMISSION*** MY 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA JERKS, TAKES TIME TO ACCELERATE IN TRAFFIC, AND IT BARELY WANTS TO MOVE ONCE STOPPING FOR A RED LIGHT. THE GEAR SPONTANEOUSLY GETS STUCK IN EITHER 1ST OR 5TH AND I HAVE TO PULL OVER AND TURN THE CAR OFF AND THEN BACK ON SO THAT I CAN GET TO MY DESTINATION. THIS IS SO DANGEROUS. MY CAR HAS BEEN PROPERLY MAINTAINED THROUGHOUT THE YEARS AND UPON MY RESEARCH, I HAVE FOUND THAT OTHERS (HAVE HAD/AND ARE STILL HAVING) THE SAME PROBLEMS THAT I AM EXPERIENCING RIGHT NOW. THIS IS NOT SAFE OR FAIR TO ME AS A CONSUMER. A RECALL NEEDS TO BE DONE ASAP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10488800December 14, 2012
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR WOULD NOT GO WHEN I WAS PRESSING THE GAS PEDAL AFTER STOPPING AT THE LIGHT. IT HAS CONTINUED TO HAVE SUDDEN STOPS. WHEN TRYING TO DRIVE ON THE INTERSTATE THE CAR WILL NOT EXCEED 40 MILES PER HOUR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10488690December 13, 2012
SERVICE BRAKES
ABS ACTIVATES DURING NORMAL BRAKING MAKING HORRIBLE GRINDING SOUND. NISSAN DEALER TOLD ME THE ACTUATOR AND REAR HUB NEEDED REPAIR FOR AN EXTREME AMOUNT OF MONEY OVER $2,000.00. I HAD THE SIMILAR PROBLEM PREVIOUSLY WITH MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA, THE ONLY REPAIR NEEDED WAS TO DISMANTLE REAR BRAKE ROTOR, CLEAN THE CORROSION, GRIND A NOTCH IN THE KNUCKLE, AND REASSEMBLE IT BACK. THIS IS A MAJOR ISSUE WITH ALL CARS IN MIDDLE EASTERN AND CENTRAL STATES BECAUSE OF THE COLD WEATHER CONDITIONS. IN MY OPINION IT SHOULD BE A NATIONAL RECALL, FOR ALL THE PEOPLE HAVING THIS ISSUE IS THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10485681November 27, 2012
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. CONSUMER WRITES IN REGARDS TO TRANSMISSION FAILURE. *SMD THE CONSUMER WAS ALSO INFORMED THE ENGINE WOULD SOON FAIL AS WELL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10484759November 15, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED WHENEVER IT WAS PLACED INTO GEAR AND IT SHIFTED HARD WHENEVER THE TRANSMISSION SWITCHED GEARS. THE CONTACT STATED THE FAILURE DID NOT HAPPEN ALL THE TIME, BUT WAS RE-OCCURRING FAILURE. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY A DEALER WHO DIAGNOSE THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHEN THE FAILURE WAS NOT OCCURING THE VEHICLE RUNS COMPLETELY FINE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 65,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 67,000. UPDATED 01/02/2013*LJ THE CONSUMER STATED THE FAILURES WITHTHE TRANSMISSON HAS NOT BEEN RESOLVED, SO, A NEW TRANISSION WOULD LIKELY FAIL IN 60,000 MILES UPDATED 1/9/2013 *JS
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10484835November 15, 2012
POWER TRAIN
FROM 0 TO 60 SECOND AND THIRD GEAR JERKS VIOLENTLY, HESITATING BETWEEN GEARS. AFTER STOPPING AT THE VEHICLE REMAINED IN 5TH GEAR AND WOULD NOT DOWN SHIFT BACK TO FIRST. STRANDED IN TRAFFIC ATTEMPTED TO DRIVE FORWARD, ENGINE IS REVVING AT 3500 TO 4500 RPMS, BUT NOT ACCELERATING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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