The Lemon Index$3,600 middle bill · most between $3,000 and $4,000
Lower than the $4,500 middle bill owners of all 175 models reported.
Owners who gave their mileage: a middle of 84,000 miles (71 reports).
Nissan Maxima owners reported paying a median of $3,600 for a transmission replacement, with the middle half of bills between $3,000 and $4,000. That's from 84 owner reports (84 complaints to NHTSA). Costs vary by shop and region.
What owners paid
- Under $5000%
- $500–$1,0001%
- $1,000–$2,5007%
- $2,500–$5,00082%
- $5,000 and up10%
Share of the 84 owner reports in each price band.
By model year
- 2000 Nissan Maxima1too few for a middle
- 2003 Nissan Maxima1too few for a middle
- 2004 Nissan Maxima31$3,700 middle bill
- 2005 Nissan Maxima32$4,000 middle bill
- 2006 Nissan Maxima16$3,500 middle bill
- 2011 Nissan Maxima1too few for a middle
- 2014 Nissan Maxima1too few for a middle
- 2017 Nissan Maxima1too few for a middle
Reports per model year, with the middle bill where there are 3 or more. YouTube amounts count for the generation the video covers.
How often owners report the failure
- 2004 Nissan Maxima182 complaints name it13% of that year's complaints
- 2005 Nissan Maxima151 complaints name it16% of that year's complaints
- 2006 Nissan Maxima81 complaints name it14% of that year's complaints
Owner complaints to NHTSA whose own words name a transmission failure. Raw counts: popular years get more complaints. A complaint is a report, not proof of a defect.
Engines in these years
Engines with a page of their own that this model was sold with in the years above. Owners don't always say which engine they had.
Engine codes that can lead here: P0700 P0730 P0715 P0720 P0731 P0732 P0733 P0734. A code is where a shop starts, not proof the part failed.
Keep going
- Nissan Maxima reliability by year
- Transmission replacement cost on every car
- Car symptoms and what they can mean
Other repairs Nissan Maxima owners reported
Ignition coil replacement (41) · Engine mount replacement (21) · Valve body replacement (13) · ABS module replacement (12) · Timing chain replacement (12) · Steering column repair (8) · Brake repair (7) · Camshaft position sensor replacement (6) · O2 sensor replacement (6) · Strut and shock replacement (5)
The details
How we count
Every number here is a repair bill an owner reported, never a shop's price list. Two sources: the bills owners wrote in their own complaints to the U.S. government (NHTSA), and the dollar amounts owners said out loud in YouTube repair and ownership videos. A figure counts for a repair when that repair is the part named nearest to it. Left out: purchase prices, payments, rentals, towing, warranties and deductibles, amounts under $50 or over $15,000, parts-only prices ("the part was $80 on Amazon"), bills for two different repairs named together, and money someone else paid. One number per complaint (or video) and repair: the biggest, so it's the bill, not the diagnosis fee.
The range is the middle half of the bills (the 25th to the 75th percentile), so one wild number can't swing it. Owners who complain to the government often had expensive repairs, so a typical bill can be lower. Costs vary by shop and region, by dealer vs independent shop, by parts and by miles. This is what owners reported, not a quote for your car.
Check the bills yourself
NHTSA complaint numbers (search them at nhtsa.gov): 11671869, 11399057, 11156849, 10920419, 10884219, 10783027, 10780515, 10705495, 10679517, 10649279, 10633808, 10604432 and more.
Quick answers
How much does transmission replacement cost on a Nissan Maxima?
Nissan Maxima owners reported a median of $3,600, and the middle half paid $3,000 to $4,000, from 84 owner reports. Costs vary by shop and region.
Is a Nissan Maxima transmission replacement more expensive than on other cars?
The Nissan Maxima middle bill of $3,600 is lower than the $4,500 owners of all 175 models we have reports for paid.
Where do these Nissan Maxima repair costs come from?
From 84 complaints to NHTSA: what owners themselves said they paid. They aren't verified bills or a shop's quote.
Which Nissan Maxima years report this failure most?
In complaints to NHTSA, owners of the 2004 (182), 2005 (151), 2006 (81) Nissan Maxima named it most. Raw counts, not a failure rate.
Sources: NHTSA owner complaints and YouTube videos (amounts said out loud), sorted by The Lemon Index. Owner reports, not a price quote. Costs vary by shop and region.