We have classified the 465 complaints from 2005 Nissan Maxima about POWER TRAIN into the following categories.
This car has nothing but issues. i have had to replace the timing chains along with continuing to deal with the cars transmission and engine revving and trowing itself in and out of gear and dying the the middle of the road or highway. this car is dangerous and hundreds of people are having the exact same issues with nissan refusing to address the issue or admit fault. something needs to be done. im sure people have been physically hurt from this issue and seems strong enough to be made into a class action suit.
The 2005 nissan maxima has a terrible transmission. problems shifting gears and when trying to accelerate it wont shift out of gears to go faster. such as if i stop at a stop light or stop sign and then try to go again it accelerates very (5mph). also when shifting into drive, it does this loud banging jerk that jerks the entire car. was told transmission is slipping. there are thousands of other complaints for the nissian maxima transmission and needs to be a recall on the transmission. car is only 13 years old.
When driving the vehicle, the... cv transmission could slip out of gear causing loss of power. cv transmission could hesitate in shifting to next or previous gear. this can cause hard, violent shifting to occur which could seriously damage the vehicle and result in an accident.
Sudden surges and jolting when trying to park car even when the brake is depressed
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.
Car would stay in 5th gear when turned. it would move but at slow rate. now it will move about a 100 feet then gear wont engage. you can give it gas but it just wont move. ill let it cool down and it move again but will resume problem.
Transmission failed.
Sudden total transmission failure at 45,699 miles on maxima 2005. put car in reverse, backed out put in drive it stalled out. car did not want to start, i was in middle of street. car has never ever given me issues prior. sudden "service engine" light, (never illuminated before. put accelerator to floor to start then car would barely move forward, it had no 1, 2nd gears. drove it out of middle of street. took forever to get to 20mph. parked car, started easier in the morning but made horrible clunk when put in reverse. it is now at repair shop and not sure of full diagnosis yet but told will probably bee a full transmission rebuild.
Harsh shifting, jerking, lots shift slippage. actually slowed down on the highway. diagnosis returned as failed transmission assembly and cost $4,100 to repair.
Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan maxima. while driving approximately 40 mph, the vehicle drove roughly when the accelerator pedal was depressed. there were no warning indicators illuminated. while driving on an incline or bumpy road, the vehicle would shake. the vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. the control arm and ball joints on the front driver and passenger sides were recently replaced. the manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. the failure mileage was approximately 80,000.
Vehicle is shifting extremely hard in lower gear and at stopping
The car is over winding and sounds like the transmission is slipping. there is a significant spike in the rpms before it shifts between gear to gear. it's only got 98k and it's meticulously maintained. it's been happening for about a thousand miles.
My transmission just failed for the second time after being replaced the first time by nissan as it was under warranty. it was regularly flushed/ serviced. there is a major issue with the transmission itself and nissan must do something about it.
Transmission bangs into gear. winds up then slams into gear and accelerates up immediately. i almost hit another car. this happened while going 40 mph.
I bought a nissan maxima 2005 from a second hand and looks great but one riding the transmission started to make a uful noise. once i got home i turned of the engine. the next day when i start the engine and shifted to drive the wouldn't move. the mechanic told me that i have to buy a new transmission that it's to expensive. i hope you could help me. thank you