2011 Nissan Maxima: complete transmission failure

Filed Jan 18, 2022 · Transmission · NY

Transmission failed on my vehicle at 40,000 miles while I was in the middle of traffic. My car stopped accelerating without warning and I nearly got into an accident

Filed Mar 31, 2021 · Transmission · 106,000 miles · IL

On the night of february 16, my teenage daughter was driving my 2011 nissan maxima when she came to a stop at a traffic light. When the light turned green, she moved her foot off the brake and began to accelerate when the vehicle all of a sudden would not move. She applied her foot to the accelerator several times but the vehicle still would not move. After several more attempts, the vehicle jerked forward in a violent manner but luckily, there was no other car ahead of her or I'm afraid a more serious event would have occurred. This all happened rather abruptly, without any advance warning or indication of a potential problem. The next day I took the vehicle to my local nissan service center to have it diagnosed. The technician informed me a code indicated 'transmission fluid pressure low' (even though it contained plenty of fluid) and advised a complete transmission replacement was needed at a cost of $7,138. This was the diagnosis despite no dashboard warning or service engine light indicator, as I indicated above. Upon returning home and researching the issue online, I discovered that this problem seems to be very common. I learned that nissan has had major issues with the continuously variable transmission (CVT), including several class action lawsuits and other legal matters which subsequently resulted in nissan extending the powertrain warranty on 2003-2010 nissan vehicles and settling other lawsuits for newer model vehicles. However, model years 2011 and 2012 were not covered under these settlements despite having the same exact CVT. I have reached out to nissan north america but they have not acknowledged liability or responsibility. Such a shame because the vehicle has not had any issues until this incident. It only has 106,000 miles but now I'm worried about what might happen if it is being driven.

Filed Mar 31, 2021 · Transmission · 95,000 miles · IL

My car is very reliable until now with only 105,000 miles? My problem started about september 2020 when I started to hear my car make a rough sound suddenly, like a winding noise when I accelerate and when I let off the gas as well. I didn't think much of it until I took it to a nissan dealer to have them check it out. They called me the next day tell me I need a new transmission and its going to be around $5,500. Which I don't have especially in this pandemic. Also they told me if I get the new transmission it only comes with 1 year warranty. Nissan only covers it until 60,000 miles which I don't believe people buying a new nissan expect it to go further then that! My issue is that nissan is putting in these faulty transmissions knowing that it will fail soon and only give you 1 year warranty if you do replace it after pay 5,500?

Filed Mar 4, 2021 · Acceleration, Engine · 113,000 miles · CA

My car has less than 113,500 miles and started losing power and coasting, the speed would fluctuate and something sounds loose in the engine. I took it to lithia nissan in fresno ca on blackstone and they told me the CVT belt needs to be replaced thereby causing the car to need a whole new transmission at $5738.96. The car was in motion.

Filed Aug 26, 2020 · Transmission · AR

Tl* the contact owns a 2011 nissan maxima. The contact stated that while driving, the vehicle shut down and the service engine light illuminated. The vehicle was taken to the landera nissan dealer, located at: 371 e. Goodman rd, south haven, ms 38671 where the transmission was replaced. The failure recurred and the vehicle was taken to the cannon nissan of blytheville dealer, located at: 305 n service rd, blytheville, ar 72315, where it was diagnosed that the transmission failed. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that nothing could be done. The failure mileage was unknown.

Filed Oct 19, 2018 · Acceleration, Driver assistance · 113,532 miles · MS

On my way to work as I was driving down the highway my 2011 nissan maxima all of the sudden would no longer speed up. The vehicle was on and as I tried to accelerate while driving down the highway the speedometer went to 0 MPH but the RPM would climb. I luckily was able to steer the car into an empty parking lot. My car had no check engine/service engine lights on. There were no warnings. I thought it was the speed sensor due to the original diagnostic code of p0500 and tried replacement but that did not solve the issue. My vehicle was towed to a nissan dealership who said it was showing 'pages full of codes' and they told me that my transmission needed to be completely replaced and that 'it just happens.' prior to this total failure I experienced absolutely zero signs of transmission failure. There were no warning lights (check engine/service engine soon), no slipping/jerking, leaking, nothing at all. After researching the potential cause of transmission failure in my make/model/year vehicle I found there were many 2011 owners who were experiencing the same issue, total transmission failure without warning.

Filed Mar 28, 2018 · Transmission · 85,000 miles · MA

Takata recall. After being told a part on my transmission was broken I immediately got it fixed. When on the highway the car would rev to high RPM on its own. I immediately took it back to the mechanic. They told me I needed a whole new transmission that is on back order by nissan. It's been a month without my car and transmission isn't recalled even after being on back order. My maxima has only 90000 miles and this shouldn't be an issue for a newer 2011 maxima. I just want to prevent anyone else from being tricked into purchasing a car with a faulty transmission without knowing it's issues. Needs to be recalled!

Filed Jun 12, 2017 · Transmission · AL

Takata recall. Car made a noise and then stalled. Pulled over and car would not go in drive or reverse. Transmission went out in vehicle.

Filed Jun 4, 2017 · Transmission · 110,000 miles · VA

Vehicle was in motion on the highway and I was in heavy traffic. Attempted to accelerate and the car did not respond. I coasted to the emergency lane. My cars transmission would not engage. I was stranded on the side of the freeway for two hours, until the tow truck arrived. Upon further investigation I found that nissan maxima's were recalled from 2003-2010 for CVT transmission failures. Nissan doubled the warranty (10 years, 120,000 miles). My vehicle had the same CVT transmission issue and I had 110,000 miles when the incident occurred. Nissan put the same faulty CVT transmission in my car as they did the previous years. I am requesting a refund for repairs and car rental (CVT transmission $2,443.87, car rental $550.04). Upon request I can provide receipts. This is a serious safety issue and I could have been in an accident on the highway and been injured or injured someone else.

Filed Feb 3, 2015 · Acceleration, Transmission · 62,053 miles · CA

Intermittent high RPM's with no control of speed. Would happen then not happen for days. Would not go at stop signs/stop lights then surge forward when the transmission (we later learned) finally engaged. On a day it wasn't acting up we took it to where we bought it (dealership) and they immediately notified us that we needed a brand new transmission $5,500. 2,053 miles outside of warranty. We could not believe that when they contacted corporate no consideration for our long-term relationship.never in a million years did we think it was something so serious as a complete transmission failure. This transmission is supposedly the second (improved) transmission type that nissan has put in the maxima with the prior generation of transmissions being given a warranty of up to 10 years or 100,000 miles due to all the prior problems that were supposed to have been fixed with this second generation. Now, they won't even honor the transmission issue with a 62,053 mileage. The transmissions aren't fixed! We have 2 small grandchildren we pick up every other week and regularly use the car to pick them up. How scary to have realized we could have been in an accident with the kids in the car because we had no idea that the transmission on a car with only 62,053 miles would be completely shot. Someone please at your organization look into this.

Filed Apr 30, 2014 · Transmission · 98,200 miles · NJ

Transmission: the service engine soon indicator was on so I took my car in for service. When I received the diagnosis I was told that my transmission needs to be replaced. My car is just 3yrs old and has 98k miles. I was informed that this is not covered under warranty as the extended warranty expired at 75k miles. The total cost of the re-manufactured 3.5 transmission would be $3589. 2003-2010 models have an extended warranty on the 3.0 transmission because of the same issue. The 2011 and newer models aren't covered citing that it's not the same transmission (3.0 vs 3.5) though the issue with the CVT transmission is the same. Following are the diagnosis codes I received: p0744, p0868 and b2190. Recommend CVT assembly.