I was just driving today (normal highway city driving) then all of a sudden the oil lamp came on. It kind of dim, but it's on. I do have the FSM, but it's at home, and I'm at school; so can anyone help me with this problem.

Did a oil change about 1500 miles ago.
Checked the oil level, and it's perfectly fine. Also confirmed it with a friend.
No noticeable running issues with my car.
No smoke out of the exhaust.
Nothing unusual.

Please help.

 

It's possible the sending unit has started to fail. It's basically just a NO switch to ground.

For $10 and 15 minutes of work, I'd try that first. You could always ohm out the current one, but not really worth the effort.

 

Dude....did you design the Maxima? lol.

 

thanks for the response, I'll check it out this weekend

 

I think he just reads the the stickies, FSM's and any other Maxima literature he can.