Hey, I am new to the Maxima, and I have a 93 Taurus SHO, and they are pretty prone to needing the bearings replaced after about 150k miles, how are the maxima engines? Mine seems to sound good now with 125k. Any other areas I should watch for? So far I like the Maxima.. its a pretty nice ride. Hopefully I will have good luck with it.

 

keep the oil changed and timimg belt changed and you are good to go

 

He has a VE engine so he does not have a timing belt, he has three timing chains which will last the life of the car.

 

umm.. NO.
he has a VG (belt)
89-91 all VG (belt)
92-94 GXE are VG (belt)
92-94 SE are VE (chains)

 

It does thave the VG with a belt that was just replaced, I have the reciept. Thanks for the replies, sounds like I am good to go for a while.

 

There's nothing inherently wrong with the VG's lower end. It's one of the more stout bottom ends on the market. But alot depends on how it was taken care of up to now. If it's good presently, it should last a long time w/ just normal schedule care.