Ok, its happened, I have a 2000 Maxima SE, 5spd, with about 53k miles, and the service engine soon light came on last night. Its not going away. Is there any way I can check to see what is going on without buying a $6000 tester?

Thanks,

JimL
00 Maxima SE, 5spd (3%)

 

take it to autozone, its free. by the way, testers can run about 100-200 bucks. i went with some software that i loaded on my old laptop for about 120 or so.

 

Really,they will diag it for me, how do I get in on that one? Just bring it in and ask teh to check it for me?

Thanks,

JimL

 

just drop by. they dont take appoitments. tell them your cel is on and you need the code pulled. you are under no obligation to pay for the diagnosis or the parts which could fix it.

 

I also have a 2000 Maxima SE 5spd , with about 53K miles. The service engine light came on last night.

Is something like this still covered under warranty (5yr/60k) ?

Share your results when you get them.

Cheever

 

I just had the same problem on my 2001 Maxima
I took it to Nissan and there was a TSB on it. Nissan fixed for free. Unfortunately I previously paid a diagnostic fee to my mechanic thinking something major was wrong.

Here's the notes from the documentation from Nissan:

A C/S Check Engine Light is on
Cause: F
DE98AA Reprogram Engine Control Unit
19 Warn
FC: HD32
Part#: 237105Y006
Claim Type: PP

60217 Found Old Ecm Program Warr - 23710-5Y006 Checked EFI system for P0420 and reprogrammed ECM per NTB00-070a

I believe store code in the ECM is:
DTC P0420

Hope this helps but for sure get the code for free if possible.
P.S. The technician said that this particular problem is covered up to 80,000miles.

 

[QUOTE=kevinsean23]I just had the same problem on my 2001 Maxima
I took it to Nissan and there was a TSB on it. Nissan fixed for free. Unfortunately I previously paid a diagnostic fee to my mechanic thinking something major was wrong.

Here's the notes from the documentation from Nissan:

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Well that helps, I usually do my services at the local Nissan dealer cause they are pretty fair, honest, resonable. I will check it out with them. Lanks for the info, I will post later with the results.

Thanks,

JimL

 

Turns out I had two bad oxygen sensors. Should have gone to Autozone, could have saved $100.

 

Had the same thing happen to me yesterday. Fortunately still under warranty. Nissan dealer showed $300+ for the work. These increasingly occurring failures are really starting to make me worry.

 

I took my car to the dealer today for the SES light. Well as I should have expected, it turned out to be a bad O2 sensor.

The price for the fix was $290, which at the time, I thought was a ripoff. I guess I was wrong.

Thank you Nissan for putting in horrible O2 sensors.

Cheever

 

you should have cleared the code first to see if it would come back. I just had my light on for an o2 sensor, reset it, and now its gone. Alot of times the o2 sensors can go off if you got bad gas or something. And next time, look online or something for an o2 sensor, because they are only like 80 bucks.

 

anybody know how to clear the code, turn the light off