discobiscuit

Hello,
I have a 95 Maxima and the transmission shifts real hard between 1st and 2nd gears. All other gears shift nice and smooth. I had the transmission serviced at the local Nissan dealership and the fluid level is where it should be. Anyone had any ideas as to what is casing this? Thanks in advance for any help you can give.

skywalker85

Check to see if your radiator support is gone and the engine/trans is saggin..

***Before I replaced my radiator support didn't matter if the trans was cold or @ temp it would still shift hard. With the new support it goes away once warmed up***

Theres a shift sensor behind the air box. Forgot the name.. You can test that.. I replaced mine with no luck..

Have my original sensor in working condition in case you need one..

Maxima 97 SE

I started a thread while back where a lot of us on this forum had replaced the transmission drop resistor and it had helped and fixed the harsh shifting from 1st gear to 2nd and it had also restored some throttle response as well. I have a brand new oem nissan transmission drop resistor that I bought back in January this year. I have no use for it and its just sitting around. A new one is is around 70.00. I'll sell you mine for 40.00 if you want it. If you want to buy a new one heres the part number for the resisitor 31037-71L00.

skywalker85

That's what it's called! I had forgotten