Hi,
I was wondering if someone could help me with some information. I do have an appt next week to go back to the dealer for repair.

Background:
On 9/11/13, I brought my 2011 SV in for regularly scheduled oil change. Nothing is wrong with the car. During the work, they said my battery terminals had some corrosion, so I said sure, do the battery service. Battery came back OK, terminals clean, oil change done, and I'm on my way. I don't get one block before I notice my one-touch up for all 4 windows don't work...the A/C resets itself to 75 degrees upon every turn off/turn on of the car...the little chime/beep doesn't beep when you use the button on the driver's door handle to unlock or lock the car. That's all I can see so far as being "broken".

I went back into the dealer, explained the above and how it was all working properly before I brought it in. They explained that they hooked the car up to a "battery saver" to retain the settings; driver's seat memory, radio presets, and so forth. Those settings appeared to save.

The "fix" for the one-touch windows was to hold each window's button up for like 5 seconds, and that re-enabled the one-touch. They took the car back in for an hour, but they couldn't figure out the A/C 75F issue or the lack of chiming for the door locks.

I did find this thread, but I pushed that thing in but it appears to already be in as far as it can go and my A/C still resets to 75 degrees every time I turn on the car.
http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...c-problem.html

Any ideas? They are giving me a loaner. It's just frustrating because all of this was working fine, and now they screwed something up. Any info I could provide them to get my car back quicker I'd appreciate.
Thanks!

 

I suggest to begin pulling fuses and checking each one. Highly unlikely that a fuse blew, but why not.

 

Now there is some info I never heard of. Beeps when the door handle button is pushed? I have never heard this on my car. Can't really help you with the AC. If they fix it make sure you find out how they did it.

 

If you press the button on the handle to exit or enter there's a little beep beep sound, not the horn. This what the op is talking about

 

Do all 7th gen Maximas have that sound when pressing the button?

 

I can't speak for all 7th gens, I have a 2010

 

I have a 2010 S, mine makes that chime sound when I lock/unlock the doors with the button on the handle.

 

Us "S" boys have less to worry about then those with the SVs with all there gadgets. Although I wish I did have the technology package just for the intergration

 

The horn only sounds when you hit the lock button twice on the remote, regardless of which version you have. That's how the smart key cars are set up!

 

I don't think thats completely accurate. If you have the sound enabled then hitting the lock button once on the remote will honk the horn. Unless thats just me...

 

I'm with ya

 

On my '09 with premium and technology packages, there is no sound (except a soft mechanical 'click') when I lock or unlock my doors, whether pushing the inside lock levers or the outside button on the front doors or using the remote.

The day I bought the car, I changed the setting to not have the horn give its little chirp when I locked the car with my remote, and I expect there is a way to turn the beeping you describe on and off, as no 7th gen Maxima in which I have ridden did any such beeping when the doors were locked or unlocked. Almost every sound this car makes can be turned on or off.

I know that every time I take my car in for service, my dealer changes the setting to have the horn beep and the lights flash when the lock or unlock button on the remote is pushed. The valet does this so when the porter goes to the parking lot to take the car into the service bay, he can find the car quickly.

 

Well I'll be, there is a single beep when unlocking the car from the handle button and a double beep when locking it. I just couldn't hear that high of frequency sound, had to have my wife verify that is was there.

Time to get these old ears checked.

 

How can disable or enable the horn? If all the doors are locked already then the horn sounds...

 

i tend to mess around with my car and try to find all type of nifty things that the remote/car can do that i didn't know of and with my 09 max i've learned if u hold the lock and unlock button on the key fob for a 5-8 secs the light flash and you can disable the horn when locking the car, and repeating the same process reactivates the horn, btw i have the S model with sunroof and i also have the button on my door handles and it chimes when i press the lock button.

 

This made me chuckle because I run a hearing aid shop. I do hearing tests everyday. And yes, you most likely have some moderate high frequency hearing loss if you've never heard that sound before. Lol

 

Your right one click on the lock button will cause the horn to sound.

 

Nice, didnt know that!!

 

Ditto. Good to know about the horn disabling.

 

Yes. I think car salespersons should bring this feature to the atttention of every car purchaser at the time of purchase. Many would use it.

Around where I live, in many places such as parking lots of retirement homes, nursing homes, apartment complexes, hospitals, funeral homes, cemeteries, churches, and in residential neighborhoods, it is considered to be very poor manners to have our car horn beep when locking or unlocking our car.

I think the reasoning is that things are very quiet and peaceful around here, and a sudden beep of a horn is both startling and unnecessary unless there is an actual danger warranting use of the horn.

Where I live, it is considered that a simple flash of the lights is more than sufficient to confirm the locking/unlocking action. I'm sure that will be different in some other areas.

 

I agree. My mom always says the beep of a horn is the equivalent of screaming "I'M HOME" when you get home but no one needs to know you're there until you open the door. I do prefer the flash of the lights especially since my neighbors have 4 mammoth Labradors who will start a barking match at the slightest sound.

Salespersons should definitely talk about that feature and the automatic windows down when pressing and holding the unlock button on the fob--this is my second Maxima and neither salesperson showed me this.

 

This is good to know but I would think the salesperson is too much involved with showing off features that separate that style and trim rather than standard features available across all trims. Moreover, a quick read through the owners manual describes many of these features.

 

http://forums.maxima.org/7th-generat...c-problem.html

Edit: never mind, you found the thread

 

This *** is what I been needed thanks