I got engine light 0420 and I went to the Nissan Dealership to have it fix. I showed them the Bulletin(recall), and they told me that that only cover under 36,000 miles. I thought it cover under 80,000 miles. My car have 61,000 miles. Is that true, that only cover under 36,000? Can I fix it by myself?


Thanks

 

Is it a TSB or Full Recall? All I saw on Nissan's website was the Transverse Link recall.

 

Mafiaguy, call Nissan NA, be nice, explain your situation calmly, say you are enjoying your Nissan greately, bla bla... ask them if your problem is covered under 60k warranty. If it is, tell them you have 61k and ask them if they can do you a big favor and cover that. If they say it is covered go to ANOTHER dealer and get it done..

 

that code is for bad sensor right.. think thats the code that i got and everyone gets off of the 2000 max's. should be covered emissions 80000 emissions, i took it in and the had to reset the computer with nissan and it was free. call the nissan cusumer affairs to tell them if a dealership is saying different....

 

No. The car is asking for some chronic...LOL
J/K..I believe it is a bad sensor. From experience if the car has more than 36k and you have no extened warranty, you will have to pay.

Good luck

 

that's the same story I got from Nissan, the only emissions equipment covered by the 80K are the Cats. O2 sensors are not covered.

 

The code is for one of the pre cats being below the operating thresehold. I thru this code as well but have not took it to nissan yet. The funny thing is that my pre-cats have been gone for about 3 years now and I just got the code. goofy CPU.

 

its not mechanical, its a ECU glitch. Nissan requires dealer's to upload new software for your ECU under federal emissions warranty because it registers as a "catalyst inefficiency code"

just go to another dealer

 

Man Nissan is making a *KILLING* off this money maker ECU bug and I see ALL of us getting it eventually.

Your 02s are fine, it's the aging cat and oversensitive ECU saying it's not working although it is. Problem is....Nissan is forcing 02s to be replaced before the ECU is "desensitized" inorder to get $$$ out of the customer.

 

It's an ECU issue as stated above and covered under federal 8/80. The dealership that's turning down the modifications is violating federal law, something you might point out to them. O2 sensors are not 8/80, but cats are.

 

i had the same code.. just reset my ecu and everything is fine so far...

 

Problem is they won't reflash the ECU unless you buy/pay for 2-rear 02s(cali) or 1-rear 02(fed).

 

Problem is they won't reflash the ECU unless you buy/pay for 2-rear 02s(cali) or 1-rear 02(fed).

 

Problem is they won't reflash the ECU unless you buy/pay for 2-rear 02s(cali) or 1-rear 02(fed).

 

I had the same code. Dealer reflashed my ECU and it solved the problem. Biatch at them and it will happen.

 

it will come back if you don't have the updated software

 

ive got the same problem again right now and my dealership said they would only ch one hr of labor, because this is the second time its came up on my car, and im wayyy past 80k