I tried to search but couldn't find anything, or probably didn't look long enough lol.

Hey guys!
I have an 04 Maxima 6 speed with a little over 100k and I'm 95% sure the previous owner didn't replace anything that had to do with the transmission before I bought it. I've started to notice some things that are catching my attention.

1. Sometimes when I drive my car a lot or all day, I would lose pressure in the clutch pedal. One time I couldn't even get it into gear. But after I let it sit for a while, the pressure would come back. Any ideas on what could be wrong?

2. One day I decided to launch my car from a red light, and see what the vq35 could really do before I started modding it. It launched pretty well, but when I banged 2nd gear I heard a thud when I let off the clutch, same thing for 3rd. After that I slowed down and just put it in 6th and I haven't abused it since. Has anyone had the same problem before?

Sorry for the long post! I wanted to make it detailed so that whoever reads could better understand my issues

If anyone could shed some light on this I'd appreciate it. Thanks for reading!

 

Thread is no longer needed. Car is totaled because people don't know how to yield to oncoming traffic.

Thanks

 

Terrible.

 

7th gen?

 

Yeah it's sucks. The other driver got ticketed because he failed to yield and I have to go to court.

I think I'm going to go for a 6 speed 5.5 gen this time. I definitely wanna stay with the Maxima family. I loved my 6th gen, but I hated how piggish it was. I wanna build something fun to drive and has a bit of kick to it. So 5.5 gen may be the route i'll go

 

6th gen (2004), according to both the subforum and the first post in the thread

 

Shiit man, hope you're ok and get a hefty insurance check.

 

lol, yea I knew that.... I meant is he gonna get the 7th gen now. I apologize, I should have been more specific

 

ah, gotcha

 

Not sure how that's going to work. I had a documented agreement with the previous owner to pay him monthly. The car was still under his insurance so I'm not sure what's going to happen with that. Regardless I'm still going to stay within the Maxima fam!

 

i know this is no longer necessary but to comment on the questions. I was having the losing pressure issue a little over year ago as well then it stopped without me doing anything. Maybe a failing slave or master cylinder. I did however have to replace my slave cylinder hydraulic line recently.The second issue sounded like transmission mount. BTW nothing piggish about the 6spd...It never ceases to amaze me lol(even bone stock)