need help with code p0171 on 2000 maxima
#1
need help with code p0171 on 2000 maxima
hi
i have "service engine soon" on my 2000 maxima,i went to autozone and
it scanned a p0171. does any one know what this means?? the car is running fine it has 63k miles. any help would be aprreciated.
thanks
todd
i have "service engine soon" on my 2000 maxima,i went to autozone and
it scanned a p0171. does any one know what this means?? the car is running fine it has 63k miles. any help would be aprreciated.
thanks
todd
#3
Originally Posted by fredflypogger
hi
i have "service engine soon" on my 2000 maxima,i went to autozone and
it scanned a p0171. does any one know what this means?? the car is running fine it has 63k miles. any help would be aprreciated.
thanks
todd
i have "service engine soon" on my 2000 maxima,i went to autozone and
it scanned a p0171. does any one know what this means?? the car is running fine it has 63k miles. any help would be aprreciated.
thanks
todd
#4
Originally Posted by fredflypogger
hi
i have "service engine soon" on my 2000 maxima,i went to autozone and
it scanned a p0171. does any one know what this means?? the car is running fine it has 63k miles. any help would be aprreciated.
thanks
todd
i have "service engine soon" on my 2000 maxima,i went to autozone and
it scanned a p0171. does any one know what this means?? the car is running fine it has 63k miles. any help would be aprreciated.
thanks
todd
#6
Don't discount a fuel system problem... e.g. horribly restricted fuel filter? (or weak fuel pump, though I'd assume the fuel filter would cause problems before the fuel pump would)
#7
Originally Posted by spirilis
Don't discount a fuel system problem... e.g. horribly restricted fuel filter? (or weak fuel pump, though I'd assume the fuel filter would cause problems before the fuel pump would)
hi,
thanks for the quick response. i will check all of those areas.
thanks again
todd
#8
Originally Posted by spirilis
Don't discount a fuel system problem... e.g. horribly restricted fuel filter? (or weak fuel pump, though I'd assume the fuel filter would cause problems before the fuel pump would)
hard to say. my car was running super super lean with the SC for 1000 miles because the inline fuel pump (additional pump) was off. It was a super lean 20:1 AFR but this code was never never triggered.
So this code is applied to close loop operation only and it is picked up the O2 sensor. Since he only sees it in one bank and that means the O2 sensor reading in other bank is still ok. It shouldnt be caused by inadquate fuel pressure (dirty fuel filter/weak pump).
another symptom of clogged fuel filter or bad pump is rough idle. But you have to use a fuel pressure gauge to i.d. the problem. It is hard to attach a fuel pressure gauge before the fuel rail on 2k-2k1. You will have to release the fuel pressure first and disconnect the fitting near the firewall.
try to disconnect the battery first and see if the code comes back
good luck.
#9
Originally Posted by fredflypogger
hi
i have "service engine soon" on my 2000 maxima,i went to autozone and
it scanned a p0171. does any one know what this means?? the car is running fine it has 63k miles. any help would be aprreciated.
thanks
todd
i have "service engine soon" on my 2000 maxima,i went to autozone and
it scanned a p0171. does any one know what this means?? the car is running fine it has 63k miles. any help would be aprreciated.
thanks
todd
i know this is a dumb question but, i dont understand how people find out if they have an error code how does it work, you go to somewhere like autozone and ask them if youre car has trouble??
#10
Originally Posted by phantomax01
i know this is a dumb question but, i dont understand how people find out if they have an error code how does it work, you go to somewhere like autozone and ask them if youre car has trouble??
is your check engine light (aka service engine soon) on? if so, that means the ECU picked up 2 consecutive codes from on of her sensors and you can pull the code.
some codes will not trigger the CEL, i.e. knock sensor code.
#11
Originally Posted by phantomax01
i know this is a dumb question but, i dont understand how people find out if they have an error code how does it work, you go to somewhere like autozone and ask them if youre car has trouble??
#13
I'll bet you any amount of money that it is the MAF. I had this same exact engine code come up, and the shop I had look at it, swore it was an intake manifold leak, or a bad injector. God forbid they check the simple **** first.
Replace the MAF in a very timely manner, as soon as possible if you can. 2000-2001 Maximas aren't notorious for injector problems or O2 sensor failure. Most common problems relate to the MAF and/or coilpacks.
In my particular case, I was observing powerloss throughout the powerband, most noticeable from 3500-6500(redline). Soon afterwards I got that same exact engine code, p0171. That was later followed by a Cylinder 3 Misfire, and the number 3 coilpack eventually crapped out, and the engine was running on 5 cylinders. Everything is running fine now, but because number 5 was still getting fuel, and not burning it, it built up some nasty deposits on the O2 sensor on that bank.
Go get a replacement MAF, and replace it soon before other problems start to add up.
TK
Replace the MAF in a very timely manner, as soon as possible if you can. 2000-2001 Maximas aren't notorious for injector problems or O2 sensor failure. Most common problems relate to the MAF and/or coilpacks.
In my particular case, I was observing powerloss throughout the powerband, most noticeable from 3500-6500(redline). Soon afterwards I got that same exact engine code, p0171. That was later followed by a Cylinder 3 Misfire, and the number 3 coilpack eventually crapped out, and the engine was running on 5 cylinders. Everything is running fine now, but because number 5 was still getting fuel, and not burning it, it built up some nasty deposits on the O2 sensor on that bank.
Go get a replacement MAF, and replace it soon before other problems start to add up.
TK
#18
It's actually 2500rpm, but if your MAF is still within voltage range, it won't throw a code. Trust me, I listened to 'everyone' who said that MAF is only bad if you can't rev past 2500 rpm, and it took a LONG time to figure out that the MAF was the problem.
TK
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