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2000 SE Ignition coil pack...what other years can I use?

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Old 08-23-2013 | 09:34 PM
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2000 SE Ignition coil pack...what other years can I use?

Had a code showing faulty #2 cylinder was causing my hesitation and bad idling. Pulled the coil from #2 and switched it with the #4 cylinder coil. Problem code then displayed on the OBM as #4 being faulty so I am pretty sure it is a bad ignition coil pack which are apparently one of the common failure issues on this generation Maxima.

I was going to see if there are some coil packs in the local junk yard.

My question is: does anyone know if the coil packs from any other years of Maximas will work in the 2000?.
Old 08-23-2013 | 10:04 PM
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You have to get either 2000 or 2001 coils. the connectors are different on all the other years. 95-99 one kind, 2000-01 another kind, 2002-03 another kind, etc.
Old 08-24-2013 | 09:20 AM
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Originally Posted by DennisMik
You have to get either 2000 or 2001 coils. the connectors are different on all the other years. 95-99 one kind, 2000-01 another kind, 2002-03 another kind, etc.
Thanks DennisMik. Kind of what I thought it was going to be.
I called the local salvage yards and one on the other side of the state has a used one for $20. I figured something like this would be better new anyway. Ordered today from CourtesyParts.com (Nissan dealer in TX) #800-527-1909
for $92.23 ($101.73 total includes shipping). Talk to Chris or Butch...both are knowledgeable, helpful dudes.

note that it is a little misleading on their website in regards to which side of engine it goes on as each side uses a different style. Mine was the #2 cylinder which is the side closest to radiator/front of car. It's listed as LH but is actually considered the right hand side of engine (part # 22433+A). just fyi.
Old 08-24-2013 | 09:47 AM
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Originally Posted by jontay

note that it is a little misleading on their website in regards to which side of engine it goes on as each side uses a different style. Mine was the #2 cylinder which is the side closest to radiator/front of car. It's listed as LH but is actually considered the right hand side of engine (part # 22433+A). just fyi.
left would be correct for the ones near the radiator. Think of the way an engine should be in the car if it were rear wheel drive. And then to tell the side of the engine is by sitting in the car. Left hand is the driver side. (on left side drive cars anyway)
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The driver's side of the car is the left side. Cylinders 2, 4 and 6 are on the left side of the engine.

The auto industry has based left and right as when you are sitting in the car. When it comes to the engine, left and right is based on a rear wheel drive car, which says the water pump is on the front of the engine and the flywheel is on the rear end of the engine. When the engine is transverse mounted (as most front wheel drive cars are) you have to think of it as if it were not transverse mounted.

I'm not sure how you have determined that the parts illustration is wrong. I looked at it and I feel it is correct. Do you feel that because the left side ignition coil is shown on the right side of the drawing that it is wrong?

Everyone of us will say that something or the other is not described properly, but it is the way the industry describes it. Unfortunately, we will never be able to change this. All we can do is remember to think like them.
Old 08-24-2013 | 12:17 PM
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Cylinders 2,4 and 6 are the ones closest to the radiator. 1,3 and 5 are by the firewall.

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Old 08-25-2013 | 09:17 PM
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Originally Posted by DennisMik
The driver's side of the car is the left side. Cylinders 2, 4 and 6 are on the left side of the engine.

The auto industry has based left and right as when you are sitting in the car. When it comes to the engine, left and right is based on a rear wheel drive car, which says the water pump is on the front of the engine and the flywheel is on the rear end of the engine. When the engine is transverse mounted (as most front wheel drive cars are) you have to think of it as if it were not transverse mounted.

I'm not sure how you have determined that the parts illustration is wrong. I looked at it and I feel it is correct. Do you feel that because the left side ignition coil is shown on the right side of the drawing that it is wrong?

Everyone of us will say that something or the other is not described properly, but it is the way the industry describes it. Unfortunately, we will never be able to change this. All we can do is remember to think like them.
All I know is "Chris" at Courtesy Auto in TX said I need this one if it is one of the cylinders next to the radiator/front of car.

Also, the pictures....the terminal connection comes out the side for cylinders 2,4 & 6 (next to radiator). The other picture shows the terminal sticking straight up. I didn't pull off the other side to look but I am assuming the 1,3 &5 side are different?

I always thought it was the same as you guys say that you look at the car, (as far as left and right is concerned) as if you were sitting in the driver seat. The last 2 guys I spoke with on the phone told me it was LH and RH is determined by facing the front of the engine. f**k if I know. Anyway, the one I bought is listed as LH on the CourtesyAuto website and that's what it looks like when I pulled it off.
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