'01 Maxima SE 62k miles trans issue.
#1
'01 Maxima SE 62k miles trans issue.
So today i noticed a belligerent loss of power in the 1st or 2nd gear 2-3k mark where it drops about 1k and just picks back up where it left off like it's tuesday and unicorns are flying and it also has another hesitation in higher ranging rpms, like it wants to lose power but it hesitates and keeps going not like with 1st/2nd it just hesitates
It's kinda a hard issue to describe it dosent grind or backfire, or just not shift.
what i'm dealing with
2001 nissan maxima se
JN1HS36P0KW036051 Vin
4 a/t (not sure w/ lsd or not)
62k miles
dealership maintained by past owner
60k dealership maint hasn't been done
(I hate dealerships)
I think it's trans filter/fluid
It's kinda a hard issue to describe it dosent grind or backfire, or just not shift.
what i'm dealing with
2001 nissan maxima se
JN1HS36P0KW036051 Vin
4 a/t (not sure w/ lsd or not)
62k miles
dealership maintained by past owner
60k dealership maint hasn't been done
(I hate dealerships)
I think it's trans filter/fluid
#2
Bump
A little update, i've continued to drive the car, driving it regularly up to 2k, it runs and drives fine but only sometimes when i push it to 3k and up it just dies and drops to 2k or to idle until it remembers it needs to go into gear and it actually goes.
Still confused kinda waiting to make a move on maintenance, it's my daily so i cant exactly tear into it quite yet.
A little update, i've continued to drive the car, driving it regularly up to 2k, it runs and drives fine but only sometimes when i push it to 3k and up it just dies and drops to 2k or to idle until it remembers it needs to go into gear and it actually goes.
Still confused kinda waiting to make a move on maintenance, it's my daily so i cant exactly tear into it quite yet.
#5
Vac leaks are more pronounced at light load. MAF never throws a code that I've seen unless it's completely dead. A bad maf will definitely stop it from revving high and producing power.
#6
#7
Have you ever cleaned the MAF? It would be worth a try and is cheap/easy to do. This write-up says to use Torx #15 screwdriver but I used a #20 and it was a better fit.
How to clean your MAF
How to clean your MAF
#9
So another update after some driving time, the CEL is still on. it stopped all the syptoms, it's still hesitant at 4 - 5k rpms. The idle is about 400 - 500. otherwise it drives fine and i'm starting to hear a whistle from the engine bay
#10
Definitely sounds like there's a vac leak for sure, now.
#12
#14
The whistling dosent go away it does it every time I hit the throttle, Its only been idling itself down after its gotten hot and same with the hesitation at higher rpms. Another new one is when I turn the a.c. on full blast at idle in park, it idles itself down to struggling to stay on
#17
#18
So i let a guy ai work with borrow the car for like 30 minutes, he drove it to and from did what he needed to do. I get in the car and the check engine light is off, and it's no longer hesitating. Still whistling, kinda, but all symptoms of an issue are gone. It's confusing me more than the problem itself..
#20
So i let a guy ai work with borrow the car for like 30 minutes, he drove it to and from did what he needed to do. I get in the car and the check engine light is off, and it's no longer hesitating. Still whistling, kinda, but all symptoms of an issue are gone. It's confusing me more than the problem itself..
I don't want to be a nag, but if you value your car, never let anyone drive it unless you trust them with your life and then some. I don't care if it's family. Plenty of people lose good cars that way or cost themselves lots of money. Even if it's not their fault the car is gone.
#21
I normally don't, but it was a matter of a wellness check of someone i work with and i was occupied to where i couldn't get out of it, all was well though. The issues came back and it's gotten worse, it's starting to look like a clogged cat, it's still whistling but i cant find a leak. It's making a rumbling noise from underneath the cabin and it's not making the normal note it usually does, it's almost silent.
#22
It's not a pulley, it's coming from the TB throttle control area, under no load the only symptom it shows is it idles itself down sometimes, more so when it's hot or the a/c or heat is on.
#23
https://maxima.org/forums/5th-genera...le-2001-a.html
sorry to thread jack. can OPs car rev up in neutral? what would happen oif the CATs were getting clogged up? PCV valve?
#26
1st two codes say too lean like a vac leak. 3rd code says MAF.
So, you likely have a vac leak based on the hissing sound and your MAF/wiring to the MAF is bad or the MAF problem is causing it to run way lean and the hissing is inconsequential.
The car will never run correctly without a working MAF and can exhibit all kinds of crazy issues.
Last edited by Child_uv_KoRn; 10-22-2014 at 03:31 PM.
#27
unplug the O2s and find out
1st two codes say too lean like a vac leak. 3rd code says MAF.
So, you likely have a vac leak based on the hissing sound and your MAF/wiring to the MAF is bad or the MAF problem is causing it to run way lean and the hissing is inconsequential.
The car will never run correctly without a working MAF and can exhibit all kinds of crazy issues.
1st two codes say too lean like a vac leak. 3rd code says MAF.
So, you likely have a vac leak based on the hissing sound and your MAF/wiring to the MAF is bad or the MAF problem is causing it to run way lean and the hissing is inconsequential.
The car will never run correctly without a working MAF and can exhibit all kinds of crazy issues.
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