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#4153 of 4180 Nervous nelly.... by maximaspirit

Jan 12, 2012 (2:25 pm)

I have 33000 miles on my Maxima and was told that my transmission needs to be replaced. I noticed a whiney sound as the car increased speed. Very noticable in the 30 to 40 MPH range. I also had both wheel bearings replaced in the last month. I love the car but I hope I'm not in for a lot of problems. Anyone else have these problems? BTW the dealer has been excellent at helping me.

#4154 of 4180 Re: 2000 Nissan Maxima SE intermitten startups [atlmike] by junito1

Jan 18, 2012 (3:38 pm)

Replying to: atlmike (Aug 14, 2011 4:30 pm)
I had the same problem and all the test were just like urs my brother in law works on cars he told me the 2000 maxima had some kind of silenoid in the starter that starts to go bad and that's why sometimes u get just cranking but still wont start it happened to me twice at a gas station after I went for gas and second time for cigarettes so I believed him change my starter and had no problem since and this was a year ago even the cranking sounds stronger since. So don't know if this helps but it definitely helped me

#4155 of 4180 re: engine noise [kdsay] by junito1

Jan 18, 2012 (5:49 pm)

Replying to: kdsay (Jan 14, 2001 4:53 pm)
Yeah sounds like your oil pump might not be sending the right amount of pressure I would change it instead of the sprockets

#4156 of 4180 Re: Slow start [djames1] by junito1

Jan 18, 2012 (6:00 pm)

Replying to: djames1 (Jan 16, 2001 7:01 am)
I had this problem before change fuel pump same problem. changed my fuel pressure regulator and problem went away. Helped me u should check this out

#4157 of 4180 Re: Maxima engine problems [windarter] by drumser

Jan 21, 2012 (9:11 pm)

Replying to: windarter (Apr 15, 2008 9:58 pm)
I have had the same issues. 2 engines both at 86k miles. At 175k. The same issues appeared again. Car exclusively maintained by Nissan service. First engine was good willed but the second d o a. Very disappointed. I spent thousands on maintaince and should get more than 90k from a high tech engine. Took car to a good street mechanic who discovered a bad PVC valve. Why couldn't Nissan figure this basic problem. Also had 3 catalytic converters replaced in this car. Oil caused that problem. The particles from the cat most likely got sucked into the engine. Who knows at this point. Trying to salvage the engine with stop smoke to possibly seal rings or cylinders.

#4158 of 4180 2006 Maxima: Check Engine / 02 Sensor by poodog13

Apr 16, 2012 (11:32 am)

My check engine light just came on this weekend. Had it checked out at Advance Auto Parts and they said that it read "Catalyst System Efficiency Below Threshold" and that the bank 1 02 sensor needed to be replaced.
 
I'm trading the car in within the next 4 weeks and really don't want to lay out the cash for the repairs. Is there any way to reset the error code? Anyone have any idea what this would likely cost to repair? Any other recommedations?

#4159 of 4180 Re: 2006 Maxima: Check Engine / 02 Sensor [poodog13] by caugn

Apr 16, 2012 (11:41 am)

Replying to: poodog13 (Apr 16, 2012 11:32 am)
The O2 sensor just screws into the exhaust like a spark plug and then has a wire harness that plugs into the back side. It's a 15 minute repair. I'm not sure what the cost of the part is, just check with Advance or Autozone. I replaced mine a couple of years ago and I think they were like $70 each if I remember right.

#4160 of 4180 Re: Instrument cluster [tonygolf] by x24akis

Apr 16, 2012 (2:28 pm)

Replying to: tonygolf (May 16, 2009 4:54 pm)
did you have the problem fix? I am having the same problem I could have written it myself. The mechanic replaced the circit board and its still doing the same thing, he cant figure it out.

#4161 of 4180 Re: 2000 Maxima engine noise [az_maxima] by suydam

Apr 18, 2012 (11:22 am)

Replying to: az_maxima (Aug 22, 2011 3:13 pm)
Related to the oil change? No. We had a very loud engine sound recently also. Eventually became loud all the time. Turned out was a broken radiator fan. I have an '01 GLE.

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