My check engine light came on the other day and car has hard time staying running. My car normally doesnt like the winter but it is not real cold here in GA (55deg.) so I dont know why it is running this way or how to find out what the problem is without taking it in the but at the Nissan dealership. Can anyone help?

 

You can retrieve the trouble codes yourself on these cars..

How to access the codes--> http://forums.maxima.org/3rd-generat...-then-off.html

Code chart---> http://pages.cthome.net/bbachinsky/nissan_ecm_codes.htm


Check the codes, report back to this thread with the results..

 

Thanks man I am gonna check the codes tomorrow...raining out of control here in GA and I've so much crap in my garage that I cant get the car in! Thanks for your help!!

 

I hear ya man, we have had so much rain here the past few days, i'm about ready to trade the maxima for a rowboat..

 

its so windy here like krazy.....my car shakes...

 

At least I think so (Code 13) Cylinder Head Temperature Sensor. Is this the sensor near the Fuel Pressure Regulator. I know some vehicles have more than one.

Thanks,
Aaron Harkness

 

its coolant temperature sensor....and ya its near the FPR....RED one...not the blak small one thats temperature sending unit to ur temp needle on ur dash....change that CPS its easy to change....

 

See the little sensor to the left of the coolant temp sensor (red plug) that is the CTHS.

 

No, it's the CTHS...

 

Ahh.. Hmm..

Well, I puled the connector and tried to squeeze the prongs a little closer together, cleared the codes and it came back. So, I am going to have to check tomorrow and see if there is a short in the wiring harness and if not I guess I will have to change it.

Could this be causing an intermittant knocking noise I hear around the firewall?

Thanks,
Aaron

 

Just replace the sensor dude, the harness being faulty is a long shot at best..

 

Maybe I should elaborate. I just tore down the top so that I could replace the K/S. that is why I am thinking maybe cracked a wire. They were pretty brittle. Maybe not, if I can find one locally easily I will just replace it.

 

Yeah, you really should elaborate on work done in your original post...check the wiring...

 

Cool, thanks big guy.

 

CHTS

 

i was thinking about you when i made that post..

 

you did it twice

 

Cuz i need a TBI spacer..

 

no got one of those.
one of these days I'll look for the cam

 

no it isn't it's the CTS (red sensor, for the OP's info)

the FSM says that a code 13 (on either VG or VE) is the "Engine coolant temperature sensor". look at EF&EC-259. just going on a limb here, but FSM > some random website

the ECU never sees the signal from the CTHS. the circuit for that goes from the fuseblock, to the cluster, to the sensor, and grounds on the body of the sensor.

ibbannedforaweek

 

Heh, i can't look at the fsm atm..(remember: dropped lappy)= pc freezes when i try to view any pdf..

 

it's ok i forgive you

 

probably u dont have much page file left for PDF to use