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2005 Nissan Altima transmission problems

Owners reported transmission problems in 46 complaints for the 2005 Nissan Altima, 3% of the complaints on file.

At a glance

Complaints
46 3% of this year's complaints
Typical mileage
40,000 miles 38 complaints with mileage
Crashes and fires
1 and 0
Injuries and deaths
0 and 0

Source: NHTSA owner complaints

When transmission problems show up

Transmission complaints by mileage, 2005 Nissan Altima Complaints by odometer reading in 20,000-mile steps. The median is about 40,000 miles. 0k to 20k miles: 11 complaints 20k to 40k miles: 7 complaints 40k to 60k miles: 10 complaints 60k to 80k miles: 5 complaints 80k to 100k miles: 2 complaints 100k to 120k miles: 1 complaints 120k to 140k miles: 1 complaints 140k to 160k miles: 0 complaints 160k to 180k miles: 0 complaints 180k to 200k miles: 0 complaints 200k+ miles: 1 complaints 040k80k120k160k200k miles Typical: 40,000 miles
Based on 38 complaints that include mileage. 74% were reported before 60,000 miles. The amber marker shows the median: half of these complaints happened before that mileage.
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MileageComplaints
0k to 20k miles11
20k to 40k miles7
40k to 60k miles10
60k to 80k miles5
80k to 100k miles2
100k to 120k miles1
120k to 140k miles1
140k to 160k miles0
160k to 180k miles0
180k to 200k miles0
200k+ miles1

What the data shows

Of the 38 transmission complaints that report mileage, the median is about 40,000 miles, and 74% were reported before 60,000 miles.

These complaints mention 1 crash.

What owners wrote

While driving on the highway at 70 MPH consumer slammed on the brake pedal in a panic situation and brakes locked up, causing the vehicle to skid. Vehicle skidded 15 feet before coming to a complete stop. Dealership indicated that tires had flat spots because of this incident. Also, the torque converter was locked up. This failure was likely to recur if the brake pedal was depressed in a panic situation at speeds of 35 MPH or faster.

Reported at 4,000 miles, July 2004

Tl* the contact owns a 2005 nissan altima. The driver states there was a recall done on the electronic control module last year at 32,433 miles. The contact states they have never had any problems with the vehicle until after the recall was done. The vehicle will jerk while doing high speeds on the highway and recently while driving at 25MPH the vehicle completely shut off on it's own. The driver then waited a minute and started the vehicle again and was able to drive it.

Reported at 30,000 miles, June 2009

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