# 2005 Nissan Maxima **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** transmissions, maxima\ **Created:** [May 5, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-maxima/30075 "2009-05-05T18:48:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![RosettaWT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@RosettaWT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RosettaWT)\ **Post date:** [May 5, 2009, 6:48pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-maxima/30075/1 "2009-05-05T18:48:37Z")
I have a 2005 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SE and sometimes when I am driving it for a while basically running errands and it gets warm, I put it in reverse or drive and it takes a second or two to go into gear. I’m sure it’s something with my transmission but it doesn’t slip or I don’t have any other symptoms of transmission problems. It only does this if I have been constantly putting it in reverse or drive while running errands. ---
**Author:** ![Tester](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/tester/32/15976_2.png) [@Tester](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Tester)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 12:03am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-maxima/30075/2 "2009-05-06T00:03:23Z")
You need to take it in where someone can check the transmission fluid level and condition. A lot of city driving is hard on transmission fluid. Just as it is on engine oil. Tester ---
**Author:** ![RosettaWT](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ecb155/32.png) [@RosettaWT](https://community.cartalk.com/u/RosettaWT)\ **Post date:** [May 6, 2009, 3:25pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2005-nissan-maxima/30075/3 "2009-05-06T15:25:05Z")
I took it to a Nissan dealership to have all that checked and they are trying to sell me a new transmission which I don’t think I need one because of not having the symptoms of needing a new one. Although they serviced my transmission back in December and that stopped the problem but it later came back with the same problem. When I took it back that is when they said I needed a new one and the fluid was no longer pink looking like it should be but gunky.