2005 Nissan Maxima SE review from North America

Same problems as everyone else - hard shifting from 1st, 2nd and 3rd. Took it into the dealer, and they said it needed to be re-calibrated. They said this should fix it.

The manager said, as you know these cars have had a lot of problems with the transmission. He stated if this did not fix it them, we would need to replace the tranny ($3,300). Then they stated that the timing belt/chain w/ever needed to be replaced. That's another ($2,200). So I have had this car for 4 months and it could cost me ($5,500), just to have a reliable car for who knows how many more miles.

Even though I just bought it, I am going to get it running, and making as little noise as possible, then trade it in on another car.

Nissan absolutely does not care about the problems they are having with their cars, and it appears will do nothing to try and rectify the situation. I can almost understand the timing chain/belt because the car has 76,000 miles on it. The price was crazy and I would not have Nissan do that anyway. Any mechanic worth his/her salt could do this.