I JUST BOUGHT A 1990 MAXIMA SE AFTER MY 1987 SE WAS TOTALED. I HAVE A COUPLE PROBLEMS. ABOUT EVERY 5 TIMES I START THE CAR THE CLOCK ON THE DASH ACCUALLY WORKS, BUT WHEN I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN IT DOESN'T WORK.
MY SECOND QUESTION IS ABOUT MY BOSE SOUND SYSTEM. THE FRONT RIGHT SPEAKER DOESN'T SOUND LIKE IT IS GETTING THE RIGHT SIGNAL BECAUSE IT JUST MAKES A LIGHT STATIC SOUND THE ENTIRE TIME.
THANKS FOR THE HELP!!

 

[QUOTE]Originally posted by MrBucket83
[B]I JUST BOUGHT A 1990 MAXIMA SE AFTER MY 1987 SE WAS TOTALED. I HAVE A COUPLE PROBLEMS. ABOUT EVERY 5 TIMES I START THE CAR THE CLOCK ON THE DASH ACCUALLY WORKS, BUT WHEN I TURN THE CAR OFF AND BACK ON AGAIN IT DOESN'T WORK.

I know what ur talkin about my clock goes dim a lot, but once i hit it its fine. Also my digital climate control neva works so i nevea know what the temperature is. And to get this fixed i have to buy a new whole head which is loike 500 from nissan but cheaper at junky but he neva has it

 

yup my clock works once every, hmm, blue moon. i dont even bother hitting it anymore, i just look at the one on my cd player. probably have to buy an entire new clock. worth it? probly not.

 

here ya go..

http://www.ee.utulsa.edu/~mblehm/faq/clock%20repair.txt

 

I had the same problem, it actually kept the time though, the way I fixed it is I took it apart and resoldered the circuit board and have not had a problem since. Same thing with the climate control unit

 

Your link is bad! Can you check if you mistyped it or has it been removed? Thanks

Mike

 

Yeah I think the quartz in my clock is jacked or something, cuz sometimes parts of each number of the time go out.. then I press on it and it works again... my speedomoter and radio don't work right sometimes too, and I have to restar my car to get them to work... I guess minor electrical problems are causing all 3 of these...

 

The clock has 2 problems. Dry joints and leaky capacitors. (Hmmm, sounds painful). Both can be fixed easily enough if you want to bother. Take the clock out and resolder all the joints on the PCB.

As for the the speedo, it could be the same thing. Easy to fix also. Or you could do what some people have done and have replaced the gauge assembly.

Brent.

 

My clock and climite control sometimes goes dimmer. When I turn the head ligths on they both go dimmer? ALso the other day my friend driving my car noticed that when he accelerates the head lights go dimmer too? Is this a major auto-electrical problem??? Any one have a clue?

 

godspeed:
You can start by checking your alternator. Also check to see that your battery terminals are clean and have a good connection. I know it may sound silly, but sometimes, that stuff happens.

Neice Anne, rift485, GoLdEn MaX, and MrBucket83:
Just in case you can't read Matt's little tutorial on this very well-documented Max problem, drop me a line and I'll send it to ya in an e-mail. Link works fine for me!

Enjoy the ride, peeps!!!