My wife has had this car from around 20K miles. It runs great along with good fuel economy. Our problem started just over a year ago with around 180K miles on it. It would clunking into gear when after reversing the car and going into drive. It would also feel like it slips into neutral when slowing down and then when you step on the gas it would reve up and clunk into gear. We took it in for service and did a flush.

This did not fix anything. We took it to a local transmission garage they quickly looked at it and told us the trans needed to be replaced at a cost of 3500 for a re-manufactured unit with little warranty. I took the car back without fixing it and started an intense look into issues with this car and trans.

After a few days of looking at issues, videos, and reading review after review. I have found that Nissan has a common issue with this transmission. I found a place that recognizes and has a fix for the problem. An updated valve body. The company I found reports selling about 35 units per month every month. I took the car in to have the valve body replaced with a modified valve body. The total cost was $1380. installed. The company was Level10 Transmissions. It has been a few days and it is shifting perfectly.

There is a delay when the car shifts gears, especially going from park to 1st or park to reverse. After the delay, there is a very hard jerk before it goes into gear. This jerk is hard enough, my mother cannot ride in the car because it causes neck and back problems. I took it to Jeff Wyler Nissan and they told me the engine mount was broken and I had to replace the transmission. They told me this was not a typical problem with Nissans, that my warranty expired and I would have to pay the full amount. They recommended transferring me to their sales department and purchase a new car.

This is a known problem with this year and model Nissan Maxima. First, when I put the car in reverse, then into Drive; it hesitates and jerks before I can drive. When I'm taking a corner and attempt to accelerate after slowing down, the RPMs go up but the car doesn't accelerate. After the RPMs go up, it will jerk forward so bad that I feel like I'm being hit by a car from behind. As I decelerate, the car jerks and hesitates. I notified Nissan when I took the car to the dealer. They said that they could not duplicate the issue. Well, since then it has gotten significantly worse. I have to drive my 7 month old daughter to and fro every day and I don't want anything crazy to happen because Nissan won't do what's right. They are playing with people's lives. It's deplorable.

Initially the car would have a delay shifting into Park and would stick in 5th gear while driving. Changed the Front Cam Position sensor, CPS, myself for $80. Fixed the problems for about 4 weeks. Started happening again and the repair shop said it was the cam position sensor again. So went back to Autozone and they provided a new front CPS for free. Problem kept happening so I took it to Nissan and they changed the Back Cam Position sensor. seams to have solved the problem for several months. It is now is intermittent when shifting hard into drive, but has started shifting Hard around 20-25 MPH, Not sure if it is the sensor again or what. Very irritating and seams to be an electrical issue with the sensors that tell the tranny when to shift? Not sure if sensors keep going out or if the wiring harness for it keeps shorting the sensors out or what the issue truly is. It would be nice if Nissan would figure it out and tell us what truly needs to be done to fix the issue. Otherwise the Car is Outstanding.

I may be arriving late to this party since I don't put many miles on my car and I've had my 2006 Max since 2008. I don't drive a lot since I live close to work and I do a lot of my shopping online. However, shortly after hitting 105,000 miles, I've noticed on longer trips where the transmission gets warmed up, it will jerk into second gear after I try to accelerate after having just stopped or slowed down. This is very frustrating and being a single woman, my worst pet peeve is dealing with car repairmen. The class action lawsuit that was filed in 2011 was decertified in December 2014. Is anyone aware of any other class action that has been filed since there are so many of us with the same issue?

After taking very good care of this car with regular maintenance and oil changes every 3,000 miles, it's very disappointing that this very serious problem has arisen. With so many reported similar complaints of the same problem surely this is a manufacturer defect and not a car owner lack of maintaining the vehicle. The problem has caused the "motor mounts" to now be defective. Estimates for this ranges from $600-1,000. Combined with the estimated $3,000 transmission repair, that is $4,000 that I do not have nor can afford. Nissan should step forward and fix this problem at their expense.

Bought this car from a private seller. It's my fault for not doing my due diligence in getting the car fully inspected...and for trusting a Craigslist seller, however the seller did not fully disclose all problems with the car upon me asking. There is no possible way he did not know about this problem. Of course I was not aware of this problem until after purchasing. This was a difficult problem to discover as it did not reveal itself during the test drive and is most noticeable after driving the car for a long period of time ( ~30min or more). Also, the problem is only noticeable driving through the city.

Specifically the transmission seems to slip slightly in the transitions between 1st and 2nd, and 2nd and 3rd gear, both upshifting and downshifting. This car also has the notorious problem of an occasional delayed and violent shift going from reverse to drive. I had a bad solenoid replaced which seemed to make the shifting problems less severe, however they are still occurring. I suspect it may be an issue with the clutch. Not sure how much it may cost to fix. I paid $4500 cash for the car and one week later I have already put $1500 back into it in repairs. As a recent college grad, I can't afford a $3000 transmission fix. I NEED A RECALL NISSAN!