Automatic transmission is not able to shift into reverse. Apparently this is a very common problem with nissan maxima's manufactured between 1989-1994. Many maxima owners have had their transmissions fail and have had to replace the transmission more than once in their nissan maxima's.
1990 Nissan Maxima transmission problems
10 complaints (9% of all complaints for this car).
- owner complaints
- 10
- of this car's complaints
- 9%
- crashes
- 0
- recalls
- 0
Which part fails
- Automatic transmission3
- Manual transmission: floor shift assembly1
- Manual transmission1
- Automatic transmission: gear position indication (PRNDL)1
- Automatic transmission: cooling unit and lines1
At what mileage
Complaints by mileage at the time of the problem.
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Nissan Maxima transmission problems in other years
Related recalls
No recalls on record for this model year.
What 1990 Nissan Maxima owners say
Most recent owner complaints, unedited.
No summary listed for above vehicle.
The window problem I have seems to be with a lot of this car model. Each time I had a window fixed, it cost me $220.00. It seems to me that this is a defect that nissan should be paying for. Other than this problem my other with the transmisson just started and I do have 100,000 miles on the car. I would expect some things to go wrong. The window problem started about 5 years ago. Also when I took my car in to have the first window repaired I asked about my radio antenna not going up and down anymore. It seems that this is the same kind of problem I had with my windows. The operating mechanism is made out of plastic. Motor runs but nothing goes up and down.
Transmission sticks in reverse!
Transmission blew out completly and then the oil started leaking . Also, brakes speedometer are horn is not working.
Consume states that the gear shift sticks in park. Driver has to press shift release control knob to put car in drive once it had been put in park.
Alternator replaced due to stalling.
Electronic windows; windows will either lower on its own or not at all. System worked on (5) times with temporary results. Tt vehicle also experiences problems with the shifter.
Speedometer failed, needle will be at certain speed and then will drop to zero/will not return to speed for some time.
Have been having problem with the odometer not working nissan replaced it but problem still exsist. Tt
Questions about the 1990 Nissan Maxima transmission
Does the 1990 Nissan Maxima have transmission problems?
Owners have filed 10 complaints about the transmission of the 1990 Nissan Maxima, 9% of all its complaints.
At what mileage do 1990 Nissan Maxima transmission problems start?
Not enough complaints include the mileage to tell.
Was there a recall on the 1990 Nissan Maxima transmission?
There is no recall for this problem on this model year.
What year does the Nissan Maxima have bad transmission?
The Nissan Maxima model years with the most transmission complaints are 2004 (934 complaints), 2005 (777 complaints) and 2006 (393 complaints).
Other 1990 Nissan Maxima problems
Fuel system 36Visibility 20Lights 9Brakes 7Engine 7Electrical 6Seat belts 6Seats 6Acceleration 3Body 3Locks 3Steering 3Airbags 1
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