I had the same issue. I think I've solved it by cleaning the throttle body with clean rag, preferably new, and a decent spray can of carb cleaner. Someone out there has the the link on to how to do this? If it still happens the same article that describes how to do this mentions a valve that might need replacing.
NissTech might be of better help here?
You can just replace the mast. Available from the Nissan dealer.
Hi,
About 2 years ago I was changing my brakes and the jack fell out and the car landed on its rotor. I guess it fell about 12". After the fall I noticed a vibration in the front end and steering wheel at speeds aver 65mph. Since this happened I've had new tires intstalled, new rotors and brakes and alignment. But I still have the vibration. My wife wants the vibration gone or a new car which we can't really afford. What is the most likely cause of the vibration?
Thanks in advance
Year? Miles? The 12" fall shouldn't really hurt anything. I'd guess you still have a balance problem. Have you tried rotating the back tires to the front? Might also try having the tires balanced on the car (call around, not all shops can do this). Also, lots of miles on worn out struts can cause this.
I had this problem with my 99 Maxima a few weeks ago, did quite a bit of research online about it, including numerous newsgroups and ended up fixing it by doing the following:
The light came on just a few minutes after I had filled up on gas, so I drove the car with the light on until it was pretty much empty again, then went and bought some good fuel injector cleaner, filled it up with a full tank of the best gas I could find (93 octane) and dumped the fuel injector cleaner in it.
Drove the car for about half a tank and the service engine soon light turned off and hasn't been back on since.
May or may not work for you, depending on what the actual problem is, but worked for me and avoided the hastle of checking engine codes or paying $$$$$ at the dealership. Worth a shot anyway, even if it doesn't fix your problem, it definitely won't hurt your car and might save you some dough.
The car dropped at 30K but sonce then I've replaced tires twice, changed rotors, brakes and had an alignment and I still get vibration at high speeds.
Yes. Not only the bearing but the structure that hold the bearing. Unscrew the whole thing out and take it to the shop.They will staighten that structure while replacing the bearing. I had that done on the rear wheels of a max 97 after a similar incident and all the vibrations have gone after that
Hello,
I have a 1995 Nissan Maxima - Auto. I'm facing a few problems:
What might be problems? How much would I have to spend to fix the problems?
Thank you in advance for the help.
-Explorer
Was the axle damaged in the fall? I'd still try the on car balance.
Let's see now. Before Carlos Ghosn, Nissan was so deep in the red that you'd think you were walking into Oscar night. Now with Carlos Ghosn, Nissan is one of the most profitable car companies in the world. Comparisons. Mercedes tried to do it with Mitsubishi. Look at it now. Granted, the Benz deal with Chrysler is beginning to bear some fruit. Ford tried to do it with Jaguar. Are they happy?
Suffice to say that Carlos Ghosn brought Nissan back from the brink, and all us Nissanaholics should be thankful.
CD
Ahh, welcome to the club!!
I had issues of pressing the gas, RPM's increasing yet the car not accelerating. Finally it got to the point where the car would not move at all.
Of course, this was with a manual trans, so your situation might be different. From what I read with my issue it seamed it was only the manuals. But here is a thought seing as it is the same year and same issues.
If your problem is what I think it is, this has to do with I belive a "sham" inside the gear box which is something like, an eigth of an inch too big. Causing something to bang/rub eventually wearing down the gears.
Cause might be something similar to what you are experiencing. Pressing the gas, increasing RPM's and car not moving/being sluggish (not having the normal pick up) rang a bell.
I'm not sure about the axle being damaged. But my mechanix said that if the bearing was causing the vibration, at high speeds, that I would hear a noise. I only have the vibration at high speeds and there isn't any scraping, etc. noises from the bearing. I'm wondering if the guys here who had their bearing chnaged - if you heard any noises from the bearing or was it just a vibration like I had at high speeds?
Damn that sounds dangerous! How did it happen?
Is that the best place to buy from? I would guess that my local dealer would be pretty high. Anyone bought one of those recently?
what's the latest on the AWD maxima?
have the wheel bearing checked and the inner and outer tie rod ends checked on the side that was dropped
try replacing the belts, sounds like they are slipping
try checking the transmission fluid
lw snipped-for-privacy@hotmail.com wrote in news:1111285354.624680.40470 @f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com:
I had a similar situation. AutoZone said it was cod P0420...I waited about
3-4 weeks, and one day, I realized the light was off. Has been off for about 2 weeks at this point.
There's only so many things spinning that can be causing it. The axle, the bearings, the rotor, and the wheel/tire. If the axle hit something on the way down, it could be damaged. It could be the bearing retainer that was shifted out of center too. I don't agree that it would have to be noisy.
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