Nissan Maxima Complaints (2004)

1,426 consumer complaints on file.

#10327033April 22, 2010
VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS PARKING WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, JUMPED THE CURB AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO POLICE REPORT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVABLE CONDITION AND THE CONTACT PLANNED TO HAVE IT INSPECTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A CLAIM. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 67,500.
Crash:
Yes
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10327048April 22, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC:ANTILOCK/TRACTION CONTROL/ELECTRONIC LIMITED SLIP:CONTROL UNIT/MODULE, WHEELS, ELECTRONIC STABILITY CONTROL (ESC)
THE ABS CONTROL MODULE ON THE NISSAN 2004 IS NOT ONLY FAULTY BUT DANGEROUS. THE PROBLEM COMES FROM A SHORT ON THE PASSENGER REAR WHEEL SENSOR SHORT WHICH IN TURNS CAUSES THE ABS MODULE TO FAIL. THE ABS MOTOR WILL RUN EVEN WITHOUT THE KEY IN THE IGNITION CAUSING THE BATTERY AND MOTOR TO BECOME VERY HOT. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326826April 21, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
SHIFT SOLENOID IS GIVING ME PROBLEMS AT 90,000 MILES. THE CAR JERKS SOMETIMES WHEN TAKING OFF OR AT CERTAIN SPEEDS THE ENGINE MAY REV HIGH THEN JERK. A MECHANIC HAS EXPLAINED THAT THIS IS COMMON ON THE 2004 MAXIMA'S. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326275April 19, 2010
POWER TRAIN, POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS- '04 MAXIMA SE V6 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION 53,000 MILES. EXPERIENCE SUDDEN AND SEVERE JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST - 2ND, 2ND - 3RD AND BACK DOWN. NO INJURIES OCCURRED, HOWEVER HIGH POTENTIAL FOR A FRONT TO BACK END COLLISION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326480April 19, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHEN GOING UP HILL, THE TRANSMISSION SLIPS GEARS AND CAUSES THE VEHICLE TO STOP MOMENTARILY. IT HAPPENS OCCASIONALLY, MORE FREQUENT NOW THAN 5 YEARS AGO WHEN I FIRST NOTIFIED NISSAN OF THE PROBLEM. I HAD TAKEN IT IN THE PAST TO 3 DIFFERENT NISSAN DEALERS, I GOT 3 DIFFERENT DIAGNOSIS. MADE MOST OF THE REPAIRS BUT THE TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT. I WAS FINALLY TOLD BY WOODLAND HILLS CALIFORNIA NISSAN THAT IT WAS THE COMPUTER LINK TO THE TRANSMISSION NOT RECEIVING PROPER SIGNALS. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326213April 18, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
2004 MAXIMA TRANSMISSION AUTOMATIC WITH / MANUAL PROBLEM AND POSSIBLE LINK TO A SENSOR? TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN SHIFTING FROM 1ST TO 2ND WITH HIGH RPM'S WITH A DELAY THEN SLAMMING INTO GEAR. DANGEROUS WHEN HAPPENING IN TRAFFIC, CAR DOES NOT SHIFT FAST ENOUGH TO GET THE PROPER SPEED TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF TRAFFIC COMING FROM BEHIND. ALSO NOTICING THAT WHEN BRAKING FROM A HIGH SPEED GOING DOWN HILLS IT SEEMS TO BRING ON THE PROBLEM TOO. HAVE BEEN TO REPAIR SHOPS, AGAIN NO ONE KNOWS WHAT IT CAN BE WITH OUT SPENDING A ZILLION DOLLARS ON ALL THAT THEY THINK IT COULD BE. WAITING FOR A OTHER TRANSMISSION WHICH I FEEL THAT IT IS A WASTE BECAUSE IF THEY CAN'T FIND OUT WHAT THIS PROBLEM IS ON THIS TRANSMISSION THEN IT IS ONLY GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN ON THE NEXT .WE HAVE HAD THIS PROBLEM FOR A WHILE NOW ,BUT BECAUSE OF THE COST OF ANOTHER TRANSMISSION AND THE COST OF LABOR WE HAVE BEEN USING THE CAR AS CAREFULLY AS WE CAN. AFTER READING OF ALL THE COMPLAINTS ON THE INTERNET HOPEFULLY SOMETHING WILL BE DONE. WE ARE PAST THE WARRANTY LIKE EVERYONE ELSE THAT HAS FILED A COMPLAINT . THIS SHOULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN CARE OF FROM NISSAN A LONG TIME AGO. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10326146April 17, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
AT 50,000 MILES AUTO PRESENTED PROBLEMS WITH TRANSMISSION. JERKING AS IF SOMEONE HIT ME ON THE REAR BUMPER. CAR SLOWS DOWN ON STOP LIGHTS AND HIGHWAYS. TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALER SHOP SINCE BRAND NEW AND ALWAYS TOLD THEM ABOUT JERKY MOVEMENTS. WHEN AUTO WAS 5 YEARS TRANSMISSION BEGAN HAVING SERIOUS PROBLEMS. TOOK IT TO NISSAN DEALER AND THEY DID TRANSMISSION FLUSH. THEY DID NOT WANT TO DO A SCAN ON THE ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION. DISMISSED AS NOT NECESSARY (SEPT 2009). THEY ACKNOWLEDGED FAULTY TRANSMISSIONS IN THESE CARS AND SUGGESTED A NEW TRANSMISSION. AFTERWARDS THE CAR HAS GONE BAD. I CALLED NISSAN REPS AT NISSAN NORTH AMERICA AND WAS REFERRED TO LOCAL OFFICE. FINALLY I TOOK IT TO A LOCAL TRANSMISSION REPAIR SHOP WHERE IT IS SITTING RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I FEAR FOR MY LIFE WHILE DRIVING. NOT ABLE TO CHANGE LANES OR ACCELERATE IN CASE OF AN EMERGENCY. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10325802April 15, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT IS HAVING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS. IT DOESN'T PROPERLY ENGAGE WHEN UPSHIFTING, USUALLY ALLOWING THE RPM'S TO REV UP AND THEN SLAMS INTO GEAR JERKING THE CAR FORWARD. I DON'T KNOW OF ANY EVENTS THAT HAVE CONTRIBUTED TO THIS FAILURE. THIS OCCURS EVERY TIME THE CAR IS WARMED UP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10325194April 12, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TRANSMISSION BEGAN SLIPPING AND IMMEDIATELY STALLED VEHICLE AT AN INTERSECTION NARROWLY AVOIDING A HEAD O COLLISION. NOTIFIED MANUFACTURER ABOUT SAFETY PROBLEM AND WAS TOLD THERE WAS NO RECALL ON FILE. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324966April 11, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
WHILE TRAVELING TO FLORIDA FROM NORTH CAROLINA, I HIT A TRAFFIC JAM. UPON THE START AND GO, MY TRANSMISSION GAVE ME A WHIPLASH TYPE OF EFFECT. THE TRANSMISSION IS HAVING ISSUES. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324833April 10, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
MY TRANSMISSION ON MY 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SLIPS FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO 3RD I HAD IT FLUSHED AND STILL AM EXPERIENCING THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS HAPPENS EVERY TIME I DRIVE THE CAR. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324587April 8, 2010
SERVICE BRAKES, ELECTRIC, STRUCTURE:FRAME AND MEMBERS, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH 50,008 MILES ON IT AND RECENTLY HAD THE ABS COMING ON WHILE I WAS DRIVING AND NO DASH WARNING LIGHTS ON, BROUGHT IT TO THE DEALER TO FIND OUT THAT THE RIGHT REAR ABS SPEED SENSOR WENT BAD BUT WHY DIDN'T ANY WARNING LIGHTS COME ON THEY PULLED THE ABS FUSE AND NOW THE WARNING LIGHTS ARE ON BUT YOU ABSOLUTELY CAN NOT STOP THE VEHICLE WHEN THIS HAPPEN THIS IMAGINE HITTING THE BRAKES AT 55 MPH WITH YOUR TWO YEAR OLD IN CAR AND ITS NOT STOPPING BECAUSE WHEN YOU ABS SENSOR GOES BAD IT TURNS ON THE ABS WHICH DOES NOT ALLOW YOUR NORMAL BRAKES TO OPERATE AND DO NOT THROW ANY OF YOUR DASH LIGHTS ON, IF I HAD THE MONEY FOR A LAWYER I WOULD BE GOING AFTER NISSAN RIGHT NOW IT SHOULD WORK SO IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH YOUR ABS IT SHOULD TURN AT LEAST YOUR WARNING LIGHTS AND THEN DISCONNECT THE ABS SO YOU CAN USE YOUR NORMAL BRAKES TO ACTUALLY STOP THE CAR..... ALSO NONE OF THE FRONT END AND REAR END BODY LINES MATCH UP TO NONE OF THE GAPS BETWEEN HOOD AND FENDERS ARE THE SAME CAN GET FINGER IN ONE SIDE AND NOT THE OTHER SAME WITH THE TRUNK, AND THE CAR HAS ONLY BEEN IN ONE ACCIDENT THAT I KNOW OF THAT I REPORTED HAD GOTTEN SIDE SWIPED AT 45 MPH ON DRIVERS SIDE BY BIG TRUCK ALSO NOTICE THAT FRONT AND REAR WINDSHIELDS DO NOT HAVE NISSAN STAMP ON WINDOWS THE CAR FAX WAS CLEAN WELL THE ON THE DEALERSHIP I BOUGHT CAR FROM WAS CLEAN I THINK THIS CAR WAS WRECKED FRONT AND REAR AND FIXED AND WASN'T REPORTED THEN SOLD TO ME WITH 26,800 MILES WHEN I BOUGHT IT NO SITS AT 50,000 CAUSE HAVE NOTHING BUT PROBLEMS WITH I WOULD LIKE A STATE INSPECTOR TO LOOK AT CAR MY OPINION IS CAR IS UNSAFE BUT ONLY ONE I HAVE AND STILL OWE MORE THAN 10,000 DOLLARS ON IT PLEASE HELP. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10324144April 7, 2010
LATCHES/LOCKS/LINKAGES
POWER DOOR LOCKS DO NOT WORK ALWAYS. PERSONS IN BACK SEAT CANNOT GET OUT. DOORS HAVE TO BE OPENED FROM OUTSIDE OF VEHICLE. THIS CAN BE A SERIOUS PROBLEM IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323981April 6, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 45 MPH, THE CONTACT NOTICED A DIFFICULTY WHEN SHIFTING GEARS. THE RPMS INCREASED AND THE ENGINE REVVED BUT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT SHIFT GEARS. WHEN THE VEHICLE FINALLY DID SHIFT INTO GEAR, IT WOULD JUMP FROM SECOND GEAR TO FIFTH GEAR. THE FAILURE OCCURRED INTERMITTENTLY.THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN AUTHORIZED DEALERSHIP BUT THE DEALER COULD NOT FIND THE CAUSE FOR FAILURE. THE CONTACT TOOK THE VEHICLE TO A LOCAL REPAIR SHOP WHERE THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED. THE PROBLEM CONTINUED AND THE VEHICLE WAS BEING SERVICED FOR THE BODY VALVE AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 75,000. THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS APPROXIMATELY 82,000. THE VIN WAS UNAVAILABLE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323593April 3, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
2004 NISSAN MAXIMA 3.5 SE. TRANSMISSION SHIFTING HARD FROM 1ST TO 2ND AND 2ND TO THIRD. ALSO HESITATING AND DELAYED SHIFTING
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323307April 1, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SL WITH AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION - I AM RUNNING INTO A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM WHICH IS JERKING BETWEEN SWITCHING GEARS FROM 1ST TO 2ND.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323329April 1, 2010
EQUIPMENT
TRANSMISSION JERKS/SLIPS BETWEEN THE 1ST AND 2ND GEAR SHIFTS WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10323052March 31, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
ENGINE / TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE SLIPPING. THE CAR JERKS AND RPM'S SEEM TO JUMP AROUND THE 3 GEAR. CAR SEEMS TO BE LOOSING POWER AND WORKS HARDER TO REACH HIGHER SPEEDS. 1ST GEAR IS OK, AFTER THAT THE SECOND THIRD AND FOURHT GEARS ALL KICK IN WITHIN 5MPH OF EACH OTHER. I AM IN FOURTH GEAR BY THE TIME I REACH 25 MPH. TRANSMISSION SEEMS TO BE GOING OUT. NISSAN DEALER STATES THAT THEY FOUND NO PROBLEMS SINCE NO CODES CAME UP. I WILL HAVE A LOCAL MECHANIC INSPECT IT SINCE I TRUST THAT THEY WILL MOST LIKELY FIND THAT IT IS TRANSMISSION FAILURE, NOT SOME ELECTRONIC CODE. THERE SHOULD BE A RECALL FOR ALL THESE VEHICLES AND NISSAN SHOULD OWN UP JUST AS TOYOTA HAS WITH THEIR ACCELERATION PROBLEMS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322768March 30, 2010
STEERING, SUSPENSION, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC, POWER TRAIN:DRIVELINE
2004 AND NEWER NISSAN MAXIMAS HAS A SERIOUS STEERING WHEEL VIBRATION AFTER 40MPH. NISSAN DEALERSHIP SAYS THEY ARE NO COMPLAINTS, BUT THE INTERNET IF FULL OF CUSTOMERS HAVING THIS SAME PROBLEM. MY CAR IS 6YEARS OLD BUT ONLY HAS 34,000 MILES. NEW TIRES, BRAKES,ROTORS,ALIGNMENT MULTIPLY TIRE BALANCES HAS NOT FIXED THIS PROBLEM. ON THE INTERNET CUSTOMER HAVE REPLACED STRUTS, BEARING,CV AXLES AND PROBLEM STILL EXIST. THIS SEEMS LIKE A PROBLEM NEEDS TO BE ADDRESSED. *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10322649March 29, 2010
POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 04 NISSAN MAXIMA THAT JERKS WHEN COMING OUT OF A COAST ESPECIALLY WHEN COMING OFF OF THE EXPRESSWAY. THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THIS HAS HAPPEND. THERE HAVE BEEN 2 PREVIOUS OCCASSIONS THAT THIS HAS HAPPEND AND NEARLY CAUSED SERIOUS ACCIDENTS. I HAVE CALLED NISSAN AND THEY PLAY DUMB AS IF THEY ARE NOT AWARE OF THE ISSUE,WHEN THERE ARE TONS OF COMPLAINTS ALL OVER THE INTERNET. WHAT IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET SOMEONE TO HOLD NISSAN ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS FAULTY TRANSMISSION DESIGN? SOMEONE GETTING KILLED? I PRAY NOT.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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