I have pretty much decided that I need to replace my tcm in my 2000 max. I know they are linked to many tranny problems especually for my year. My current situation is after some long driving third gear in the auto is a little shakey and if I drive the car really hard for a while sometimes it has more difficulty catching. My question is, I am going to pick up a tcm off a 01 in a junkyard. However, I was wondering does anyone have pics of it(I searched)? I know it resides behind the middle console, but I wanted to see exaclty what I am pulling out.

 

Why are you targeting the TCM? It does NOT have a history of problems.

 

For 2000 maxima's they do have a history of problems. Read some of the tranny threads in here and you will see it mentioned. http://forums.maxima.org/showthread.php?t=490498

 

The TB was initially for only certain VINs and when they were relatively new AND the valve body was replaced FIRST. Unless you've got a TCM on the cheap then I would check out the tranny first.

 

So what part of the tranny? The solenoids?

 

New TCM here, fixed my slamming into 2nd gear

 

you were curious about what it looked like..Here

 

Yup. But on a high mileage car it could be a problem with the basic tranny (clutches, etc) where a new solenoid valve assy. won't fix it. It could also be something simple like a damaged "O" ring that only now decided to leak.

 

How many miles did you have defertilizer when you decided to replace tcm?

 

108k.............