Used 2006 Nissan Maxima Sedan Consumer Reviews
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Poor Making Of The Car
karenharper23, 06/16/2011
2006 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
15 of 17 people found this review helpful
I have a 2006 Nissian Maxima and Ive been had this car for about 4 years now, I start experiencing problems with it last year after my warranty was up. First of all the AC went out and begun to blow hot air and costed me over $300 to get fixed then about January when I reached about 72,000 miles my car began to Jerk and take about 4-5 seconds to go into drive,reverse,etc. So I took it to the Nissan dealer and had them do a dianostic check about 3 times and they told me nothing was wrong so I got my transmission serviced around March and the jerking stopped and now it has started back and now my transmission has gone out and is costing me about $3,000 to get fixed. POOR QUALITY IM UPSET!!!!
Trouble Car to Buy
victorwill, 08/12/2011
2006 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
10 of 11 people found this review helpful
I have a 2006 Maxima w/ 104K miles that is having the same jerking issues. In Aug 2011, the car lurched and jumped so bad in traffic while slowing down. It also happens whenever I am pulling from a stop light or reversing. This issue continued and sometime I have to stop the car because I thought I was going to get into an accident. Since this appears after the car is driven for about 15 minutes, I will let the car sit for a while before I drive it again. It will drive fine for a few miles and start lurching again. I took the car to our local Nissan dealer and needed to pay $105 for an inspection. I tried to tell them the prob. but they acted they didnt what i was saying! Dont buy Nissan
Transmission Issues
P brown, 10/03/2015
2006 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
6 of 6 people found this review helpful
I brought this car brand new in 2006. Around 40,000 miles the transmission started to slip. I called the dealership and of course they said there are no issues with the transmission, this is the first time we've heard of this, yeah right. Called 1-800-Nissan but they weren't any help either. I had all my service records but I just didn't get the car serviced at the dealership so they said there was nothing they could do since the dealership didn't service the car. 82000 miles in rush hour traffic the transmission goes completely out. The car was towed to the dealership who gave me a discount and put in a new transmission for $3,200.
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Hard shifting transmission.
GeoTech, 06/25/2016
2006 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 6M)
22 of 27 people found this review helpful
Hello Guys. For those who have the hard shift problems of your transmission. The fix is about $65. Find shifter kit on eBay. Watch YouTube video on how to fix the 3 selenoids and your car will be running again smoothly. Average time 3-4 hrs. Do take apart the valve assembly because it's only the selenoids. This is a problem from not changing the transmission fluids. You will need mechanical knowledge to do this fix. Hope this helps.
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2006 Nissan Maxima Tranny Problem -- NOT TRANSMISSION
jjmarie97, 09/06/2012
2006 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE 4dr Sedan (3.5L 6cyl 5A)
66 of 89 people found this review helpful
I bought my 2006 Maxima with 58K miles on it. Like many others, I started noticing gear shifting (auto trans) at about 98K miles, so I took it to the dealership that honored the warranty before it expired. They recommended I try a transmission flush, before the warranty company comes back and says I neglected to service my vehicle and refuses to pay for the transmission replacement. Which I did and it DID NOT fix the issues I was having (high RPM rev at random speeds, car slamming into gear, jarring forward out of 1st & reverse). Months passed and my car was in and out of the dealership shop trying one thing or another to resolve the problem. Eventually my warranty expired and surprise .I was on my own with repair cost! After several near death experiences due to the jarring and loss of acceleration at high rates of speed .I called a transmission shop that was recommended to me. Within 2 minutes of explaining the issues, he said its not your transmission .its the Valve Body. He explained to me that the transmissions are pretty solid (used in several models) and that the valve body is the electronic brain of the transmission. Even if you replace the transmission (not rebuild it), it will mostly continue to do the same things, since you never fixed the electronic brain. So speaking from experience in dealing with the same problems with my 2006 Maxima that many, many others have and are dealing with DO NOT replace or rebuild your transmission and waste $5000 before you try the least expensive and most likely the cause of the issues (VALVE BODY), for $1500.00!! 
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