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Nissan Maxima Maintenance and Repair

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#4166 of 4180 Nissan Maxima Sedan 2012 by anne99

Dec 27, 2012 (6:09 pm)

I may purchase a used Nissan Maxima 2012. It has 24K miles.
 
Does anyone have significant reasons why this is not a good car to purchase? If so, please let me know. Thank you
 
Happy New Year

#4167 of 4180 Re: 2005 Maxima won't start [hunterw] by guu

Dec 27, 2012 (8:56 pm)

Replying to: hunterw (Dec 16, 2012 10:01 am)
They do make adapters but you should take the battery back and exchange it for the right one. It dots sound like the battery is bad but you did not say how old it was?

#4168 of 4180 Re: Nissan Maxima Sedan 2012 [anne99] by guu

Dec 27, 2012 (8:57 pm)

Replying to: anne99 (Dec 27, 2012 6:09 pm)
That's alot of miles.

#4169 of 4180 Re: Nissan Maxima Sedan 2012 [anne99] by lauren15

Dec 28, 2012 (12:12 pm)

Replying to: anne99 (Dec 27, 2012 6:09 pm)
Hi, I have a 2001 that I bought in 2004 and I love it. I now have 125,000 miles on it, and I believe mine had about the same amount of mileage that yours has. I do take good care of it maintenance wise, but honestly, I would recommend this car and I would buy it again! Happy New Year!!!!

#4170 of 4180 Re: 2001 Nissan Maxima SE $2865 repair surprise [dx1hf] by jason31277

Jan 13, 2013 (10:09 am)

Replying to: dx1hf (Mar 08, 2009 6:18 am)
I have the same problem with my 2001 maxima , can u tell me more on ur car and if it still is fixed , where is bank 1 oxygen sensors at ? They also told me it was the cat converters !

#4171 of 4180 Nissan Maxima Maintenance by jcate

Jan 24, 2013 (11:24 am)

I have a 2001 Nissan Maxima that will not stay running in the cold weather. Whenever it gets below about 40 degrees outside I can start it up just fine, but then it will immediately die out after a few seconds. If I push on the gas pedal it will stay running and once the car warms up it will stay running. I have tried a few different things but nothing seems to work. It still won't stay running in the cold...and it sucks not being able to warm up your car in the morning. Any thoughts or suggestions?

#4172 of 4180 Re: Nissan Maxima Maintenance [jcate] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Jan 24, 2013 (9:12 pm)

Replying to: jcate (Jan 24, 2013 11:24 am)
maybe a coolant temperature sensor?

#4173 of 4180 '01 Maxima -- time to go? by suydam

Feb 07, 2013 (9:53 am)

I have an '01 Maxima that we have loved dearly. It has 132,000 miles on it. Up until last year, it required very little in the way of repairs -- just the things you would expect from a 10+ year old car. But in the last year it has had one repair after another. The latest diagnosis, after the check engine, tcs and slip lights came on intermittently and it would jerk and run rough, is that the coils need replacing. I have seen that this car is said to have problems with coils, but that hasn't been the case for us -- these are the original coils. It is an expensive repair though. Is it time to think about looking for a new car? I'm essentially paying around $170/month for the last 6 months (and now at least 3 months in the future) for repair bills. After each one I tell myself that now it will run fine for some time, but doubt is creeping in.

#4174 of 4180 Re: '01 Maxima -- time to go? [suydam] by Mr_Shiftright HOST

Feb 07, 2013 (11:03 am)

Replying to: suydam (Feb 07, 2013 9:53 am)
are you quite satisfied with your repair shop or have they guessed wrong in the past--you know "It's this...no wait...it WAS that but it's ALSO this now"...that kind of thing?
 
There are two coils, about $100 each. These can be pulled and tested however, prior to replacing. Well the resistance can be tested.
 
Also a coil can go bad because of bad connectors or spark plugs--these kinds of excessive resistance can damage the coils internally.
 
How was it determined that the coils were bad? If all they did was scan and got a P0300 code, that's not enough. That's just a misfire code.

#4175 of 4180 Re: '01 Maxima -- time to go? [Mr_Shiftright] by suydam

Feb 07, 2013 (11:50 am)

Replying to: Mr_Shiftright (Feb 07, 2013 11:03 am)
No, they are generally right. They did say that on this model you can't tell which particular coil is bad. Spark plugs were replaced 6 months ago so it can't be them.
They are not a shop that gouges people and I think they are figuring that after 12 years if one coil is still fine it probably won't be for very long anyway. There are 6 coils.
 
The other things have been fairly straightforward. A broken radiator fan. Alternator. Starter. Battery (the big 3 of electrical problems). It's just the never-endingness of it all that is starting to get to me. Plus with two of them, we had just come back from a long trip. I keep thinking, what if it had conked out on some godforsaken highway. I've always felt this was a very dependable car. I'm just wondering if that's still the case.

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