By now Nissan USA should have offered to fix this problem years ago. I had this annoying problem for a few years which got worse when I moved to Florida. Gear slipping, slamming, jerking and plain not going into reverse gear sometime. I had it checked by a few Nissan dealerships both in Virginia and in Florida. Nobody was ready to explain why this was happening. They all suggested I replace the transmission for an average price of $4000.Nobody at any of the dealerships "knew anything" about "this" problem.

I finally got a valve body replacement done by Level 10 Products in New Jersey. That was 5000 miles back. I have not had a problem with my transmission since then. If Level 10 Products in Hardyston, NJ can figure out and fix a lot of bad Nissan Maxima transmissions, why is Nissan USA still not accepting this responsibility.

Thanks Pat Barret and your excellent team at Level 10 Products.

I have owned 2 Maximas prior to this purchase & loved them both. I still own & drive the 1999 Maxima & have had very few problems with it. It runs better than the 2005 Maxima. I thought I was getting a great deal when I bought the 2005 for $8500.00 on 8/30/13 with 98,330 miles showing. Immediately after purchase, I noted transmission problems, shifting down while going uphill, hard shifting, clunking noises when shifting, hard shifting when de-accelerating downhill, not going into gear when shifting from reverse into drive, causing me to roll backwards on a hill. These problems continued & worsened until I took it to a Nissan repair shop one month later & they replaced the transmission( twice because the first one that was shipped did not shift smoothly into 2nd gear) & also replaced the solenoid & the throttle body. Since then, I have had other frequent repairs of this car, less expensive, but very annoying, and would not buy another one again, because the quality has so drastically declined. Even the inside trim pulls right off on the door threshold & is plastic instead of metal. So sad that Nissan has really let their quality decline so much since they shifted their production to Smyrna. The car that came from Japan has really given me far fewer problems & no transmission issues, with now 180,000 miles on it. I hate that I will next be looking @ other companies to find the quality I once loved with Nissan.

i had this car from 2005 aug as first owner. first time i had this problem in 2011 april and dealer didnt take any action only said this car have no warranty left so i rebuilt the transmission from berkeley transmission shop ans spent 4400 dollars. now last month i had engine service soon light came and i go to machnic he said bad transmission. if a expensive car like this have no reliabality then whay people have to buy this peace of sh*t i want to aware people not to buy at least any maxima so that company will look into thre problem and fix it thanks

It was very disheartening purchasing a used car with unimaginable transmission problems. The problems ranging from skippering, slippage, dragging, jumping from gear 2 to gear 3 and failure to down shift. This causing the engine to stall. Spending so much money to buy a used car and to spend another $2500 for transmission replacement is too much to stomach. It is time for Nissan to take responsibility and recall all these vehicles with defected transmissions. I never had any issue with my Toyota sienna. Please, do the right thing.

I traded in a perfectly good running 2000 Maxima for this piece of sh*t 2005 3.5 SE, don't get me wrong, it runs perfect, engine wise, well other than the tensioner rattling like hell (that's another story). I should have done my home work on this year car but I have owned two other Maximas and didn't have any problems. I have replaced the camshaft position sensor once and it did get the car to go back into 1st gear again. but it still jerks like hell when it gets warmed up. Nissan needs to own up to this problem no questions about it! I guess when they get a fatal accident from someone trying to cross a busy highway and the tranny want go then they might actually listen. I've heard from a friend of mine that if you do get the tranny fixed that you need to change the fluid every 5k miles so the Solenoids want get metal shavings in them. This is just BULLSHIT! that a company like Nissan just turns the other cheek on a lot of loyal customers. I guess when everyone gets together and stops buying from them and make them go bankrupt then they might start listening. I don't think there is a 100% fix for this problem and they know it. There are so many complaints on this problem and it seems to start around the same mileage, so if that doesn't say something I don't think it ever will. I love my car that's why I haven't burnt it to the ground yet, hoping maybe something will get through to someone that gives a SH*T! I can say that from this I will never buy another Nissan and I have spread the word to everyone and there cousins about it too! THANKS FOR TRYING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

My wife bought this car before I married her. I would have advised her not to buy this car in the first place. A car should never have a trans problem when it only has about 50,000 miles on it. We did not fix it yet. We need to fix it very soon before it ceases to work altogether. It is a lot of money to fix it. Nissan should have had a recall on this car for trans and or the valve body. There is a class action law suit about it already. I will never buy a Nissan ever again. I have heard of other Nissan models having problems with the transmissions too.

My wife wanted a nissan maxima because of the nice look, but after one month the transmission starting letting go. It slips from 2 to 3 gear after warming up. It was fine while test driving it. She goes short distances to work so we never noticed it before. We went for a ride to see family members and low and behold there it starts acting up. We had a 2000 VW jetta that was an absolute lemon, so we sold it and thought we would try a nissan; MISTAKE again. We have always had chrysler products with minimal problems, but we liked the look of foreign cars. This nissan maxima (2005) is the last foreign car we will buy. We talk about supporting other countries, but we continue to support them. I am trying to dump this foreign lemon ang go back to my roots. (north american) products. Why do we support Nissan when we know they will not stand behind their mistakes. What a crime.

At approximately 109k, my transmission started to "slip". It gradually got worse, until just the other day when I barely got home. It would over heat, and once it sat for a minute or two it would go into gear. The main problem was between 2nd and 3rd gear. Then there were times when it wouldn't down shift into 1st, or shift into reverse. I eventually learned how to baby it while it was trying to shift. There were several occasions when the rpm's revved up, it would kick into gear, and then lunge almost uncontrollably. This was my families main means of transportation. Today I cannot rely on it. So the fourth Nissan I purchased, and spent the most money on, sits in the driveway.

At first I thought I had just got a bad transmission, the warranty is out, it's my responsibility I'll have to bite the bullet, and fix it some how. Then I discovered all the other complaints across the web with the same exact problem. This is an unjust move on the part of Nissan to not own up to their mistake.

I tried going to the local dealership and they gave me the run around.

The name of the dealership is ORR Nissan. I'll have no business with them again. I'm unemployed, went to them for help with this, and was treated like poo. Thank you for your uplifting support in a time of desperate need, Mrs. Tammie LeBleu.

Again this is my fourth Nissan, and I have never had a problem out of the transmission. This is will probably be my finally Nissan. Hello Honda or Toyota.

I bought my 2005 Nissan Maxima in May of 2012 with 90,000 miles on it, I loved it. It drove great, gets decent mpg with good performance. By june it started jerking, mostly when I would reduce speed it would downshift. Also when increasing speed from about 20mph it doesn't want to go & finally it will jerk really hard & shift. Next week I will be taking it to a local nissan dealer to see what can be done...if it is a major repair which is the case more than likely I will be trading it off. This time I wont be getting a Nissan.

my 2005 maxima starting jerking when going from reverse to drive. Then started to have problems when braking with the transmission downshift. Then it would dangerously lunge at intersections. Transmission shop says its the valve body and $2000 to fix. Nissan is well aware of this problem but is not recalling the problem or standing behind their product. This problem is dangerous and someone is gonna get killed. DON'T BUY NISSAN. thousands of people have the exact same problem. Its my first and last Nissan. Phone # for attorney filing a class action suit (610) 645-4712 Please call and try to make Nissan man up.

This car we had bought in November, and a couple of weeks or so after, the engine started slipping when breaking or accelerating. However, when I took it to an independent mechanic, he did not find any problems. The problem was, the transmission only showed signs of acting up after about 15 to 20 minutes of driving, and then the problem occurred. The sad thing is this was such a great car, except for the transmission. When we got estimates, it would have cost around $3000 to fix. We ended up trading in the car because of this great expense, and this happened soon after we had bought it (without a warranty).