2000 Nissan Maxima

MY NISSAN 2000 HAS SIMILAR PROBLEMS WHICH OTHERS HAVE,IGNITION COILS AND OXYGEN SENSOR. MY CAR HAS ONLY 48000 MILES ON IT. ALL SIX COIL HAS BEEN REPLACED BY NISSAN DEALER AND IT COST ME $500. MANUFACTURER TRANSMISSION WARRANTY DOES NOT COVER EVEN THOUGH IT IS PART OF TRANSMISSION. NISSAN SHOULD RECALL THIS PROBLEM AND REIMBURSE CONSUMER MONEY. *NM

HI, I AM A HAPPY OWNER OF A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA GLE. THE VEHICLE HAS 53,000 MILES ON IT AND RECENTLY HAS A PROBLEM. THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT ON THE DASHBOARD JUST CAME ON RECENTLY. *AK I RESEARCHED THIS ISSUE ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND OUT QUITE A FEW OTHER NISSAN MAXIMA OWNERS ARE HAVING THIS PROBLEM ... THIS IS WHAT I DISCOVERD ... THE IGNITION COILS ARE FAILING. THE PARTS THEMSELVES WERE FREE UNDER A "GOODWILL PARTS" POLICY NISSAN HAS. ACCORDING TO THE WORK ORDER, 3 PARTS NUMBERED 22448-31U01 "COIL ASSY-IGNIT" AND 3 PARTS NUMBERED 22448-31U06 WERE REPLACED. MANY MAXIMA OWNERS HAVE HEARD THE RESPONSE FROM NISSAN DEALERS THAT THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM WITH THE VEHICLE IGNITION COILS. THEY ALSO RECEIVED THE RESPONSE THAT NISSAN AGREED TO A NO CHARGE REPLACEMENT UNDER GOOD WILL. SEE CAR FORUMS AT HTTP://WWW.CARSFORUMS.COM/SHOWTHREAD.PHP?T=7803 QUESTION & REQUEST: ------------------- CAN NISSAN PLEASE PROVIDE THE DETAILS OF HOW I GO ABOUT GETTING THIS PROBLEM RESOLVED UNDER "GOODWILL" AND HAVE THE IGNITION COILS REPLACED TO RESOLVE THE "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT. THIS SHOULD BE COVERED UNDER NISSAN'S FACTORY STANDARD 60K POWER TRAIN WARRANTY. THANK YOU, SATNAM BAINS

IN OCTOBER 2004, ON THE FIRST COOL DAY OF THE FALL SEASON IN HOUSTON, TEXAS, MY 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA GLE BEGAN TO MISFIRE, BUT THE PROBLEM CORRECTED ITSELF AFTER A FEW MILES OF DRIVING. A MONTH LATER, ON ANOTHER COOL DAY IN NOVEMBER, THE PROBLEM RECURRED. THIS TIME, THE EVENT ILLUMINATED THE SERVICE ENGINE SOON LAMP. THE VEHICLE HAS CONTINUED TO MISFIRE INTERMITTENTLY (BUT FREQUENTLY) EVER SINCE. WHEN I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO MY LOCAL NISSAN DEALER FOR DIAGNOSIS, THE SERVICE ADVISER PULLED TWO TROUBLE CODES (P0306 AND P1320) AND TOLD ME THE FAULTS INDICATED REPLACEMENT OF ALL SIX IGNITION COILS (PER RECOMMENDATION OF TSB NO. 01-059). THE DEALER WANTS $75 FOR EACH COIL, AND APPROXIMATELY $200 IN LABOR TO INSTALL THEM. UPON FURTHER RESEARCH, I DISCOVERED THE PREVALENCE OF THE PROBLEM WITH OTHER '00-'01 MAXIMA OWNERS. I HAVE OWNED AND MAINTAINED MY VEHICLE SINCE IT HAD 4000 MILES ON THE ODOMETER, AND THIS IS THE FIRST MAJOR PROBLEM THAT IT HAS EXPERIENCED IN 72,000 MILES. *NM

I OWN A 2000 NISSAN MAXIMA SE WITH 49,000 MILES THAT HAS BEEN WELL MAINTAINED AND CARED FOR. A WEEK AGO MY "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT CAME ON, WHICH WAS JUST 3 WEEKS AFTER HAVING MY CAR SERVICED FOR A 45,000 TUNE UP AND A DRIVE TRAIN LEAK REPAIRED. I RESEARCHED THE SOURCE OF A "SERVICE ENGINE SOON" LIGHT ON THE INTERNET AND FOUND LOTS OF INFORMATION ABOUT A COMMON PROBLEM IN THE MAKE, MODEL AND APPROXIMATE MODEL OF MY CAR. TROUBLE WITH THE SIX IGNITION COILS WAS SITED BY MANY OWNERS AND DETAILED IN THE SERVICE BULLETIN NTBO1059. REPAIR OF THE PROBLEM SEEMED TO DEPEND ON THE NUMBER OF COILS REPLACED BUT TYPICALLY COST $700. I TOOK MY CAR TO A NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DID A DIAGNOSTIC TEST AND TOLD ME THAT MY CAR HAD EXPERIENCED MULTIPLE MISFIRES AND THAT I NEEDED TO REPLACE ALL 6 COILS! THE TECHNICIAN EXPLAINED THAT THE DESIGN OF THE CURRENT COILS ALLOWS THEM TO GET OVERHEATED AND BURN OUT. IT COST ME $700 TO REPLACE ALL SIX AND I ABSOLUTELY WILL NEVER PURCHASE ANOTHER NISSAN. UP UNTIL THIS POINT, ME AND MY FAMILY HAD BEEN DEVOTED PURCHASERS OF NISSAN CARS. NEVER AGAIN. *JB