Hello all,

Just wanted some possible advice on why my 2001
max se - auto would start without a problem but
immediately stall or close to stall. this has been
happening the past few days everytime i start the
car after it has cooled for a while. after i
start it, i would have to gas it to avoid the
stall. i have made an appointment with the dealer
on thursday but i thought some insight might make
the problem easier to diagnose. btw the car has
8k miles on it. i had this problem in the past
but not as consistant as now. thanks in advance.

 

I have this problem last winter with my 2000 I30 and there was a TSB to correct it. The dealer reset the ECU and it has been fine since.

Make: NISSAN Model: MAXIMA Year: 2000

Service Bulletin Number: NTB00008A Bulletin Sequence Number: 109 Date of Bulletin: 03/00

NHTSA Item Number: SB610995
Component: ENGINE
Summary:
SOME VEHICLE WITH VARIOUS VIN RANGES MAY EXHIBIT LOW / NO IDLE WHEN SHIFTING INTO D OR R RANGE AFTER COLD START. *TT

 

Thanks for the speedy response. Helpfully this
solves the problem. It sucks to have a nice new
car and yet have starting problems. After your
fix, have you had the problem return?

 

The fix was done over a year ago and since then the problem has not returned.