Open the hood and remove the transmission dipstick. Car was making a loud roar type noise heard at idle from inside the car for about a week and an appointment was made at the dealer to get it checked out. Further, a new vehicle now needs to be monitored and returned to the dealer every 700 miles - I can not think of an example of more inconvenience. Jack up the 6thgen and put jack stands behind each front wheel. I tried costing the car a bit, tried driving it forward a bit, I even shut the car off in neutral, nothing worked. I've had my mounts checked. I guess I should be happy to not be stuck with a 2.
Car was restarted and proceeded to stay in 5th gear. The vehicle experienced problems in shifting and maintain gear. The problem is the fluid. Before adding transmission fluid, make sure that your engine was running when you checked the fluid level. Drive your 6thgen 04-06 around for 10 to 15 minutes to heat the transmission fluid. I'm sorry I thought you were refering to a manual.
Personally, I do a drain and fill every 30,000 miles; your Altima will probably take about 4. This is my first time own a car with timing belt is a chain. Put the funnel into the dipstick tube located on the passenger side rear of the engine. I took it to a mechanic yesterday and the got the code P0745 off of it which matches with what was repaired by Nissan the first time I had the problem. We thought it might have something to do with the winter weather, because it was periodically happening.
The video above shows where the transmission fluid dipstick is located in your Altima and how to check the transmission fluid level. I'm just going to unscrew the plug on my tranny and I hope I only drain out 4qts since that's all I bought. For more information see on NissanProblems. I'm not having any shifting problems but with 115,000 miles on the car, I doubt that the tranny has ever been serviced in the last 13 yrs. Crank the engine and it run for about two to three minutes.
It jerks on the shift and not as smooth as it used to be. Well this dealership has steered me wrong before so I insisted on useing Nissan Matic S Fluid that has replaced J type. Took 5 quarts to get it in range; parked level, off jack stands, 20+ minutes of idle and around 5 miles of driving. He is baffled and is looking more into it tomorrow. Nissan has attempted to correct this by: Changing the oil and filter, promising to monitor the level - subject to another trip to the dealer- at 700 subsequent miles, they will then provide an unknown 'fix' to the issue if the oil level has decreased to their satisfaction, if no noticeable decrease in their perception, then monitor another 700 miles - return to dealer again and have them review, possible fix is to replace the engine at that time. The vehicle is started and the old fluid is routed into the machine into the opposite side of the bladder, which pushes against the bladder and forces new fluid to get pushed into the cooler hose and back to the transmission.
Slide the fluid catch pan underneath the drain plug on the bottom of the transmission. One thing to do is refill your tranny with 1 quart of 10w30 synthetic motor oil, either valvoline or mobil1, then fill the rest up with the 80w90 gear lube. . I think people confuse the process for engine flushing with that of transmission flushing. Put the funnel into the dipstick tube located on the passenger side rear of the engine. The engine never overheated, the apparently the transmission did until I changed them out.
Because I recieve no respect at the dealership without a warranty. The car rolled into and was stopped by curbing, thankfully, before rolling into a busy road. So, often a pre-conditioner is sold as part of the service and added the trans fluid before the flush process and there may be a conditioner to be used after the flush that is also sold as part of the service. If the transmission fluid level in your Altima is low, you need to add transmission fluid through the dipstick tube. New fluid is poured into the machine, typically 12-13 quarts, which fills the tank on one side of the bladder. Though I've grown accustomed to it.
I always thought that the transmission over 100k should be serviced, not sure what they did there. Does anyone have any idea what causes this or what the best course of action is. I'd check it every time you're changing your oil assuming you're on a 3K to 5K changing schedule. Is that the correct way do it? I turned it off, let cool off for a couple of hours, tried again to no avail. I am having the same problems with my 2005 Nissan Sentra automatic.