havent been on this board in a LONG time, however

chalk up another auto trans failure for the 5th gens

2002 maxima GLE

23,300 miles on the odo

shop said when the opened up the tranny, the fluid was all cooked and components inside were messed up

and apparently trannys are now on backorder.

reading over some new threads, looks like i have a wheel bearing issue
and i still have that stupid bose radio issue as well...

 

Sorry to hear that. 02' GLE here, recently had a complete flush/svc @~36K. Mechanic stated "no problems, looks great." (who knows what tomorrow will bring?) If it's any consolation at least you are under warranty. Any insight as to the cause (Driving style? Mods? [bad] luck o' the draw?, etc.).

 

bone stock. this was my daily driver so i wasnt too hard on the car. of course i like to flex the muscles on the car every now and then, but over all just normal every day brisk driving

 

Sorry about your down time. Were there any signs leading up to this?
My auto has a strange decrease in RPM in 3rd gear over various speeds. Had it in today. Was told 'this is normal lock up of the torque converter'.
Thanks
Rob

 

sorry to hear bro. 00' gle and i'm stuck w/ the slippin tranny. i've read quite a few of the posts about this but i don't think i've heard of someone w/ a case as serious as yours... and w/ the low milage like urs. maybe you should try getting a second opinion on this before anything is done.

 

Just for $hits and giggles, a list should be compiled of 5th gen orgers who have had their auto tranny's replaced due to mechanical failure. The list would be probably be double digits for sure. Mine went at approx 34K miles.

Good luck all with your 5th gen Auto tranny's these seem to be the weakest link on our cars.

 

i've had no problems at all and I drive the car fairly aggressivly.... no signs of any problems tho. hopefully it stays that way!

 

What is your mileage?

 

Well sorry to hear that man... I was a victim at 52k in my 00 SE automagic. signing were kicking hard out of first gear then one night went to reverse into my driveway and NO reverse. Anyway was still able to drive it to the slealer and the replaced under warrenty

 

sup dan.. you know who this is..

sorry to hear about your trans.. im at about 31k and nothing yet.. haven't talk to you in awhile.. well yea.. sorry about down time but yea.. give me a holla when you get a chance..

-lenny

 

My trans has been slipping at 1-2 and I was wondering if there was any other impending signs of doom before the trans poops out. Hopefully it'll stay with me for a couple of more months until I can trade it in and then someone else can worry about it.

 

Mine cooked at 21k and some change... It cooked last weekend, and Nissan isn't shipping the tranny until tomorrow, so it should be completed by Tuesday the dealer said.

 

Mine was slipping for about a week and a half, then it randomly slipped trying to go from 2 - 3, at the next red light, it wouldn't go anymore.

 

I change my tranny fluid every 15K-20K.....its just a habit...I've always done that with all my cars.....I never go by automakers scheduled services....

 

I think mine is slipping from 1-2nd noticeable but not bad yet 39,500 miles

 

How many fluid changes to date?

 

2 from 15k (when I bought it)

 

come someone explaing what "slipping" feels like please? - thanks

 

it feels like it has a hard time shifting up... like a hesitation or a bucking feeling because it shifted too fast...

When my tranny died, it bucked very hard.... it skipped the CD and then when I stopped, there was a nasty whining sound coming from the transmission... enough to make me cringe

 

transmission cooler and a brick UNDER (not on top) the gas pedal.




it's sad since supposedly the 2k2+ transmissions are beefed up to eliminate the early slip issues with the 00 01 and better handle the extra hp that came from the .5l extra displacement.

at least its not as bad as the 6 speed manuals... yet.

 

I'm cringing just thinking about it!