My 2001 Nissan Maxima's IACV went out, which resulted in me sputtering and dying while at a stop light. The car isn't new (it just hit 102,000), but has been in excellent condition. I took it to the dealership, which was only 3 blocks from where I died, instead of my mechanic, who was over 20 miles away. The dealership claimed they needed to replace the IACV, which could have resulted in the ECM not taking the relearn code for the new part. This happened, and they claimed that I then needed to buy a new ECM from them as the two parts work in conjunction with each other. This didn't make sense to my mechanic, nor to another Nissan dealership I called to see if this made sense. Does anyone have any ideas? Is this normal? The first dealership claimed they had seen this on approximately 8 cars in the last 2 years and about 1/2 of those needed new computers. This seems highly suspect to me.
2007-01-02 15:08:22 · 5 answers · asked by ribbit 1 in Cars & Transportation ➔ Car Makes ➔ Nissan
I work in a garage, and I am currently in the same position with a 1994 Pontiac Sunbird. The same thing happened. It was the IAC that died and needed to be replaced, only thing is after we replaced it the same thing was happening. What was happening was that there was a short in the computer, causeing the same effect as a bad IAC, and because the computer was messing up the IAC, the IAC was testing bad on some tests, Not all but some. I would agree that this could be the problem. Sometimes a technician has a problem narrowed down to two options and thats as far as they can get becasue there are no more tests that can be run with the equiptment they have. It seems logical that the would choose the cheaper of the two as a starting point. Cars will do strange things at time, expically with electrical.
2007-01-02 15:19:57 · answer #1 · answered by gregthomasparke 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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My 2001 Nissan Maxima's IACV went out, which resulted in me sputtering and dying while at a stop light. The car isn't new (it just hit 102,000), but has been in excellent condition. I took it to the dealership, which was only 3 blocks from where I died, instead of my mechanic, who was...
2015-08-14 07:08:19 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes they are correct if you have the old IAC AAC valve look at the plug and notice where the terminals have burnt melted. The result is short to ground and the engine control almost always fail. No burn & melting just IAC AAC valve malfunctioning the ECM will work again. That year also will fail an ECM if the electronic motor mount fails "YES" electronic motor mounts! Otherwise I have several customers with 400,000 miles and more on that year Maxima. They are great cars.
2007-01-02 23:38:03 · answer #3 · answered by John Paul 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i mechanic for a living,,and own a repair shop,and this isn't right,,the ,,iac,,wont make the computer go out on it,,that's just plane old ,,bs,,they just sold you a computer you didn't need,id go back and talk with the owner or manager of the dealer ship,,they just got you good,,i been at this since computers first came out on cars,,and i have yet to ever see this happen,,especially on a Nissan,,i own a Nissan myself,and this happened to it,,and i didn't have to replace the computer on it,,you just got took ,don't let it go un-attended do something about this,,,i,ll put it this way,,if it actually happened ,it would be the first time i have ever heard of it really happening,,good luck hope this help,s.
2007-01-02 15:32:54 · answer #4 · answered by dodge man 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes two seconds to install an ACV - what might have happened is that your computer needed to be reset possibly, but that doesn't make much sense. I think you got ripped off. Dealerships are the worst.
2007-01-02 15:12:09 · answer #5 · answered by Chula 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
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2007-01-02 15:12:47 · answer #6 · answered by Tino-Podesta 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋