This 2003 Nissan Maxima came in with the complaint that only the highest blower speed was working. The air would not blow at all, on the lower speeds. Suspecting a faulty blower resistor, I went to the passenger side of the dash. The blower resistor is located near the firewall under the passenger side of … Continue reading “2003 Nissan Maxima, No Low Blower Speeds”
This 2005 Nissan Maxima came in with the complaint that the tail lights do not work and the fuse blows. The tail light fuse is located in the underhood fuse box on the passenger side of the vehicle. The black plastic trim panel that runs from the firewall to the headlight assembly has to be … Continue reading “2005 Nissan Maxima, Park/Tail Lights Do Not Work, Fuse Blows”
This 2004 Nissan Maxima came in with the complaint that the transmission would not shift properly. The customer stated it felt like the transmission was starting in a high gear. I really did not want to work on this vehicle as the customer informed me that the engine and transmission had both been replaced with … Continue reading “2004 Nissan Maxima, Transmission Will Not Shift”
This 2001 Nissan Altima SE came in with the complaint that the a/c compressor would not engage properly. the customer stated that the compressor work fine sometimes. At other times it would click on and off several times before not coming on at all. Of course when I checked it seemed to work fien. Well … Continue reading “2001 Nissan Altima SE, A/C Erratic”
This 2004 Nissan Altima 2.5S came in with a high cold idle followed by a high and surging warm idle. A few of the things I noticed right away was a fairly new battery. And a new starter assembly. I wanted to take a look at the throttle body, so I removed the intake tube … Continue reading “2004 Nissan Altima, P0507 Surging / High Idle”
This 1997 Nissan Maxima was towed in from another shop after unsuccessful repair attempts. I am not sure how many shops it has been to. Tried to crank vehicle, it spit and coughed and jumped and carried on but I managed to get it to fire a little by depessing the gas pedal to the … Continue reading “1997 Maxima Code P0340, No Start or Start and Stall”
This 1996 Nissan Pick Up came ind with the complaint that the blower motor does not work. The blower motor is located under the passenger side of the dash. I disconnected the wiring harness for test purposes. I installed a test light in between the two terminals of the harness connector by using a small … Continue reading “1996 Nissan Pick Up, Blower Does Not Work”
This 2000 Nissan Xterra came in with the complaint that the a/c works good sometimes but it may not work at all at other times. The easiest place to test is at the thermistor lead connector (white) at the bottom left of the glove box. It can be done without removing the glove box but … Continue reading “2000 Nissan Xterra, A/C Cools Sometimes”
This 2001 Nissan Xterra came in with a complaint that the a/c does not cool very well. The customer said that it might cool for a little while but then it will stop. I checked the vehicle and the compressor was coming on and the air was cool but not cold. These vehicles are prone … Continue reading “2001 Nissan Xterra, A/C Not Cooling”
The right headlight was not working on this 2003 Nissan Altima. The customer had tried to change the bulb and had caused some minor body damage and his wife said no more take it to the shop. Changing the headlight bulbs on these cars is not easy by design. You see if you have HID … Continue reading “2003 Nissan Altima, Changing The Headlight Bulbs”