Hi everyone, became a new owner of a Burgundy Red 1995 Nissan Maxima GLE. Payed $2k, has 58k miles, has a slight bump/scrape on passenger front bumper and had a mangled passenger cornering lamp. Only visible rust is on the muffler. Interior is in great condition, leather seats show pretty much no wear. Everything powered works, sadly no cold weather package. Radio, Auto A/C, Bose speakers, cruiser control works. Removed some leaves slightly blocking MAF, tightened throttle cable, changed it to synthetic and running Shell 89 octane. (upstream O2 and Knock codes with 87 octane) Trans fluid is a nice bright red and shifts smoothly, pulls hard for its age. Recently changed front rotors and pads and yesterday replaced mangled cornering lamp. No vibrations, no bouncing, no abnormal sounds coming from the engine.

So because of its low mileage, and pretty much lack of problems, my concern is the past maintenance. What problems could occur during this time, especially in the winter?

 

Welcome to Maxima.org. Nice find! Do post some pics. We're interested.

 

Yeah sure got a few, will take interior pics later.

 

oops new to posts, still learning.

 

Yep. Nice. We have several members in Illinois here at the org.

 

I am jealous. We have owned three 4th gen maximas and just traded the last one, my daughters 99 (200k miles), for a rogue. I feel this is the best generation of maxima.

You did good finding this one, easily get another 150,000 miles and more on the engine if you take care of it.

good luck

 

Wow...that's some low miles. Looks like it was garaged most of the time because the paint looks great.

Great find.

 

Welcome to the Forum and congratulations to your great find! Love the burgundy color.

 

I just cleaned my carpets too, stupid snow.

 

more pics

 

Excellent! With proper care that car should run well over 300,000 miles.

 

Great find and welcome to the forum. There are several members from Illinois, me being one of them.

Have fun with the car!!

 

looks brand new, but first get some better looking rims, those honeycomb rims give it the grandma look, trust me.. lol

 

True, some drivers Ive noticed thought it was a grandma car and pulled to the other lane. Ive never gone rim shopping, so what kind rims would you recommend?

 

what a beauty

 

Wow! Really impressed with the leather! Nice find.

 

The octane rating of fuel will not set O2 or ks codes. You most likely have a slowly failing O2 sensor. If and when those codes come back, change the O2, clear the error codes and check about a week or 2 later to see if the KS code is back. The ks alone will not set a check engine light. If it's found without any other codes, it's time to change it.

 

yeah later i cleared the codes with ecm, check engine never showed later. (still was on 87) but i did run the ecm diagnostic check and the knock sensor code 0304 did show up, which of course as you said doesnt trip the check engine. ive ran the diagnostics the past week and ecm has not shown any codes and i was running shell 89.

 

but i will test with 87 again to see if anything shows.

 

wow, i remember getting my 95 in 05 with 129,000 on her and i loved it!!! wow, memories of a stock gauges, stereo, wheels, changed all that on my 95, here she is now with 266,000 miles on her yours looks to be very clean, check all fluids and lower rad support.

 

Wow, great find! That thang is in great shape, bet Nissan is salty they didn't get there hands on that instead of that 96 they recently restored if someone is watching these forums.

 

Wow Max ride 41, your 4th gen is still looking gooood man!

 

Very good looking, Max!

 

thanks dude, yeah, i love maxy and keep up with the maintenance and cleanings cause i just hate a dirty car.

 

nice looking max

 

so I did a more thorough inspection for rust, especially at the lower rad support. the lower rad looks good. so far the muffler is almost gone, will replace it soon. the few nicks underneath the engine and was probably from when the previous owner probably went over a median. pretty much the rust is on the exhaust.

 

Welcome.

I inherited my '95 SE in Aug 2011 with 100,400 miles and it now has 175,000'ish. Great car. I get a good 30MPG and when I let to sit in the driveway to warm up (frak'ing COLD here ,) I still get 25'ish.

Runs great, but I have recently picked up the timing chain rattle.

 

join the club, i bought mine with 129,000 on her and have had the rattle ever since i got maxy. has gotten a little louder over the years but i add a little bg moa to the crankcase and it quiets her down a bit. at 266,000 she still runs pretty well and i have a timing cover leak that has coated the entire underside and i just check the oil level every month to make sure she's topped off.

 

Looks pretty good from the pictures you posted. After owning my car for 8 years or so, I replaced my lower rad support in 2012ish. With the harsh Illinois winter and the salt my engine was barely supported by the lower rad support by then. Keep an eye out after a couple of years.