Well, my check engine light is on, and after taking it to the dealer, found it was code #0201 (Ignition Signal Circuit). The tech. informed me that he found broken wires in the harness. Wanted to charge (ready for this) $3271.78 for a new harness. Of course I didn't pay that. But my question is quite simple. Where is the harness located? And how hard is it to preplace are repair some wires in it?

 

maybe an auto electric shop can trace and repair for less.

 

same exact thing just happened to me today about 15 minutes ago, and i just checked the code and it said the Ignition Signal Circuit...there is no way im payin that much to fix it though

 

wow nice car.

 

Look for a used harness at carpart.com

http://www.car-part.com/index.htm

There are two different wiring harnesses for the maxima I believe.

 

can't u just solder the wires together that are 'broken'?

 

You have to find the break first. Most likely they are in the engine bay right where the harness turns up from the firewall and starts its way towards the front of the motor. There is actually a recall on some of the 2000 for it actually breaking there and wires becoming broken.

Its a big black harness. Go in your engine bay and very gently look at the harness. Look at where the harness turns and see if there is stress there. Or go and talk to the guy and see if he can point you to the wire. Once you find it, Solder it back to the other side and your set. There are ALOT of wires in there man, so be carefull. Youll have to add some wire to each end and solder and heat shrink. You dont want any noise on that wire.

-matt

 

Thanks guys for the response, really appreciate it. But does anyone have a picture of what it looks like? Is it on the left side of the vehicle (driver side) or right?

 

thanks...

and i guess tomorrow, after i'm done runnin around, i will start from the firewall and work my way up to find the source of the problem for mine.

 

Absolutely no disrespect intended, but if you are asking questions like this please go to an electrical repair shop