Tl*the contact owns a 2005 nissan maxima. While driving 25 MPH, after 10 minutes the vehicle began to jerk and slipped into second gear with extreme force. The gears would slip from first to the second gear and then to third gear. The dealer stated that the contact had to replace the transmission. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 75000 and the current mileage was 76005.
2005 Nissan Maxima transmission complaints
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Tl*the contact owns a 2005 nissan maxima. The contact stated that the transmission failed when she was driving, regardless of the speed. When she tried to shift into reverse the vehicle would hesitate before shifting into gear. The vehicle also make a clanking noise when the transmission failed. The vehicle was not repaired and nissan was not notified. The failure mileage was approximately 74,000. The current mileage was approximately 92,000.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 nissan maxima. While driving approximately 50-55 MPH he heard a banging noise coming from the transmission. He pulled over to the side of the road and turned the vehicle off. He then restarted the vehicle and the noise continued. He drove the vehicle to the dealer and was advised that the transmission needed replacing. The vehicle had not been repaired. The failure mileage was 65,000 and the current mileage was 89,000.
2005 nissan maxima with less than 100k miles was taken to nissan service shop and was said to need a part replaced in trans. And timing chain needs replacing along with motor mounts. After reviewing many websites this year make and model vehicle has 1000 with the same problem. Tried taking to 2 different nissan reps and was told there was nothing they could or would do about their faulty product.. Would like to know what else or who else I could speak with about this matter. I have owned 4 prior nissans and have never had problems and seeing that this issue seems to be in this vehicle I do feel that they are somewhat responsible.
As with many other complaints on this site, my 2005 nissan maxima is having significant transmission problems. Hard shifting between 1st and 2nd and sometimes between 2nd and third. I was warned about the fact that nissan's have great engines but that they make their at on the cheap. I should have listened based on the other complaints I have seen on the 2005 maxima. I have maintained the care very well, and would have expected better performance from nissan. I have driving a honda to over 170k miles, and a mitsubishi to over $180k with no significant problems. This will be the last nissan I buy. I am going to buy another honda as soon as I can get my piece of crap nissan sold. Based on how many of these similar complaints that I have seen on many other automotive sites on the internet, it seems there should be a recall on the 05' maxima transmission. So sad, because nissan seems to be falling behind even some of the american automakers as far as quality goes. No more nissans for me.
I have a 2005 maxima, and I am having the exact same problems as everyone else is having. I bought a nissan a month ago because everyone says they are great cars. I loved it at first, but now that this is happening I will never buy one again. The people at nissan really need to get their stuff straight and figure out what's wrong with all of these transmissions, and they need to fix it.
2005 nissan maxima se transmission slip when putting veh into gear from p to r or p to drive, etc... Also when coming to deceleration, the veh slams into lower gear jerking veh excessively. Possible safety issue if veh cannot engage into lower gear when coming to stop in traffic or in front of pedestrians! Thousands of blogs with customers having similar issues on consumeraffairs.com and edmunds.com... Nissan is not helping people with this safety defect!!! They need to issue recall for this matter.
I have a 05 nissan maxima, with 65000 miles. It just started giving me real bad transmission problems for about a week now. It's been jerking and shifting hard in 2nd and 3rd gear. I took my vehicle to a mechanic to receive a transmission flush thinking that would solve the solution, unfortunately it didn't. 2 days later, it started giving me the same problem. So I decided to take the maxima to the nissan dealership thinking they would solve the problem. They informed me that the cost would be $ 4,000.00 to replace the transmission. My car is no longer under warranty. I pamper my car and up to this point have loved everything about my maxima. What course of action did you take in getting your car fixed? Please email me to let me know what I can do to get this resolved at [xxx]. Information redacted pursuant to the freedom of information act (foia), 5 u.s.c. 552(b)(6).
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan maxima. While driving at 2 MPH, the vehicle independently slipped into third gear and began making an abnormal rattling sound from the transmission. The dealer advised that the transmission would need to be replaced. The contact stated the transmission had been replaced twice previously. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 98,000.
I own a 05' maxima with 102,000, and I am having transmission problems since around the 70,000 mile mark. I tried to flush it and nothing seems to work. It shifts out funny from 1st to 2nd and down shifts real hard when u come to a stop. I've read alot of the same complaints and something needs to be done about this problem, because I love the performance and I don't wont to trade it in because of the money I have dropped into it, and can't afford another car payment!!!!
After reporting transmission problem to nissan twice and was told there was nothing wrong with my transmission I was on the highway and the car would not accelerate because of the transmission causing me to almost be struck by another car. I did my research to find that not only have many consumers complained about the same issue for nissan maxima 2004-2006 transmission but nissan is refusing o recall these transmissions as they are faulty and can also be deadly due to the nature of jerking and car not kicking into gears.
Transmission problems with 1st to 2nd gear shift. The problem occurs daily and it is getting worse. Extended warranty has expired and nissan will not fix or replace.
I had a nissan maxima 2005 and it has serious problems with the transmission. This one is giving kicks between 1st, 2nd and 3rd shift and when you are driving it between 25 to 30. Mph is overaccelerating then it change the shift and it feels like mule kick, the car and this thing almost cause and accident 3 ft more and my car it was going to hit the front car... Please there are a lot of nissan maximas with exactly the same problem and nissan doesn't want to take care about this and is not only transmission the engine mounts are getting damaged too and this is serious because the engine can be damaged too.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 nissan maxima. The contact stated that the transmission began slipping november 2009; she stated that shifting gears was difficult. She also noted that the vehicle would not accelerate intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer where the contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced; the transmission was replaced at that time. A month later, the failure occurred again. The vehicle was taken back to the dealer where another transmission was installed. In july 2010, the failure occurred again. The vehicle was in the dealers possession when the complaint was filed. The manufacturer was not notified. The current mileage was approximately 104,000. The failure mileage was 83,943.updated 10/27/10.
Transmission problems for 05 nissan maxima. Recall should be issued. There are numerous complaints all over the web. The company needs to be brought to justice.
2005 nissan maxima auto transmission. Vehicle randomly jerks violently when shifting from first to second gear and from second to first gear. This problem does not always happen, but it is getting more frequent. Just purchased the vehicle with 55,000 miles on it, less than 10,000 miles later I am being told I will need to replace the transmission. I was quoted $ 4,200 by the dealer. This is not under warranty.
The transmission jerks so when driven it stops twice n shakes.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan maxima. The contact stated that the vehicle would jerk into first gear when braking to a full stop and the check engine warning light would illuminate. The vehicle was taken to a local repair facility where the transmission was rebuilt. The vehicle operated as normal for approximately one year following the repair. The failure recurred and the vehicle was taken to a transmission specialist where they were unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired and the failure persisted. Neither the dealer or the manufacturer had not been contacted in regards to the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 105,000 and the current mileage was approximately 119,000. The VIN was not available.
I purchase a 2005 nissan maxima and now the transmission jerks which cause the car to accelerate from gear to gear. I have spoken to nissan about this and they are aware of the problem but will not fix it. After reading more than a hundred complaints this is happening on a regular basis with models from 2004 to 2006 and I think nissan needs to take responsibility for there product and recall the year models that affected by there faulty transmission system. Please look into this and hold nissan accountable for there cars.
Tl*the contact owns a 2005 nissan maxima. While traveling 0 to 5 MPH the contact attempted to accelerate and the vehicle lunged forward and hesitated to accelerate. The vehicle was taken to a local mechanic where the engine mount was replaced; however, the failure continued to occur. The vehicle was taken back to the local mechanic where the contact was informed that the transmission needed to be replaced. The vehicle was not serviced. The failure mileage was 80000 and the current mileage was 85000.
My transmission skips and runs rough from 1st and 2nd gear... The nissan maxima is 2005 and has 127,000 miles. This started when the car was at 119,000 now it's getting worse.
2005 nissan maxima started having transmission problems at or near 73,000 miles. Problems consist of the following: while shifting from drive to reverse and vice versa, the engine jumps/jerks; while driving the engine will hesitate to accelerate, revs and then jump. Currently, the vehicle has over 80,000 miles. Unfortunately we have not been able to get it assessed by a nissan dealership because we live in italy (military). We had the vehicle assessed locally and the prognosis was that the transmission is going bad. We move back to the states in a couple of months and the first order of business will be a stop at the nissan dealership. We anticipate the same runaround that everyone else has been getting. Please note: we would like to be included in any and all class action lawsuits. We pay off our max next month!
2005 maxima jerking between gears. Occurs constantly. Taken to 2 repair shops and had transmission fluid changed without resolve. Told need new transmission by both shops.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan maxima. He stated while driving at speeds of 30 MPH, the gears began shifting without warrant. The vehicle was not taken to the dealer for diagnostic testing or repairs. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure and current mileages were 91,000.
I purchased an 2005 nissan maxima se and have experiencing a jerking problem on the transmission. I feel extremely dangerous driving this car as it will not speed and accelerate and decelerate at a normal speed.
I am the original owner for my 2005 nissan maxima, at approximately 80k mi my car began hesitating slightly. I took my car to the nissan dealer and was told that the problem was not detectable with a diagnostic machine, but the technician indicated that the problem was possibly a missing engine mount. I was also told that a transmission flush may also help the problem. The flush found no particles and did not stop the hesitation. My lease ended and I decided to keep the car. This hesitation has gotten progressively worst over time and culminated with almost lost of power while traveling from my home to the mall tonight. The car had very little power and made a low humming sound. I put my hazards on as other cars whizzed by. By the time I pulled into the restaurant and tried to back into a parking space the car would not drive. I turned it off then on again that helped and I was able to reverse. Going home the car would not accelerate and the RPM needle kept going up to 4-5 then hesistated before coming down. I am scheduled to work tomorrow and I must now see about having the car towed to the dealership for evaluation. I am at a lost I just don't know what to do. I seen many other complaints about the 2005 nissan but no recall. I can't afford to buy a new car as I still owe 12000 and I am afraid my daughter and I are not safe in this car. Please help.
Transmission on 2005 nissan is not operating normally. This is an on-going problem and occurs when engine is warm. Transmission has a hard "clunk" going from 2nd to 3rd gear on acceleration...and from 4th to 3rd...3rd to 2nd on deceleration. Transmission recently went into "safe" mode where it's always in 4th or 5th gear. Check engine light is intermittent. Car drives normally at highway speed, but on acceleration or deceleration the transmission could fail at any time, creating a dangerous driving situation. If you "google" nissan maxima transmission problems, thousands of postings on numerous blogs detail this exact problem. Nissan has known about these transmission failures for years. The cars usually experience the transmission 'issue' between 45/50 thousand miles and 70/75 thousand. Out of warranty. The maxima transmission is not a component that can be easily repaired as I have had a transmission expert take it apart. Nissan puts a new (or rebuilt) transmission in. Cost is 2k-4k (or more). Is this a problem that has been reported before?
I have a 2005 nissan maxima. For the last 2 years I have been experiencing problems with my car hesitating and the RPM raises very high while driving. I have also been experiencing heavy engine vibrations while braking when driving. I took nissan service and have a diagnostic done and they came back with a code for the transmission. They suggested that I have the transmission flushed, which I had done 6 months prior. Nevertheless, I had it flushed again and the problem continued to escalate. I decided to look on the internet to see if I could possibly find a solution. I found that these problems were common with many 2004-2005 maxima owners and have been reported to nissan for many years, but they refused to recall these vehicles. In each case the problem began right after the warranty expired, which makes me think they were built like this purposely. I am now getting a shift malfunction code and was advised to replace the transmission. These are very expensive vehicles and it is just inexcusable for nissan to install faulty motor mounts and transmissions in them and not take responsibility for the repairs.
I have a 2005 nissan maxima with some serious transmission issues. The first time I ever felt the trans shift roughly was at about 35k miles, I thought nothing of it at the time because it was so random and the car was new. Throughout the next 30k miles or so it would happen so randomly that it would never cause any serious concern, it would be during a descent down a hill when it would downshift or at rpms higher than 2500 as it downshifts. At about 70k the trans started to show some slipping, only after it would warm up at about 20 to 30 miles of driving. This caused for some concern, my wife has driven this car and we have a two-year old daughter, so I know for certain that the car was not abused. I took the car to a local dealership and soon there after they called stating that the trans will need to be changed out and of course since the warranty so conveniently just ran out I would have to pay $3500. This is my first nissan so I did a lot of research on line trying to see if there is others out there with similar issues, and did I find out that there is... Apparently the 04 and the 05 maximas have a major trans issue that nissan is failing to admit to. I am having a hard time to get them to acknowledge the issue and assist me with the cost associated with a new trans. I just think that nissan needs to address this asap. My car is still drivable so my wife will drive as long as possible, hopefully something will be done before the car completely brakes down.
I am having problems with the transmission in my car. When I drive and put the car in drive it jerks really hard. When I am accelerating it drags like it doesn't want to go and then jerks and starts back up to speed. Nissan said it is a transmission problem. My car was only 4 years old when I first noticed the problem and nissan would not fix it. I see tons of complaints about this very issue and they have defective transmissions and don't want to admit, but I think someone needs to make them accountable.. $4800 is not pocket change, and most people don't have that kind of money. They should fix this for free.
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