I purchased a 2006 nissan maxima in november 2005 brand new from the dealer w/ 3 year warranty / 5 year powertrain. I've done all services, maintenance, etc. My powertrain warranty (engine/trans) just expired 2 months ago. My car is doing 54,508 miles. Once it hit the 54,500 mark the transmission started to fail. It would jerk extremely bad w/ a 5 second delay from n - d, n - r, r - d, & d - r (all of those combinations). While driving it downshifts hard in slows the car (could be fatal). It's very difficult to control the car w/ this transmission issue. I'm checked with the dealer and they are absolutely reluctant to fix the issue since I'm out of warranty. I checked online to see if there are any recalls / similar issues. I've seen countless of people state the same issue when approaching 60k on the car. Nissan needs to see this is a huge safety hazard. I almost had the transmission jam/stick while at an intersection. I could of seriously been injured while making a left turn on a green light w/ oncoming traffic, having my faulty transmission wait a 5 seconds and jolt like a car just hit me. I'm not sure who can help but this needs to be addressed and I feel this is solely their responsibility.
2006 Nissan Maxima transmission complaints
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The transmission slips and bangs into gear just like is common with lots of other owners and it conveniently happens right after your warranty runs out!
2006 nissan maxima started jerking and slipping while driving. It occurs quite often daily but then some days not at all. I called the dealership and was told that it is out of warranty. It started around 80,000 miles. I was also told that changing the fluid would just damage it worse I just need to replace the transmission.
Purchased a 06 maxima in aug 2009, in october of 2010 the car started jerking when driving it. At first it would have happen every now and then and then it would jerk and mist every other day. Check engine light came on and the car was taken to a nissan dealer and was told the catalytic converter was bad and that it was still under warranty, had car fixed and after driving the car for 3 days it started jerking, the nissan service dept was contacted and stated that none of the sensors displayed a problem and advised me to change the grade of gas from premium to mid-grade. I did what they recommended and the car continued to jerk and mist. The jerking would cause the car to slow down the RPM would quickly flip to 4 or 5 all this would happen while driving the car at a speed of 20-30 MPH. I am very disappointed with nissan because I believed that nissan cars were very good and reliable vehicles.
Nissan 2006 maxima se, transmission problem. Car violently jerks between 2 and 3rd gear, revs up to 5 rpms. Nissan refuses to acknowledge defective transmission after thousands of complaints. Occurrence is daily, the recommend 5k repair bill.
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.
Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact was driving 20 MPH when the vehicle began violently jerking and switching gears independently. The vehicle was taken to the dealer but was not repaired or diagnosed. The contact did not inform the manufacturer of the failure. The current mileage was 111,950 and the failure mileage was 90,000. Updated 03/03/11 *bf updated 03/08/11
My 06 nissan maxima has 91 thousand miles on it's transmission but for the last 10 thousand miles it has I can feel the change of gears when I accelerate the car. I thought this was normal, but reading a lot of forums I was wrong. I even changed the transmission oil at 50 thousand miles to make sure it last longer. But that's not the case. I feel ripped off and screwed. Also when I park it moves 4 inches in either direction and its getting worse. I do oil changes regularly and have receipts to proof it. Thank you
I purchased a 2006 nissan maxima in 2009 the vehicle with approx. 67,000 as fine for the first 2 months. Here is where my problems started to occur, when turning towards the highway I accelerated to speed the car hesitated and was putting then the check engine light went on. Once I returned from out of state I contacted the dealership empire nissan in lakewood, colorado and let them know what the situation was, the salesmen stated to disconnect the wire to the battery to reset the light, I did that and it went right back on after a couple of starts. I took the vehicle to a local mechanic where he said it was the oxygen sensor? It was replaced, then the vehicle was fine for awhile until the odometer read approx. 75,000 I noticed that if I was going down a hill at a fast pace then pushed the brakes to slow down the RPM's revved up to 5 and the engine would make a loud noise to accompany the RPM's at 5. Vehicle has been worse ever since I noticed that, it then started to slip in gear, going from r to d or d to r once shifter is in place it would pause then jerk into gear. Took the vehicle to aamco they stated that it was the motor mounts and also the fluids to the transmission. $700 later the vehicle is worse! Now the car while in motion will kick and jerk hard in gear while the RPM's go all the way up to 5. When car comes to a stop with foot on the break car will jump forward. My latest incident is when at a stop and move to accelerate the car starts off as if it was in 5th gear! Got the car home and put the shifter in manual transmission and it reads the engine is in 5th gear. I am a single mother of 4 young children, the car is so unpredictable, whether it is going to jerk into gear or completely stall out. There has to be something done with the transmission before someone gets killed driving this same type of car, there are several pages of complaints on the same issue with the same car, please please do a recall on the transmission of the 2006 nissan maxima!!!!!!
I recently purchased a 2006 nissan maxima and have been experiencing some problems with it. After about a 2 months of purchasing it, it starting jerking while driving it. I didn't think anything of it since it stopped for a while. Then some weeks later it did it again causing me to almost rearend someone. Hear it is months later and I was heading home from work and the car just quit on me in the middle of a busy highway. It was cold outside and extremely dangerous. So now I have to get this car towed to the transmission shop to see what's going on with it. I have been reading thousands of complaints of very similar situations. Many people are having problems with the transmissions in early model nissan maximas. I have been hearing that these people are paying thousands of dollars trying to repair these cars. I am very scared to hear what the dealer and other shops are going to say. This car has 89,000 miles on it with no warranty.
I purchased a 2006 nissan maxima with approx. 16,000 miles in september 2006. In 2009 with appox. 50,000-60,000 miles on the car, the transmission started to slip. It jerks when I put the car in reverse and drive, it shifts up and down hard and it jerks when I am at a complete stop with my foot on the break.
Purchased 2006 maxima. Transmission slips and knocks!! The car only had approx 80k miles when this started!! We have replaced motor mounts but the problem still occurs. It is becoming more frequent as well. I did some research and this apparently is a problem for many owners starting in 2004. We are still paying on this car!
I bought my 2006 nissan maxima se in 2007 with about 8k miles on it. The regularly maintained car now has a little under 81k miles and is having transmission problems. It started with the car jerking and a loud noise when shifting from drive to reverse and reverse to drive. Now the car is jerking when accelerating. The car stalls then surges forward. I took my car to my local mechanic because I can not afford to pay the $100 fee the dealership charges just to look at the vehicle. I was told the transmission is deteriorating. I started looking for information about it and came across an abundance of testimonies from people with the exact experience as me all within the same mileage and it seems nissan is not doing anything about it. I guess someone will need to die before this issue is taken seriously. I am so done with nissan, is there anything legally that can be done for nissan to hear our voices for a recall to happen. Its to many people with the same complaints for this issue not to be addressed.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving 25 MPH, the vehicle began to jerk and stall. The vehicle was taken to an authorized dealer who stated that the transmission needed to be replaced. The manufacturer had not been notified. The failure mileage was approximately 75,000.
2006 nissan maxima.....transmission problem...jerks violently from 2-3rd, and from 3-2nd..also sporadically slips...dangerous when pulling into traffic...
Transmission slipping.
I purchased my 06' maxima in 08' I had it for about 2 months and the cd player doesnt play any thing it skips spits the cd out and an error mesg. Comes up. I took it to the dealer and they "fixed it" so they say 1 week later it starts with the same issue I called and they said they can do anything about it maybe its the cd. So I never got that issue fixed. An other issue is my car has about 70k miles and every time the car goes 20-30 MPH it has a hard hit to change gears every time. My car get serviced every 3-4 months and now I need a new tranmission!! I only work about 20 miles from where I live how can that be? Also I had to replace some kind of brake part. Every time I went to brake the car made this noise and it started to shake the sound was this grinding sound then an other sound started like when you press the brakes and the roads are wet. But shaking real bad. I went to the dealer and they said its w & t on the car. When I asked him how offten this happens and he said not that offten so how can that be? Other than that its little thing like my truck lock doesnt stay put I have to tighten the bolts of it once aweek please make nissan do a re-call I have read all the compalints and they are all the same and expensive issue.
Driving to work in my 2006 nissan maxima se, hard downshift while coming to a red light, car seems to have violent jerking when downshifting. Only 64k bought vehicle brand new.
2006 nissan maxima, purchased from stone mountain nissan in stone mountain, ga on 2-16-08, is experiencing hard shifting in low gears (2-3rd gear). The transmission drops when shifting from park to reverse as well as from park to drive. Every time I took car back to dealer they say "they can't replicate the problem" on thanksgiving 2010, I was traveling on the road with the babies when the car suddenly make this long jerking movement. Car is unsafe to drive. Dealer now says transmission needs replaced. (remember, they never could replicate the problem!)
I purchased a brand new 2006 nissan maxima. I have my car serviced every three months and now at only 69,000 milieus my transmission has failed. A few months after purchasing my vehicle I noticed a ?whining? Noise when accelerating. I took the car back to the dealer several times for this issue and was told by the service manager that the mechanic could find no issue. I believe that there is a transmission defect on the 2006 nissan maxima and there should be a recall.
My transmission begins to slip and jerk and get stuck now my car has 94000 miles on it the diagnostic computer reads shift malfunction and from what I have heard and read this is a fairly common problem for this model my aunt has the same car and hers has started doing it to. It is obviously not the consumers fault or anything the consumer could prevent I think nissan recall this because it is very dangerous when you are sitting at a red light and you car slips out of gear.
My 06 maxima transmission starts slipping around 62,000. When its going up shift around 20-30 MPH it starts to jerk really hard. And also when im slowing down.
My 2006 nissan maxima sl's transmissions jerks very hard into gear after a slow down or when put in reverse. As soon as I enter an expressway ramp, my car jerk so hard into gear that I almost lost control and went off the ramp. I took my car to a nissan dealership who said that I need a new transmission even though I only have 82000 miles on my car. ( I purchased an extended 100,000 mile warranty from nissan when I bought the car).that dealership told me I would have to take it to the dealership that I bought it from. When I took it there, they said that they could not duplicate the problem that I described. I know that I'm not crazy and I have read of numerous complaints of the same kind.bottom line is my transmission was not fixed by nissan and I'm afraid to drive this car.
I own a 2006 nissan maxima and the transmission jerks between gears, and slips it has 80k miles on it. I think nissan should take care of this problem. And that I see the complaints im not the only one. Please help!
I own a 2006 nissan maxima that now has 84,000 miles. Around 80k the car starting making severe jerking moves when changing into and from lower gears (1st to 2nd, 2nd to 3rd). This has to be dangerous because the RPM will surge and the car will move forward and slip out of gear. I have read numerous blogs and nissan help blogs of owners that have maxima's between 2004-2006 all complaining of the exact same problem! I have taken the vehicle to multiple nissan dealerships and have had the transmission fluid changed twice! The car improved for a short time but is now doing the same thing. Please do something and make nissan review this very serious problem. Please help before someone gets injured or much worse. Nissan corporate is slow to respond and aware that this is an issue and has in some cases replaced the transmission and in others denied a problem exists. It depends on the dealership and how great of an advocate they will be for you. This is clearly a safety issue. Please help. The vehicle is unsafe to drive once this condition appears. Thanks.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving 25 MPH, the vehicle stalled. The vehicle also jerked while the contact shifted gears. The vehicle had not been inspected or repaired but the contact believed the failure to be within the transmission. The failure mileage was approximately 82,000.
I have just purchased a 2006 maxima that has a terrible problem somewhere in the transmission. When I'm driving I can feel the car slip out of gear and cause it to violently jerk like a rear end collision except there is not one. I don't have any lights on to detect a problem but I have seen online that others have had the same issue. I do not want to be the next one dead on the interstate because of a faulty transmission. This problem needs to be addressed because the transmission does not function properly. I bought this car because I thought nissan made quality cars and cared about their buyers but now I've seen that so far nothing has been done about this. Without a light detecting this problem a lot of service people are unable to find the cause. I care about my family and now will have no other way to work because of this issue.
My 2006 nissan maxima has been experiencing a slip in the transmission. The other day I tried to cross a street and it slipped almost causing a crash with a semi truck that could not have stopped in time. It finally caught but was a close call. Nissan has done nothing to admit or address the issues with the transmission and I have read many similar stories online. What can be done to hold nissan responsible. There needs to be some type of press coverage. Does someone have to die before anything is done.
The power train manual transmission has a defect that causes it to go out. I have already been told its a manufactures defect but the company refuses to pay for my repairs because its after my warranty. I think that if the made a faulty product they should be held responsible. Not the consumer. I will supply my VIN number but after I am contacted. Thank you.
Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact stated that the vehicle would jerk in first and second gear. It also emitted smoke into the vehicle. The transmission was rebuilt at the dealer. The transmission failed again. The vehicle had not been repaired. The contact called the manufacturer who offered no assistance. The VIN was unavailable. The current mileage was approximately 126,000. The failure mileage was approximately 100,000.
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