Obviously my car is a 2000 Maxima. I strongly believe the 2002-2003 camshaft sensors are different parts and different locations than my 2000. Hopefully you can confirm this. Also, I have to be lead to believe there are two for my 2000 as there are for the 2002-2003. I will post a picture of the part I have and hope someone can show me and tell me where this part is located so I can change it out.

 

2000 and 2001 has one on the front timing cover.

2002 and 2003 have one on the back of each head with green connectors.

I also highly recommend buying a good brand sensor, don't just get a cheap one off ebay or amazon. Rockauto is my go to for parts, I just stay away from their cheaper brands. I actually just ordered cam position sensors for my car, I went with Hitachi.

 

Pardon me but do you have an explanation or visual where that is? I seem to have no luck with finding this for 2000-2001. Is this easy access and easy to replace?

 

its on the timing cover, its easy to access.

why do you think you have a bad cam sensor?

 

It's in front of the engine mount. In this pic, right under "hole #3".



There are 2 crank sensors, one at the crank pulley and one where the engine meets the transmission.

 

Thank you both so much. I am changing her out for two reasons, a type of preventative maintenance because I have had the vehicle for awhile and a lot of the parts have never been replaced and because some of the symptoms I have read up on I am experiencing. I imagine that I have a few bad sensors as well. I do get the code for the manifold absolute pressure sensor as well as the two codes in conjunction for the swirl valve.

 

Google does say the 2000 Maxima has two camshaft position sensors. Is the second one on the driver side and is it the picture I am going to upload in this reply?

 

just one cam position sensor on the timing cover of the VQ30's. and 2 crank position sensors..

 

I guess the camshaft position sensor is like the throttle position sensor in that it can be messed up installing it.

I also guess my second picture in this thread is actually a crankshaft position sensor?

It is crazy the confusing misinformation that exists for 2000-2001 to 2002-2003 as far as these specific sensors go for these cars.

 

there is nothing confusing. that last pic is directly out of the parts catalog for a 00/01 car. 02/03 is a different engine and as such should not be used as a reference for 00/01

 

It is very confusing. Not the location anymore, because I see the pictures and got the replies here - I am talking about the misinformation that exists while trying your own research. Confusing misinformation definitely exists. Google or the ai overview whatever clearly says 2000 Maxima has two camshaft sensors. I am going in the belief of what is said here, that there is only one.

 

don't trust AI, it doesn't even know humans have 10 fingers according to the AI clips I keep seeing online lol

and don't buy cheap sensors off eBay or Amazon..

 

So i'm still curious as to why you feel you need to change your Camshaft sensor you never gave a real explanation other than the Absolute Pressure manifold code and 2 swirl valve codes. If your Camshaft sensor was a problem the first usual symptoms are shutting off while driving and hard to start cause they are directly related to your Fuel injection pulse firing. You might wanna check your of multitude vacuum hoses and possible blocked EGR ports.

 

Yes, I stated the reasons and here are more: my car will die when accelerating like flooring it. No hard starts ever but that acceleration problem(s). I would bet I do have vacuum leak(s) as well. I also see now, having saw the location with my own eyes now under the hood, it might be leaking oil very slowly. I am going to clean it all up and install the new one and see how things go. I already have the sensor so I will go for it. I will keep the old sensor.

 

Aye Eye wont tell you that aftermarket sensors are crap on this car when it comes to electronics, definitely be ready to do it twice if you don't use trusted brand parts OEM, or hitachi.

there is a very detailed search engine inside this website you can go thru as well

 

just put a new o-ring on the old sensor, you might even need to clean the connector for it in case oil got in there.

when the o-rings get old and stiff oil starts to pass through them. may even be a pain to remove.

 

It was crazy, oil was actually in the vertically positioned bolted in place sensor as if it were a cup. Only about 1/4 on the bottom. I cleaned everything up and put in the new sensor to see how things go. Still retaining the old one.

 

throw that sensor away. the o-ring is simply a seal so it doesnt leak oil externally. the oil in the connector is due to oil wicking up thru the sensor internals. itll degrade the insulation on the windings and is by far the most common cause for ckp/cmp sensor failure in nissan.

 

Yes I know it has got to be shot.