2007 Nissan Maxima: jerking or lurching

Filed May 15, 2023 · Acceleration · 147,000 miles · PA

The contact owns a 2007 Nissan Maxima. The contact stated while driving at highway speeds, the accelerator pedal was depressed; however, the vehicle failed to accelerate as designed. The vehicle jerked and then stopped. The vehicle was taken to the local dealer who was unable to duplicate the failure. The vehicle was not repaired. The vehicle was taken to two independent mechanics who were unable to duplicate the failure. The manufacturer was not contacted. The failure mileage was approximately 147,000.

Filed Jan 30, 2017 · Airbags · 100,000 miles · KY · 1 injury

Driver side airbags deployed after driver side door was shut while parked in driveway. Terrible shaking when going 60mph and especially bad when brakes are applied, which then cause a hard jerk or pull to the right. Wheels were all four bent at the time I purchased the car, but dealer never fixed one thing I listed and he agreed to fix or attempted to fix before the sale. Car was repossessed months later and resold at private auction. The new owners need to be aware of the airbags that are missing. This car obviously was in an accident and does not show up on any vehicle history report but I am unable to prove it. The value of the car at the time of purchase was $4,000. The normal was $6,500 at that time. If I had kept the pos, I'd pay over $21,000 with interest and other fees included. This is fraud. I strongly feel like we're dealing with fraud in this situation, but unfortunately I cannot prove it by myself and no one will help me prove it.

Filed Jan 16, 2017 · Transmission · 139,000 miles · NY

The CVT transmission had to be replaced in august 2016. The car was jerky and then wouldn't go into any gear once I pulled it over to the side of the road. Nissan knew there were problems with the CVT's - and had extended the warranty from 5 years and 50,000 miles to 10 years and 100,000 miles. The CVT in my car went at 9 years (under the 10 years) but over the 100,000 miles. Since nissan knew there were problems, they should have recalled the transmissions instead of extending the warranty. It cost me over $3,000 - when it should have been handled with a recall. Nissan also states that they will lower the cost of the refurbished CVT and the repairs if out of warranty - yet the price was $3,119.60.

Filed Nov 16, 2009 · Transmission · 81,000 miles · MD

Car jerks transmission slips, it happens all the time... Except at speeds 55 or higher. Nissan would not fix the car.. I just missed the extended warranty mileage and they will not stand by the product.

Filed Nov 30, 2007 · Engine · 9,801 miles · NC

On wednesday september 19, 2007 I took my car to the dealership because the check engine light was on. As the service advisor checked me in I made him aware that my service engine light was on and my car was periodically stalling. Instead of thoroughly checking my car out, being that I explained that it wasn't running right, the advisor said there were a few transmission codes but they just reset the computer. I continue to drive my car and it still periodically stalled but on friday september 28, 2007 my car began stalling and jerking so I took it back to the dealership. The technician ran a diagnostic test and the same codes from the prior weeks visit came up. They said they would need to keep my car for extensive work. However, they could not start this process until wednesday october 3, 2007, I explained to the advisor that I drove 80 miles a day to my job and would need a loaner vehicle. He said they would not provide me with a loaner vehicle because I did not purchase my car directly through them. The advisor then said the earliest they could get my car in on monday october 1, 2007. I stressed to the advisor that it was still three days away and I had to drive the car 80 miles a day. He just told me not to drive the car too much. The following monday october 1, 2007 as I left my home I could not even make it up the street in my subdivision, my car cut off, I made several attempts to start it again because I had a school bus blocked. I finally got it to the dealership. Needless to say my transmission was bad; they kept my car four days. My car has been in and out of the shop since then and it still is not right. One visit they said that I had a problem with my exhaust system so they kept it two more days. The dealership would not call in a special technician in to found out what was wrong with my car so I contacted consumer affairs. As I stated I drive 80 miles everyday and I do not feel safe driving my car.