Mid-sized car model manufactured by Nissan since 1981.
Questions tagged [maxima]
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Do I Need to Compress the Springs to Install Strut Tower Braces?
I have a '99 Maxima.
I am considering installing strut tower braces. In order to do so, would I need to get spring compression tools to hold the springs on the struts, or will the weight of the car be sufficient to hold it in place when I remove…
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Where is the part of the car that senses the i-key?
My car is maxima 2014. Where is the part that receives the signals from the intelligent key?
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05 Nissan Maxima SL 3.5 P1283
Figured I'd throw this one up here and see if any other mechanics have run into this code before.
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Customer came in with a check engine light complaint. Confirmed codes P1283 and P1800. MAF and B2S1 AFR sensor were replaced by customer.…
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Cooling system flush procedure questions
I am going to do a cooling system flush and after some reading and watching some YouTube videos I noticed that people take different approaches. So I have the following questions:
I understand that after you have drained the cooling system and…
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How can expand the functions of my key fob?
I want to reprogram they intelligent key (i-key) for my 2014 Nissan Maxima to do more stuff.
When I press and hold the unlock button on the i-key, the two front windows open. I want to make all 4 windows open.
Also I want to make the car lights…
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On start up car shakes, steering and braking are very HARD on 2006 Nissan Maxima
Very hot outside. Started car with a/c already on full blast (factor?). Car started shaking, put it in reverse to backup and steering wheel VERY hard to turn and brakes VERY hard to apply. Turned a/c and car off, waited 5 minutes, started it again…
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Maxima (2002) MAF Sensor Failures
I have a 2002 Nissan Maxima that I've owned since 2003. I'm now on my sixth Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensor. What seems to wipe them out is hard acceleration (3/4 throttle - not so extreme as to induce torque steer) such as accelerating up a freeway…
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Not sure if my block heater is working
Whenever I plug my car in, 2013 Nissan Maxima, I can always hear a fizzing sound at the beginning followed by a constant hissing. It sounds like it's working, however when I start the car in the morning, the temp gauge is still at its lowest…
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Engine braking with CVT - does it hurt the engine in some cases?
I have a 2013 Nissan Maxima with a 3.5L V6 and a CVT transmission. Like most CVTs these days, it has a "manual mode" where the driver can manually change the gear ratios by shifting through simulated gears 1 to 6.
Yesterday I let a friend test drive…
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1998 Maxima keeps revving
When we hit about 25 MPH or more the car revs then stops, revs then stops, revs then stops. ND it only does this when we hit the gas not while at idle. Just replaced the air flow sensor and 2 others and it is still doing it. Adjusted the rim idle;…
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Power Steering non functional at idle
Replaced a leaking power steering pump in my 99 Nissan Maxima about a month and a half ago. Bought the new pump from NAPA, used NAPA branded power steering fluid. My buddy and I switched out the pump, replaced all the fluid in the system, kept the…
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Fans run all the time
Hi I have 98 Nissan Maxima. I recently changed the thermostat in it and ever since then my fans will stay on, and I am not running the a/c either. Can you please tell me what could be causing them to turn on and stay on? This did not happen until…
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error code p0335 [crankshaft position sensor] 2000 nissan maxima
I have a 2000 maxima with 100k miles. It has a pending error code p0335, which is for the crankshaft position sensor. The engine light is not on. It has 2 crankshaft position sensors and I changed both of them but nothing changed.
It sounds like…
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Why is it that my car smells like it's overheating but my temperature gauge says that it's not?
I have a 2006 Nissan Maxima with a hundred and sixty-eight thousand miles on it. The water pump works fine but for some reason everytime I get out of my car it smells like it's overheating and yet my temperature gauge says it's not. When I start my…
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No clutch fluid moves from the reservoir to the master cylinder during bleeding
When I do the clutch fluid bleeding to my Nissan Maxima 96, I can push the fluid out of the slave valve. However, I don't see any fluid move from the reservoir into the master cylinder when I press and lift the clutch pedal many time.
How come the…
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