Nissan Maxima Owners Manual: Do-it-yourself

Protect your vehicle from corrosion

Wash and wax your vehicle often to keep the vehicle clean. Always check for minor damage to the paint and repair it as soon as possible. Keep drain holes at the bottom of the doors open t ...

Maintenance precautions

When performing any inspection or maintenance work on your vehicle, always take care to prevent serious accidental injury to yourself or damage to the vehicle. The following are general precautions ...

Other materials:

On board diagnostic (OBD) system
Diagnosis Description DESCRIPTION The CVT system has two self-diagnostic systems. The first is the emission-related on board diagnostic system (OBD-II) performed by the TCM in combination with the ECM. A malfunction is indicated by the MIL (Malfunction Indicator Lamp) and is stored as a D ...

Instrument lower panel LH
Removal and Installation REMOVAL Using a suitable tool, gently remove the instrument side finisher (LH) (1). Remove the instrument lower panel (LH) (1). Open the fuse block cover and remove the instrument lower panel screw (A). Disconnect the harness connectors and aspirator ...

Inspection and adjustment
ECM RE-COMMUNICATING FUNCTION ECM RE-COMMUNICATING FUNCTION : Description the ECM has been replaced with a new one (*1). *1: New one means an ECM which has never been energized on-board. (In this step, initialization procedure by CONSULT is not necessary) NOTE: When registering new Key ...