Automatic Transmission problems of the 2000 Nissan Maxima

The contact owns a 2000 Nissan Maxima. The contact was driving 30 mph when the vehicle began jerking and attempted to stall. The contact stated that the jerking occurred only when the vehicle was shifting between gears. The contact would have to shift into neutral in order to get the vehicle to start. The contact took the vehicle to a local mechanic and the mechanic stated the transmission was faulty and needed to be replaced. The transmission was not replaced. The contact noticed numerous complaints regarding the transmission for the year, make and model via the internet. The failure mileage was 110,000.

My car has steady idle rev up and down. When in drive, the engine race without moving and then suddenly take off. There is also a bucking effect when at speed between 35-45 miles per hour.

The check engine light went on while on a trip. The codes indicated oxygen sensors on the front and rear banks. The car has 45,000 miles on it and this is the third time it has needed oxygen sensors replaced, each time at approximately 15,000 miles. This is a defective part, also each time they reflash the ecm "so it does not happen again", this is defective parts and Nissan should extend the warranty on them. At $650 for the repair, it is a very expensive maintenance item.

Transmission required replacement.

While pulling into the driveway vehicle decelerated. Vehicle was driven at 15 mph to a transmission specialist. Vehicle was at the transmission specialist for 2 weeks, and they could not determine the cause of the problem.

I continue to have slow or delayed shifting from first to second gear or from second to third gear, particularly at half throttle. It has been that was since I bought the car. The slow response and hesitation has resulted near stalling in the middle of intersections. No accidents, however, I am concerned.

At about 75,000 miles, engine would take a little longer to start especially in rainy weather. It sounded like it was taking longer for fuel to get to engine. Check engine light came on at 80,000 miles. Code indicated bad catalytic convertor. Mechanic reset and a few thousand miles later it came on again. Mechanic determined that both oxygen sensors were defective and they had to be replaced to pass smog check for $460 also, at about 80,000 miles, car had intermitant acceleration problems which became more problematic in rainy weather. I would floor accelerator and nothing would happen. Mechanic pressure tested fuel pump and found it too low and replaced fuel pump for $478. This solved problem for a few months and it began happening again. Then, one day I tried to back out of my garage and it wouldn't go in reverse when I shifted it. I pushed my car out of garage and was able to get it to go in drive. While driving to mechanic's, I put car in cruise control and it would lose power intermitantly trying to maintain the set speed. I took it out of cruise control and floored the accelerator and the same previous problem occurred. It reved engine but nothing would happen. When I got to mechanic, it would go in reverse. He determined that it was the transmission that didn't give enough clutch pressure until it was driven for a while. It was a failing transmission that caused this and the inability to accelerate. It would cost over $3,000 to replace the transmission. I had to replace defective front and rear struts, front tie rod grease boot, compress coil spring, tie rod outer end at 134,000 miles for $1100. At 137,000 miles, the egr valve & gasket fell out while I was driving. Mechanic determined that the egr valve housing was broken and it was replaced for $340. Due to the amount of money spent on this vehicle, I cannot afford $3000 to replace the transmission and will be selling my first and last Nissan vehicle ever.

Transmission has gone out twice, the first time it was rebuilt, and currently it is a problem again. Transmission has been rebuilt again for the 2nd time.

We are currently waiting for a # 6 coil for our 2000 Maxima, this part is on back order from the manufacturer and there are no available parts in the u. S. Since this part is on hold for other customers at other dealerships in the area, it seems to me that this part is failing on a lot of new cars(under three years old) this part should be recalled. We've also experienced a failure with the transmission and since our car was still under warranty at the time, we had it fixed at the manufacturers expense. Instead of receiving a new one we received a "rebuilt" one. How do you have a "rebuilt" transmission on hand for a brand new car is a question I've never had answered from the maufacturer.

Failed transmission after 6months-dealer rebuilt-experienced 2nd failure within 9mos. -dealer refused to accept responsibility and/or repair.