So my 99 5 spd was acting jerky and stalling out so I took it to Nissan. They told me my MAF sensor was bad and that they would replace it, which they did for a "small" fee of $750. The first 15 minutes of my drive home was perfectly fine but then it started stalling out again so I pulled over and popped the hood. This is what I saw.



Now I don't know about the rest of you guys who have this intake, but mine did NOT used to have that BLACK THING in the middle. Looks like Nissan actually customized my custom intake! I would've never thought Nissan would even go near aftermarket work.

Anyhows, whatever they did, it didn't work. Just wondering...comments? suggestions on how to proceed from here? Take it back to them? What should I do, this is very weird...

 

Yes take it back to them and get your money back. You should have replaced the MAF yourself, you completely got a** raped by them, I paid 80 bucks for a used MAF, takes 5 minutes to change.

 

jesus, $750?!?!? u got raped...

 

Man, if they were gonna customize your car you should have at least asked for a jacuzzi in the trunk for that price.

 

. pic??

 

oops sorry forgot to post the pic...

 

thats your mass air flow....i have the same intake....but seriously i choked on my food when i saw how you got RAPED 10 fold by nissan...750 dollars ?? are you insaine ?????? hell toss 500 bucks my way and ill put air in your tires.....

 

By black thing do you mean that new bung/hose right above the MAF?

$750?! Cripes!

 

by black thing I mean the black thing with the pink sticker on it.

 

man ... this gives me flashbacks of a mobil auto repair shop who wanted to charge me $700 for parts and labor to replace my knock sensor and 1 sway bar link..

btw, a knock sensor is $75 and a 2 sway bar links are $35 total and are easy as cake to install.

just be careful out there dude, 90% of mechanics are greedy and dont know much more than the informed driver about automobiles.

 

that is your MAF sensor. that is what they are suppose to do. at my VW dealership i charge about $40 and i think MAF sensors are like $110-130. Plus diag on the car which could be 1 hour, which would be near $110. So my total if i wanted to overcharge you would be like 300$.

Ask how $700 came about? Sensor is like $150 tops. based off an average of $100 labor rate. they charged you about 5hours. which makes no sense. I see maybe 1 hour to look at it, and maybe 1-2 hours to replaced the sensor.


You have every single right to take it back to them. They will have to fix it and take the lost. If they haggle you speak with the service manager.

 

you never had a mass air flow? how did you car run above 2000?

 

Got a pic of what it looked like before you went to nissan? SOMETHING must have been between the 2 pipes, not to mention that the maf adapter you have there only bolts up to a MAF.

 

I'm assuming the MAF that came with the injen intake was there prior. I'm just shocked that Nissan would actually go near it, I know they don't like to get involved with aftermarket work...

The breakdown on the invoice was $500 for parts, $180 for labor, and some change for misc and tax...

 

$180 for labor..............hahahahahaha......sorry man, but i am glad i know how to change one.

no mass air flow came wiht the intake......mass air flow was a part that came stock.

 

that labor sounds about right. half hour diag and 1 hour install.

But list WTF $500 parts is?

 

i hope you got a reacharound with that a$$ raping

 

Im really lost. Please explain to me what was there before you brought it to them ?? Your car will not drive without that MAF. Who put your Intake in ??

You could have seriously bought an MAF on here for $50, spend half an hour, clean your TB, IACV, and install your MAF. Save yourself $435 after a 6 pack and TB cleaner.

Or Ill drive up to Boston, buy an MAF for you, and change it out for you for $375. Half the price

-matt

 

 

If MAF, the Service Engine Soon light should be on. If you know how to read the trouble code (there is a website providing this instruction), then you would know whether you need to replace MAF or not.

 

What there was between the two pipes before I brought it to Nissan was a silver piece the same size and shape as the black thing but matching the other injen parts, and it came with the injen intake. I was just assuming that since you guys are saying that the black thing is MAF, then what was there before was the injen MAF (obviously not stock MAF).

Yes the codes were pulled, and it said bad Air Flow Meter.

 

Are you female?

 

There is no such thing as an "Injen MAF" ??

-matt

 

Good question. haha jk

 

If you're willing to pay $750 for a new MAF, and have them misdiagnose an obvious coil pack issue, you probably deserve whatever a$$ raping you get from the dealer. I love these "after the fact" posts. Donate. You could have spent 20 bucks and saved $750.

An injen intake is not aftermarket work, and in some cases, it's worse than stock. it's not a custom intake either.

By the way, I do auto work, I can rotate your tires for 500 bucks and seafoam the car for 1000.

 

1), that isnt injen, thats an injen knock off

2) your mass goes in the middle

3) $750, you got *** ****ed with no condom and they jeezed inside u !

 

also, just for reference, i got a 2003 VQ35DE engine for $650 shipped.

 

the cost of the MAF from a dealer seems kind of pricey. i was able to get one for another nissan for $350 and if you installed the intake, the you could have replaced the MAF by yourself as well.

just curious..did you buy that CAI used? it seems real dirty. seems like some corrosive acid was splashed on it.

 

 

Sorry to hear your experience.

 

i'm not. This made my day.

 

You must have had a horrible day

 

hahahahahahaha.


btw.. in your case MAF= Mass @ss *** Sensor.

 

Hey Tav, where did you get one for that price?

 

knock-off? curious as to how you can tell.

 

do not question him or a man in a suit with a PPK will silence you.

 

a list of your biggest mistakes

1) Having an injen intake which probably made you lose HP instead of gaining it

2) Thinking that its the dealer, its got to be good. Not knowing that the dealer will rape you, should have at least took it to a reg. shop

3) Not knowing what you're paying for, $500 in parts is a lot of parts considering if it's just the MAF

4) Saying that you had no MAF in the first place, you cannot drive without the maf since it senses how much fuel to give to your car.

5) Trying to hook up your car without any knowledge, every car is different. An intake on a honda can very well add 10 hp to the wheel, but our cars, basically none.

I feel bad for you, but hey, good lesson learned??? post before you do anything. I post whats wrong with my car to get a second opinion even though i'm 90% sure i know whats wrong. You're still a newb, but you didn't have to pay $750 for someone to tell you that you're a newb. Tons of the guys here on this org knows 1000000% times more than a full time head mechanic. Goodluck and stop wasting money...literally..

 

look at the material used. screams CHEAP. and all injens are polished

 

I would agree with you, but they may have been whats typically an "INJEN" years ago.. look at the valve cover, I mean that engine looks beat up and imagine thats just on the outside.

 

This thread has got me real curious, just what was in place of the MAF and how the h#ll did it run without one if indeed there wasnt one to begin with???????????????????????????????
Here is a pick of my old Injen setup, with the MAF.