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Decent car ruined by unreliable transmission
victor, 10/07/2015
updated 04/12/2018
2006 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
6 of 7 people found this review helpful
Transmission went out twice in the two year I owned this car. Would not recommend this car to anyone.
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NEVER AGAIN
dhayward4, 06/08/2012
2006 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
8 of 10 people found this review helpful
Was driving a '01 Accord, got bored and wanted a change. So I purchased this car on St. Pattys Day in '09 with 57xxx miles on it. Got a good deal on the car. At first I loved my new car. But then it changed. QUICK. I heard of the transmission problems but figured that it wouldn't happen to me. Well it did. Shortly after that I had to replace all 4 tires 2 times. With 18'' factory tires aren't going to be cheap. Add the Z rating, now tires won't last long at all. After the tires came the headlights. $200 for all the lights up front to be changed. Next was the struts, shocks, bearings ect. $1200 later. Now I am in need to replace the timing belt. Car is a money pit.
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DO NOT BUY
klea, 02/07/2019
2006 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
i got this car when it had about 130,000 on it. it drove fine when i first got it. was never the smoothest driving car, but nothing to be concerned over. after having it and driving it small amounts (around 20 miles a day-to and from school) it started acting up. it all started when the car was in reverse. sometimes when i was shifting from reverse to drive it would hesitate to shift, and when it did the transmission would jump..HARD. like enough to sling you forward. this didn't happen too often, maybe once or twice a week at first. it did this for about 1.5 months. i had spoken to my mechanic and he told me that it sounded like the valve body but to continue to drive it so he could know for sure. well about a month after he had told me this is when it got bad. i could only drive the car till it "warmed up", so for about 15 minutes until the transmission would stick. after 15 minutes the RPMS would go to about 4 or 5 before the car would shift. and when it finally did shift it would knock so hard you almost got whiplash. there were times where i would be merging onto the highway and the car wouldn't shift and i would not have enough time to speed up because my car wasn't shifting. i got my valve body replaced and still continued to have these problems. the mechanic told me that my car had to adjust to a new transmission part and keep driving. while i was waiting for my car to 'adjust' i continued to drive it, as some days it would shift well and others it would shift very hard. one night i had gone out with friends and left my car while i rode in my friends car. when i got back to my car, the doors wouldn't unlock. i tried to unlock it with the key and with the keyfob but it wouldn't budge. i left it there overnight and came back in the morning and had to get AAA to get my doors unlocked. turns out my locks went out and as a security measure, my windows would unroll themselves (for what reason, i don't know) so i had to continuously play with my windows for 20 minutes just to get them to roll up, and make sure i didn't unroll them again. i could also not lock my car at this time. after this my sunroof wouldn't work and had a leak in it from the time i bought it. but it leaked out through the sunglass holder...not sure how. by this point i got rid of the car. after putting over 8,000 into this car i only got about 1/4 of that and only had the car for about 8 months or so.....please...don't ever buy this car.
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bmac13, 04/08/2012
2006 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SL 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
I bought this car used from my father about 3 month ago. The dealers were trying to fleece him on trade in value for a new vehicle. My family was growing and I needed a larger second vehicle. I was looking for a larger sedan with safety and reliability, but with some HP and was fun to drive. After looking at the new sedans (2010-2012) on the market I could not find a vehicle that had all of the features of the 2006 Maxima and under 25K. I was aware of the transmissions problems of the Maxima, fortunately, I knew the history of this Maxima and the transmission has not been a problem. If worse comes to worse, I'll be out 3K instead of 25K+ price tag of new vehicle with less quality.
The Altima is better!!
Charletta, 03/27/2016
2006 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6M)
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
I bought my car last year in November, a 2006 Maxima. With just a little over 100,000 miles on it.. And only 2days after I purchased it, the transmission started to slip. Cause a massive jerk when I put the car into drive. I have taken to several dealerships and shops to have it tested and everyone keeps telling me that there's absolutely nothing wrong with my car. It had an "as is" sign in it so they would not take it back. It has been nothing but a headache since I bought the car. And it still jerks very hard. My Altima is a much better car in my opinion. And much more reliable.. So, I'm stuck with a 10,000 dollar car that runs like crap!!
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