# 2004 Maxima Tranny Issues

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-maxima-tranny-issues/75352>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [November 5, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-maxima-tranny-issues/75352 "2012-11-05T04:31:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![kekebe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@kekebe](https://community.cartalk.com/u/kekebe)\
**Post date:** [November 5, 2012, 4:31am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2004-maxima-tranny-issues/75352/1 "2012-11-05T04:31:09Z")

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Please advise! My 2004 Maxima with CVT has begun to “clunk” going in first gear when driven in automatic, but if I use the manual tranny it has no “clunk” and drives fine. I know there is a transmission issue of some sort, but will it be okay to just drive using the + and - of the manual tranny?