2005 Nissan Maxima problems

Filed Mar 3, 2025 · Electrical, Engine · AZ

While driving my car down the road the vehicle randomly shut off lost power and I had to quickly pull into a plaza but was almost hit, looking through many different Nissan forums a lot of mechanics and owners are saying that the original crankshaft/camshaft position sensors on the Altima/maxima have experienced faulty mechanics over time that cause it to overheat and stop working and locking up the system completely. This is a huge problem as I can’t afford to fix this myself and it could have caused a serious accident this should be investigated due to other recalls on the Altima with the faulty sensors, the maxima 3.5 is also starting to experience these issues if you look through multiple forums and research the issue that’s happening. Please investigate this soon so that nobody gets seriously hurt.

Filed Aug 8, 2023 · Airbags · NY · crash · 5 injuries

On June 6th. 2019 my 2005 nissan maxima struck a disabled vehicle left in the middle lane of the Long Island Expressway (a 3 laned highway). Although I was traveling at 60 mph when the collision occurred and struck the disabled vehicle from the rear, the passenger airbag never deployed. This resulted in the passenger receiving significantly more serious injuries than that of the driver (who's airbag did deploy).

Filed Aug 10, 2022 · Steering · 107,000 miles · TX

The contact owns a 2005 Nissan Maxima. The contact stated that the power steering would fail to operate. The steering wheel would require excessive force in order to steer the vehicle. The contact would frequently replenish the steering fluid however, the failure persisted. The dealer nor the manufacturer had yet to be notified of the failure. The vehicle had yet to be repaired. The failure mileage was approximately 107,000

Filed Apr 3, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · 120,000 miles · TN

Vehicle makes clunking, jerking noises and bad clunking sounds when you put it into gear or shift gears, digital gear display shows vehicle is in 5th gear all the time, accelerates very slowly.

Filed Mar 11, 2021 · Engine, Transmission · 275,587 miles · LA

I have an 05 nissan maxima and the transmission is shifting hard and erratically

Filed Dec 1, 2020 · Body, Suspension · 45,500 miles · PR

The car has a sound as if it were metal fatigue in the front of the hood a hard blow sounds loud every time the car moves from one side to the other they have not been able to find the problem they say what is a factory defect I am afraid that it is a metal that is under fatigue and the engine falls on the ground running on the street.

Filed May 7, 2020 · Seats · 112,000 miles · NC · fire · 1 injury

Tl* the contact owned a 20005 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while sitting in the vehicle, the front driver seat began smoking without warning. The contact jumped out of the vehicle and called the authorities. The fire department arrived as the vehicle became engulfed in flames, the fire was then extinguished. A fire department report was filed at the scene. Due to her frantic exit from the vehicle, the contact sustained injuries to both knees and her right ankle; however, she did not seek medical attention. The vehicle was towed to an independent mechanic and destroyed. The manufacturer nor the dealer were informed of the failure. Upon investigation, the contact linked the federal safety agency campaign number: 05v512000 (seat) to her failure; however, her vehicle was never included in the recall. The failure mileage was 112,000. *dt*jb*dt

Filed Nov 12, 2019 · Electrical, Transmission · 112,337 miles · PA

My car only has 112337 mile and needed to replace the transmission , now at 112954 have to replace the ABS control module . The transmission was hard shifting/ jerking when you get to about 30-35 MPH . So it cost almost 4,000.00 to fix and the the speedometer and odometer quit working after 500 miles with new transmission and took the car to electrical shop to find out I now have to replace the ABS control module and after all the money put in this car I don't think it is worth fixing the ABS considering I just bought the car in oct. 2018 and thought I got a great car and alredy have enough money put in it and could never sell it for the money I have in it nissan should be fixing these issues not me considering all the complaints on these cars with the same problems at the same mileage

Filed May 2, 2019 · Engine · 157,465 miles · MD

Vehicle was in motion and all of a sudden gears started to shift on its own , so stopped on the side of the highway and turned off my engine then I turned it back on after about 15 minutes and it was driving well until after about 10 minutes of driving the gears wouldn't go past 2nd gear

Filed Apr 24, 2019 · 109,000 miles · NY

This danger of which I complain is not absolute to my vehicle but to all others that are made with such shortcut. In previous decades cars were made with a trunk key and or mechanical cable for opening. My 2005 maxima and most recent vehicles are made with only an electronic button to open the trunk. This is very dangerous. Recently my car lost power at a precarious location and I had no way of accessing the trunk. My flares, my booster cables,all emergency tools, supplies, first aid kit, fire extinguisher, water all locked away in the trunk and I had no access to it. This is not merely inconvenient, but very dangerous. Car manufacturers may say that there is access through the back seat. This, however, is totally inadequate. It is very cumbersome and call for physical maneuver which is very difficult, time consuming and subject to failure. First it is a task in itself to figure out and to get that back seat down. Even when down, there is not enough space to even crawl inside and access things you need. Feeling around in the dark with your hand is not efficient. Furthermore the apparatus to get the trunk door open from that position is not only obscured but physically almost impossible to engage from that position. I propose that it be mandated that vehicles come with a more accessible backup, such as a mechanical cable from the inside of the car or key lock from the outside to open the trunk in case of power failure. This is a real safety issue! One should definitely be able to access necessary and emergency items from the trunk in case of power failure emergency! This may seem like a trivial matter to you only because I may not be able to express the urgency of the situation and the possible devastating effect of this if it continues uncorrected. Please consider this a viable complaint and I urge you to approach this matter with expedition and earnest. Thank you!