There are 14 owner-reported speed control & cruise complaints for the 2004 Nissan Maximain NHTSA's database. These are unverified consumer reports and may not reflect confirmed defects.
DURING DRIVING ITS JERKING AND BUMPING SHOWS "SERVICE ENGINE" ALERT. MECHANIC VERIFIED AND HE SAID MAY BE TRANSMISSION HAVE ISSUE.
THE TRANSMISSION IN THIS CAR GETS VERY JERKY AND CAUSES EITHER DELAYED OR UNEXPECTED ACCELERATION WHICH IS VERY HAZARDOUS WHILE DRIVING IN HIGH TRAFFIC AREAS. FROM WHAT I'VE READ, THIS IS A COMMON PROBLEM FOR THIS VEHICLE.
WHILE PICKING MY NEW, USED MAXIMA 2004 FROM DEALER, PULLING OUT OF THE LOT AND WAITING FOR CLEARANCE TO GET ON HIGHWAY, I PROCEEDED TO TURN ONTO HW & IT STALLED & ALTERNATOR LIGHT CAME ON & "CHECK ENGINE" IT HASN'T SHUT OFF YET, I FELT LIKE I WAS IN A HORRIBLE NIGHTMARE.. I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO GET HIT BECAUSE CARS WERE COMING, I QUICKLY PUT HAZARDS ON, AND PUT IT IN NEUTRAL AND TRIED TO START IT, IT WAS TRYING TO TURN OVER AS I WAS PUMPING THE GAS PEDAL LIKE A JACK HAMMER, I FINALLY FLOORED IT & IT STARTED NOT WITHOUT WHIPLASH TO MY NECK, MY CHEST HIT THE STEERING WHEEL BECAUSE IT JERKED SOOOOO HARD INTO GEAR !!!. I PUT IT IN DRIVE AND WAS SO NERVOUS BECAUSE CARS WERE HONKING & SWEARING AT ME...I WAS TOTALLY SHOCKED AND GREATLY DISAPPOINTED THAT I ALMOST CAUSED MULTIPLE CAR COLLISION. I CALLED MGR AT DEALERSHIP WHEN I GOT HOME & HE SAID " JUST CALL SERVICE AND MAKE AN APPT. I SAID I JUST LEFT YOUR LOT W/NEW PLATES AND TOLD HIM WHAT HAD JUST HAPPENED, HE SAID " I HAVE NOTHING TO DO W/SERVICE, SO CALL THEM IN THE A.M. & MAKE AN APPT." DIDN'T EVEN APOLOGIZE. I GOT ANXIETY BECAUSE I'M 47 YRS OLD AND HAD QUITE A FEW CARS AND I KNOW WHEN A CAR JERKS, GOES FROM DRIVE TO 5TH GEAR WITH POWERFUL JERKING MOTION ALL THE TIME, SKIPPING & STALLING WHILE IN DRIVE, MOST LIKELY A BAD TRANSMISSION, ITS OBVIOUSLY NOT SAFE TO DRIVE, I JUST BOUGHT IT 9/18/14 & I CANT DRIVE IT, IT WON'T PASS INSPECTION IN 7 DAYS. CHECK ENGINE LIGHT STILL ON, LOOKS LIKE 7 DAYS IS NOT HAPPENING MY APPT IS 9/25/14 SUPPOSED TO BE UNDER WARRANTY. INSTEAD OF BEING EXCITED ABOUT CAR I'M SO ANGRY & I FEEL LIKE ONCE THEY HAD MY MONEY, THEY COULD CARE LESS ABOUT ME OR MY FAMILY OR DRIVERS ON ROAD. THANKFULLY NO-ONE GOT HURT, ITS BEEN PARKED SINCE 9/21/14, THEY SAID THEY DID 21 PT INSP, YAA RIGHT !! SURE THEY DID, HOW CAN THEY KNOWINGLY LET ME DRIVE OFF LOT..WITH NO REGARD FOR PUBLIC SAFETY. IS THIS LEGAL ?? *TR
THE VEHICLE JERKS WHEN I AM GOING FROM PARK TO REVERSE, FROM REVERSE TO DRIVE, OR FROM PARK TO DRIVE. IT WILL RANDOMLY JERK WHILE I AM DRIVING. SOMETIMES WHILE DRIVING, THE VEHICLE WILL NOT ACCELERATE. I AM SCARED TO PULL OUT INTO TRAFFIC BECAUSE I NEVER KNOW WHEN IT WILL STALL! *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE BACKING UP INTO A PARKING SPACE DRIVING APPROXIMATELY 2 MPH THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED INDEPENDENTLY AND CRASHED INTO A BRICK PILLAR. THE CONTACT SHIFTED INTO DRIVE AND THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED FORWARD. THE CONTACT DEPRESSED THE BRAKE PEDAL BUT THE BRAKES WOULD NOT RESPOND. AFTER DEPRESSING THE BRAKE PEDAL A SECOND TIME THE VEHICLE CAME TO A STOP. A POLICE REPORT WAS FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO A COLLISION CENTER. THE VEHICLE WAS DESTROYED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 63,000. UPDATED 12/18/12 *CN UPDATED 1/2/2013 *JS
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE UNINTENDED ACCELERATED WHILE DRIVING AT VARIOUS SPEEDS. THE CONTACT STATED THAT WHILE DEPRESSING THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO ACCELERATE THE VEHICLE WOULD HESITATE TO RESPOND BEFORE SUDDENLY SURGING FORWARD AT A HIGH RATE OF SPEED. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO AN INDEPENDENT MECHANIC WHO WAS UNABLE TO DIAGNOSE THE CAUSE OF THE FAILURE. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 100,000.
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA SL. THE CONTACT WAS TRAVELING 16 MPH WHEN THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL WAS DEPRESSED AND THE VEHICLE FAILED TO ACCELERATE. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. THE DEALER CONFIRMED VALVE BODY NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOT CONTACTED. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS UNKNOWN AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 133,688.
MY CLUTCH PEDAL KEEPS GETTING STUCK (ON THE FLOOR WITHOUT ANY RETRACTION) WHILE AT A COMPLETE STOP OR WHEN I AM DRIVING. OFTEN TIMES WHEN I AM DRIVING I WOULD HAVE TO SHIFT GEARS TO ACCOMMODATE SPEED BUT CANNOT AND WOULD HAVE TO SIGNAL HAZARDS TO AWARE OTHER DRIVERS OF EMERGENCY AND CANNOT PROCEED WITH DRIVING DUE TO COMPLICATIONS OF MY CLUTCH PEDAL NOT FUNCTIONING PROPERLY . I HAVE TRIED TROUBLE SHOOTING PROBLEM BUT PROBLEM SEEMS TO KEEP COMING BACK. I HAVE LOOKED UP THE PROBLEM IN THE FORUMS AND VARIOUS NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS WITH SIX SPEED MANUAL TRANSMISSIONS ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM... THIS PROBLEM HAS BEEN A REAL SAFETY ISSUE FOR ME WITH TWO KIDS AND I THE DRIVER NOT BEING ABLE TO CONTROL MY VEHICLE IS NOT ONLY DANGEROUS BUT FRIGHTENING, I SOME TIMES AM STUCK IN TRAFFIC AND WHEN THE TRAFFIC STARTS MOVING I CANNOT AND OTHER DRIVERS HARASS AND THREATEN ME.. IT TAKES TIME FOR THE PEDAL TO RETRACT SOMETIMES HOURS. AT TIMES WHEN MOVING STEADILY IN MOTION THE PEDAL GETS STUCK AND CANNOT GET OUT OF GEAR AND HAVE TO FORCE THE SHIFTER OUT ON NEUTRAL TO ROLL WITH FRICTION LEAVING ME WITH LITTLE OR NO TIME TO REACT LEAVING ME VULNERABLE AND IN DANGER OF GETTING IN AN ACCIDENT HAVING ME MOVE TO THE EMERGENCY LANE.. PLEASE CONSIDER MY COMPLAINT NOT FOR MY BENEFIT BUT FOR THE BENEFIT OF OTHER CITIZENS AND COMMUTERS.. 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA OWNER. *TR
2004 NISSAN MAXIMA WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION. WITHOUT WARNING, PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR AND STAYS THERE CAUSING A SERIOUS TRAFFIC HAZARD. NISSAN SAYS NOTHING WRONG WITH IT. *TR
TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA. THE CONTACT WAS PARKING WHEN THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED, JUMPED THE CURB AND CRASHED INTO A TREE. THERE WERE NO INJURIES AND NO POLICE REPORT FILED. THE VEHICLE WAS IN DRIVABLE CONDITION AND THE CONTACT PLANNED TO HAVE IT INSPECTED AT THE TIME OF THE COMPLAINT. THE CONTACT CALLED THE MANUFACTURER AND FILED A CLAIM. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE APPROXIMATELY 67,500.
I BOUGHT A 2004 NISSAN MAXIMA IN 2003 RIGHT AFTER THE REDESIGN,AND EVERY SINCE I HAVE HAD IT LITTLE THINGS START GOING WRONG. AT 39,000 MILES MAJOR THINGS START GOING WRONG NOW AT 54,000 MILES I HAVE NO ABS BRAKING SYSTEM,AND OTHER THINGS SEEMS TO START ACTING UP. I HAVE TRIED ASKING NISSAN FOR HELP BUT THEY TOLD ME TO GET LOST. I WISH THE TSB WOULD LOOK OUT FOR THE CONSUMERS AND GET THEM SOME RELIEF. I GUESS THE ONLY THING WE AS CONSUMER CAN DO IS GET A LAWYER AND SUE UNDER THE LEMON LAW AND I KNOW YOU DON'T NEED ANY MONEY TO RETAIN AN ATTORNEY. I KNOW THAT 928 COMPLAINTS THAT SOME THING IS WRONG WITH THE PRODUCT,AND I AM SURE THAT THE COURTS WILL AGREE WITH ME. I HAD HIGH HOPES FOR NISSAN CARS BUT NOW IF YOU TRY TO GIVE ME ONE I WOULD TRY AND HAVE YOU COMMITTED. I WILL NEVER BUY ANOTHER NISSAN EVER. *TR
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS 2006 NISSAN MAXIMA. WHEN THE DRIVER ATTEMPTED TO REVERSE OUT OF A PARKING SPACE THE VEHICLE SUDDENLY ACCELERATED WITHOUT INTENTION. HE THEN CRASHED INTO ONE PARKED VEHICLE WHICH PUSHED THAT VEHICLE INTO ANOTHER PARKED VEHICLE. SHE RECEIVED INJURIES TO HER NECK. THE VEHICLE WAS TOWED TO THE DEALER. THE DEALER STATED SPECULATED THAT AN ANIMAL GOT STUCK UNDER THE VEHICLE AND CAUSED THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL TO STICK. THE CURRENT AND FAILURE MILEAGES WERE 67,000. THE POLICE REPORT INFORMATION WAS NOT AVAILABLE.
CHANGES SPEED AT ANY TIME UP OR DOWN UNSAFE TO DRIVE NISSAN NEEDS TO RECALL TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM. *TR
THE CAR SURGES FORWARD ON IT'S ON WITHOUT APPLYING THE ACCELERATOR. I'VE DOCUMENTED THE SPIKE UP TO 6000(RPMS). THE SITUATION HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WERE MY WIFE WILL NOT DRIVE THE VEHICLE. THE CAR HAS BEEN TO THE DEALERSHIP ON NUMEROUS OCCASIONS. I HAVE TAKEN IT TO FIVE DIFFERENT NISSAN DEALERSHIPS, BUT THEY CAN NOT SEEM TO FIND WHAT THE PROBLEM IS. *JB
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