Nissan Maxima harsh shifting problems

Filed Jun 27, 2022 · Suspension · OH

I was driving at 25 MPH when I heard and felt a clunk. The car drove strangely and each small bump in the road was noisy. I pulled over and did not see anything obvious. I put on my flashers and drove the car to my mechanic. He discovered a broken rear wheel control arm. He said I was lucky this happened at a low speed rate. Nissan has refused and coverage. I was told by my mechanic that this is not a part that should fail on a 2016 car and could have resulted is a serious accident at a higher rate of speed.

Filed Apr 3, 2021 · Electrical, Engine · 120,000 miles · TN

Vehicle makes clunking, jerking noises and bad clunking sounds when you put it into gear or shift gears, digital gear display shows vehicle is in 5th gear all the time, accelerates very slowly.

Filed Nov 12, 2019 · Electrical, Transmission · 112,337 miles · PA

My car only has 112337 mile and needed to replace the transmission , now at 112954 have to replace the ABS control module . The transmission was hard shifting/ jerking when you get to about 30-35 MPH . So it cost almost 4,000.00 to fix and the the speedometer and odometer quit working after 500 miles with new transmission and took the car to electrical shop to find out I now have to replace the ABS control module and after all the money put in this car I don't think it is worth fixing the ABS considering I just bought the car in oct. 2018 and thought I got a great car and alredy have enough money put in it and could never sell it for the money I have in it nissan should be fixing these issues not me considering all the complaints on these cars with the same problems at the same mileage

Filed Jun 23, 2019 · Transmission · 160,000 miles · MO

Car was fine initially then started car which took longer than normal to start and car would not hardly go due to it not being in 1st gear. Put the transmission into manual mode and downshifted it to first and got a hard clunk but car would now go under its own power but when you put it back in auto mode it goes straight to 3rd gear. Shut car off came back later and started car it started right up and had no issues with transmission. Drove it for a bit turned car off for a bit and then went to start again and had the long start and bad shifts again.

Filed Oct 5, 2018 · HI

Just after 100k miles the car started to jerk from r to d and slowly progressed into full blown slipping, rpms shoot through the roof while driving causing the car to slip and slam into gear at whatever speed I'm going which sometimes cause the car to be uncontrollable. I've seen 1,000s of forums with people having the same problem and claiming nissan knows about this issue but refuses to do anything about it. Not only is my car unsafe but I feel as if nissan should be held responsible for the lack of care they put into the 2004-2007 models of the maxima.

Filed May 21, 2018 · Driver assistance, Suspension · 11,000 miles · VA

The car is becomes unstable and difficult to control when going over bumps, even at moderate speeds (20+ MPH). When going over bumps, there is a loud thump / clunk / bang from the rear suspension - and then the rear of the car looses traction/stability. Nissan must be aware of a design issue issue as it has issued a tsb trying to solve the inferior bushings it chose for the rear suspension - service bulletin ntb17-107. However this does not solve the instability problem. I find myself driving at half the legal speeds to keep the car stable - the need to slow down for each bump is creating a road hazard. Driving on the same roads with my other cars at much higher speeds (road legal speeds), I do not experience anything like that. The stability control function does not seem to help and it lights up frequently when driving on bumpy roads. I found myself veering of the road several times because of the difficulty to control the car. This must be a terrible and dangerous design flaw. In roads that I can drive the legal speed in a hyundai sonana or toyota 4runner (45 - 65mph) I sometimes need to cut speed in half when driving the nissan maxima sr just to keep the car stable on the road.

Filed Mar 11, 2018 · Transmission · CA

Transmission jerks into gear and when shifting. Acceleration can be slow and has caused me to nearly have and accident when I could not clear an intersection as quickly as necessary. Sometimes the car will clunk into gear when shifting and when driving. Transmission will stick in 5th and need to shift manually to move at all. This is a problem waiting to happen as I might need to get out of the way of traffic, or a train, and the car won't move. I have read multiple forums where others have the same problems with their 2006 nissan maxima. I have had this car since it was new. Now, 147,000 miles. Amazing that other cars continue to run, safely, well into the 300,000 mile range. Disappointed with nissan for not having a recall on this transmission.

Filed Feb 19, 2018 · Engine · NY

Everytime I drive the vehicle they're a clunking noise when the it reaches 35 MPH. Also when I start the car they're a different idling noise, I'm not sure how if it's the exhaust system or if they're a loose bolt that's causing this. When to nissan numerous times and they couldn't fix the problems.

Filed Nov 21, 2017 · Steering, Suspension · MD

I been having vibrations and clunk noises since I brought the car in 2013 the car shakes and vibrates at 55 MPH since then I replace shocks struts ball joints control arms and tires but the problem is getting worse.

Filed Oct 3, 2017 · Transmission · TX

Transmission failing delay in gear select followed by a hard thump hard shifting after 30min did not expect this from a car with 108k miles well taken care of.