Hey everybody, new maxima owner here with a few questions about the car (2000 Maxima SE). Since purchasing the car i've thought the side marker lights were reflectors because they never lit up, but after seeing pictures of other cars i learned otherwise. So, today i popped the bulbs out and only 1 of the 4 looks like it is burnt out. I checked both the under dash & engine compartment fuse boxes and didnt find any fuses to be burnt also.

My question is: What do you think could be causing them not to light up? I would imagine that they are not wired in series and all go out if 1 fails. I'm not a master tech, but i know my way around a car pretty well. Please shoot me any suggestions y'all might have. Thanks a million.

Chris

 

welcome to the maxima family. Changed the burnt bulb and see if that helps.

 

case solved. Thanks for the quick response MaximaGT-r. That was exactly it, one of the bulbs was burnt out. Poor design if you ask me, but its done. Thanks again!

Chris

 

anytime chris enjoy your new ride.

 

Ha, I thought the same thing. I also noticed the old owner had replaced the bulbs as well because he left pry marks while trying to get the lenses out, especially in the rear...I think that you are supposed to get to the rear bulbs from inside the trunk. The old owner sure screwed up my car, makes me never want to buy a used car. I looked the car over good enough, but when you get to working on it you notice the little things.

 

Done !

 

Just an FYI if anyone reads this asking how to remove those side marker reflectors to change the bulbs.

Use a butter knife (or similar blunt rounded edge object) and wrap the sucker in a paper towel. Then gently insert and pry toward you. They'll pop right off with no damage.

 

Kinda like how it's suggested in the manual.

 

Patience in removing the cover is the secret. I had to replace both front and rear on drivers side.

98sebring

 

When you guys replaced the side markers with the clear lenses, did you have to replace the bulbs with color ones? If so, where can I get a set of bulbs?

 

my front clears had bulbs...but you can pick up bulbs at any autopart store.
http://www.autolumination.com/
http://www.moodym.com/maxima/tech/maxbulbchart.html

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I got the clear side markers and tried bulbs and they didn't work well for me. SO 5 LED wedge bulbs are the way to go. I got mine at autolumination.com or you could try ebay.


Here are some pics:





The whole side marker is lit up nicely.

 

Maximized2000

Automation page sucks. Can you send me a direct link to get these bulbs?

 

http://autolumination.com/194.htm

I got these a while ago. I believe you need the 194 or 168 bulbs (think they are the same) for the side markers. Someone correct me if I'm wrong.

I got the 5 LED wedge Matrix bulbs in amber and red.

 

got a major noob quesion, but since the OEM color scheme is red in the rear and amber in the front, if you change to clear lenses do have to use the same colors or can you go hyper white with blue all the way around? I live in nyc also!!

 

according to federal law...the front must reflect and light up amber and the rear must reflect and light up red.

the law - http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...3&postcount=81

 

ok thanks for the link, looks like clear lense with red and amber bulbs

 

you are now cool in my book...the first person not to try and argue this with me and force me to school them.

just realize that you will still be breaking the law...just bringing less attention to it

 

Kudos on you soonerfan !!! Never knew that.. I will buy those before The Terminator goes after me (i live in cali) LOL

 

you are now cool in my book...the SECOND person not to try and argue this with me and force me to school them.

 

i want to be cool in your book too

 

well you have cool in your name so......
and you dont baby newbie


ok fine...you are cool in my book

 

Sooner, I think you are wrong! Have you ever seen the tail lights on the RX330?

I've definitely received a fix-it ticket for having super whites under my clears. In order to try and rectify the problem I placed red LED's in the rears, but left the super whites up front. They match the headlights so well...

Maybe a month later I was arrested for police impersonation. Apparently Infinitis look like cop cars when equiped with red and blue (I say white) sidemarkers.

Moral of the story... Red and amber LED's keep the cops at bay.

BTW, do all of your Maximas have this problem of all the markers going out if one bulb blows? I've had bulbs go out without effecting the others.

 

See the red reflector on the bumper?

 

my favorite argument...the lexus RX. people have a problem seeing the HUGE reflectors on the bumper

 

No way! I thought those were nozles for the RX's rocket boosters.

Maybe you did not catch the subtle hint of sarcasm that the animated icons were supposed to convey. Yes, we have all heard that argument before. I though it was humorus... Apparently I have no chance of being cool

 

i got the joke and laughed...i was replying to cool's post (he is no longer cool)

 

man... i hear ya!!! Like i said I live in NYC in manhattan!!! They loved to stop me for anything!!! Ya window is down too low!!!1 I dont like the way the interior looks!!! lol I cant count the amount of times i have been stopped for my last MAX!!! You would have thought it was a damn porsche!!! lol

 

My bad sooner, I misunderstood.

I hear you on that jkmay. And I thought I was safe here in good ol Fort Collins, CO. I lived in southern Cal for a few years and never got pulled over once with my illegal tint, all my clearing, and super white bulbs. Although I do use the chromed orange bulbs in the signals. It really bugs the **** out of me to see blue blinkers.

 

despite my smoked side markers...they look legal at night.
actually, im pretty sure they are legal since they light and reflect amber and red.

i did have clears on my 00 sterling mist...but i had the colored bulbs to draw less attention to them (never got pulled over)

 

Mine didnt - I just replaced the front driver and the rear passenger - the others worked just fine.

 

You guys miss the point of California police. Here we got profiling. If you look like you are trouble, and they see something they can give you ^#7 about, they'll stop you. I'm close to the legal limit of all-around tint (I did medium front,rear and rear window) but have never been stopped about it.

;]

 

I operate under the assumption that everyone in here belongs in the 4th gen forum.

 

From my experience, it isn't just a simple "pop right off". On the rear, if you pry from the side closest to the doors, they will crack.

There is a plastic wedge/spring on the side closest to the bumper (rear bumper for the rear markers and front bumper for the front markers). Prying from that point, will pop them out easily with no damage. The side of the marker light closest to the doors has a hard plastic "hinge" with feet that hold onto the lip of the bumper.