2006 Nissan Maxima: sudden unintended acceleration

Filed Jul 9, 2014 · Acceleration · 60,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving at 10 MPH, the vehicle accelerated without warning. The contact mentioned that the failure was experienced several times. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the failure was unable to be duplicated. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 60,000 and the current mileage was 84,000.

Filed Jun 10, 2014 · Transmission · 100,010 miles · CT

While driving through the town of westport, ct, the car started to jerk and then it was difficult to get past 25 miles per hour and then all of a sudden the car shut off a couple of times. I then made it to a gas station and after a few minutes it started up and I made it home. I have now been told that there is a problem with the transmission on my car that causes jerking, gear slipping and sudden acceleration and cut offs that nissan is aware of (on the 2006 nissan maxima models) and they have not addressed any of these problems or issues. I guess they will wait until someone gets killed before something happens. It is going to cost me $3000.00 to get my car fixed when it should be free because of the defect in the transmission on this model year car.

Filed May 28, 2014 · Brakes · 70,000 miles · NJ

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact stated that the vehicle lunged forward while the brakes were engaged intermittently. The vehicle was taken to an independent mechanic on three occasions, who diagnosed that there was an ABS brake system failure causing transmission and engine damages. The manufacturer was notified of the failure. The approximate failure mileage was 70,000. Updated 08/11/14*lj updated 08/13/2014

Filed Apr 23, 2014 · Engine, Transmission · 65,000 miles · AR

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact stated that the vehicle would lunge forward while the brakes were engaged. The vehicle was taken to a dealer where the technician diagnosed that the transmission was separating from the engine. No repairs were made to the vehicle. The manufacture was made aware of the failure. The failure mileage was 65,000 and the current mileage was 108,000.

Filed Jun 6, 2013 · Transmission · 100,000 miles · AZ · crash

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while stopped at a traffic stop light, the vehicle lunged forward and crashed into another vehicle. There were no injuries and a police report was not filed. Additionally, the contact stated that the vehicle stalled intermittently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer for diagnosis where the technician stated that the transmission would have to be replaced. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The VIN was not available. The approximate failure mileage was 100,000.

Filed Apr 2, 2013 · Transmission · 104,000 miles · CA

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving 20 MPH, the vehicle began to jerk and lunged forward independently. The contact performed online research and determined that there was a transmission failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The failure and current mileage was 104,000.

Filed Feb 11, 2013 · Transmission · 102,223 miles · IA · crash

Sudden acceleration after the brakes were applied. Vehicle 1 hit two other vehicles, minor damage to them and then vehicle 1 flipped onto the driver's side. No one was injured. Nissan maxima has been serviced twice for sudden acceleration at the nissan dealership. The nissan maxima was judged to be a total loss due to the damage incurred.

Filed Aug 15, 2012 · Engine, Transmission · 51,000 miles · NY

I drove to work which is about 10 miles from my residence,parked to retrieve some paprework then returned to my vehicle. I started my vehicle and placed the transmission in drive,with my foot on the brakes as required while changing gears.there was a big time delay before the transmission engaged into the drive position.there also was a loud and very hard "bang" causing me to be forced rearward in the seat and the vehicle jumped forward, as if there was not a foot on the brakes. At this point the vehicle is engaged in the drive position. I spoke to a representative at the dealership where I bought the vehicle new in april of 2006,all they had to say is I must pay $109 for a diagnosis of the problem and hopefully they could duplicate it. I also spoke to nissan america consumer hotline and they also said that I must have it dealt with through the dealer, and they will see what they could do .at the time of this entry,the vehicle has 55000 mile exact. I have been on numerous site online and saw compliants about the same problem, with the transmission as a known fault. Transmissions from nissan between the years of 2004 to 2007.all the complainants states they have not gotten any solution from nissan america.

Filed Feb 15, 2012 · Acceleration · 28,000 miles · FL

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact stated that the vehicle suddenly accelerated while entering a park area. The rpms increased to 6,000 abnormally as the contact applied the brake and shifted into park. The vehicle returned to normal function. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure but the vehicle was not repaired. The failure and the current mileage was 28,000. Updated 03/05/12*lj updated 03/08/12

Filed Jan 23, 2012 · Transmission · CA

I was happy driving home with new rims after buying my 2006 maxima and was turning into my parking spot and needed to back-up because of space restrictions. I placed the vehicle back into drive and it did not go into gear, there was lag and a clunk back to 1st gear. Happy to sad in less than 1 second, I became. The vehicle hesitated at times and now it does it more often. Even when I drive it clunks into the lower gears and now the car feels like the transmission disengages from the motor. The rpms flare up to 8000 then catch gear which makes my tires chirp causing my head to go back by the sudden acceleration change.

Filed Sep 10, 2011 · Transmission · 94,000 miles · CA

My 06 maxima sl is jerking on the upshift from 1st to 2nd and 2nd to 3rd, sometimes even on the downshift. The jerking is so unpredictable and very dangerous. It's been going on for a few weeks now. I had my co workers in my car at my lunch break and the car was coming to a stop slowing down from 15 MPH and the car jumped forward after downshifting from 2nd to 1st gear. My car jumped into the intersection and was almost hit by a ford 150 truck. Luckily the truck swerved out of the way and it scared everyone in the car. I took it to the nissan dealership and they said they did not know what the problem was after running a diagnostics. They recommended me changing my transmission fuel. I changed my transmission fuel and the problem is still happening. This problem should be a recall. After reading online of all the thousands of people who are having the same problem I feel it's only a matter of time before I end up in a terrible accident due to the jerking of the transmission hurting my self or other people.

Filed Jan 27, 2011 · Transmission · 55,000 miles · FL

I purchased my 06 maxima when it had 52,000 miles. After a few weeks I noticed the shifting is not proper and sudden jerking when shifting in r or d. Eventually the jerking got worst and currently at nearly 72,000 miles it has gotten very scary. At times I feel like someone has rear ended the car. Last week, while making an exit from a highway the car suddenly accelerated and got out of control. I noticed that the transmission had slipped while I was going at around 50 MPH. Since then I noticed the transmission is slipping constantly. I have been contacting dealers and they claim this is not a problem they know about regarding this model year. But as it seems, there are hundreds or perhaps thousands of posts all over the internet from people with the same exact problem in the same exact model maxima. I will not allow my wife to drive the car anymore since I noticed last week that the slip could be very dangerous at high speeds. I sure hope a fatal accident would not be the cause to wake up nissan to help resolve the issue.