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Has anyone found a SURE CURE for this terrible odor?
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http://maxima.theowensfamily.com/tsb/NTB99-036a.pdf
Thank you ---San Sha
I drive an 03 and replaced my head unit, although it was the standard radio, not the premium unit. The only difficulty I had was that the screws for the mounting brackets would not come out of the old radio, I had to order a new pair of brackets from Nissan. They were very cheap, only a few bucks if memory serves.
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John...
'17 Chevy Volt Premiere
its gets to about -5F some days. But on an average we are at freezing temperatures for 4 months a year. And yes my maxima has the High and Low settings as well.
Any idea ?????
Bob
Can I buy and install a nav system from a salvage yard? Any other experiences or expertise? Please help!
I had starting issues, changed a lot of parts (alternator, crank sensor, ....) but the problem persisted. See more info on my prev posts (3077, 3078)
I finally brought the car to a dealer shop - which has been recommended to me as having the most knowledgeable mechanics, and they found the problem!
When they called me, they told me "We found the problem, but do not think that we are crazy.." and stated that my car had a rare automotive issue(They said one in >1000 Maximas has it, and usually if car has lived in North East):
The transmission housing rusted, and fused with the body of the car - creating a electric flux that fooled the ECU into getting wrong readings from the sensors at the start-up - when the current flowing through the car is the highest. Thus, about half of the time, the engine was trying to rotate backwards, hitting the starter (the knock I heard once in a while) and eventually destroying it.
I was skeptical, and contacted a friend who is an electrical eng., conveying him the story. To my surprise, he said that this can easily happen, and more often affects micro-electronics as they are more fragile. (If you drop your phone in water, it may still work, but usually would behave strangely).
Thus, I called the shop and told them to go ahead and do the repair, but only if they guaranteed the result. They agreed.
They lowered the transmission and sanded the housing of any surface rust ($600). The total bill was $980 as they insisted on changing the alternator again $280, saying that it was almost dead from the improper starting.
Even though I spent 1000 on the repair, and around 800 at prev. shops trying to diagnose the issue - I am happy. The car starts momentarily, anytime!!!
Hope this helps someone – I noticed lot’s of people posting starting issues with similar symptoms!!!
P.S. The mechanics at this shop also mentioned that they have had around 2-3 Maximas with this problem before me and one owner spent over $4000 in electrical components trying to fix the issue, before coming to them. Thus, for such problem, I would suggest going to the good dealer’s mechanic.
I am owning 05 Nissan Maxima 3.5 SL.
I am not driving it too much as I am a road warrior and will be travelling very often. So miles on my odometer are very less.
Questions -
1) Nissan suggests servicing every 6 months e.g. 1st at 3750 miles or 6 months, 2nd at 7500 or 12 months. At 6 months I had only 2000 miles at 12 months I have only 6000 miles. Can you please suggest shall I still go ahead and service my vehicle at 12th month or I should wait for 7500 miles as service center may be doing tire rotation?
2)What is the normal oil changing time you guys do or suggest for new Maxima?
3) Is anyone using high quality oil which will go upto 10,000 miles or so?
thanks in advance,
BSH
It's an interesting problem and it would be great to learn what really happened here. Maybe some info got lost in translation?