On that day I was driving to work and out of no where the car stop running I hit the gas but it was doing nothing.
2004 Nissan Maxima transmission complaints
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Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while attempting to make a right turn the transmission malfunction with out any warnings and he was unable to continue driving. The contact stated that the failure had occurred once before and the transmission had to be replaced. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 108,190.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving 45 MPH, the vehicle jerked abnormally. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection and they advised the contact that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired and the failure recurred. The manufacturer was not notified. The failure mileage was 78,000. The VIN was unavailable.
I had gears banging and jerking from p-r, p-d, d-r, 2-3, 3-4, 4-3 and 3-2. Also when driving under 25mph, if I let off the gas to slow down, then accelerate, the rpms jump almost to redline, then the gear catches and rockets the car forward! Very dangerous! Also while driving I came to a stop at a red light, when the light turned green I pressed the gas pedal to find the car would accelerate very slowly. I shifted to manual mode to find the transmission was stuck in 5th gear. I pulled over, turned car off, restarted minutes later and it was fine. The next day I get in my car to find I had reverse, but its stuck in 5th gear again when shifted to d/manual. I have been without a car for 1 year and 6 months now because of this. Nissan knows about this defect, but will not admit it because they are making so much money selling $5,000 transmissions and $1,500 valve bodies. Not to mention labor fees and all the small parts to people trying to fix this themselves. Nissan made 8 different versions of this valvebody trying to get it right, but finally gave up and just put a CVT tranny in the 09' and newer maximas. Leaving the 6th gen owners to fend for ourselves. I spent $15,000 on my maxima, now I have to spend $5,000 every 2 years just to keep it? That's not right. Nissan you have lost my love and respect. Your about to lose me as a customer. You should show your loyal customers some real loyalty and recall the aw55-50/51sn re5f22a transmissions. Not only because this is your fault, but also because there are children that ride in these cars and its only a matter of time before someone is killed. Do you want a child's blood on your hands nissan? Man up and take responsibilty before that happens and maybe you'll save your company.
The transmission throws itself into 5th gear and the whole vehicle jerks when it happens. Now it happens every day, the fluid is clean aswell as the filter, this is an ongoing problem with the maxima of that generation. I am an employee of toyota and I really think this is unsafe and I know nissan knows about the issue but will not do anything because of the price of what the recall may be but this needs to be addressed.
Transmission will rev high, bang into gears 1-2, 2-3, 3-2,and r-, causing the car to jerk. Very unsettling. Common problem to this model vehicle. Very fearful of causing an accident 1 day.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving 50 MPH, the vehicle suddenly shook violently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer. The technician diagnosed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 75,000 and the current mileage was 76,500.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving approximately 45 MPH, the vehicle hesitated while accelerating. The contact depressed the accelerator pedal repeatedly and the vehicle lunged forward independently. The vehicle was taken to a mechanic for diagnostic testing. The mechanic advised that the speed and ABS sensors would have to be replaced. The vehicle was repaired however, the failure persisted. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 10,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving approximately 50 MPH, the transmission slipped gears and the vehicle jerked. The contact also stated that a loud clunking noise was heard and the engine revved rapidly. The failure occurred multiple times. The vehicle was taken to three authorized dealers and they were unable to duplicate the problem. The technicians informed the contact that the motor mount needed to be replaced. The vehicle had not been repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the defect. The approximate failure mileage was 50,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH and attempting to accelerate, the vehicle began to jerk and the rpms increased to 6000. The accelerator pedal also became unresponsive. The failure recurred numerous times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer for diagnosis and the transmission was flushed however, the failure recurred. The vehicle was returned to the dealer and the throttle body was replaced. The failure recurred. The dealer then informed the contact that the transmission would need to be replaced. The manufacturer had not been notified. The failure mileage was 100,000 and the current mileage was 107,000.
The car is jerking/bucking violently when shifting from reverse into drive and again when shifting into first and second gears. It is also jerking when downshifting from second to first gear. At first, the shifting problem was an occasional occurrence, however, it has progressively gotten worse. Now it is almost constant. After researching this problem, I have found that hundreds and hundreds of '04-05 maxima owners are experiencing the exact same problems. This is quite obviously a nissan manufacturing defect that should be corrected by nissan corp.
My transmission stop working.
Transmission is jerking when shifting thru most gears and sometimes gets worse while driving long periods. I feel this problem needs to be taken care of and nissan needs to be held responsible and needs to be put out there for everyone to see how money hungry they are for not wanting to help. They are taking money from people when they know the problem. I even seen companies come out with parts that help the problem because they know there is a market for this problem. You need to make nissan fix there problem and make right because in today market this is not going to end well with the people who are getting screwed over. I have been working with green light auto who is tired of dealing with this car because it has this issues now let me tell you this new mounts, fluid all new even sensors and 02's that are noted to go and cause these issues. Still have the problem. You need to make them fix this problem before the transmission fails and kills someone due to an accident then we will start having people sue and get some help from legal matters. Class action law suite is also filled and is going on as well. Shows that everyone is tired of the crap.
Transmission failed while driving causing vehicle to come to a complete stop while in traffic almost causing an accident by vehicles following. Nissan has completely ignored this inherent transmission failure on thousands of these model year vehicles. A recall is necessary to fix this totally flawed transmission, and give the consumer some sense of responsibility that nissan so far has failed to show.
The vehicle has a very sever jerking or kicking sensation when shifting up or down around the speed of 20-30mph. It happens very often. Even when applying the brakes to slow, the car still jerks forward violently.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact was driving approximately 35 MPH when the vehicle suddenly stalled. The contact was able to restart the vehicle and continue to drive without failure. Additionally, the contact stated that when the gear was shifted from park to reverse, the vehicle would jerk. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The approximate failure mileage was 71,914.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated while driving approximately 40 MPH, the vehicle began to stall. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing. The technician stated the power transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was taken to the dealer on several occasions for the identical failure. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated the vehicle was not included in any recalls. The vehicle was not repaired. The approximate failure mileage was 128,000 and the current mileage was 140,000.
When car is warm and I shift from park to drive, the car hesitates, jerks and take a few seconds to go into gear. Also, upon accelerating on a highway on-ramp, the rpms rev up high but the car does not accelerate as expected which bogs down the response. I have almost been hit numerous times merging onto a highway or trying to get up a ramp. This is a safety issue - even more so when my children are in the backseat. Upon doing research online, I have discovered that it is apparently a function of the transmission used in the 2004 maxima. I will be getting this car fixed but felt that this organization needed to be aware of the problem.
Vehicle jerks into gears when shifting up, as well as shifting down. Gears will often get stuck in high and manual shift will sometimes work. It takes a while for the car to go from park to drive while sitting still and jerks when it finally shifts to drive. Gears will often slip while shifting while driving down the road from 1st gear to 4th gear. The car will rev very high and then kick like a horse for the gears to shift into place.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving 25 MPH and releasing his foot from the accelerator pedal, the vehicle jerked violently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for inspection where they advised that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was notified but provided no assistance. The failure mileage was 90,000.
When trying to merge onto highway or avoid traffic, the car slips going into gear. With the transmission slipping it is difficult to operate safely as its hard to predict the vehicles behavior. It is a costly repair and according to research the problem is not that uncommon with said vehicle. Please investigate and recall.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving approximately 20-30 MPH, the vehicle began jerking and shifting violently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic where they advised her that they would drain and seal the transmission fluid. The vehicle was repaired by draining and sealing the transmission fluid. The failure recurred approximately two weeks after the repair. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000. The current mileage was approximately 60,000. The VIN was unavailable.
We have been having problems with our transmission for a few months now, we took it to the dealership (cerritos nissan) and they say the problem is that we need a new transmission. This will be our third tranny and the car only has 120,000+ miles on it. Our first transmission lasted 5yrs. Before having to be replaced and now this one has lasted 3yrs. The transmission now is stuck in 5th gear when you switch to the tip tronic setting to see the gearing and this is the reason there is no power during acceleration. We also need motor mounts now because of the violent jerking that the tranny does when put into gear. And the dealership also said we needed a timing chain replacement because it was bad as well, total repair cost $6700.00+. I've recently taken my car to another mechanic and he said the timing chain was perfectly fine. Our driver side window switches do not work again, that was replaced 1yr ago. And we are now on our third set of front struts.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that when attempting to shift into drive or reverse, the vehicle would shake violently. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and did not offer any assistance. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The failure and current mileage was 68,000.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while attempting to shift into drive, the vehicle erroneously accelerated. The vehicle was taken to a private mechanic where it was confirmed that the transmission had failed. The vehicle was repaired. The manufacturer was contacted about the issue. The failure mileage was unavailable and the current mileage was 109,000. The VIN was not available.
Nissan maxima 2004 automatic transmission failure. Symptoms started as a hard jerk into gear when going from drive to reverse and back to drive. I changed the fluid and that worked for awhile but the hard jerking started again which LED to transmission failure.
Tl* the contact owns a 2004 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while shifting gears the transmission became hesitant. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 67,000.
Seems like when weather is warm, transmission jerks in 1,2,3 gears. Happens when slowing down and speeding up. Research indicates that this is a common problem with them make and model. Shouldn't nissan be made to own their issue. Most vehicles never have a transmission problem, especially when regularly serviced. Not the case with this car. My wife won't drive it, and I won't let her. Im trying to be very careful with it, but the problem is there. I can't afford the fix. Help.
When accelerating there is a hard jerky stall shift from 1st to 2nd gear. Afraid I'm going to be rear-ended. When decelerating, there is a hard shift jerk from 3rd to 2nd gear. Reminds me of semi truck road signs (no engine brake allowed).
Transmission started to "slip" around 100,000 miles. I took it to five star nissan in warner robins ga, they said there was no problem and recommend transmission fluid flush, which they did perform. At about 111,000 miles, the transmission began to slip again, and it started to "shift hard". I took it back to five star nissan who advised me "the transmission is shot". Luckily it did not fail in traffic.
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