2005 Nissan Maxima: CVT failure

Filed Oct 30, 2013 · Transmission · 60,000 miles · NJ

The vehicle began to hard very hard shifts between 1st and 2nd gear during acceleration and deceleration. Recently the car has been shutting off on the road when I drive, there is a hard bang every time I put the car in reverse and drive. I am a survivor of 6 separate cancers, and fear driving this car to and from my check ups and chemo appointments at the hospital. My car shut off on the highway on the way to chemo, and I should not have to fear for my life because of nissans poor manufacturing. I am on disability and do not have the $4,000 nissan told me it would cost to repair the car. This is a common problem that almost every 2004-2006 nissan maxima owner has, but nissan refuses to acknowledge the problem and issue a recall. A quick google search will yield thousands of complaints about the same issue, and nissan refusing to help. This is why in 2007 nissan went to a CVT transmission and warrantied it up to 10years/120k miles (because they knew of the 04-06 failures even though they are not helping those people out). I called nissan consumer affairs and they refused any assistance in helping me fix the problem. I now have to pay $3,450 for a repair due to an issue with nissans worksmanship.

Filed Mar 28, 2013 · Transmission · 60,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while accelerating from a stop sign, the vehicle shifted erratically. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was contacted. The failure mileage was 60,000. Updated 06/18/13*lj the consumer stated the nissan service rep advised that the vehicle does not shift because it has a CVT transmission. When the vehicle would lunge foward a loud thud could be heard. The consumer stated after some researching the failure was found to be in the shift solenoid. The vehicles goes into limp mode. Updated 06/24/2013

Filed Jun 11, 2012 · Transmission · 78,000 miles · CA

Slam shifting into reverse and drive, intermittent rev limitations, high revs with no transmission engagement, stall & rough idle, feels like someone slams into the back of me when I come to a stop, car revs up and then hard jerks forward very dangerous to drive, nissan refuses to acknowledge there is a problem with the CVT transmission and someone is going to be killed.

Filed Nov 25, 2011 · Transmission · 58,000 miles · NV

At 57,000 miles, transmission began shifting extremely hard (jerks) and erratically (cannot predict) when up shifting and down shifting between 1st and 3rd gears. Very nerve-racking to operate the vehicle whenever in slow moving or stop-n-go traffic. Had to maintain very large gap (wider than normal) with vehicles in front to avoid collisions. Paid nissan dealership $3,300 for repair. Nissan does not attempt to repair the transmission, it is simply replaced with a "''nissan factory certified reconditioned" transmission, that only comes with a 1 year warranty. Not much of a warranty for a "''certified reconditioned" transmission costing $3,300! Powertrain had a 5 year/60,000 mile warranty, transmission failed at 57,000 miles, but vehicle was over 5 years old. The fact the nissan dealership did not have to order the replacement transmission(had it in stock), tells me this is a very common issue and repair! The component that fails on thousands of vehicles is the transmission valve body. Countless blogs on internet about this very issue. Since 2006, the nissan maxima have CVT (no shift) transmission. The faulty transmission also caused damage to two out of the three motor mounts, which will cost another $800-$1,000 when repaired. Contacted the north american nissan motor corporation, consumer affairs division in franklin tennessee hoping they would meet me "''somewhere in the middle" to cover part of the repair expense. They told me that the car was out of warranty and they were not going to do anything or help me out. Everyone familiar with this issue knows the nissan motor corporation has known about the inferior transmissions, but yet, failed to do anything for the consumer by way of a "''factory recall." I have been a long-time nissan car owner, going back to the datsun years, and I can tell you this, this will be the last nissan I will ever own!

Filed Feb 10, 2011 · Transmission · 117,000 miles · CA

Bought the car new. Serviced as outlined in owners manual. Transmission started having issues around 70,000 miles. I am in the military and with deployments, wasn't able to get it to a dealer. I have changed transmission fluid numerous times to try and alleviate symptoms to no avail. The transmission has a 2-4 second delay going from p-d or d-p, shifts hard in most gears and slips out of gear randomly. Has almost caused me to be in an accident due to inability to accelerate. Have seen many, many post of owners that list the exact same defects. Nissan has extended warranty for 2007-2010 maximas with CVT transmission but not the 04-06 models for some reason.

Filed Dec 16, 2010 · Transmission · OK

2005 nissan maxima. Consumer states shifting problem with CVT transmission

Filed Nov 18, 2009 · Transmission · 64,000 miles · NY

I have a 05 maxima and for the past 2 months I have had a jerking when I drive the car. It feels like the transmission. When I role of from 5 to 30 MPH the car jerks and it rpms to 5k then drops. Also when I am slowing down the car jerks more. They changed my motor mounts and said that it. The next day it started again. Three weeks later I confronted them again and the stated to me that there is only a recall on the CVT transmission that is in the murano that has a recall. I have spoken to quite a few people that have had the same problem and have gotten the same answer. Its not fair that people spend there hard earned money on an 30,000 car and have to go threw these problems.