I purchased car on 8/22/09 and wanted to return it by 8/23/09 after mechanic says take it back the dealer refused to give me my money back and wanted to do a patch job of repairs .....total investment spent on this car is $2,680 ($2,500 for down payment to people choice auto sales, spent $32 on oil change, $55 on a full tank of gas, and $93 for brakes) and I feel every dollar is due back to me. If they want to charge me for the days I had the car, for the 4 days I should be able to charge them for the 3 days they had the car and was supposedly fixing it! I work hard for my money and need it back.
2004 Nissan Maxima transmission complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima se. She replaced the struts, axles and motor mounts on the vehicle. The mechanic stated that she should also have the transmission checked. The vehicle was taken to a different mechanic where a flush was performed. Afterward, the vehicle would shake and it would not accelerate normally. The manufacturer was notified; however, they stated that they would not be liable for the repairs. No repairs have been performed to correct the failure. The current and failure mileages were under 48,000.
I have a 2004 nissan maxima with 124k miles that has transmission problems. Specifically, the transmission slips between 1st and 2nd gear and between 3rd and 4th gear. I have been researching this matter and found countless owners of nissan maximas who are dealing with the same problem. One owner has replaced the transmission in a 2004 maxima three times. Given the vast number of complaints re: this same issue, is there anything being done to hold the manufacturer accountable? They sell these cars for high dollars with the knowledge that this defect exists. For that reason, they should correct the problem. If you google "2004 nissan maxima transmission problems", you will be inundated with owners of these and other maxima's citing transmission problems. I had my transmission flushed today. I was also told that I need a new transmission! I cannot afford another transmission and I believe nissan should recall these vehicles and pay for the necessary transmission repair. Today while driving, the vehicle hesitated before lurching forward into gear. I was almost rear ended by another vehicle. This problem is a huge safety concern and needs to be addressed. I would hate for a member of your family or mine to be involved in an accident with one of these unsafe vehicles. Please initiate a recall. It will save lives and indemnify the maxima owners who have spent hard earned money to buy these beautiful lemons.
1. My problems occur with my 2004 nissan maxima when I started to notice that from a take off after a toll that the car would jerk into second gear. It has since progressed into a jerking and slamming into 2nd and 3rd gear on acceleration and 3rd to 2nd and 2nd to 1st in deceleration. It happens every day that I use my car. I have had my transmission fluid flushed and several engine sensors replaced by a nissan dealership. The problem has never gone away and just gets worse with time.
Maxima 2004 se with less than 77,000 miles is experiencing transmission problems. From what I see online there seem to be a trend of this. Shift slipping between 1st and 2nd gear. The dealership won't recall it until enough people complain about this issue.
On my way to work, my 04 nissan maxima se suddenly jerked and stalled in the middle of the highway. I narrowly escaped any injury due to not only my quick actions but the alertness and quick response of the driver behind me. My search to find out if any one had experience similar problems, resulted in a plethora of similar cases. This of course made me furious to know that nissan have a history of failed transmissions in this model vehicle and nothing is being done about it. I am steadfast when it comes to regular maintenance of my vehicle and dear not place the blame on the dealership or the mechanics. My situation could have easily resulted in personal injury or death. I hope something is done about this because it can indeed save a life or lives.
2004 nissan maxima with transmission failures. I think this is neglect for the nissan consumer dept not recalling there transmissions, failing before 100,000 mil with the many complaints they are receiving. Someone needs to step in and help us. Have not heard of any one getting hurt/injured this far. I was told that there was nothing else to do but replace the trans and this is not fair for all the 2004 nissan owners.
Nissan maxima transmission jerks between 1st and 2nd gears. Everytime the car is placed on drive or reverse or neutral you can feel the jerk and loud clunk noise from the transmission. Being reading all the reviews on this problems and it seems that the transmission needs to be replaced.
2004 nissan maxima car is banging changing gears and also getting suck in 5th gear and wont come out till I turn the engine off. Replace transmission fluid no change, cannot afford new transmission the car has 67,000 miles.
1. My problems occur with my 2004 nissan maxima when I started to notice that from a take off after a toll that the car would jerk into second gear. It has since progressed into a jerking and slamming into 2nd and 3rd gear on acceleration and 3rd to 2nd and 2nd to 1st in deceleration. It happens every day that I use my car. I have had my transmission fluid flushed and several engine sensors replaced by a nissan dealership. The problem has never gone away and just gets worse with time. I had been told to replace my transmission. I do not feel that this will actually fix my issue.
I have a 2004 nissan maxima at 66,000 miles. At 34,000 miles, I had a transmission problem with a mild slipping and hard shift and when I took it in, the dealership said that there was nothing wrong. Thinking this had something to do with their "new advertised" shift 2.0 feature, I continued to use it. As time we on, this problem became worse and worse and now when I take it into nissan, they say now it is a problem with an "internal failure" and too bad, pay them $3,800. When I challenged this issue and provided proof that I have serviced my entire car including the transmission properly, nissan rep told me that "nissan would consider my issue if I was a more loyal customer to them and had my service done with them". I couldn't believe my ears. If I didn't pay triple the charge amounts for the same service through them, they would consider my "internal failure" in my transmission as a problem of theirs. I couldn't and still can't believe this was said to me. Their are a quite a few noted failures of this transmission listed on a web-site on the internet. These can be very dangerous if you are driving and your car want shift gears while your crossing into an intersection. You need to assist in this issue.
I have a 2004 nissan maxima and I am having problems with the car jerking into and out of gear. 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.
I have 2004 nissan maxima. I am experiencing shifting problems. It seems to slip out of gear on 3rd. Or experience extreme hesitation when going to 3rd. Seems not to securely sit in gear. Then intermittently, when reversing. Car hesitates 3-5 sec to shift into drive. Then once it does. It drops very hard into gear.
The federal safety agency, please, please go to the website I have pasted below and look at all the complaints on the 2004 maxima. Nissan has turned a blind eye to the american consumer and are looking the other way on the defects in automobile. We look to and rely on the federal safety agency to help resolve serious defects in this automobile that should be recalled. Nissan doesn't want to do the right thing and we need you. It is not a coincidence that owners of the 2004 nissan maxima are all having the same transmission problems and other issues. I will not let my wife drive this car anymore due to the safety hazard the faulty transmission poses not only to the driver but anyone in it's path on the road. The car jerks, stalls, and on occasion flat loses power in normal driving conditions. W.carsurvey.org/reviews/nissan/maxima/r61092/comments/.
2004 maxima has had timing chain noise for years has been blowing oil for 2 years now transmission is banging and shifting very hard losing power etc. For 3 months now had trans flushed did not help at all tires were defective in the first year A/C has not worked for 2 years this car is very much a lemon.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. While driving approximately 20 MPH, the transmission lurched forward and made a loud clunking noise when shifting from second into first gear. There were no warning lights illuminated on the instrument panel. The failure occurred intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer, but they could not duplicate the failure. The vehicle was taken back to the authorized dealer on three separate occasions for identical failures, but there were no resolutions. A transmission diagnostic test was performed at an independent mechanic and the computer sensor was replaced. The technician also recommended that the transmission be replaced. The vehicle has not been repaired. The failure mileage was 63,421 and current mileage was 79,319.
I purchased a 2004 nissan maxima and it all seemed fine for a bit but once I hit around 90k 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! I took it in for service and they replaced motor mounts. I suggested it may be the transmission, the dealership ignored that. Now, 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. This to me seems very dangerous and I don't know what to do because my car just ran out of it's extended warranty. I don't have the money for a transmission repair. Also, there has not been a fire, property damage, or crash that I know of. However, this is an extreme safety hazard on the road.
Tl*the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. While driving between 20-35 MPH, the vehicle slips and stalls in and out of gear. The failure also occurs between first and second gears. Occasionally, the transmission kicks into gear, but it is so severe that the vehicle finally accelerates to a very high speed. The contact took the vehicle to the dealer and they stated that new engine mounts were needed. He did not believe that new engine mounts would correct the failure. The contact took the vehicle to a repair shop and was informed that the transmission failed. The VIN was unknown. The failure mileage was 60,000 and current mileage was 70,000.
Transmission on my 2004 nissan maxima slips between 1st and second gear.
2004 nissan maxima has a transmission problem it jerks and now it does not shift at all, now I can't afford to fix this problem. Nissan has many complaint. I need help.
Good morning, I currently own 2004 maxima & have been experiencing major problems with this car for about 2-3 years. My major problem at first was my transmission. Apparently the dealership states I will need a new transmission which is absurd since the car is not even 10 yrs old. I knew there was a problem when the car started jerking on its own. At times it jerks real hard when shifting from 1st to 2nd and it is quite scary & embarrassing. When the problem started, I have two friends who were owners of a nissan maxima as well and they were experiencing the same jerking transmission problems. They eventually traded their cars but I not wanted to go through the whole process of financing a car, I figured I'll fix the problem. The transmission is one problem but why every couple of months there is other problems as well. For example I last year I had to change my catalytic converter, my mounts, and my routers. Now what has made me at my ends with this car is what happened last month (june 2009). While driving, there was a loud sound, I opened the hood of the car and right buy the engine, and there were flames. The fire dept was called along with the police. As I submit my complaint now my car is still at the shop. This has become a frustrated and very expensive issue that I have been facing. Honestly I have spent about 5k's or more on this car, not considering that I'm still financing as well. How is it that, I have done my research and there are many others out there who have the same issue. Nissan needs to take full responsibility and it is not a coincidence also. I have documents and emails from others who are also experiencing the same issue (over 300 complaints since 2006). Pls if anything, there needs to be an investigation, many ppl are suffering and losing $ as well.
2004 nissan maxima se has been maintained by nissan dealership. That said, the transmission worked smoothly until recently. When shifting from 1st to 2nd gear and 4th to 5th, or when it decelerates, car jerks violently making extremely difficult to maintain control of vehicle. Feels as if car was hit by behind. Driver and passengers are jerked around violently mimicking whiplash. Took the car to nissan dealer and they did a transmission flush. The transmission flush did not work because the car continues to display the same symptoms described above. This is an ongoing problem with the car. It happens everyday whether the most routine trip to the local supermarket or while driving on the freeway. It is especially noticeable when climbing hills or descending and getting off of freeways. Again, this car with the above mentioned transmission problems is at severely high risk of getting into or causing an accident for when it shifts it creates moments of not being able to control the car. I have searched around the internet and it appears, according to 2004 nissan maxima se owners, that this specific model year has a major defect with the transmission that may potentially cause a fatal incident.
2004 nissan maxima's transmission jerks when shifting into drive and when downshifting from 2nd to 1st gear.
While under warranty, my 2004 nissan maxima had it's engine replaced,only two years after it was built. Now, at 95,000, this vehicle is suffering from transmission problems. It fails to automatically shift into proper gear when it has to go beyond 2nd. The solution, turn the car off...let it rest for 30 minutes and it's fine for maybe an hour. Then the problem recurs. This first happened to me on the highway in washington dc in fast moving traffic. My car would not move beyond 20 MPH while other vehicles were traveling at 60-70 MPH. Considering that this happened while operating the vehicle, this transmission failure could easily lead to a vehicle accident. Apparently, many owners of this year maxima have experienced the same issue around this mileage..nissan merely gives a cavalier recommendation of replacing the transmission for thousands of dollars. They have no shame or concern of the fact that this vehicle cannot make it only 5 years later without major transmission work. Standing behind their product obviously is not of importance. They certainly need to be held accountable for turning away from customers who have obviously been duped by a faulty product presented in an attractive wrapping. At this point I'm almost too afraid to drive the vehicle for more than 30 minutes.
I have a 2004 nissan maxima and just like everyone else my transmission went out after paying the nissan dealer to run diagnostic and flush the system. After just 2 hours from picking it up it completely went out. Nissan will not even offer to fix the transmission or provide atleast half of their cost since it is their crappy product that is going bad on everyone's 04 cars. My car started with the jerking into gear and getting worse when it heats up. I wish someone would have the guts to make nissan pay every maxima car owner time , frustration, towing, repair, and a new transmission. What we deserve!!!!
5 speed automatic transmission malfunction. 3 to 5 second delay prior to engaging in drive and reverse. Slips when shifting between gears 1-2-3. Sometimes the transmission sticks in 5th gear even when vehicle comes to a complete stop.
I recently bought a used maxima 2004 when I first drove it with 84000 miles on it. It was fine but not but a few days later it started to jerk from 1st to 2nd and sometime into 3rd. I happensabout 50% of the time in just one day! I has not yet been replaced due to the fact that I have read so many other problems with the same make and model.
My 2004 nissan maxima keeps jerking and my transmission keeps slipping in and out of gear. I've only had this car for less than 3 years with only approximately 123k.
2004 nissan maxima se transmission slipping. Happens between 1st and 2nd gear. Started @ 60k. Transmission serviced through dealership.
2004 nissan maxima 3.5se auto. Transmission jerks from reverse to drive and slips from 1st to 2nd.
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