2006 Nissan Maxima: stuck in gear or won't shift

Filed Apr 13, 2016 · Driver assistance, Electrical · LA

At 12,500 miles I was driving and it was like someone put it in neutral. Towed the car to the dealer and they changed the transmission. At 34,000 miles, it started knocking and smoking when you first start it. Brought to dealer and the gas was mixing with the oil. My claim was denied so I had to replace the engine. Now at 110,000 miles the car won't shift out of first gear. I'm a single mother and do not have any more money to sink into this lemon.

Filed Mar 15, 2016 · Acceleration, Transmission · 121,000 miles · FL

Driving down the interstate, merging into the exit lane, I pressed the brake pedal to slow down to the light, as soon as I tap the gas pedal the car jumps out of gear and revs to approximately 6,000 RPM. Car then violently kicks back into gear, more than likely damaging all motor mounts and transmission mounts. It does the same thing when driving around small bends and taking turns. It put my car into limp mode in the middle of the street. This has been occurring for roughly the past 6 months

Filed May 4, 2015 · Engine, Transmission · 78,000 miles · VA

Pulling away from a stoplight, the transmission jerked violently from 1st to 2nd gear of the automatic transmission. The vehicle went into "limp mode" only going to 20 miles per hour on a very busy street with no turn off. Car was towed, and new transmission needed. Nissan will not take responsibility for the repair.

Filed Sep 24, 2014 · Transmission · 70,000 miles · TX

My transmission slowly began to kick and jerk. After a while it got worse and worse. It has got me into many near accidents do to either jerking or failed to shift and accelerate. It now will not shift into gear at all, and is currently in the shop. I have seen many complaint about this issue with nissan, and think it is unacceptable that they do not recall these transmissions.

Filed Sep 25, 2013 · Transmission · 79,000 miles · CO

While driving home in rush hour traffic with my 2 kids in the car, at a stop light, my maxima all of a sudden wouldn't shift into gear. The engine would rev, but no movement happened. I tried every gear and was able to get over from the far lane to a parking lot (while almost getting hit twice). My car was towed to the nissan dealership where I was told that the car that I had only had since 06/2010 needed its transmission replaced. Thankfully we had bought the extended warranty. Well, 5 months later in may of 2011, my car started jerking badly when shifting and sometimes didn't want to go into gear when shifting from reverse to drive. Guess what, nissan dealership said the last transmission (2nd one for the car that was 5 years old had 85000 miles on it)was defective and needed to be replaced. Again, it was under warranty because it had been less than 12 mths or 12000 miles on the last transmission they had put in the car. Shockingly, here it is, a little over 2 years later and guess what???? My car isn't wanting to go into reverse or drive without waiting for 30-90 seconds. Called the nissan dealership and they are pretty sure the car needs a new transmission!!!!!! This will be the 4th transmission this 7 year old car has had. It has 125000 miles on the car, shouldn't it just be having transmission issues now???? Oh and to top it all off, the car is no longer covered under the extended warranty and the nissan won't cover the cost of replacing this transmission because it has been more than 12000 miles/12 mths since the last one was put in! Something is definitely wrong with nissan transmissions and I too will be sure to never purchase a nissan ever again and will be sure to let all my friends know not to either!

Filed Jul 31, 2013 · Transmission · 77,000 miles · IL

When driving the car it slams into second and third gear. Then when I put it into reverse it will not go into reverse right away and sometimes it slams into reverse and jerks the car.

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 May 23, 2011 · Transmission · 80,000 miles · MD

Tl* the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving, the transmission independently shifted gears abnormally. The vehicle was taken to a local repair shop where it was diagnosed that the transmission was defective and needed to be replaced. The manufacturer was not made aware of the failure and the vehicle was not repaired. The failure mileage was 80,000 and current mileage was 104,000. The consumer stated the vehicle did not shift properly between 1st and 2nd gear, sometimes not shifting at all. The rmps' were up, but there was no movement. It also responded with a thumping noise when downshifting. Updated 12/05/11

Filed May 16, 2011 · Transmission · 69,200 miles · NJ

Tl*the contact owns a 2006 nissan maxima. The contact stated while driving approximately 15 MPH and shifting from second to first the vehicle would jerk excessively. The vehicle was inspected by the dealer who advised her that she replaced the transmission fluid. After having the fluid replaced she noticed that the shifting became worse. The failure mileage was approximately 69,200. Updated 07/21/11 *bf the consumer stated the transmission was replaced because it would not shift from first to second gear. Updated 07/22/11

Filed Sep 20, 2006 · Transmission · PA

Defective 2006 nissan maxima. *kb *nm. The contact stated that on 06/19/2006 his wife was driving the vehicle to work. She came to a stop sign and when she went to pull out, the vehicle would barely move . It seemed like the transmission would not shift and she could only go 20 MPH after taking off. The same problem recurred often. Took the vehicle to a honda dealer, who hooked it up to computer to look at diagnostic codes. However, the computer did not show anything wrong. Thus, out of the first 35 days since the purchase of the car, it was in the repaie shop 18 days.