Transmisson question for the NissTech

My car would slam into gear and when changing gears. It was a very hard shift and I thought something terrible was wrong when this happened.

My dealer changed a High Wattage Resistor for something like $5.00 parts, $20.00 labour.

Everything became smooth as silk again.

I'm not Nisstech - but in answer to your question, the behavior you are experiencing is "normal" for the 4th Gen. auto. Maximas... I have a 96 GLE, have had it since it had 40k on it - now its got 106k - the shifts from 1-2 are hard, and the car hesitates before downshifting from 2->1... eventually, when it does downshift, its with a bang... many auto. Maxima owners have reported similar behavior... my car has been to the dealer several times (while it was under powertrain warranty) to document the hard 1-2 shift.. it always came back as "within spec" and "thats how all maximas drive"... the delay/slam from

What exactly did they rebuild anyway? - since it sounds like it was working fine before.

Nirav

Totally agree, my '98 is just the same. On my way to work there is a junction on a hill that I approach in '2'. As I accelerate away on the hill the car momentarily 'hangs' before dropping to '1' and accelerating. It feels much better on the flat.

From what the list intails valve over haul, nissan rebuild/over haul kit, bands and a few other items. Over all its starting to sound like I got took. Like I said I didn't think that a tranny with 38,000 on it needed a rebuild. However there is a service bulliten that addresses this exact problem which prompted me to go ahead with it.. Like I mention it seems to have helped a lot but there is still some hesitate... but from what you are saying that might be normal.