2005 Nissan Maxima Power Train

TRANSMISSION IS SHIFTING VERY HARD.

JUST A MONTH AFTER BUYING THIS CAR, I TOOK IT THROUGH INSPECTION. I DROVE THE CAR, WHICH WAS OPERATING PERFECTLY, DIRECTLY TO THE INSPECTION STATION WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 15 MILES FROM HOME. ON THE WAY HOME, IT STARTED TO DOWNSHIFT HARD, SPECIFICALLY WHEN CLOSE TO FIRST GEAR. IT THEN STARTED TO HAPPEN PERIODICALLY. IT IS NOW TO THE POINT THAT IT HAPPENS EVERY TIME YOU SLOW DOWN. AND NOW, IT SOMETIMES BUCKS WHEN ACCELERATING. FORGET ABOUT TAKING YOUR FOOT OFF OF THE GAS TO SLOW DOWN; THIS CAUSES THE CAR TO BUCK SO BADLY THAT IT FEELS AS THOUGH YOU HAVE BEEN REAR-ENDED. I TOOK MY CAR TO A TRANSMISSION SPECIALIST WHO STATED THAT HE COULD NOT FIND ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE TRANSMISSION, EVEN WHEN HOOKING IT UP TO AN ELECTRONIC COMPUTER TO FIND A CODE. UPON RESEARCHING, I FOUND THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH 2004-2006 NISSAN MAXIMAS AND THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT IT BUT REFUSED TO DO ANYTHING ABOUT IT. SOUNDS TO ME LIKE NISSAN NEEDS TO DO A RECALL TO CORRECT THIS PROBLEM! WHEN CALLING NISSAN, THEY WANT YOU TO TAKE YOUR CAR IN FOR THEM TO DIAGNOSE IT, WHICH WOULD BE AT MY COST, OF COURSE. AND THEN THEY WOULD JUST TELL ME WHAT I CAN PAY FOR THEM TO DO TO FIX IT.

CAR EXPERIENCED DIFFICULTY IN SHIFTING. IT CAUSED DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS.

TRANSMISSION JERKS WHEN STOPPING AND STARTING.....SPEED DECREASES......JERKS WHEN CHANGING GEARS

TRANSMISSION VIOLENTLY JERKS WHEN GOING 1ST TO 2ND GEAR AND WHILE DRIVING AT ANY SPEED. I WAS TEACHING MY GRANDAUGHTER TO DRIVE AND IT SCARED JER TO DEATH WHEN IT HAPPENED TO HER WHILE DRIVING. THERE HAS BEEN HUNDREDS, IF NOT THOUSANDS OF TRANSMISSION COMPLAINTS WITH THIS CAR ONLINE AND ISSUE HAS NOT BEEN ADDRESSED BY MANUFACTURER OR NHTSA. THIS CAR ONLY HAS 80,000 MILES, WILL NEVER BUY A NISSAN AGAIN.

TRANSMISSION NOT CHANGING GEARS AND SPEEDOMETER NOT WORKING. SLOW ACCELERATION, SEEMS LIKE IT IS STARTING OUT IN A HIGHER GEAR.

TRANSMISSION STARTED JERKING IN THE FREEWAY JUMPING SPEED AND COMING DOWN ON SPEED WHEN I TOOK IT TO THE DEALERSHIP TO GET A CHECK HE TOLD ME THE TRANSMISSION WENT OFF WHICH BROKE MY TRANSMISSION MOUNTS AND COIL CAR HAD ALL MAINTENANCE DONE REGULARLY AND NEVER WAS MENTIONED ABOUT THE ISSUE OR ENGINE LIGHT NEVER WENT ON

TRANSMISSION FAILURE AT 60K MILES. STUCK IN 5TH GEAR. SLAMMING, JERKING, HARD DOWNSHIFTS. NO REVERSE POWER. VERY HARD SHIFTING BETWEEN GEARS. ALSO PAINT PEELING OFF ENTIRE CAR. CAR PURCHASED FOR OVER 30K. VEHICLE WAS STATIONARY AND ON STREET. PROBLEM IS CONSTANT UPON CAR REACHING OPERATING TEMP.

NISSAN MAXIMA 2005 AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION IS SUFFERING AND WILL AND COULD CAUSE AN DEADLY ACCIDENT. AFTER INITIAL START UP THE CAR DRIVES FINE THEN A FEW MINUTE DOWN THE ROAD THE TRANSMISSION DRIVES AS IF IT IS STUCK IN A TALL GEAR. IF YOU PLACE INTO LOWER GEAR THE GEAR VIOLENTLY SHIFTS. ALSO THE CAR SHUTS OFF WHILE LIGHTS AND OTHER ELECTRONIC COMPONENTS ARE OPERATIONAL WHILE NORMALLY DRIVING WITHOUT WARNING.

I WAS COMPLAINING OF THE CAR JUMPING WHEN CHANGING GEARS, MECHANIC FOUND THAT THE MOTOR MOUNT WAS CRACKED. REPLACED IT, SOME IMPROVEMENT FOR SHORT PERIOD BUT NOW CAR IS JUMPING, HESITATION BETWEEN GEARS, ROUGH SHIFTING, AND DIMINISHED ACCELERATION. I DID NOT GO TO THE DEALER AS MY WARRANTY IS EXPIRED. THIS IS MY FIRST MAXIMA AND I WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER. NOW TOLD THAT I'LL NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION. NOT HAPPY.

TRANSMISSION HARD SHIFT FROM PARK INTO DRIVE. SECONDS DELAY THEN BANGS INTO GEAR.

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE TRANSMISSION HESITATED TO SWITCH GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO A DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE TRANSMISSION NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. IT WAS UNKNOWN IF THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.

THE TRANSMISSION IS SLIPPING AND JERKING WHEN ACCELERATING OR STOPPING. THE CAR ONLY HAS 84000 MILES ON IT. THIS BEGAN AROUNDS 70000. THE JERKING IS SO BAD I AM AFRAID MY LITTLE KIDS WILL GET WHIP LASH. THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON MANY FORUMS AND NISSAN REFUSES TO TAKE CAR OF THE DEFECTIVE TRANSMISSIONS. THIS ISSUE ALMOST GOT MY FAMILY INTO AN AIDENT AS TRYING TO GO ONTO THE HIGHWAY ON THE ON RAMP THE CAR BEGAN TO SLIP DURING ACCELERATION CAUSE ME TO ALMOST BE REARENDED.

FOR MONTHS NOW, OUR 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA HAS EXPERIENCED A TRANSMISSION PROBLEM. IT SHIFTS ROUGHLY IN LOW GEARS (WHILE THE VEHICLE IS IN MOTION), BOTH WHEN ACCELERATING AND DECELERATING. IT ALSO SHIFTS ROUGHLY WHEN MOVING FROM PARK TO EITHER DRIVE OR REVERSE, AND FROM DRIVE/REVERSE TO PARK. A SPECIFIC INCIDENT HAPPENED WHEN WE WERE DRIVING DOWN A SLIGHT DECLINE, AND THE VEHICLE DOWNSHIFTED ROUGHLY. THIS CAUSED US TO MOMENTARILY LOSE CONTROL OF THE MAXIMA AND IT BUMPED INTO A CONCRETE BARRIER THAT HAD YELLOW PAINT ON IT. THIS PAINT IS NOW SCRAPED ACROSS THE BOTTOM GROUND EFFECTS MOLDING ON OUR VEHICLE. HAD THE BARRIER NOT BEEN THERE, WE WOULD HAVE DRIFTED ACROSS THE ROAD INTO ONCOMING TRAFFIC. IN RESEARCHING TRANSMISSION PROBLEMS FOR THE 2004-2006 NISSAN MAXIMA MODEL YEARS, IT'S APPARENT THAT MANY OWNERS ARE EXPERIENCING THE SAME TYPE OF PROBLEMS WITH THE TRANSMISSION ON THEIR 2004-2006 NISSAN MAXIMAS, AND THE WIDESPREAD NATURE OF THESE ISSUES WARRANTS FURTHER INVESTIGATION AND POSSIBLE RECALL.

BOUGHT CAR USED FROM NISSAN DEALER. GOOD SERVICE RECORDS WITH REGULAR ON TIME TRANSMISSION SERVICES. DAY AFTER I DRIVE IT OFF THE LOT IT STARTS VIOLENTLY JERKING INTO GEAR AND IN THE MIDDLE OF GEAR. RANDOMLY DROPS IN AND OUT OF GEAR, JERKS OUT OF NOWHERE. HAS JERKED SO HARD MY NECK AND UPPER BODY WERE SOMEWHAT SORE THE NEXT MORNING. DANGEROUS TO DRIVE IN CLOSE TRAFFIC AS IT COULD EASILY JERK VIOLENTLY ENOUGH TO MAKE ME JERK THE WHEEL, ACCIDENTALLY SLIDE FOOT DOWN ONTO THE GAS OR BRAKE, ETC. THIS TRANSMISSION AND CAR WAS WELL CARED FOR ALL OF ITS 107K MILES AND I HAVE SOLID REPAIR HISTORY PAPERWORK TO PROVE IT. THIS IS A DANGEROUS, POTENTIALLY DEADLY TRANSMISSION IN THESE CARS. I HAVE A QUOTE FOR A $3500 QUOTE TO HAVE IT REPAIRED BY A SHOP. THIS LESS THAN TWO WEEKS OF OWNING THE CAR. I AM COMPLETELY DISGUSTED. *TR

GOT THE CAR A YEAR AGO FROM CARMAX. HAD THE CAR FOR LESS THAN 30 DAYS BEFORE THE TRANSMISSION GAVE OUT. THE MILEAGE WAS RIGHT AROUND 52,000 MILES. THEY TOOK IT BACK, FIXED IT AND IT WAS FINE. NOW HERE I AM AGAIN LESS THAN A YEAR LATER I'M HAVING THE SAME EXACT ISSUE. JERKING REALLY HARD IN BETWEEN GEARS, RPM WOULD RED LINE BEFORE IT WOULD FINALLY SWITCH GEARS. NOW THIS TIME THE TRANSMISSION COMPLETELY GAVE OUT ON ME IN THE MIDDLE OF A BUSY INTERSECTION! WHEN I STEPPED ON THE GAS, THE CAR MADE A NOISE AS IF THE POWER WAS FAILING, AND SURE ENOUGH IT DID. THE CAR CUT OFF ON ME. CONTACTED CARMAX AGAIN TO SEE IF I HAD AN EXTENDED WARRANTY. BUT THIS WILL BE THE SECOND TIME I'VE GOT THE CAR FIXED FOR THE SAME ISSUE. NOW I HAVE AROUND 80,000 MILES ON THIS CAR.

TAKING OFF CAR JERKS REAL BAD BETWEEN 1ST & 2ND GEAR, THEN WHEN I PUSH DOWN ON GAS SOMETIMES IT DOESN'T WANT TO MOVE. SLOWING DOWN CAR KICKS & JERKS WHEN DOWN SHIFTING. NOW IT'S AT THE POINT WHERE THE CAR STALLS WHEN SWITCHING GEARS. PUTTING THE CAR FROM PARK TO DRIVE IT HESITATES ABOUT 5 TO 7 SEC AND MAKES A LOUD SOUND WHEN IT JERKS. TRANSMISSION SLIPS OUT OF GEAR UNDER 20M.P.H. CAUSING ENGINE TO REV UP TO 4RPM AND SOMETIMES 5RPM. THIS ISSUE IS HAPPENING WHETHER I IN MOTION ON A STREET OR HIGHWAY, STATIONARY GETTING READY TO PUT THE CAR IN GEAR, ETC. I AM REALLY AFRAID THAT I AM GOING TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT OR SOMETHING. I TOOK THE CAR TO A MECHANIC AND HE SAYS I NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION.

VALVE BODY HAD TO BE REPLACED IN TRANSMISSION

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AT APPROXIMATELY 20 MPH, THE TRANSMISSION WOULD MAKE AN ABNORMAL NOISE WHEN SHIFTING INTO GEAR. THE FAILURE RECURRED SEVERAL TIMES. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT DIAGNOSED OR REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 97,000.

I RECENTLY HAVE BEEN DRIVING THIS 2005 NISSAN MAXIMA FOR A COUPLE OF MONTHS. IT HAS CLOSE TO 90K MILES ON IT AND THE TRANSMISSION IS HARD TO SHIFT AND NOT BEING COOPERATIVE ON MOST DAYS. THIS SEEMS TO BE MORE THAN A FLUID PROBLEM AND DUE TO RECENT RESEARCH I MAY NEED A NEW TRANSMISSION FOR $3,000 AND I DON'T HAVE THAT TYPE OF MONEY. I SEE THAT THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS SPECIFIC CAR AND FEEL A RECALL SHOULD BE ISSUED ON THE 04-06 MODELS OF THIS AUTOMOBILE!! OTHER THAN THAT THE CAR RUNS GREAT. *TR

CAR BEGAN JUMPING WHEN IT CHANGED GEARS AT LOW SPEEDS, HAD TO HAVE TRANSMISSION REBUILT

TRANSMISSION QUIT WORKING, WAS STOPPED AT A BURGER KING AND WHEN I TRIED TO DRIVE OFF THE CAR WOULD NOT MOVE, HAD IT TOWED AND SHOP SAYS THE TRANSMISSION IS BAD, THE SHOP DID HOMEWORK AND FOUND OUT THAT THE TRANSMISSION WAS REPLACED A LITTLE MORE THEN A YEAR AGO BY NORTH POINT NISSAN IN NORTH LITTLE ROCK, THEY SAY THERE WAS ONLY A YEAR WARRANTY ON IT AND TIME IS ALREADY UP SO THERE IS NOTHING THEY CAN DO. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THIS PROBLEM AND THE NISSAN TECH SAID GET READY TO SAVE UP FOR ANOTHER ONE BECAUSE THEY CAN REPLACE IT AND A YEAR LATER IT WILL GO OUT AGAIN. THEY SAY THE TRANSMISSIONS ARE CRAP! *TR

TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE IN THE LOWEST GEARS. WHEN THE CAR WARMS UP AFTER A 10 MILE DRIVE IT STARTS SLIPPING. WHEN I TRY TO STOP AT A TRAFFIC LIGHT OR WHEN I TRY TO ACCELERATE FROM A COMPLETE STOP THE CAR JERKS OFF IN THE LOWER GEARS. I CAME TO KNOW ONLINE THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE ACROSS NISSAN. I WOULD APPRECIATE ANY HELPFUL STEPS IN FIXING THE ISSUE. MY CURRENT VALUE IS AROUND $5000 I HATE TO SPEND NEARLY $3500 FOR A NEW TRANSMISSION ON THE VEHICLE. I'M SURE MY CAR WILL RUN FOR ANOTHER 30 - 40,000 MILES IF THIS IS FIXED.

WAS AT A STOP LIGHT THEN WHEN I PROCEEDED TO GO MY CAT JERKED REALLY HARD GOING IN TO THE NEXT GEAR AT ABOUT 20MPH. WHEN I WENT TO SLOW DOWN, THE CAR JERKED DOWN GOING INTO THE LOWER GEAR AT AROUND 20 MPH. THEN I NOTICED EVER SINCE WHEN I PUT MY CAT IN GEAR FROM PARK IT JERKS REALLY HARD. *TR

ONGOING ISSUE WITH 5 SP AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION: STARTED, INTERMITTENTLY AROUND 2 YEARS BACK @86K, AND HAS INCREASED TO THE POINT OF NOT PULLING INTO D OR R WITHOUT JUMPING OR SURGING INTO GEAR, OFTEN NIGHTMARISH IN TIGHT QUARTERS/PARKING, ETC. BECOMING DANGEROUS AS SLIPPING AT HIGHER RPS HAS BECOME MORE PREVALENT OF LATE, ESPECIALLY LOWER SPEED, LIGHT INCLINE AND INCREASING SPEEDS. THERE ARE TSB'S ON THIS VEHICLE AND HAVE A CASE OPEN WITH NISSANAMERICA, AS OF TODAY'S DATE 4/21/2015. DEALER HAS, AT THIS POINT SEEMS PURPOSELY?, MISDIAGNOSING AND NON-ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF EXISTING AND KNOWN ISSUES WITH THE AW5550/51SN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION SLIPPAGE AND JUMPING/SURGING. IT IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH SOLENOIDS; DO YOUR RESEARCH, THERE IS PLENTY ONLINE IN REGARDS TO THIS ISSUE. THE REPRESENTATIVE I SPOKE WITH TODAY AT NISSAN WILL LISTEN, BUT IS ADVISED TO NOT ANSWER QUESTIONS IN REGARDS TO THIS ISSUE, AND WITH GOOD REASON..I KNOW IT IS AN OLDER CAR, BUT IS IN GREAT SHAPE (BOUGHT USED), THERE IS A KNOWN DEFECT, A KNOWN FIX FROM THE ACTUAL TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN:: 2004 - 2006 MAXIMA; 5-SPEED A/T SHIFT ISSUES TECHNICAL SERVICE BULLETIN REFERENCE NUMBER(S): NTB11-035, DATE OF ISSUE: APRIL 7, 2011 NISSAN: 2004 - 2006 MAXIMA CLASSIFICATION: AT11-003 APPLIED VEHICLES: 2004 - 2006 MAXIMA (A34) APPLIED TRANSMISSION: RE5F22A 5-SPEED A/T IF YOU CONFIRM NOTE: HARSH 1-2 AND/OR 3-4 UPSHIFTS DURING MODERATE ACCELERATION FROM A STOP AND/OR HARSH 4-3 AND/OR 2-1 DOWNSHIFTS WHEN SLOWING TO A STOP. ACTION GO TO THE REPAIR FLOW CHART FOR REPAIR PROCEDURE. REFER TO PAGE 4 AND 5 FOR LOCATION OF A/T ASSEMBLY SERIAL NUMBER AND VALVE BODY CONNECTOR LOCATIONS. *TR