1. air bag light keeps flashing
2. does this car use a timing belt or timing chain?
3. rear speakers with a black housing mounted underneath, is that a crossover for the speakers? whatever it is, mine is defective

 

1) Your airbag system is dead. Have a dealer check it out.

2) Timing chain, should last life of engine.

3) Do you have the Blose system or just the normal radio/CD?

 

1.About the airbag light I would be weary of that because they do that if they arent reset after being deployed. Culd just be an electrical error though, in that case you never know when it might hit you in the face.
2.Already answered
3. How exactly do you mean defective? If it's Bose I do believe that the indevidual amps are located there. As a side note the screws then to need tightening over time or they may fall out. Happened to me. I looked in my trunk and the houing was hanging down.

 

The black housing connected to the rear speakers is an Amplifier for the speakers. If I remember right, and you can search for definitive answers, the bose system uses 2 Ohm speakers. That is why, when replacing the Head Unit, you also have to replace the speakers, or purchase an amplifier that will drive the 2 Ohm speakers.

 

now my question to u...which trim level do u have???if u dont' knoe do a search or look at one of the stickies...it'll show u how to identify which trim level u got...

 

i do have the Bose system, i tried swapping the left & right amplifiers for the rear speakers and the right side is definitely blown. I have to look into this air bag situation more, how much should i expect the dealer to charge for this?

I dont know which trim level i have, there are no logos in the back other than the MAXIMA logo, but ill do a search and see what i come up with. Thanks

 

Please read this entire thread.

 

Depends on what is wrong with your airbag, if its been deployed before and they didn't replace it you are talkin about $1000. Otherwise it just totally depends on if its electrical o they didn't reset it.

 

ok my air bag problem has been resolved. Now, about the timing belt /chain... why does my owners manual say to replace the "timing belt for driving the camshafts."?

 

maybe the manual isnt for your car.....cuz 95+ all have chains.....just a few cents....

 

dont worry too much about your timing chain - they usually almost never go bad