He said, "I've NEVER sold a fuel pump for these cars, but we ship dozens of MAF meters every week around the country!! So that's a tip, get the new MAF for under a hundred bucks, install it in 10 minutes or less, pull the battery cable off for 30 minutes to reset the ECU, and the car is good to go. Talked to a parts dude at Courtesy on the phone, and they said nine times out of ten it's the MAF meter on these Maxima's. Well local mechanics said anything from fuel pump to cats to injectors to coils.
My sister's 2000 Maxima was having a lot of these problems, missing and hard shifting, and wouldn't rev past 3800 rpm, and the CEL was on and off, on and off. Nissan realized a lot of these were going bad on the 2000-2003 Maxima, so they came out with a new part and it's MUCH cheaper! It's only about 80 bucks from Courtesy Nissan in TX. Call or email, a real Nissan dealer in Texas that wholesales parts, and ask them for the new mass air flow meter. Hey folks, a lot of the problems you are having may be the mass air flow meter. (At that point I could get a waiver, but my car will still be a piece of junk.) I don't want to fork over $1,000 to then have the SES light come on a week later and STILL not be able to pass emissions. I was just about to get the cat fixed, but I'm seriously wondering if I should just take the thing to Carmax and get something else. I have until July 12 (though I'm requesting an extension) until I have to go back to court for emissions violation. I think my car had 60k miles when I bought it (in '05) so that's not an option.
My brother and his friend looked at it, and apparently there was a recall for the 01 cc's, but the recall was only good within 5 years of 60k miles, whichever was less. So the resultant fees and ticket and (now) two traffic court appearances due to this have added to the expense. In the mean time, I missed emissions and used up all of my extensions, and since the O2 sensor was less than $500, I can't get a waiver for expensive repairs. Private mechanic says it's about a $1,000 repair. Before that wait time elapsed, it came on again. I got it fixed, but in Maryland you have to wait up to 6 weeks after repairs to emissions test. Delayed fixing until Emissions was due (I'm a single mom - car repairs are a nightmare). Then in '07 the whole computer system died without warning on a highway. I live in Maryland, and this car has cost me a fortune in both repairs and emissions trouble due to the SES light.
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