swetcountrygrl

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I was driving down the road in my moms 2000 maxima and the check engine light came on and the the slip light came on. They stayed on. I turned the car off and then back on the check engine light only came back on. Turned car off again and no lights are on now. Do you think this is something I should worry about? Shop told me it could be in the plug?? Anyone had any suggustions?

MIXXMAX

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Sounds like a coil issue to me. One or more of your coils may be bad and may need replacing. Wait for the SES to come on again and extract the code.

BewstAdd1ct

or... you could just ck the codes. if its cleared itself, oyul have to wait for it to trip again. may have just been a gas cap.

also, blue font sux

swetcountrygrl

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Okay we put the car on the machine and it came back with 3 codes
P1320
P0300
P1320
the guy that put it on the machine said it was in the fireing.
We re-placed the plugs and this is still happening.
When you start the car it misses really bad and when you go to take off it misses really bad?
Any help would be appericated!
Also would this make my slip light come on and the tcs light come on?

MIXXMAX

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Replacing the plugs aren't going to do anything. It's a COIL issue. Replace all six coils. Make sure you buy the updated ones (ones with grey dot on them). And, yeah, the slip, TCS, and SES on at the same time means a coil issue--code P1320.

BewstAdd1ct

dude? lol....


yea hun, you have a failed coil. replace one and then next one will fail later on... buy the updated coils, install... and youre done.

MIXXMAX

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Oooops, I didn't realize her ID name. Sorry. I edited my post.

swetcountrygrl

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So okay i replaced 5 cause they didnt have all six...the car has stopped missing...Do I need to reset the service engine light? Cause it stayed on but the rest of the lights went off...
Help

BewstAdd1ct

it will reset itself after enough drive cycles without a fault... or the next time youre driving by autozone, you can have them clear it

MIXXMAX

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Yes, clear the SES light. Once cleared, the car will go into "re-learn" phase. The sooner the better. It won't recognize the new change until it's cleared.

swetcountrygrl

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Ok please help this is getting on my nerves...We replaced the coils and went to autozone to reset the light and it wont reset and its still thoughing the codes P1320
P0300??? Whats up with that?

BewstAdd1ct

did you replace that 6th coil? did you check the connectors for the individual coils? did you check for wire chafing?


are all the coils plugged in correctly?



and OBDII is always in relearn, and has self healing capabilities. itll learn as soon as the fault is remedied, regardless of MIL status.

montreal_speed

That's exactly the same problem on my 2000 Maxima. But when I push the accelerator the rpm goes up and the gearbox doen't shfit up. I need to push a second time on that for shifting up..

How much for the coil replacement???? I have an extented garantee do you think it can help me to save money???

BewstAdd1ct

yea, an extended powertrain warranty should cover the coils.

upstatemax

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that sounds more like a TCM that needs to be reprogramed. Mine did the same thing and after the TCM was done, good as new.

upstatemax

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You need to replace ALL OF THE COILS, knowing you current luck you did not replace the one that was bad.

As far as the TCM and Slip comming on, I had that problem when my ABS went bad (well my front two got chewwed to crap when I slammed my car on D2's and did not resecure them , thank god for extended warranties!!).

swetcountrygrl

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Yes we replaced All the coils. ALL 6! But we took it to avanced auto to get them to reset it and they said it was still thoughing the codes. Okay now the light is back on and we took it to autozone and they tell me its a law to reset the SES light. So I made an App. At the local Maxima dealer to have it looked at tomorrow. 79.00 just to put it on the machine.

BewstAdd1ct

there isnt a law to reset the light. unless its a local law, but then they would have documentation on it. even so, it doesnt seem reasonable... youre clearing potentially valuable freeze frame data as well.

pull off all of the coil connectors and check the connections, then try and clear the code again.


g/l

zioes_00se

My ses light came on last week and turned out to be a new cat-converter and ecu programming...thankfully my nissan dealership warranted the entire thing. Even with 60k on the car too.

BewstAdd1ct

ya, emissions warranty is 8/80

swetcountrygrl

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Failure Code for TW catalyst failure monitored oxygen sensors and found both front and rear sensors are reading the same indicating failure had occured inside of both front pre catalysts checked and found engine control module could be reprogramed. When the light comes back on we will have to replace both front catalysts estimate $1675.


We got them to reset the SES light.. paid $118.00. Now the light just came back on. Do you think if we run the car like this its going to hurt the car? What should we do? What needs to be replace?
help!

Italiano

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wow, i see all these people from all over the country and then i see upstatemax from clifton park, lol.. small world.

upstatemax

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Very few of us from this neck of the woods....

upstatemax

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get a cattman y-pipe... alot cheaper and it adds power. The pre-cats are in the y-pipe, so it will eliminate them, or if you want to do this the cheapest way possible, get an O2 simulator from O2simulator.com

Italiano

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this is true

swetcountrygrl

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Okay how hard is a cattman y-pipe to put on?? And how much would one cost? And does this make the car louder or anything? Cause this is my moms car.

upstatemax

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Not that hard to put on, you can have a shop do it for you if you want; Personally I would, doing exhaust work without a lift is a PIA.

The car will be a little louder because the pre-cats are gone... but it is not "loud", more like a tone difference.... I would think you could get the y-pipe and have it installed for under $500.

BewstAdd1ct

what code was it? p0420, p0430?


how many miles on the car?

swetcountrygrl

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Didnt Give a code...Just told us thats what it was.
It has 112,000 on it.

BewstAdd1ct

if you payed for diagnosis, then they owe you all the information they found, including the code...

...meh, doesnt matter, its out of emissions warranty anyway. id get the y-pipe... and again, its a tine difference, and shell likely only hear the difference under heavy acceleration.


but if im not mistaken, you have to relocate the o2 sensors anyway... someone correct me if im wrong... but if im not, honestly the best way to fix this is with an o2 simulator...

upstatemax

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Yeah you do, the two secondary sensors have to either be moved (PIA) or simulated... I have mine simulated and I have not had a problem yet. Cattman is now offering O2 sims when you buy y-pipes and headers I think. When you order it from then just ask.

BewstAdd1ct

then the most reasonable fix is just to use a simulator.