1992maximase30

What's going on. This is concerning my 99 i30t. I downloaded the owners manual for my Infiniti and came across a couple of things. My car comes with tcs....but I see no tcs or slip light. I know I have it cause when we had a big snowstorm and I was trying to get out of my spot. I was hitting the gas and the engine rpm and speed was limited then the lsd kicked in.
Also all this time I thought Nissan autolight was they cut off when the ignition was cut off. I was wrong. Its your normal autolight...but I can't find the sensor. I see where it supposed to go but there's nothing....any ideas?

DennisMik

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When you turn the ignition to ON position without starting the car, the dash warning lights will all light up as a test. Do you not see them at this time?

The auto light sensor should be in the driver's side defroster vent, towards the outside of the car. If you have nothing, just a hole, then maybe the sensor fell out and is hanging down inside the dash. The defroster grills pop out. Pry off the defroster vent grill plates. There are 4 snaps spaced along the back edge. Pry the back edge of the grill up and look in there.

Dan_E_Boi84

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The sensor in the defrost vent is the ambient air temp sensor for the auto AC system. What do you mean by Autolight? My maxima is fully loaded and I don't have this feature nor TCS even though when I spin the tires I feel something not allowing me to spin them just like a TCS system. I have no TCS light or on/off switch for it.

DennisMik

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The 4th gen Maxima did not have the auto light feature. It was added to the 5th gen Maximas. There is a sensor added for that. The a/c sunload sensor (it is not an ambient temperature sensor, that is in the grille of the car) is on the right side of the dash and the auto light photo sensor is on the left.

What the auto light feature is a new, addition position on the head light switch. When in the auto light position and you turn the ignition switch on, the headlights will come on if it is dark enough outside. If it is bright enough outside, the headlights will remain off but will come on as daylight fades. When you turn the ignition off, the headlights go off.

The headlight switch still has the regular on position if you don't want to use the auto light feature.

1992maximase30

Yea. My car has tcs and the autolamp. Now I don't see the sensor. I took the cover off. It looked like the cover held the sensor . But I don't see it. I like feature and wanted it to work properly. I don't know if I should start at the module, which I don't even know where that's at. So I could find the wire and follow it or something

Dan_E_Boi84

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I knew the one on the right was for the AC. I just didn't know what to call it. Sorry if I caused confusion. I learned something new so thanks for correcting me.

DennisMik

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I wonder if maybe the sensor failed and someone just removed it. Unless the defroster grille is broken, I don't think it could fall out as the part removes from the top. But trying to see something in the tangled mess under the dash is a challenge.

Here is a link to a photograph of the "CONTROLLER ASSY_LIGHTING". This one is for a 2001 Maxima. It looks similiar to the 2000 Maxima which is probably the same as your Infinity, but I can't guarantee that.

http://www.courtesyparts.com/28575x-...ml?cPath=1956&

1992maximase30

Thanks. Ill look into it

1992maximase30

Ok. That was just the sensor. I can't even feel for the wire. Do anyone kno where the lighting control module is?

DennisMik

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Based on the drawing in the FSM, the auto light control module is right below the sensor. The drawing makes it look as if the photo sensor plugs into the control module and both hang from the defroster vent grille. I will have to look at my car tomorrow and see. The only catch is that the Infinity manual and the Maxima manual aren't the same for the auto light feature, so I am not sure what to expect as I have a Maxima.

Look at the top of page 41 of the 1999 Infinity i30 manual:
http://boredmder.com/FSMs/Infiniti/I30/1999/EL.pdf

If you want to download the complete service manual, go here:
http://boredmder.com/FSMs/Infiniti/I30/

1992maximase30

Thanks.
Wait wait wait wait wait a minute. Your saying to pretty much get to this thing I would have to remove the whole dashboard? WTF!!!

DennisMik

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OK... I popped my defroster grille off to look at the auto light sensor. It appears that the 2000 Maxima must use the same sensor as your i30. The link I posted earlier with a photo for a 2001 Maxima is completely different than what I have. The grille cover does not have the sensor mounted in it, it has a reddish gray translucent lens in it. The auto light sensor is mounted down below, possibly on the bottom side of the dashboard but it could be mounted on the firewall as the photosensor "eye" is sticking through a hole in the dashboard.



As far as having to pull the dash board, well... maybe. I didn't try to look up under my dash.

Edit -

I went and crawled into the driver's footwell and I can't see or reach up to that spot because of a plastic shield. A quick look at the shield indicates it won't come very easily and then I can't say if there would be enough room because of the steering column and the fuse panel wire harnesses.

Pulling the dash could be a distinct possibility. I've pulled the dash on my 4th gen and it's more time consuming than difficult.

http://forums.maxima.org/4th-generat...dashboard.html

1992maximase30

Maybe its behind the cluster. Yours look like its just sitting there. Not screwed onto anything. Im gonna go out on a limb and say Nissan can't be *** backwards like ford in a situation like this. So hopefully its behind the gauge cluster.

DennisMik

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You bring up a good point with the gauge cluster. I'm sure the sensor is attached to something but if you pull the gauge cluster out, you should have a fairly clear shot to the auto light sensor. The guage cluster is pretty simple to remove.

1992maximase30

Yea. I hope so. I think im goin to look into it tomorrow

1992maximase30

Ok. So I finally got around to it. And lo and behold its behind the cluster GENIUS! But the damn thing was all freaking twisted. So im gonna go out on a limb and assume the heater core was replaced. It was hard for me to get it adjusted.