2004 Nissan Quest: stuck in gear or won't shift

6 of the 445 complaints about the 2004 Nissan Quest describe stuck in gear or won't shift.

owner complaints: 6
of this car's complaints: 1%
typical mileage: 31,000
recalls: 0

Is there a fix? 4 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below

Stuck in gear or won't shift by model year

2016
1
2007
1
2006
1
2004
6

What owners say

Filed Jun 6, 2015 · Transmission · 130,000 miles · RI

The transmission slams you into gear and then wont shift.. Makes the van undriveable

Filed Mar 2, 2013 · Transmission · 87,875 miles · OK

While driving to work, I noticed my van was having acceleration problems. From a stop sign when I drove the engine revved up to almost 5000 RPM then shifted hard into 2nd gear on my automatic transmission. Then while driving 40 MPH the vehicle felt like it was continually shifting between gears. Then when I tried to park at my works parking lot, the van would not shift into reverse at all. Then would I took it to the nissan dealership they charged me $93.50 on 02/27/2013 and told me I needed a new transmission and the cost would be approximately $2500. I've only had the vehicle for less than three years.

Filed Dec 18, 2010 · Transmission · 31,000 miles · HI

There are major problems with the shifter/transmission on my 2004 nissan quest van. The problems started a few years ago when parked on a slight incline and the van wouldn't shift into reverse. I called the dealership and they advised me to pull forcefully on the shifter to make it shift. It did shift but this has continued to be a common problem. After about a year of dealing with this, the shifter started to not engage in the correct position indicated on the dash and I would have to play around with it to get it to engage in the correct gear (it looked like it was in drive according to the base of the shifter, but was actually still in neutral). There were other symptoms such as having to push the shifter firmly in to park to remove the key. Fast forward to today and I finally discovered what has been happening. I went to shift in reverse on an incline and had to very forcefully pull the shifter into reverse. After doing so, the dash and the base of the shifter are mismatched by a whole gear.

Filed Dec 8, 2004 · Body, Engine · 3,502 miles · NY

Vehicle stalls, sometimes it will not start. Vehicle has been serviced numerous times, and a sensor was replaced. However, the problem recurred.*ak the drivers side front and back door both squeak and rattle and are difficult to open and close. The transmission sometimes does not shift and has no acceleration.

Filed Mar 31, 2004 · Transmission · 3,012 miles · CA

2004 nissan quest would not shift out of 3rd gear even from dead stop.

Filed Jan 26, 2004 · Transmission · 6,400 miles · MO

Automatic transmission stuck in 3rd gear. Backed vehicle out of parking place. Put into "drive" to pull forward and van didn't move. Shifted into "neutral" then back to "drive" and pressed accelerator, and vehicle didn't move. Pressed accelerator further and vehicle finally started to move forward very slowly at approximately. 3500 RPM. Drove about 2 miles this way and parked in another parking lot; transmission did not shift the entire 2 miles. This issue is yet another in a long list of issues with this vehicle. Phoned sales/service dealer, who had it towed to their lot.