Nissan Maxima Complaints (2006)

576 consumer complaints on file.

#10371956December 21, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK AND STALL. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER HAD NOT BEEN NOTIFIED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000.
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0
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#10372012December 21, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC
FROM NOV 2009 TO JAN 2010, I REPLACED THE ACTUATOR, REAR WHEEL SENSOR, HUB AND COMPONENTS. NOW, THE DEALERSHIP STATES THAT I WILL HAVE TO REPLACE ALL OF THAT AGAIN (DEC 2010). A PART THAT WAS REPLACED LAST YEAR RUSTED CAUSING "RUST INTRUSION" AND NISSAN DOES NOT CONSIDER THAT PART TO BE DEFECTIVE (EVEN THOUGH THAT SAME PART IS LESS THAT A YEAR OLD). SO IN LESS THAN A YEAR, I HAVE SPENT $4000 TO HAVE THE SAME ISSUES REPAIRED (NOT REALLY) TWICE. *TR
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#10371049December 17, 2010
SUSPENSION, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES, PARKING BRAKE, EQUIPMENT:MECHANICAL, EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL:RADIO/TAPE DECK/CD ETC.
I PURCHASED MY 06' MAXIMA IN 08' I HAD IT FOR ABOUT 2 MONTHS AND THE CD PLAYER DOESNT PLAY ANY THING IT SKIPS SPITS THE CD OUT AND AN ERROR MESG. COMES UP. I TOOK IT TO THE DEALER AND THEY "FIXED IT" SO THEY SAY 1 WEEK LATER IT STARTS WITH THE SAME ISSUE I CALLED AND THEY SAID THEY CAN DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT MAYBE ITS THE CD. SO I NEVER GOT THAT ISSUE FIXED. AN OTHER ISSUE IS MY CAR HAS ABOUT 70K MILES AND EVERY TIME THE CAR GOES 20-30 MPH IT HAS A HARD HIT TO CHANGE GEARS EVERY TIME. MY CAR GET SERVICED EVERY 3-4 MONTHS AND NOW I NEED A NEW TRANMISSION!! I ONLY WORK ABOUT 20 MILES FROM WHERE I LIVE HOW CAN THAT BE? ALSO I HAD TO REPLACE SOME KIND OF BRAKE PART. EVERY TIME I WENT TO BRAKE THE CAR MADE THIS NOISE AND IT STARTED TO SHAKE THE SOUND WAS THIS GRINDING SOUND THEN AN OTHER SOUND STARTED LIKE WHEN YOU PRESS THE BRAKES AND THE ROADS ARE WET. BUT SHAKING REAL BAD. I WENT TO THE DEALER AND THEY SAID ITS W & T ON THE CAR. WHEN I ASKED HIM HOW OFFTEN THIS HAPPENS AND HE SAID NOT THAT OFFTEN SO HOW CAN THAT BE? OTHER THAN THAT ITS LITTLE THING LIKE MY TRUCK LOCK DOESNT STAY PUT I HAVE TO TIGHTEN THE BOLTS OF IT ONCE AWEEK PLEASE MAKE NISSAN DO A RE-CALL I HAVE READ ALL THE COMPALINTS AND THEY ARE ALL THE SAME AND EXPENSIVE ISSUE. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10371072December 17, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION SLIPPING. *TR
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0
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#10371108December 17, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2006 NISSAN MAXIMA.....TRANSMISSION PROBLEM...JERKS VIOLENTLY FROM 2-3RD, AND FROM 3-2ND..ALSO SPORADICALLY SLIPS...DANGEROUS WHEN PULLING INTO TRAFFIC... *TR
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0
Deaths:
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#10370597December 14, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
DRIVING TO WORK IN MY 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA SE, HARD DOWNSHIFT WHILE COMING TO A RED LIGHT, CAR SEEMS TO HAVE VIOLENT JERKING WHEN DOWNSHIFTING. ONLY 64K BOUGHT VEHICLE BRAND NEW. *TR
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No
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10370444December 13, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
I HAVE A 2006 MAXIMA AND HAD THE SITUATION ONE DAY IN AUGUST 2010 WHEN I APPLIED THE BRAKE THE ABS ENGAGED. THERE WAS A GRINDING TYPE NOISE LIKE AN IMPELLER WAS BROKEN. WHEN I CHECKED AROUND WITH SOME DEALER THEY SAID THEY NEVER HEARD OF THIS PROBLEM. AN INFINITI DEALER TOLD ME THAT IF I DISCONNECT ONE OF THE SENSORS ON THE REAR WHEEL THE ABS WOULD BE DISABLED. THE BRAKING WOULD BE AS IF THERE WASN'T NO ABS. IN THE WINTER YOU HAVE TO TURN OFF THE VDC OTHERWISE YOU WOULD STILL HAVE PROBLEMS. THERE WAS NO INFORMATION OF WHAT PARTS NEEDED TO BE CHANGED OUT. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10369195December 4, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2006 NISSAN MAXIMA, PURCHASED FROM STONE MOUNTAIN NISSAN IN STONE MOUNTAIN, GA ON 2-16-08, IS EXPERIENCING HARD SHIFTING IN LOW GEARS (2-3RD GEAR). THE TRANSMISSION DROPS WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO REVERSE AS WELL AS FROM PARK TO DRIVE. EVERY TIME I TOOK CAR BACK TO DEALER THEY SAY "THEY CAN'T REPLICATE THE PROBLEM" ON THANKSGIVING 2010, I WAS TRAVELING ON THE ROAD WITH THE BABIES WHEN THE CAR SUDDENLY MAKE THIS LONG JERKING MOVEMENT. CAR IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE. DEALER NOW SAYS TRANSMISSION NEEDS REPLACED. (REMEMBER, THEY NEVER COULD REPLICATE THE PROBLEM!) *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10369062December 3, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. I HAVE MY CAR SERVICED EVERY THREE MONTHS AND NOW AT ONLY 69,000 MILIEUS MY TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED. A FEW MONTHS AFTER PURCHASING MY VEHICLE I NOTICED A ?WHINING? NOISE WHEN ACCELERATING. I TOOK THE CAR BACK TO THE DEALER SEVERAL TIMES FOR THIS ISSUE AND WAS TOLD BY THE SERVICE MANAGER THAT THE MECHANIC COULD FIND NO ISSUE. I BELIEVE THAT THERE IS A TRANSMISSION DEFECT ON THE 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA AND THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10368474December 1, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY TRANSMISSION BEGINS TO SLIP AND JERK AND GET STUCK NOW MY CAR HAS 94000 MILES ON IT THE DIAGNOSTIC COMPUTER READS SHIFT MALFUNCTION AND FROM WHAT I HAVE HEARD AND READ THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS MODEL MY AUNT HAS THE SAME CAR AND HERS HAS STARTED DOING IT TO. IT IS OBVIOUSLY NOT THE CONSUMERS FAULT OR ANYTHING THE CONSUMER COULD PREVENT I THINK NISSAN RECALL THIS BECAUSE IT IS VERY DANGEROUS WHEN YOU ARE SITTING AT A RED LIGHT AND YOU CAR SLIPS OUT OF GEAR. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10367989November 27, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN
MY 06 MAXIMA TRANSMISSION STARTS SLIPPING AROUND 62,000. WHEN ITS GOING UP SHIFT AROUND 20-30 MPH IT STARTS TO JERK REALLY HARD. AND ALSO WHEN IM SLOWING DOWN. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10367295November 23, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA SL'S TRANSMISSIONS JERKS VERY HARD INTO GEAR AFTER A SLOW DOWN OR WHEN PUT IN REVERSE. AS SOON AS I ENTER AN EXPRESSWAY RAMP, MY CAR JERK SO HARD INTO GEAR THAT I ALMOST LOST CONTROL AND WENT OFF THE RAMP. I TOOK MY CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHO SAID THAT I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION EVEN THOUGH I ONLY HAVE 82000 MILES ON MY CAR. ( I PURCHASED AN EXTENDED 100,000 MILE WARRANTY FROM NISSAN WHEN I BOUGHT THE CAR).THAT DEALERSHIP TOLD ME I WOULD HAVE TO TAKE IT TO THE DEALERSHIP THAT I BOUGHT IT FROM. WHEN I TOOK IT THERE, THEY SAID THAT THEY COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM THAT I DESCRIBED. I KNOW THAT I'M NOT CRAZY AND I HAVE READ OF NUMEROUS COMPLAINTS OF THE SAME KIND.BOTTOM LINE IS MY TRANSMISSION WAS NOT FIXED BY NISSAN AND I'M AFRAID TO DRIVE THIS CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10367045November 22, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA AND THE TRANSMISSION JERKS BETWEEN GEARS, AND SLIPS IT HAS 80K MILES ON IT. I THINK NISSAN SHOULD TAKE CARE OF THIS PROBLEM. AND THAT I SEE THE COMPLAINTS IM NOT THE ONLY ONE. PLEASE HELP! *TR
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0
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#10366599November 17, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
2006 NISSAN MAXIMA: ABS ACTIVATES WITH NORMAL BRAKING. THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, AND IT IS AN OBVIOUS DEFECT ON NISSAN'S PART. HOWEVER, THE RECALL HAS NEVER BEEN ISSUED, AND NISSAN CHARGES THOUSANDS OF $ FOR THE REPAIRS IF THE VEHICLE IS OUT OF 36,000 MILES WARRANTY. THE SERVICE BULLETIN HAS BEEN ISSUED IN JULY 2007, REFERENCE NTB07-016B. *TR
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No
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No
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0
Deaths:
0
#10365895November 15, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I OWN A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT NOW HAS 84,000 MILES. AROUND 80K THE CAR STARTING MAKING SEVERE JERKING MOVES WHEN CHANGING INTO AND FROM LOWER GEARS (1ST TO 2ND, 2ND TO 3RD). THIS HAS TO BE DANGEROUS BECAUSE THE RPM WILL SURGE AND THE CAR WILL MOVE FORWARD AND SLIP OUT OF GEAR. I HAVE READ NUMEROUS BLOGS AND NISSAN HELP BLOGS OF OWNERS THAT HAVE MAXIMA'S BETWEEN 2004-2006 ALL COMPLAINING OF THE EXACT SAME PROBLEM! I HAVE TAKEN THE VEHICLE TO MULTIPLE NISSAN DEALERSHIPS AND HAVE HAD THE TRANSMISSION FLUID CHANGED TWICE! THE CAR IMPROVED FOR A SHORT TIME BUT IS NOW DOING THE SAME THING. PLEASE DO SOMETHING AND MAKE NISSAN REVIEW THIS VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM. PLEASE HELP BEFORE SOMEONE GETS INJURED OR MUCH WORSE. NISSAN CORPORATE IS SLOW TO RESPOND AND AWARE THAT THIS IS AN ISSUE AND HAS IN SOME CASES REPLACED THE TRANSMISSION AND IN OTHERS DENIED A PROBLEM EXISTS. IT DEPENDS ON THE DEALERSHIP AND HOW GREAT OF AN ADVOCATE THEY WILL BE FOR YOU. THIS IS CLEARLY A SAFETY ISSUE. PLEASE HELP. THE VEHICLE IS UNSAFE TO DRIVE ONCE THIS CONDITION APPEARS. THANKS. *TR
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Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10365511November 12, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING 25 MPH, THE VEHICLE STALLED. THE VEHICLE ALSO JERKED WHILE THE CONTACT SHIFTED GEARS. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN INSPECTED OR REPAIRED BUT THE CONTACT BELIEVED THE FAILURE TO BE WITHIN THE TRANSMISSION. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,000.
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0
Deaths:
0
#10366115November 5, 2010
UNKNOWN OR OTHER, VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
I BOUGHT THE CAR BRAND NEW AND HAVE MAINTAINED THIS VEHICLE WITH 3K MILE OIL CHANGES AND REPLACED THE TIRES. IT HAS STARTED TO MAKE JERK WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1-2 GEAR OR 2-3 AND RECENTLY THE ENGINES REVS UP TO 4RPMS BUT DOES NOT GO ANY FASTER. UNFORTUNATELY MY CAR IS OUT OF WARRANTY BUT FROM LOOKING AROUND OTHER BLOGS AND FORUMS IT LOOKS AS THIS IS QUITE A COMMON PROBLEM. THE ENGINE IS MAKING A NOISE AS IF IT IS RUNNING ON TURBO. I DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THERE IS NOT A RECALL THERE IS SO MANY ISSUES WITH THIS CAR ITS RIDICULOUS. THIS IS THE FIRST BRAND NEW CAR I HAVE PURCHASED AND I CANNOT BELIEVE HOW MANY ISSUES IT HAS.
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0
Deaths:
0
#10364009November 4, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS BEEN EXPERIENCING A SLIP IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE OTHER DAY I TRIED TO CROSS A STREET AND IT SLIPPED ALMOST CAUSING A CRASH WITH A SEMI TRUCK THAT COULD NOT HAVE STOPPED IN TIME. IT FINALLY CAUGHT BUT WAS A CLOSE CALL. NISSAN HAS DONE NOTHING TO ADMIT OR ADDRESS THE ISSUES WITH THE TRANSMISSION AND I HAVE READ MANY SIMILAR STORIES ONLINE. WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HOLD NISSAN RESPONSIBLE. THERE NEEDS TO BE SOME TYPE OF PRESS COVERAGE. DOES SOMEONE HAVE TO DIE BEFORE ANYTHING IS DONE. *TR
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#10364031November 4, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE JUST PURCHASED A 2006 MAXIMA THAT HAS A TERRIBLE PROBLEM SOMEWHERE IN THE TRANSMISSION. WHEN I'M DRIVING I CAN FEEL THE CAR SLIP OUT OF GEAR AND CAUSE IT TO VIOLENTLY JERK LIKE A REAR END COLLISION EXCEPT THERE IS NOT ONE. I DON'T HAVE ANY LIGHTS ON TO DETECT A PROBLEM BUT I HAVE SEEN ONLINE THAT OTHERS HAVE HAD THE SAME ISSUE. I DO NOT WANT TO BE THE NEXT ONE DEAD ON THE INTERSTATE BECAUSE OF A FAULTY TRANSMISSION. THIS PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED BECAUSE THE TRANSMISSION DOES NOT FUNCTION PROPERLY. I BOUGHT THIS CAR BECAUSE I THOUGHT NISSAN MADE QUALITY CARS AND CARED ABOUT THEIR BUYERS BUT NOW I'VE SEEN THAT SO FAR NOTHING HAS BEEN DONE ABOUT THIS. WITHOUT A LIGHT DETECTING THIS PROBLEM A LOT OF SERVICE PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO FIND THE CAUSE. I CARE ABOUT MY FAMILY AND NOW WILL HAVE NO OTHER WAY TO WORK BECAUSE OF THIS ISSUE. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10363901November 3, 2010
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
THE POWER TRAIN MANUAL TRANSMISSION HAS A DEFECT THAT CAUSES IT TO GO OUT. I HAVE ALREADY BEEN TOLD ITS A MANUFACTURES DEFECT BUT THE COMPANY REFUSES TO PAY FOR MY REPAIRS BECAUSE ITS AFTER MY WARRANTY. I THINK THAT IF THE MADE A FAULTY PRODUCT THEY SHOULD BE HELD RESPONSIBLE. NOT THE CONSUMER. I WILL SUPPLY MY VIN NUMBER BUT AFTER I AM CONTACTED. THANK YOU. *TR
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Injuries:
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Deaths:
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