A Sad Goodbye
#1
A Sad Goodbye
My max story:
Bought the 1991 Maxima SE. Jet Black, beautiful, perfect condition...cough cough. Probably the nicest car I'll ever have. Car was great for about... 2 months then all hell broke loose:
1) Water Pump
2) Mass Airflow Sensor
3) Timing belt
4) Left CV Joint
5) Right CV Joint
6) Ball Joint
7) Fuel Line
8) Radiator
Each of the above, happened equally spaced apart, so every single month, I had a new problem
Fixed every problem, ran great
Now like that wasn't enough, after 4 months I needed transmission work done (its an automatic): $516
Less than a year later, more transmission work: $1175
A couple months later, complete transmission failure.
Now the car sits in my yard, looking very, very nice, but not moving anywhere.
Its a sad story, I just thought i'd share it with you fellow Max owners... *sigh*
ps. looking for a dirt cheap automatic tranny for it.
Bought the 1991 Maxima SE. Jet Black, beautiful, perfect condition...cough cough. Probably the nicest car I'll ever have. Car was great for about... 2 months then all hell broke loose:
1) Water Pump
2) Mass Airflow Sensor
3) Timing belt
4) Left CV Joint
5) Right CV Joint
6) Ball Joint
7) Fuel Line
8) Radiator
Each of the above, happened equally spaced apart, so every single month, I had a new problem
Fixed every problem, ran great
Now like that wasn't enough, after 4 months I needed transmission work done (its an automatic): $516
Less than a year later, more transmission work: $1175
A couple months later, complete transmission failure.
Now the car sits in my yard, looking very, very nice, but not moving anywhere.
Its a sad story, I just thought i'd share it with you fellow Max owners... *sigh*
ps. looking for a dirt cheap automatic tranny for it.
#5
Too bad man... I'm still waiting for my tranny to come back from the service guy... been waiting 3 months for the damn thing so if it's not working perfectly by now I'm gonna rip somebody apart I swear... starting to get really frustrated here...
I'm thinking about fixing the max up then sell it off cheap. Milage is at it's most crucial stage so if I keep it I'll probably end up like you (no offense) and on the other hand WTF I'm I talking about?? Can't sell my precious!! =(
Man, love is a tough thing.
I'm thinking about fixing the max up then sell it off cheap. Milage is at it's most crucial stage so if I keep it I'll probably end up like you (no offense) and on the other hand WTF I'm I talking about?? Can't sell my precious!! =(
Man, love is a tough thing.
#7
Originally Posted by MaximamixaM
Just wondering, but at what point do you know that CV joints are bad and that new axles are needed?
If the boot is ripped, and hasn't gotten any dirt in there. You can have the boot replaced. But it's easier, and almost cheaper to just have the whole axle replaced. You can thank remanufacturing of axles for that.
#9
Originally Posted by Phatsta
Too bad man... I'm still waiting for my tranny to come back from the service guy... been waiting 3 months for the damn thing so if it's not working perfectly by now I'm gonna rip somebody apart I swear... starting to get really frustrated here...
I'm thinking about fixing the max up then sell it off cheap. Milage is at it's most crucial stage so if I keep it I'll probably end up like you (no offense) and on the other hand WTF I'm I talking about?? Can't sell my precious!! =(
Man, love is a tough thing.
I'm thinking about fixing the max up then sell it off cheap. Milage is at it's most crucial stage so if I keep it I'll probably end up like you (no offense) and on the other hand WTF I'm I talking about?? Can't sell my precious!! =(
Man, love is a tough thing.
Put it like this. This max is my first car. Before I actually had sole possession of it (my parents paid me to let my brother drive it until he gets a car) my brother has gotten into two wrecks with it. The body was flawless other than a dent on the front quarter panel from my father putting the jack in the wrong spot. I now have a dent in each rear quarter panel. After that the original trann died. I drove it directly after the tranny had died and now I had to replace that tranny because it was slipping like a **** a year later. THis is the third tranny I had and I spent 1400 all together for just that purpose. I love this car and once this tranny dies I'm going 5-speed with it. I can't let it go and plus within the next two years it'll be real easy to find a parts car for it.
#11
Well, hate to say it but most of not all of these problems are common to all cars this old. My 2 sents on the repairs:
Water pump: well they go out. All cars do this
MAF: shat happens. used ones are cheap here though.
timing belt: yeah, they have normally scheduled repair times. But the t-belt should have been changed when the water pump went.
CV joints: to save $ in the end, they should have been replaced all at once.
Ball joints: I hope you replace the other side too.
Fuel line: sucks if it was one on top of the injectors
Radiator: not cheap but easy to replace. I hope you changed the hoses and thermostat also. And flushed the system.
The tranny is the big one. If you can get lucky and get a decent used one, that would be the cheapest
Water pump: well they go out. All cars do this
MAF: shat happens. used ones are cheap here though.
timing belt: yeah, they have normally scheduled repair times. But the t-belt should have been changed when the water pump went.
CV joints: to save $ in the end, they should have been replaced all at once.
Ball joints: I hope you replace the other side too.
Fuel line: sucks if it was one on top of the injectors
Radiator: not cheap but easy to replace. I hope you changed the hoses and thermostat also. And flushed the system.
The tranny is the big one. If you can get lucky and get a decent used one, that would be the cheapest
Originally Posted by Polska Hick
My max story:
Bought the 1991 Maxima SE. Jet Black, beautiful, perfect condition...cough cough. Probably the nicest car I'll ever have. Car was great for about... 2 months then all hell broke loose:
1) Water Pump
2) Mass Airflow Sensor
3) Timing belt
4) Left CV Joint
5) Right CV Joint
6) Ball Joint
7) Fuel Line
8) Radiator
Each of the above, happened equally spaced apart, so every single month, I had a new problem
Fixed every problem, ran great
Now like that wasn't enough, after 4 months I needed transmission work done (its an automatic): $516
Less than a year later, more transmission work: $1175
A couple months later, complete transmission failure.
Now the car sits in my yard, looking very, very nice, but not moving anywhere.
Its a sad story, I just thought i'd share it with you fellow Max owners... *sigh*
ps. looking for a dirt cheap automatic tranny for it.
Bought the 1991 Maxima SE. Jet Black, beautiful, perfect condition...cough cough. Probably the nicest car I'll ever have. Car was great for about... 2 months then all hell broke loose:
1) Water Pump
2) Mass Airflow Sensor
3) Timing belt
4) Left CV Joint
5) Right CV Joint
6) Ball Joint
7) Fuel Line
8) Radiator
Each of the above, happened equally spaced apart, so every single month, I had a new problem
Fixed every problem, ran great
Now like that wasn't enough, after 4 months I needed transmission work done (its an automatic): $516
Less than a year later, more transmission work: $1175
A couple months later, complete transmission failure.
Now the car sits in my yard, looking very, very nice, but not moving anywhere.
Its a sad story, I just thought i'd share it with you fellow Max owners... *sigh*
ps. looking for a dirt cheap automatic tranny for it.
#12
Originally Posted by tripleGmax
whys that? everyone elses 3rd gen going to die but yours? i dont get it.
#15
Originally Posted by MrGone
isn't there a warrenty on the tranny?
#17
Originally Posted by kcidmil
![jump](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/jump.gif)
OHHH OHHHH I WANT A NEW VOLVO
>>>>OVER HERE<<<<<<< GIVE ME GIVE ME
![greenbouncer](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/greenbouncer.gif)
![Rolling on floor laughing](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/rofl.gif)
I was teasing pasta... referring to ol' rotten ones... Yes, the new 7 serie stw with 280hp, that is a great car. Nice ride. That is the netherlands daf 'child' with volvoquality, uh?.
Other modellos are wikingtractors, had once for lease the T80; los terribleses to steer...
Btw. U dont have thhis snow as I do now in colorado, huh. Nothin such bck at home... miss my mosquitoes.
#18
Originally Posted by Polska Hick
My max story:
Bought the 1991 Maxima SE. Jet Black, beautiful, perfect condition...cough cough. Probably the nicest car I'll ever have. Car was great for about... 2 months then all hell broke loose:
Its a sad story, I just thought i'd share it with you fellow Max owners... *sigh*
ps. looking for a dirt cheap automatic tranny for it.
Bought the 1991 Maxima SE. Jet Black, beautiful, perfect condition...cough cough. Probably the nicest car I'll ever have. Car was great for about... 2 months then all hell broke loose:
Its a sad story, I just thought i'd share it with you fellow Max owners... *sigh*
ps. looking for a dirt cheap automatic tranny for it.
My Max has 136K on the clock and I have replaced, the tranny, water pump, O2 sensor, both axles, KS, MAF, one coil pack and an exaust stud.
It's normal wear and tear on our cars. So stop the crying and get that Maxima back on the road where it belongs!!!! ASAP!!!!!
![Cool](https://maxima.org/forums/images/smilies/cool.gif)
#19
Well said 5 Ltr.
I learned to enjoy (well maybe just accept it openly) it when stuff goes out. Sure it costs money, but it makes the car so much more valuable to me. Plus, I love the feeling of doing my own work, and watching my metro friends' eyes light up when I tell them the work I did. My cars are my babies, and i think of doing work to them in a similar sense as taking care of children (I'm only 18, so kids are out of the question). So slap in a 5-speed to avoid more tranny problems, and rest easier knowing that a lot of things that could have gone out are already fixed.
I learned to enjoy (well maybe just accept it openly) it when stuff goes out. Sure it costs money, but it makes the car so much more valuable to me. Plus, I love the feeling of doing my own work, and watching my metro friends' eyes light up when I tell them the work I did. My cars are my babies, and i think of doing work to them in a similar sense as taking care of children (I'm only 18, so kids are out of the question). So slap in a 5-speed to avoid more tranny problems, and rest easier knowing that a lot of things that could have gone out are already fixed.
#21
to jeff 92, yes it was the fuel line ontop of the injectors, i had to take off the entire manifolf... BOOO. And the cv joints weren't completely ruined, however they were ripped open and had about a 1/4 cup of sand in them, they werent' gonna last too long
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