Let's find out what's really going on. PLEASE DO NOT RESPOND IF YOUR MAF SENSOR IS STILL OK.

Cast your vote!

PS: I voted "Other" so I could keep track of the results of the poll. I'll keep all those who don't vote posted as to how the poll is proceeding. Stay tuned!

 

there have to be several of you out there....

I can't vote, since I have a stock 2001 with a drop in, but would like to know if there is a pattern as well...

 

Mine is ok

 

How is everyone installing the MAF w/ the intake in relation to the connectors?? Is the wire connector on top so the MAF sensor is in a vertical postion? or, like I've seen some people, install it at a 45* angle, so the MAF sensor is at a angle to vertical... could that make it subject to vibrational damage?

 

Only one respondent so far, and he/she had a Frankencar intake. If that's all the votes we get, I'd hardly call it a pattern . . .

 

I also would like to see the Year of the car. I think that it is also relevant to the issue...maybe?

 

it is!

PLEASE NOTE IF YOUR CAR IS 2K/2K1 OR 2K2.

 

I'll tell you what, lcf and Colonel. If we get enough of a response to warrant it, I'll put up another post asking those who resonded to indicate the model year of their Maxima. But I've still only got one vote so far. So it may not make that much difference.

 

frankencar on my 2k2. it went out 2 days after i installed it, but no problems with injen cai so far

 

Yup. I see your vote, SmokinOdum. That's two blown MAF sensors for Frankencar and no blown MAF sensors for any other intake. Does that mean that the only people who had their MAF sensors go bad were running Frankencar intakes at the time?

 

Mine was the other franken failure. 2002 SE 6spd. Failure occured about two months after install.

 

i have a 2001 wid a franken and ive had no problems

 

All right. We've got two failures with Frankencar intakes and one with a Berk Tuning intake. Would the individual whose MAF sensor failed with the Berk Tuning intake care to identify himself or herself?

 

maybe it was a spam so they could see the poll?

 

Couldnt just click the view results Hyperlink??? I suspect a consipiracy!

 

That's my thought too, lcf. I've yet to hear of anyone with a Berk Tuning Intake breaking their MAF sensor. Unless the person who voted that they broke their MAF sensor with a Berk Tuning Intake responds and lets us know who they are, I'm prepared to disregard that vote.

 

I remmember some guy here had the Weapon R intake and it cause some problems too on his 2002 Maxima.

 

I agree this needs to include the year of the car. Also, there could be a higher number of 2k2's out there with FC intakes than other intakes. The 2k2 MAF may just not like any aftermarket intake. I've had the FC intake on my 2k1 for over four months with no problems.

 

I voted other. I had an over oiled K&N from the factory. K&N sent me a new one and all is good now (for about 2 months so far).

I don’t think it means anything...but I had a FC at the time. The failure was clearly the over oiled filter though.

I have a 2k2.

Brian

 

My MAF went south at 35k miles and a stock intake. Now I have the BERK with the new MAF, no probs yet.

2001 Max GLE

 

should we dedicate this page to 2k2 only and make another poll for 2k1 and 2k?

y2kse....should we generate another one for types of intake each individual has? so we can get better statistic on overall MAF failure?

 

It's a little too late to change the poll now, [maxi-overdose]. But it's pretty clear that the Frankencar intake is causing most of the problems. What isn't entirely clear is why that's the case. There's been some speculation that the MAF sensor in 2K2s is defective. But if the MAF sensor was the culprit, I'd expect to see more even results from all of the intakes in the poll. And there's also been some speculation that vibration is causing the problem. In all fairness to Frankencar, however, I don't know if the Frankencar intake is showing up more often because more people are running Frankencars than any other intake. That might make an interesting topic for another poll, however.

 

ok, I am going to do a poll on types of intake that people have.

 

Cool!

 

I wanted to bump this up to get some more responses..

 

2k2, frankencar intake

 

did you have any issues with the MAF?

 

BioMaxDDS's failure may very well be do to him trying to clean the MAF with K&N filter cleaner.

I responded to an earlier poll about MAF failures after installing a Stillen unit. But after clearing the code I have had no problems. So I didn't vote on this one.
And I never posted about this before because I felt like a F'ing idiot. But when I installed my Frank I did it when I was very tired and after getting everything apart I ate dinner then fell asleep on the couch. I woke up a few hours later and realized I had to get the schit back together so my wife could use the car in the morning. Needless to say when I was putting it back together I dropped the MAF(cringe). Then when I was done I started the car to test drive it. It ran fine I back it out of the driveway put it in 1st. hit the gas and it died (big cringe). When I open the hood I realized I didn't plug the MAF back up. After getting that taken care of I drove the car with no problems (BIG BIG SIGH). I had an SES light but it drove fine so later the next day I took it to my buddy's shop reset the code. That was about a month ago since then there has been no SES light and it runs great.

 

I think all the failures have to do with cleaning the filters. I've had the JWT and now added the Frankencar pipe, it's not even mounted on the shock tower yet. No problems. Knock on wood.

 

2002 with a Place Racing CAI... didn't blow up until 5000+ RPMs. Still not sure as to why, but believe it was due to vibration.

 

Pls check your mfg date. Maybe we can narrow down a time frame that they switched to the new MAF's, if at all. Did you install the flex section, or keep it the way it came? I installed the flex section for a few reasons, (1) to reduce the vibrations, (2) get rid of the annoying knock.

 

I have a 2k2 with a Frankencar CAI and it runs perfect. Knock on wood.

Has the poll for which kind of CAI's most people have started yet to see if the FC CAI is just more prevalant vs it is actually causing the MAFs to break?

 

My mfg date was 10-01-01. I didn't keep the flex pipe. I did have the knocking noise. I have since replaced the CAI with the stock box. I've ordered some parts from Courtesy Nissan's Parts Dept. I found another thread here on the .org that said the sensor itself was only $60+ dollars, so I ordered 2 of them. I will put the PR CAI back in once I have the extra sensors on-hand and can devote 24 hours downtime to reset the ECU. The dealer stole a MAF off a 2003 SE and installed it on my 2002 SE since they didn't have one in stock.

 

This has been done a million times. It happens more with those having a K&N and more with those who attached their brace onto the strut tower. The model number A600 MAF has had the lowest amount of problems. The failures seem to be more prevelent in other model numbers which is why Nissan has a TSB that replaces the others with a shiny new A600.

 

01' Approx 3000mi using a PR CAI. Blew MAF. No problems since stock airbax w/ K&N was put in.

 

When you take in your car to the dealer do you guys take off your intakes and put on the stock airbox to get a new MAf after your initial one is blown?

 

bump to keep the poll rolling.

YJ

 

Has anyone blew an A600 MAF with a Frankencar yet, I just got my intake and am debating if its worth risking.

 

right here...........this happened even after ECU update too

 

I have a 2002 Maxima Gle and I put the JWT intake on and it ran great for about a month and then my MAF went. I purchased another MAF and within a week it went. I then bought another MAF and put the stock set up on and I haven't had any problems since which is great but now I have an intake that is useless to me.