Faults:

Transmission seems to slip when going from 2nd to 3rd gear. This has happened for quite a while. Transmission fluid level and quality are good.

Recently, the transmission will stick in 5th gear and the engine will stall. It is then hard to re-start the engine and the transmission remains in 5th until it cools.

General Comments:

Same song and same verse. The Maxima is a beautiful car and handles well (although I rarely drive over the speed limit and even more rarely do I have hard take offs).

For a long time now the transmission seems to slip when shifting from 2nd to 3rd gear. The engine rev's really high like it is in neutral, then finally the next gear catches and the car surges forward.

More frustrating, at exactly 100,000 miles the transmission locks into 5th gear and the engine stalls. The engine is hard to restart, and when it does the transmission usually stays stuck in 5th gear unless it has had time to cool down.

Every vehicle I have ever owned I have been able to put between 180,000-250,000 without any major problems. Just oil and filter changes every 3,000 miles. I bought this Nissan specifically because my friends have told me how reliable their Nissan's have been. How disappointed I am if this thing continues to have problems at such the ripe young age of 4 years old.

Faults:

My Nissan Maxima's transmission has gone bad. It jerks around the 1st, 2nd and 3rd gears. It is currently at Ammco getting fixed. This started happening around 80000 miles.

I went on this website www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov and filed a complaint. I called them, and they stated that no investigation has been started, and asked when or how many people need to complain before on gets started... the lady said that it is an issue of safety, and not the number of people that complain. So go to the website and complain, and make sure you mention that it is a matter of safety and that your car could potentially jerk into another car because the transmission is pulling.

If you want more info about my issue and about what Ammco says, email me at rey.ramirez@yahoo.com

General Comments:

Still a good car; just needs better warranty.

Faults:

04 Maxima, transmission problem. This is my 4th Maxima, jut turned 78,000 and it won't shift out of 5th gear. If I stop it turn it off, then it will start hard for about 3 times. Let it sit for a couple minutes, starts fine, back to 1st gear and all seems well. Take it out, same thing.

Found the ground wire to trans. broke, didn't fix it. Dealership manager says no problems at all with the 04, think after reading all the posts, he's full of it.

Don't bother with Nissan headquarters, you will get nowhere.

Faults:

I purchased my 2004 Nissan Maxima used with 27,000 miles on it.

My ABS light continues to stay on.

General Comments:

I took my car to a Nissan dealer and was told that my transmission was going out, but they did not work on transmissions, and the best thing to do was to trade it.

I took my car to AAMCO transmission and was told that I needed a new transmission. It has cost me $3,698.48 to replace my transmission.

I contacted NSHTA to file a complaint. I have also filed a complaint with Nissan at 1-800-Nissan-1 and was told today 11/12/2008 that there was nothing they could do for me, because I took my vehicle to an outside vendor to have my transmission replaced. When I informed the specialist that the car was taken to a Nissan dealer and they weren't willing to do the work on the car, I was told that my car had too many miles to be covered.

I am a previous Nissan owner, this is why I purchased another one.

I have also paid over $1000 to have the ABS system repaired, and guess what, the light is still on.