First started with car having problems accelerating the first few minutes of driving and then it would be OK. 5 months later it won’t go past 20 mph and it won’t accelerate anymore. Changed the front abs sensor since there was a service bulletin (NTB11-089) to see if it would help, which didn’t do anything. Took it to the dealer hoping that it wasn’t a transmission issue, but they told me that not only the transmission was gone but also the timing chain in the engine needs to be replaced along with other things in the engine. The total cost of repair would be over $8,000 which would exceed the value of the car at this point. Out of frustration I asked the service advisor if it’s common for a 12 year old car with 114,000 miles on it to be at a point of sending it to the junk yard, and she said it’s not uncommon. I bought this car new and I took really good care of it, never stepping on it hard or anything, but if a Nissan is not gonna last this long, I’m never buying another one ever again...

This car was handed down as a gift for doing well in school, well when I got it, it was on its third transmission. First one went bad, second one was installed wrong so quickly broke, the third one lasted about 50,000 miles and was over the warranty so I ended up selling because I did not want to replace it. Dont get me wrong this car was an absoulute blast and had a lot of awesome features. but I have never had to pull over in a car after drive for 30 minutes to let the transmission cool down so that I could drive it again. either it would not accelerate or it could not hold RPMs either way it made me pull over on the highway during my commute to see my girlfriend every weekend.

Loved this car until tranny acted up in Feb. Dealership checked out and said tranny needed replaced. Found that this is common problem for Nissan with CVT. Nissan has extended warranty to 10yrs / 120,000 will not cover mine due to in service date expired in Jan even with almost 20,000 miles under max on mileage. that Sucks!

To make matters worse, picked up car at dealership in Lafeyette,In. tonight after $ 3500.00 transmission change and still has Same Problem. Will be going back tomorrow to hope for no more ineptness.

This is my second Nissan and will be my last given the way they have not stood behind their product.

We purchased this beautiful car for our daughter when she turned 16. She is 17 and 1/2 and it stopped accelerating and the RPM's could go sky high. My father-in-law is a mechanic so he replaced the transmission He said someone else had trouble with the car and the flywheel was missing. Anyway he replaced the transmission and the car ran fine for seven days! Then did the same thing. He returned our money and we took it to Ammco and they replaced the transmission and the flywheel for $3800....car ran for less than seven days and the same thing! This is so frustrating. We were hoping this car would get her through college as the rest of the car is amazing.

Never will I buy a Nissan again...All of my cars were Honda's until one....and I will never again stray. This has been a horrible experience and no one knows why we are having this issue. She needs to drive, she is in sports and very active and college is next year. Of course we are still paying the car off so I can't just get a new one. I need this one to drive!!!!

At 130K miles in 2011 my transmission went out. Nissan had just extended the warrany to 120K miles. Since all mine were highway miles and I was a "loyal" customer, they gave me a new transmission but I still had to pay a little over $1000 to have it installed. Now with just 80K miles on this "new" transmission it is doing the same thing as before when the first one failed. I contacted Nissan and they are no longer accepting responsibility for a faulty transmission. . As I read, I found that the timing chain, which I had already had to replace because it uses plastic in its design. Idiots! I love my car, when it was working properly. This was my second Maxima, and my last. I have read NUMEROUS reports of transmission failures and lawsuits. I am curious as to why Nissan would allow their name to be attached to such a poorly manufactured transmission and timing chain.

This car has been an issue since we purchased it in 2007. First a noise every time we turn it to the right with the wheels and took it to 3 dealers in our area and could not find the problem, and then took it back to the dealer where purchased and they found the problem but was not on warranty and more even though purchased extended warranty and would not do anything for purchasing Nissan through them and even stated Nissan would not do anything for us because warranty was expired by 2 months. Now transmission just went out and this Nissan was never abused or taking long distance and for it to just go out and no warranty covers that. Really upset with the purchase of this car bought it NEW with on 300 miles on it and Nissan do not take care of their customers. this Nissan was not cheap and for it not to be reliable and dependable for clients is very upsetting. I did not add my VIN number they should have our name on file.

On 10/05/2015 my 2007 Maxima started to have hesitation problems. I had gone back to the dealer where it was bought and they had told me it was the transmission. Going back 10/06/2015 to get it fixed, it is covered under my extended warranty, which has only 800 miles left on it. It was bought at a non Nissan dealer.

Update from Nov 20, 2015: Update. It is now 11/20/15 and was now told it is the left rear speed sensor. It has had 2 Nissan rebuilt transmissions put in, and was told it was the transmission module. I have been without the car since 10/6/15. Now it is the left rear speed sensor. From what I have been told that it will not show a code because it happens so fast it does not display a code. What was happening is that when you put your foot into it, the tachometer would race and the car would not go. So, if your tach. is racing, change the left rear speed sensor. On the internet, $50.0 - $140. for cost. I was also told that it is known within the Nissan shps that this is the most cause for the transmission and tach problems. GOOD LUCK. I will update again on 11/ 23 / 15 when I pick up my car.

Update from Feb 26, 2016: Sorry for not updating sooner. The transmission had been replaced twice, and the other problem with the tac racing was a broken wire about 5 to 6 inches from the throttle body. The head mechanic found it in the plastic shielding they use to protect the wires form the throttle body. I had gotten the car back after 2 months and took a trip across country to California and put 5400 miles on it and it is still going. Everything was covered under warranty. They also replaced the driver side rear hub and sensor ( had to be matched from Nissan ) and pulled the exhaust and checked the smog sensors and put 2 new tires on the rear that were not matched with the front ones..A lot of work for 2 months.Problem fixed though. Oh, and also put a new trans. module on it. Good luck to everyone with there problems.

We've had the car in shop and had the valve body replaced with about 80,000 miles on it. Now, with 130,000 miles, the dealership says the entire transmission is bad. The car drives 50 highway miles every day.

Nissan says that the car is significantly out of the 120,000 mile warranty and will not fix the car. Fine, I kind of sort of understand. They have to have a limit where they stop covering problems. My beef is that the car has had significant transmission problems in the past and 10% out of warrantee isn't worth covering? Give me a break.

Even if I do spend the $3200 to have the transmission fixed (this is 1/10th of the cost of the car new), they will only warranty the parts and labor for 12,000 miles. How about standing behind this new transmission like the new one, you are obviously charging as much as a vehicle? No. It is because Nissan knows they can't make good products.

They obviously have an inferior product, won't fix it, charge you a lot to fix it, and won't stand behind their repairs.

Do not buy Nissan! I never will again!