Went to back out of a parking spot but the car would not move, it felt like i had the brake on. So i tried D,2,1 Drive and 2nd worked 1st did not. i pushed the car out and limped her home.

I have checked the fluids twice now (hot and cold) and it looks like it overfull but i have not added any fluid. Also i noticed when it was hot i pulled the dipstick and it was smoking(very small amount). Fluid smells burnt.

Does my tranny have any chance? Writing this i feel i am answering my own question, i am just hoping i am missing something.

Any suggestions?

 

You and a 5th gen guy have the same issue lol Check it:

http://forums.maxima.org/5th-generat...a-shoot-b.html

 

wow cant believe it! thanks man.

...wish it was an old thread so i had an answer lol

 

WTF is going on man if u have any luck let me know and I will too. Call me tmr forreal we need to collaborate on this

 

Whats good James. Been a minute. Got another maxx now, time to start clean.

 

I have reverse and 1st back! So, i was sitting in the car and i put it in reverse and i gave it a little gas and again it felt like i had my foot on the brake, well i got pissed and pushed the gas donw like 3/4 and all of a sudden BOOOOOM! before i know it im spinning the tires in reverse! ...everything's working again!

...Kinda short lived happiness i talked to SEVERAL shops and a friend that has been doing trannys for 30 years, they all said trannys dont "heal" themselves... i said but but but this is a maxima lol ... so i think im gonna do a rebuild on her

 

Dude...you rock. You effectively just fixed my tranny. The same happened to me. I was just about to get it towed to the shop, but first, i had to try what you did, AND IT WORKED!!!!

Cripes that was violent though. I held the brake as well just in case she decided to go forward.

Again. Kudos to you, and thank you very much. I am posting this so that others who may have the same issue can try this fix.

I drove it thins morning, and everything seems fine.

I will post updates if anything goes wrong.

 

this "fix" worked? wow.

 

scary, huh?

I figure a valve must have been stuck.

I change my fluid with Mobil1 ATF every 50k since I purchased the car at 100k. (260k is where am at now). The fluid smells fine, but Imma do a change soon.

 

Same thing I am saying and it worked for two people. Makes me wonder how long the fix would last.

 

after i did that the tranny seemed weaker i got flare-ups between shifts so i didnt wait for it to fail i swapped my tranny with a VLSD with only 69k on it, i couldnt be happier with VLSD ..that is except $1400 it cost me for tranny new solenoids axle two motor mounts fluid and labor.

 

Where do people find these trannies? 70k on cars that are 13+ years old.

 

dumb luck.

I looked up to 200 miles away that was the lowest mileage and it was only 20 miles away!

 

My tranny has gotten stuck like this two times since my last post.

The latest time I didn't thing I was gonna get it to pop out. I disconnected the drop resistor (so I would have full line pressure ALL the time) and after I got the tyranny fully warmed up, I did a neutral drop into reverse. It worked, but I am not gonna take it to a tranny shop. I'm sure its just a solenoid or something.

 

update.... tranny is dying...

 

 

update,

tranny still works, but will occasionally do this sticking thing. It seemed to happen less as spring and summer came, so I assumed it would happen more frequently once it got cold.

Hence, I have retired my '98. She still runs and drives fine. I'm keeping it as a backup car.

Purchased a 2011 Max SV w/sport package. Finally Nissan has made a max worth owning again.

 

^^^ not till Nissan makes another 5spd hehe