I have 2004 nissan maxima with 90000 miles on it, 6 speed. About two years ago all most every gear started to jerk when I switch between gears, mostly 2nd and 3rd gear. I hear from other people that this models have this problems very frequently. The nissan should have recall on this models for transmission problems, cause all most every tranny with this model have problems and need to be replaced.
2004 Nissan Maxima transmission complaints
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Transmission problems resulting in stalled vehicle while driving and does not shift gears properly which has resulted in vehicle delays while trying to cross lanes of traffic.
Car is slipping in and out of gear. Hesitates from reverse into drive and then it slips and bangs from 1st to 2nd and into 3rd. This past saturday the car actually died on me and now it's stuck in 5th gear and non drivable which is unacceptable. Was told it would be around 4000 to rebuild which is money I don't have and I took car of this car. Transmissions should not fail with only 93,000 miles on it. There are thousands of complaints about this particular make and model year of the maxima. Nissan needs to investigate and recall these cars because at this point it's a problem that needs to be handled now. I hope it doesn't take someone getting in a really bad accident because of this problem.
2004 nissan maxima 120000 miles. It seems to be having problems shifting into 1st to 3rd gear. 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 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. This to me seems very dangerous. Come to find out that there are hundreds maybe thousands of nissan owners with the same issue. Why isn't nissan repairing this apparent manufacturer defect.
Car's transmission jerks violently, and unpredictably, when it shifts between 1st & 2nd gears.
2004 nissan maxima: october 7, 2009 the check engine light came on, several miles later as we entered our drive way the car started to shut down. I notice some jerking and metal rattling noise as I slow down. After stopping the car would not go forward. At this time the car would only go in reverse, but once I turn the engine off I could not start the car again. The dealership were I purchase the car has done all the services, and yes they did flush the transmission. Type of transmission fluid is not know.
Transmission slips then jerks really hard when going into 1st and 2nd gear and going from drive to reverse making it impossible to accelerate to get out of harm's way. The bad transmission causes wear on motor mounts therefore creating another horrible situation. I am among so many that have had issues with this make/model car.... Somebody do something!
My nissan maxima transmission jerks very hard while switching gears. There's also major slipping between some gears and the vehicle is becoming very unsafe to drive. The only suggested solution is to replace the transmission which nissan should pay for because of their defective work. I have paid too much money for the car only to be forced to pay for a new transmission when I didn't destroy the one I have. Please help!
Nissan maxima 2004 has a hard jerk and the motor rev up high when I drive this is not safe to drive please do something about it thank you.
I 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. I have had the transmission looked at by a nissan dealer and a private transmission company. Both say it needs to be replaced. The private dealer attributes the problem to a lack of cooling lines going into the transmission and believed this would be a common problem. After looking online, it is obvious that I am not a unique case. People across the country are complaining about the same issue. I'm concerned that the transmission malfunction will lead to an accident, but cannot afford to replace the car or the transmission. According to several websites, replacing the transmission is only a temporary fix, as this problem seems to be a design flaw, so any replacement will be susceptible to the same failure.
2004 nissan maxima transmissions are defective!!!!!!!!!!!
The jerking and slipping of the 2004 nissan maxima's transmission is dangerous! It nearly throws my 8 year old daughter into the back of my driver's seat everytime it switches gears!!!! When I put it into drive, it jerks nearly a foot up which caused me to rear end my mother's van that was parked in front of my car!!!! People are going to get hurt!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I have a 2004 nissan maxima and I am having problems with the shifting in and out of gear. When I start the car it stalls and I have to restart and give it gas. It also just stopped on me one day on the interstate. I have read several complaints on carsurvey.org with the same exact problem and nissan doesn't seem to be helping anyone. With as many complaints that I have read you would think there would be a recall on the transmission. I hope someone could look into this because this seems to be quite a problem in 2004 nissan maximas.
2004 nissan maxima the transmission in my car is slipping it's shifting hard between 2 & 3 gear and this started after 60,000 the interior is falling down from the top of the ceiling. The doors up front don't unlock with the key fob. The interior light broke off. This is the worse car I have ever owned...
'04 maxima, maintained regularly, original owner, purchased in summer of '03(first batch of assy. Line); transmission slips from 2nd to 3rd gear. This has been a problem since the first 25k miles on the car. I got the trans fluid flushed and was fine but then it happened again at 50k miles. I asked the local repair shops and the dealership why this keeps re-occurring and they both said that "that's just the way that car is." like clock work it happens every 25k miles. I continue to get the trans fluid flushed/changed every 25k, car is now at 115k miles, just had it done at 100k and problem is starting again already. I'm fearing one day soon the transmission is just going to go all together and I will be looking at probably $4k - $6k for repair. I love my maxima and bought it for the sole purpose that they have a reputation for long lasting cars, but it seems there were some flaws when they introduced this new body style year (not sure how different the engines or transmissions are in comparison to the previous models) and these types of issues are not making me want to purchase another one in the future. The service advisor at my local dealership states his mother owns an '06 maxima (same trans) and just had to replace the transmission due to the same issue. He told me, "it's coming. It's if it's when". This issue is posted all over this site and many others. Why isn't nissan stepping up to do something about this?
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that at low speeds, she experienced unintended vehicle acceleration. The vehicle was taken to the dealer and the transmission was flushed; however, the repair did not remedy the failure. The failure mileage was 75000 and the current mileage was 107000. Updated 3/12/10 *cn the consumer stated the transmission would get stuck in gear when trying to resume speed after stopping and dropping 10-20 MPH slower. When the accelerator was applied, the transmission idled, but the vehicle staggered in 1st gear. Updated 05/10/10
My 2004 nissan maxima stalled out on me while I was on the freeway and caused an accident while I wasn't able to merge to the right due to heavy traffic. I had to stop on the left side next to the divider. 2 car collision behind me because of this. Do something please.
2004 nissan maxima transmission slipped and caused me to slam into wall. Airbags didn't deploy, had my children in backseat with seatbelts on. This car is dangerous. I can't believe the federal safety agency isn't forcing a recall on all transmissions. I looked it up and thousands have the same problem. I'm definitely going to look into a suit against nissan and as well as the federal safety agency if nothing is done. That's a guarantee and I'm sure I have many supporters.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that intermittently the transmission began to shift from first to second gear without any prior warnings. The vehicle has not been inspected to determine the cause of the failure. No repairs have been made. The failure mileage was 84,000 and the current mileage was 85,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. While driving approximately 35 to 40 MPH on normal road conditions; the transmission slipped out of gear in an extreme forward motion. When pressure was applied to the brake pedal the front end on the vehicle began shaking excessively. The contact drove onto the emergency lane and after a few minutes he was able to continue driving; however, the failure continued to occur. An authorized dealer stated that the failure was caused by the front motor mount and that the transmission needed to be replaced. The contact had concerns of the safety risk involved. The failure mileage was 94,000 and the current mileage was 96,000.
I have a 2004 nissan maxima with a little over 90,000 miles. It is come to my attention that my vehicle is not the only 2004 nissan maxima with this problem. It slips out of gear and makes the vehicle jump as if someone rear ended me. It shifts really hard from !st to 2nd even 3rd when I drive throughout the city. It does it only when the car warms up and it does it consistently. I've done a transmission flush which was required by the dealership and it stopped doing it for about 5 miles into the ride, then it began doing it. I went online and found thousands and thousands of people with the same vehicle and with the same problem. They all have done all the transmission repairs possible and the problem still maintains. I refuse to spend $4,000.00 on a new transmission because I do not have that money. These transmissions need to be recalled.
I am the owner of a 2004 nissan maxima. It has currently a little over 93k on the odometer. Like hundreds, if not thousands of people I have encountered via internet searches and blogs, have the same transmission problems with my vehicle. The vehicle shifts hard and jerks when coming to a stopped and hesitates to proceed when put into drive (up to 5 seconds). I was advised eventually the transmission needs to be rebuilt or replaced. I am interested in being part of any class action movement to force nissan to acknowledge the defect and make good by repairing the cars affected at no cost to the consumer or reimbursing those who independently resolve the issue. An unexpected auto repair over $3000 due to manufacturer defect would be devastating to a single father on limited budget. Someone please help the consumer.
I have a 2004 nissan maxima. When I am traveling on highway , then have to slow down or make a complete stop, when accelerating after slowing down or stopping the car jerks really hard. Also when putting the car in drive it jerks. I decided to google the problem with my car and I run across a website with complaints about the 2004 maxima. It is a shame that soo many people are having the same problem with their 2004 maxima. And the nissan corp is not calling nationwide recall. And by the way, I also I got my transmission system flush...and it does not help. Nissan recall the goodyear eagle tires, why want they recall the transmission. Please help the 2004 nissan maxima owner with transmission problem.
I have an 2004 nissan maxima. At first it started to jerk occasionally. Now its jerks and shifts hard all the time from 1st-2nd and 2nd-3rd gear. This is when I am accelerating and when I am slowing down. This jerking throws the whole car. Check engine light comes on and gives a code for shift malfunction which proves to be no specific part fix. Recommendations are to replace the whole transmission and then the problem just occurs again.
I bought my nissan maxima 04 almost a month ago. I spent all of my money that I saved up to purchase this car (I am a college student--I have no money). I am now experiencing a jerking motion when car shifts from 1st to 2nd gear. I went online to see if I am the only one experiencing this problem and I am not. I am afraid that this problem will get worse and I will be stuck with a piece of crap that does not get me anywhere. I am highly disappointed and scared because from the blog that I just read I am not the only one experiencing this problem. Another problem I am experiencing is a jerking when I pull the car into drive. I only have 99,000 miles on the car. This needs to be fixed by nissan because I am sure they are aware of this defect in this car.
A few months ago my transmission started to slip in 1st an 2nd gear.when I would run errands for more than hour it would really start to act up. Now I can not drive for 30 minutes without it seriously slipping gears hard. I can only drive the car a few miles because of this. I took the car to a shop an was told that the valve body needs to be replaced with a rebuilt transmission mechanic also stated that the valve body should not be a wearable component and should have been a recall on it. Now the car sits most of the time because I can not afford to fix it. Please help me.
Car hesitates to go into drive from park or reverse and then jerks real hard. Shifts hard from 1st to 2nd gear and when u slow down and have to accelerate after slowing down.
2004 nissan maxima se. 71k miles on car. The transmission is not shifting. The car is stuck in 5th gear and you can't even manually shift it out of 5th. There had been some jerking when the car was shifting from 1st to 2nd gear for a while before this happened.
The transmission fails to provide sufficient acceleration to allow one to get out of harm's way or to safely maneuver in traffic. Also, the transmission fails to downshift to assist in the deceleration of the vehicle.
I got a 2004 nissan maxima last year with about 80,000 miles on it, when the car reached about 90,000 the transmission started jerking when changing gears. The car would not go over 20mph. This is a huge safety hazard. This faulty transmission could harm myself or other drivers on the roads. This happens every time the car is driven. I've taken the car to several different repair shops, including nissan. They all cannot diagnose the problem, but recommended the power flush, which I did. The power flush did nothing for my car. The only it did was set me back $250.00. There are many nissan owners with the same problem. We are very dissatisfied and want something to be done about this.
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