Nissan Maxima Complaints (2004)

1,426 consumer complaints on file.

#10392809March 24, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, SUSPENSION:FRONT, EQUIPMENT
2004 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT SWAYS WHILE DRIVING STRAIGHT AND SHIFTS HARD OR SKIPS OUT OF GEAR BETWEEN 2ND AND 3RD GEAR. ONLY HAVE 59,500 MILES ON CAR AND FRONT STRUTS SWAY BAR SUB FRAME BUSHINGS NEED TO BE REPLACED ALONG WITH STRUTS AND TRANSMISSION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392624March 23, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION FAILED AT 79,000 MILES. WHILE DRIVING 40 MPH IN FIRST OR SECOND GEAR THE VEHICLE JERKED FORWARD AND BEGAN TO BANG LOUDLY. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE WARRANTY EXPIRED. THE DEALER WILL NOT REPAIR THE VEHICLE UNLESS THE CONTACT ASSUMES THE REPAIR COST. THE MANUFACTURER OFFERED NO ASSISTANCE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 79,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392432March 22, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION JERKS ON MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA I BOUGHT THIS CAR WITH ONLY 35,000 MILES AND IM STILL PAYING FOR THIS VEHICLE. I DON'T USE IT MUCH AND I HAVE NOW 58,000 MILES ON IT. THE CAR IS SUPPOSED TO BE RELIABLE AND I'VE GOT NOTHING. DEALER HAS NOT HELPED AND I CALLED NISSAN MOTORS OF AMERICA AND I TOLD THEM ABOUT ALL THE ONLINE COMPLAINTS AND THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT HELP ME. THIS IS A COSTLY REPAIR AND DON'T THINK ITS FAIR THAT I HAVE TO PAY 3500 ON A NEW TRANSMISSION. THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED BY NISSAN AND FIXED FOR EVERYONE WHO HAS THIS PROBLEM. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392324March 21, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
NISSAN MAXIMA 2004- TRANSMISSION(5 SPEED AUTOMATIC) SLIPPING PROBLEM BETWEEN GEARS. THE TRANSMISSION ON THIS VEHICLE STARTED SLIPPING A FEW MONTHS AGO. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS TRANSMISSION AROUND 04 AND 05. THEY ALSO SAID I WOULD NEED THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT($3500). I THEN STARTED LOOKING ONLINE FOR A LESS EXPENSIVE SOLUTION. I THEN FOUND OUT THIS WAS IN FACT A VERY COMMON PROBLEM THAT OTHER NISSAN OWNERS WERE HAVING. I CALLED MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER AND INQUIRED ABOUT THE PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD IT WAS OUT SIDE OF THE 3 YEAR 36K MILE WARRANTY AND I WAS ON MY OWN. I THEN DECIDED TO FILE A COMPLAINT TO GET THE PROPER ATHURAITIES INVOLVED TO LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392088March 18, 2011
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I PURCHASED A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA IN AUGUST 2006, AND IT ALL SEEMED FINE FOR A BIT BUT ONCE I REACHED ABOUT 84K MILES, THE TRANSMISSION STARTED HAVING PROBLEMS. FIRST, WHEN I SHIFT FROM PARK TO ANY OTHER GEAR. IT SEEMS TO EITHER HESITATE TO SHIFT INTO GEAR AND ONCE IT DOES IT SHIFTS IN A HORRIBLE KNOCK! IT CONTINUES TO DO THE SAME PROBLEM AS WELL AS SLIP GEARS WHILE IN MOTION. IT USUALLY SLIPS FROM 1ST TO 2ND, OR 2ND TO 3RD. IT CAUSES THE CAR TO REV AND SHIFTS WHEN IT WANTS. THAT MAKES IT SNAP EVEN HARDER. I TOOK THE CAR TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP WHICH PLACED IT ON THE COMPUTER. THE ERROR WAS A FAULTY CAMSHAFT POSITION SENSOR (BANK 1). COST WAS $181.52. I'M STILL HAVING THE JERKING WITH SECOND GEAR BUT ONLY WHEN I SLOW DOWN EASILY. THE CAR SHIFTS NOW, BUT THE JERKING CONTINUES. THE LOCAL TRANSMISSION SHOP SAID THAT I WOULD HAVE TO REPLACE THE TRANSMISSION FOR AROUND $3,500 IN ORDER TO ALLEVIATE THE JERKING AND TRANSMISSION SLIP ISSUE. I BOUGHT A NISSAN BECAUSE THEY ARE SUPPOSED TO BE DEPENDABLE LONG LASTING CARS. I WOULD HOPE THAT IT WOULD LAST OVER AT LEAST 100,000 MILES BEFORE ANY SORT OF PROBLEMS WOULD EVEN OCCUR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392179March 18, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD SHIFT HARD WHEN SHIFTING FROM PARK TO DRIVE. THE TRANSMISSION WAS PREVIOUSLY REPLACED TWICE BY THE MANUFACTURER FOR THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE FAILURE COULD POTENTIALLY CAUSE A CRASH. THE MANUFACTURER WAS CONTACTED AND WOULD NOT PROVIDE ANY FURTHER ASSISTANCE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED ANY FURTHER. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,875.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10392181March 18, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:ABS WARNING LIGHT
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS DRIVING 25 MPH AND APPLIED THE ABS WHEN THE BRAKES LOCKED ABNORMALLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL MECHANIC AND THE TECHNICIAN REPLACED THE ABS SENSORS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT AFTER THE REPAIR, THE BRAKES WERE NO LONGER LOCKING BUT THE ABS WARNING LIGHT WOULD ILLUMINATE SPORADICALLY. THE CONTACT HAS NOT TAKEN THE VEHICLE BACK TO THE LOCAL MECHANIC TO INSPECT THE CAUSE FOR THE ABS WARNING LIGHT BEING ILLUMINATED. THE CONTACT WAS CONCERNED THAT THE BRAKES WOULD LOCK AND POTENTIALLY CAUSE A CRASH. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 78,500.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10390486March 17, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2004 NISSAN MAXIMA, TRANSMISSION JUMPS AND MAKES LOAD NOISE WHEN SHIFTING FROM REVERSE TO 1ST AND 1ST TO SECOND SOMETIMES. ALSO, REVS HIGH THEN SEEMS TO SKIP A GEAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10390085March 14, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD JERK VIOLENTLY WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHO STATED THAT THE VALVE BODY WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 142,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10390113March 14, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION IN 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SLIPS AND LURCHES INTO GEAR. DEALERSHIP HAS LOOKED AT IT THREE TIMES BUT SAYS NOTHING IS WRONG WITH IT, THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS NEED REPLACED. I AM FEARFUL TO PASS A CAR ON TWO LANE ROAD THAT THE TRANSMISSION WILL SLIP AND STALL LEAVING ME IN THE PATH OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC W/O POWER TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY. THE SHIFTING IS NOT RELIABLE LEAVING ME VULNERABLE BY NOT KNOWING THE RESPONSE I CAN EXPECT FROM THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10389448March 9, 2011
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
PARTIAL BRAKE FAILURE WHEN APPROACHING HIGHWAY STOP LIGHT AT 45 MPH, DRY CONDITIONS. BRAKING DISTANCE MORE THAN DOUBLED AS FRONT BRAKES MADE VERY LOUD SCRAPING AND GRINDING SOUNDS (NOT TYPICAL ABS SOUND) WHILE NOT HAVING ANY STOPPING POWER - I APPEARED TO ONLY HAVE REAR BRAKES. WAS ABLE TO STOP JUST INSIDE INTERSECTION. LUCKILY NO TRAFFIC WAS IN WAY, AVOIDING AN ACCIDENT. DEALER IDENTIFIED PROBLEM AS CAUSED BY RUST BUILDUP ON REAR HUBS DUE TO LACK OF A DRAINAGE CHANNEL/PORT ON REAR "KNUCKLES" (SAID DRAINAGE PORT WASN'T THERE), A KNOWN PROBLEM. WATER BACKUP IN KNUCKLE CAUSES RUST ON HUB AND ON ABS SENSORS, RESULTING IN PREMATURE FAILURE OF BOTH ABS SENSORS, WHICH IN MY CASE CAUSED AN UNEXPECTED STOPPING PROBLEM. BOTH REAR HUBS AND ABS SENSORS HAD TO BE REPLACED AT COST OF OVER $1300. CAR IS VERY LOW MILEAGE AND GARAGED. DEALER IDENTIFIED THIS AS A KNOWN PROBLEM AND NISSAN DESCRIBED THE REPAIR IN SERVICE BULLETIN REFERENCE NTB07-016B, ALSO IN NHTSA DATABASE AS SERVICE BULLETIN NUMBER 07016, NHTSA ITEM # 10021681. THIS FAILURE WAS NOT ROUTINE AND ONLY THE LUCK OF THE SITUATION ALLOWED AN ACCIDENT TO BE AVOIDED. THIS KNOWN PROBLEM WAS IDENTIFIED IN 2007 AND I WAS UNAWARE OF IT, THOUGH NISSAN WAS. THIS IS A SERIOUS SAFETY PROBLEM WITH THE ABS BRAKES AND SHOULD TRIGGER A RECALL SO THAT OTHERS MAY BE ALERTED TO HAVE THIS REPAIR BEFORE MORE ACCIDENTS OCCUR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386988March 9, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 40 MPH, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK EXCESSIVELY AS THE ENGINE EXHIBITED AN ABNORMAL INCREASE IN RPMS. THE CONTACT ALLOWED THE VEHICLE TO REST MOMENTARILY BEFORE PROCEEDING BUT THE FAILURE PERSISTED. THE FAILURE PERSISTED FOR TWO MONTHS BEFORE THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE CONTACT WAS ADVISED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED REPLACING. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 106,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386310March 3, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS DELAYING WHEN SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS, MOSTLY WHEN SHIFTING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR. NEITHER THE DEALER NOR THE MANUFACTURER WERE NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED OR DIAGNOSED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 66,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386368March 3, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE ATTEMPTING TO DECELERATE, THE VEHICLE BEGAN TO JERK VIOLENTLY. THE DEALER ADVISED THE CONTACT TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR DIAGNOSTIC TESTING. THE CONTACT DID NOT INFORM THE MANUFACTURER OF THE FAILURE NOR WAS THE VEHICLE DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 144,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386158March 2, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 25 MPH, THE CONTACT HEARD AN ABNORMAL BANGING COMING FROM THE FRONT END OF THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY AND BECAME MORE FREQUENT AS TIME PROGRESSED. THE FAILURE OCCURS ANYTIME PRESSURE WAS APPLIED TO THE BRAKE PEDAL OR WHEN ACCELERATING. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER AND TO FIVE DIFFERENT INDEPENDENT MECHANICS WHO DIAGNOSED THE FAILURE TO BE IN THE TRANSMISSION. THE TECHNICIAN STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 58,000.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10386105March 1, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2004 NISSA MAXIMA 3.5 SE, I HAVE NOT DRIVEN THE VEHICLE IN ALMOST A YEAR. IT HAS MADE ME FEEL UNSAFE AND REFUSE TO DRIVE IT UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION IS REPLACED. IT ONLY HAS APPROXIMATELY 84,000 MILES ON IT AND EVEN THEN IT SEEMS UNDRIVABLE. AFTER TAKING IT FOR A DIAGNOSTIC TO SEVERAL MECHANICS, THEY CAN'T SEEM TO PIN POINT A PROBLEM TO THE VEHICLE. I ENDED UP DOING THE TUNE UP, CHANGED UP THE TRANSMISSION OIL (REPLACED THE FILTER), CHANGED UP THE ENGINE BRACKETS, WHICH ENDED UP COSTING ABOUT 1800.00 THE ONLY CONSISTENT ANSWER I SEEM TO GET IS THAT THIS VEHICLE MAKE ALONG WITH THE SAME MODEL SEEMED TO HAVE A DEFECT THAT NISSAN REFUSES TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY FOR. WHILE DRIVING IT, IT SEEMS TO BE DRIVING SMOOTHLY AND ALL OF A SUDDEN I EXPERIENCE JERKING FROM THE VEHICLE. THE FIRST TIME IT OCCURRED, I ALMOST THOUGHT THE CAR BEHIND ME HAD REAR ENDED MY VEHICLE. MY NECK WAS SORE THE NEXT DAY FROM ALL THE JERKING. IT SEEMS AS IF WHEN GOING FROM SECOND TO THIRD GEAR, THE CAR JERKS AND HAS EVEN GONE UP TO FOURTH TO SECOND GEAR ALL WHILE I'VE MAINTAINED THE SAME SPEED. THE CAR SEEMS TO HAVE A MIND OF ITS OWN, WHICH IS BAFFLING AND EVEN MAKES ME NERVOUS TO TURN IT ON. I'VE DONE THE REGULAR MAINTENANCE ON THE VEHICLE, SO TO GET A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR A DEFECT CAUSED MY THE MANUFACTURER IS BAFFLING. PLEASE HELP, THIS VEHICLE SHOULD NOT BE DRIVEN IN THE PUBLIC. AN ACCIDENT IS HIGHLY PROBABLE CAUSED WITH SUDDEN JERKING. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384772February 28, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL- THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION ON THE VEHICLE IS NOT SHIFTING PROPERLY. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER AND WAS TOLD THE TORQUE CONVERTER FAILED AND THE TRANSMISSION WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE DEALER RECOMMENDED THE VEHICLE NOT BE DRIVEN UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION IS REPLACED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN, BUT THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 164,000.RL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384818February 28, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL- THE CONTACT OWNS 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THE TRANSMISSION ON THE VEHICLE IS SHIFTING VERY HARD WHEN IT SWITCHES GEAR. THE CONTACT HAD THE VEHICLE INSPECTED BY A MECHANIC AND THE STATED THEY THINK IT IS A PISTON IN THE TRANSMISSION IS STICKING. THE CONTACT WAS TOLD THE TRANSMISSION WOULD HAVE TO BE REPLACED AND COULD NOT BE REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 75,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 80,000.RL
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384513February 25, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION FAILURE ON 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA CAUSED CAR TO DECELERATE RAPIDLY AND NEARLY CAUSED A CRASH. TRANSMISSION HAD TO BE REPLACED BY NISSAN DEALER. CAR HAD 87,000 MILES ON IT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10384148February 23, 2011
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE TRAVELING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS, THE CONTACT NOTICED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD SWITCH BETWEEN GEARS INDEPENDENTLY AND VIOLENTLY JERK. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER WHERE THEY INFORMED THE CONTACT THAT THE TRANSMISSION AND MOTOR MOUNTS WOULD NEED TO BE REPLACED. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS WERE PREVIOUSLY REPLACED OCTOBER 2010. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A PRIVATE MECHANIC WHO INFORMED HER THAT THE MOTOR MOUNTS WOULD NEED REPLACING AGAIN AND WOULD CONTINUOUSLY FAIL PREMATURELY UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 105,000 AND THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 90,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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