As the title says - how can you tell if the engine/tranny mounts are shot?

 

not sure if this works for maxima, but how i use to tell on my old firebird was that if u put the car in gear and hold the brake then hit the gas. if the engine pops foward then the mounts are bad. not sure it will work b/c of inline 6 but worth a try.

 

I could hear a knocking noise when shifting the auto tranny from P or N to D or R, in other words when shifting from a wheels release position to wheels engaged position. This was on a FWD of course.

 

^-------that is a good way to do it, also if you feel a slight slump when you press on the gas feels like you hit a bump is the engine moving up and then down.

 

u brign up the point that the firebird is RWD and the max is FWD. but the theory should still be the same....