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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 005030845 | Incident Date: Jul, 20 2005 |
| Consumer's City: SANDY | Consumer's State: UT |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: AUTO | Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: MAXIMA | Model Year: 2001 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Power train:automatic transmission |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Jul, 26 2005 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Mar, 04 2001 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: My nissan maxima (2001) began to hard shift between 1st and 2nd gear at approx. 55,000 miles. when i reported it to the dealer (tim dahle nissan in sandy, ut) at the 60,000 maintenance service, i was told there was nothing wrong with the transmission. the shifting problem got steadily worse. the car began doing it randomly at any gear. at 74,000 miles i finally had time to take it to the dealer again. this time the dealer acknowledged the problem (after i made them test drive the car again) and replaced the control valve assembly in the transmission. i picked up the car and drove off the dealer's lot and the car immediately hard shifted from 1st to 2nd gear. three weeks later i took the car back in. the dealer assured me that this was the way the transmission was supposed to work. apparently, nissan released a bulletin to its dealers, explaining that there was a known problem in the maxima 2000 to 2003 (and other models as well). the bulletin instructs the dealer to replace the control valve assembly, but not the transaxle assembly. i am left with a car that shifts hard between 1st and 2nd, resulting in a "clunk" sound. i bought nissan for performance but to avoid this hard shift i have to drive slowly, babying the transmission to shift quietly between 1st and |
