There is a known problem with the tranny's in 2000's. I had mine replace at 55,000 miles, fortunately that was about 3 years ago. Now I have 110K and many other problems. this was the first year for this model and there were lots of problems. Believe me, I take very good care of my car and drive it well. these things happen, I use Pine Belt Nissan in Manahawkin, NJ, they are awesome and always hook me up. Tell the dealer to search the TSB's, if I remember correctly that's how I got mine replaced. Good Luck.

 

UPDATE.. NISSAN Corporate called me back yesterday and stated they spoke with the Service Manager at the dealer. She had some BS story about a "GOOD FAITH" option which they use to offset the cost of a major repair and i was DECLINED. After a brief argument with lots of "HOLLERIN" i had to end the call.. So its time to kick it up a notch....... I am looking for the TSB now.. OH and AAMCO quotes me at 2500 for a complete Rebuild w/ lifetime nationwide warranty. DTC P0734 A/T 4TH GEAR FUNCTION

 

Well i found this http://www.nissanhelp.com/Ownership/...es/04035-1.gif and contacted the service manager.. he states he had it in my file and the tranny fluid was burnt.. and the saga continues... he also stated NISSAN has not replied to him as to the status of my inquiry but they called me and said no.. hmmmm....

 

For all those griping over foreign vs domestic cars... It would be notable that a greater number of "foreign" cars are built right here in the United States than we import from oversees, as well as there is a growing trend to send "domestic" car factories overseas for cheaper labor. If you interested in what is ACTUALLY going on and not what your cousin's friend's dad told you, take a minute to read this. It details some things going on in the auto industry right now, and how those numbers compare to 5 years ago.

http://www.businessweek.com/magazine...7/b3971057.htm

 

Thats crazy, your car having sooo low miles and all those problems!! Hope you get the dealer to fix it up for you. Good luck!

 

you can try this link:

http://home.att.net/~maximadriven/bu.../bulletins.htm

If i recall mine was fixed with 039a.

 

That's such a shame, my father has a 2000 Max which has had relatively few problems throughout it's life. Just your basic common problems, Coilpacks/MAF. Since then, no issues. Just bad luck for sure.

 

So wait a minuet, because your "TOP of the line" Nissan in 2000 had 1 more hp from the factory than the low end of the spectrum 2006 Lincoln you are saying the American cars are inferior?


Well how about this V-6 for you:

1987 Buick GNX (STOCK and AMERICAN) 276hp/360lb-ft tq Where's that 2000 Maxima now? 13years down the road and less hp, how can that be?! Oh nooooes maybe American cars aren't all that inferior.

 

wow.... very cool eh?
but look... 3.8 with turbo only makes 278hp?? u think thats alot eh?? haha
as a result it's only making 73.157894 hp PER LITER!!! WOW!!! that ALOT FOR A TURBO CHARGED ENGINE!!!!
i am sorry our 3.0 N/A VQ30 will shut up with 74hp PER LITER with no turbo.... yours is bigger... stronger... quicker... i am so sorry...

 

I am going to call bs on some of this. I am sorry but Jaguar and Mercury have horrible servce reputations. I have spent many years around garages. I see the cars that come in. I am not one to start the debate but just about everytime JD Power and associates comes out with something I think, "WHAT!!!!." I think they are a purchased magazine that will print stuff it gets iincentives for. I am sorry also buick ranking up there is a far strech. I am sorry man that your max has so many problems. It sounds like you have a lemon on your hands. Have you ever replaced the tranny fluid? Or perhaps had a leak. Good luck man keep us posted.

 

Okay.... I am sorry.... what is THE FASTEST MAXIMA ever? Does it compete with the fastest GNX as of yet? The answer is no. Just put this to mind What does a stock Maxima w/74hp per liter run... mid 15's maybe? My Z28 (V8 vs V6 but it doesn't matter just showing the hp/liter thing doesn't matter) only had 48.2456blahblah hp/liter from the factory and you know what it ran BONE STOCK and on street tires... it ran a consistant 13.7xx @ 100-101.xxmph. So dang the Maxima is nearly double the hp.liter of my Z28 so why isn't it as fast? Oh yeah, it has no tq that's why.


Why do ricers always brag about hp/liter?!?!? Not saying that Maximas are rice, just this kid. With his all knowing wisdome of hp/liter. So how about the 2005 C6 Z06 it only has 71.428751hp/liter but at 7liters that's 500hp, so is your Maxima superior to that? I can keep going on about how argueing hp/liter is ignorent but I wont, bueause it is just that, ignorent.

 

Wow this is turning to ridiculous. I will say in response to the maxima has no torque that is a little inaccurate. Compared to other cars in our class on a stock motor the maxima torque numbers are some of the top if not the class leader. THey do not in any way compete with Z06's or camaro's but with cars it is built to compete with.

I think lalaMAX was making the point (dont know why) that the maxima engine is more efficent at the hp/liter. There is no way that a bone stock maxima would ever hang with a gnx, z28 camaro, etc. They are not designed to compete with any of them. Hp/liter is just part of the equation to how fast the car is. The fact of the matter is the maxima is a bigger sedan.

Cars where you would look at such a ratio woulkd be something like a crx, mr2 etc. The reason why is because you need to analyze to see if a motor swap to something bigger would put you at a disadvantage because of weight. When you are dealing with small cars things like hp/liters weight etc play a bigger roll, because it is more adventagous to get more out of a small package. The reason being you dont need the mass amounts of torque bigger engines but out with all there weight. More importantly there are many factors other than hp/liters that influnce how quick a car is. I wont get into those because it would drag this topic out even more.

But since we are on the subject or hp/liters and efficency check these numbers out:

These numbers are reflective of the rx-8 (232 hp 1.3-liter RENESIS 2-rotor, 6-intake-port, rotary engine). These numbers are nothing to be discussed I thought they would just be interesting. I am not saying: mazda's are the #&@^, rx-8 is the fastest car ever because the hp/liters ratio, or anything like that. Just some numbers to look at.

 

Sure you can argue horsepower/liter.
Lets use the crappy american engine you are refrencing

1.)You are forgetting the high compression ratio on our 3.0.. It does require 91 or better octane.

the motor you are referencing has a 221 HP 3.0 that gets 20/28. It also has 205 ft/lb of torque.

Our nissan has 222 hp and 207 ft/lbs of torque.

Both cars get 20/28 according to the epa and both have basically the same technilogy.

now compare todays engine.
Nissans 3.5 =255 hp @ 6,000 rpm (72.85 hp per liter) and 252 lb-ft @ 4,400 rpm on 91 octane... 20/28 MPG
Fords 3.5 =263 @ 6,250 rpm (75.1 hp per liter) and Torque 249 lb-ft @ 4,500 rpm on 87 octane...
I can't find the fuel efficiency for the new 3.5 coming out later this year, but I'd imagine it will be close if not slightly worse than Nissans 3.5. It uses 87 which means burn time is faster = slightly more fuel used...But that fuel is .020 cheaper a gallon.. I would expect somewhere around 18-20/26-30 MPG.

By looking at these figures you can see that the whole "foreign technology is better" thought is stupid. I'll agree that for years (Early-mid 90s) American automakers had the market and had no need to fix the common problems on their cars. Todays market is much different. In todays marker American cars are built just as good as Domestics.... That 3.5 looks so impressive
that I'm actually thinking about buying a lincoln in 3-4 years after they work the kinks out of the design. . (Hopefully they bring back a design simalier to the Lincoln LS)