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Lacomb:
Op, you just have to be patient I you need this problem fixed, if possible get another car you can use until this is fixed. I pray it is fixed soon. I understand how you feel, went through the same issues. Pele, Ndoo

Thanks for the encouragement. The problem now is that the Mechanic is at loss of idea.

Costee:
Partly why I said he was blowing hot and cold.

not me just giving update based on retrogression of the car

Costee:
Since you've introduced many ecm, scanning would avail little now, excepts its a NATS issue [Does the security indicator light go off or stay on when you turn the ignition to the "on" position?]. I think you should fix back the original ecm and cam sensors, but change the crank sensor. The VIAS too is still lurking.

I will check the NATS issue tomorrow with the mechanic

mayor2013:
Location of the ride sir

is around oshodi area

Costee:
This is beginning to make a mountain out of a mole. The Max uses two camshaft sensors. The camshaft sensor is literally to be found on every court yard! If you've diagnosed that to be the problem then contact Nissparts and get new ones and not Toks.

Well the auto mechanic said he has got the two working sensors but still car will not start. No spark detected. So he is confused as to know what else to check.

mayor2013:
@ OP does your maxima uses 2 speed reference sensor (crankshaft sensor) if it does and the engineer knows its the culprit make sure both are changed. Can you at least snap a pix of the cam sensor and let see if its something some one has here

An update on the issue. He later got a working sensor. Said he use it to start a Murano with the same engine and it started but still my car will not start. He really do not know what exactly could be d issue now.

mayor2013:
What car are you talking about? Name, enginze size, engine type etc. Have you carried out a scan?

Name : Nissan Maxima 04

Size : 3.5 L

Type : VQ35de

Hello house:

My car is not starting. The Auto mechanic said there is no sparks. He has confirmed that the camshaft position sensor, crankshaft sensor, ECU and wiring are all good. Please we want to know what else to check and what could cause the car not to start.


Please I will appreciate all your contributions. Thanks.

Please anybody has or can direct us to where to get a good working Camshaft position sensor for Nissan Maxima 04 ( Dagrin)

My AutoMech has been on the look out for it for days now and I am car has been doing siddon look for going to two weeks.

Any help will be appreciated.

diportivo:
Op how far?

Is ur car still with d popular nairaland auto technician

Its going to 2 weeks now oh

The car is still there oh. I don tiya seriously !!! So many things to do forfeited.

I once with him when he was doing some lengthy diagnostics. Gazzuz was right it has been the Camshaft position sensor all this while !!!! Meanwhile several days has been lost changing several ECUs which shouldnt be.

Now the problem according to him is to get a working Camshaft position sensor . Going to three days search now.

Oga Gazzuzz definitely not you

We will work on this angle now. Dont know these sensors could be so problematic. Thanks a lot

GAZZUZZ:
It is not me o!!!

I suspect diportivo sha


Op replace the crank and cam sensors again.

They are evil.

Costee:
The P1800 seems to have been left out as a possible solution.

Thanks Costee.

This was left out because the car was starting and behaving almost normal with P1800 code on it.

Very very Dumb.

I doubt if u travel at all?

You also try 2 bring tribalism into things another terrible and dumb move.

What is afonja by the way. Do you read history at all? You lack so much in knowledge. You should at least try to read to make up for the shortfall.

I wonder if people from the east still thinks as you do. You must be an aberration.

Olu20090:
The problem with you Afonjas is you think everything is dickk measuring with Igbos. Enugu is even more expensive than Port Harcourt and should be number 3. Awka and Onitsha has more real estate value than Ibadan. Ibadan should not even be in top 20 lucrative real estate cities.

mayor2013:
Which of the nissan maxima is this. Year, engine size. This is where is the idea of patience comes in cos I could see in your post where you are already in need of the car. Was the tune up done? If the fuel delivery system was lean. Then let him go ahead with the engine tune up

Checking fuel pressre from fuel pump, spark plugs, ldle air control valve, air filter, throttle body, clogged up fuel injectors etc.

Thanks Mayor2013.

It's Dagrin 04 3.5L .

Accordingly to him, he could not do the tune up. He is seriously battling to get the car running. Changing several ECUs and programming.

Yes you are right, I am seriously in need of the car, it has been with him for a week and counting.

Maybe it would have been better you did not respond because you got me all wrong.

My response was based on the fact that a guy here said he did not care whether he obtained the money illegally.

Sure if he gets his money through a legal means, thumbs up for him and I'm all in for that.

What I am against is this idea in Africa where people dont care how guys make their money but will shower them with chieftaincy title and hail them to highest heavens.

If a hard working man make money legally he should be praised and his story told to encourage others, but if it is through illegal means he should be shunned and disgraced to detest others from following same path.

That is my piece my brother.

And for saying people in charge are not competent, you are dead wrong some and even most are competent but got carried away with lust for money and power. And also for putting me in that category , I'll like to tell you that YOU ARE WRONG AGAIN. Waooo seems you are getting almost everything wrong but wait a minute it is weekend so it's allowed

deeplow:
I normally don't respond to people like you, people who lack comprehension, and are too forward, but I will make an exception.

First of, were you the one that was in charge of the purchase, that made you so sure it was bought with state money?

Cant people outside government be rich?

Next time, before you type, look well and try to understand! I responded to someone, who, like you, without any proof, assumed the car must have been bought with state money.

About Africa being backwards, it is mostly because majority of the people in charge are incompetent, don't know when and when not to talk, and can't reason beyond their noses, a category you are in.

Hello House,

Please I really need help,contributions and advice.

I have this Nissan Maxima that I parked for some months because I wasnt around. On returning, I decided to ask for advice here on nairaland what I should do prior to starting the car up because I believe in keeping the car in prime condition through maintenance and I was mostly told to change the oil.

The popular nairalander automechanics(name withheld) that I went to get the oil filter from offered to send one of his boys with me to do the servicing. We also agreed that the boy will drive the car to his workshop where he will look at the car, scan it and if anything do some tune up on it. However, the boy on getting to my place took a look at the engine oil, check the car various fluids and started the car and it started once. We then drove it to the nairalander's place. He did the scanning and he found a code on the car P1800(VIAS CONTROL SOLENOID VALVE). He also said the car is running lean and that the car need some minor tune up. He promised to check everything and get back to me later in the evening. I paid him the diagnostic fee and promise to transfer money for the oil an filter to him and I left his place.

To my amazement, he later called me to tell me that the car is doing intermittent start. That is, the car starts and work for a while then go off, then wont start again, then it will start and work for a while and stops and repeats this cycle. But when I was with him the car starts fine and work normal throughout the time he was doing the test.

To cut the whole story short , he first said it was the cam/ crankshaft sensor but when he replaced them the problem persists. He now said it is the ECU, but they have been changing several ECU but problem persist.

This whole thing is going to a week now. I am just confused,terrified and frustrated. I hav critical use for this car. I believe this guy is trying his best but I believe two heads are better than one. Please any advice, suggestion and analysis of the problem with solutions will be highly appreciated.

Please I am counting on the gurus in the house to throw me a lifeline I am currently at my wits end . Please what is the issue with this car now?The car has never have this kind of starting issue before.

Please so sorry for the long story is for people to have a clear idea of the situation. Thanks all in advance.

deeplow:
work is work, whether legal or illegal! The car is sure not a gift, even if it was, he must have done something to get it.

Nice ride though. If you bash this car in traffic, just call police, lawyer, accountant and a car dealer. Police to arrest you, lawyer to sort you out, car dealer to sell your car and the accountant to decide when you generations will be through with payment for repair.

You are the kind of people that keep Africa backward.

One keep wondering why our leader are so callous and only interested in filling their pockets, it's bcus this kind of pple exists.

EEA1:
Good thing is, he started the car within 15 mins of arrival.
The other guys, with their scanners, laptops and all those diagnostic kits, spent 3hrs and still didn't make progress.
This kazeem knows his job. Proper name for engine parts or not.
It's good to know all the technicalities involved, but experience and understanding of what's really going on is still key.
Kazeem had nothing but the basic tools, screw driver, plier etc. and still outperformed the.. ermn.. what's the name for the other type of mechanics again?

Op pls dont mind these guys that go around bamboozling people with their laptops, and so called diagnostic tools. As you said nothing can be compared with a sound experience. They call other people Kazeems and call themselves auto technicians. They just read up all the technicalities of working of car and they know all the sensor names but when it comes to actual experience they are blank.

Imagine if you have given those people chance they would have changed the car ECU and end up maiming that car permanently.

My car is in a big mess now bcus of some diagnostic performed on it by one of the nairaland autotechnicians. For close to a week now he hasnt been able to solve the issue. Now the car starts and go off after staying for sometimes. He said it is the ECU and again several ECU has been changed still the same intermittent start and stops.

I am so tired of Naija Mechanics now. I dont know who to trust again for perfect work.

Please docs in the house.

My fiancee just suddenly developed this eye illness called Apollo resulting in red eyes and serious pains yesterday. Infact she couldnt sleep through the night.

She has so far used eye drop but with no relieve.

Please what medication can use to relieve the pain and cure this dreaded Apollo.

Eagerly awaiting contributions pleaseeeee.

eezeribe:
You wrote packed in the Heading of the post, then unpack the car

This is a typo ohhh guys !!!! I can see a lot of grammarians on my heels. Make I run pass then sharpaly

pressplay411:
Call your pastor first.
Which kain question is this for Christ sake?

Pastor still busy casting it out the demon of recession from Nigerian folks. Cant wait till the demon will go out cause i heard it might take a while.

My vehicle papers has expired. Want to renew . Pls cost and will it be ready 2day? Thanks.

Expecting your response soon.

Benikuuse:
Just Change The Engine Oil Before Trying To Start It, And If The Battery Is Donw Charge It That Is All

Thanks so much

Folks,

I have been outta town for over 4 months now. My car has been parked for those months, though I removed the battery.

Please is there anything I need to do before starting the car again?

Just afraid if i turn the ignition something might go wrong having being parked for such number of months.

I will appreciate your nuggets on this.

Thanks all in advance.

Please somebody should give this guy a life line. No one has suggested a clear solution yet.

Do anyone has a very good auto sound technician that he can contact ? Do anyone has a number of a very good person at Ladipo ? Bcus going to Ladipo all by oneself is disastrous. A lot of those guys at Ladipo who projects themselves as mechanics and auto-technician are fraud.

Or has anyone done this b4.

Oga Mayor2013 any solution?

Thanks all for the contribution.

The problems seems not to be from brake pad or the disc.

By stroke of luck I got an insight into the problem. I was driving out early this with the usual grinding noise while braking, then suddenly, my ABS light came on together with SLIP sign on the dashboard ( VDC off has been showing before, though that seems to be coming from steering angle error. Costee helped with this before) . After the lights came on , the grinding noise while braking suddenly disappeared. Then I parked to get somethings. When I started the car again to go back home, the ABS and the SLIP did not come on and the grinding sound is back again.

honmusa:
Seems like abs issue ,you need to get a professional to scan the abs module for you with professional scanner .
Seems we have a pending appointment that you are yet to show up .

Oga Honmusa thanks for your advice here. As for the appointment, I gave up after calling you severally and you always tell me you are busy with other works or not around. It seems u re a very busy man.

Destined2win:
Check the brake pads too

Thanks for the contribution. This was the 1st point of call. I checked the pads and ask my mechanics to do the same seems they are okay

To add to the above I drive a 04 Maxima.

Dear Nairalander.

I have been having this effect on my brakes. Sometimes when I pressed the brake pedals I will hear a grinding sound like grssshhhhh.

The brake pedal is not vibrating. I have checked brake fluid , ok. Also I have had all the calipers serviced still same thing.

My mechanic is suggesting that the ABS controller might be malfunctioning. He said it cant be the brake disc since the pedal is not bouncing on the legs just only the grinding noise.

Please I need help on this. The noise is really frustrating.

Thanks in advance.

Hello we like to lift load somewhere in Iganmu . How much will that be ?

Pls do you have 10w/40 part synthetic Castrol Magnatec . 1 litre? And if yes how much? Just need to top up my engine.