Lisa (64.129.128.16) - Mon Oct 27 11:13:17 2008

Hey Everyone,

I have a 1995 Nissan Maxima. It is an automatic transmission with 160K miles. It is a very good car, but sometimes when I drive it maybe 10 miles and then go to the store or the post office for 10 minites I come out and my car will not crank. It turns over so it isn't the battery. It also smells like gas very bad and I have white smoke coming out of the mufflers. It has also been stalling out when I stop at red lights or a train. When it stalls out it takes me about 5 minutes to get it started again. I have taken it to 2 mechanics and they have no idea what is going on with my car. They both said that the car is flooding itself when it cuts off. I have replaced the fuel pump, fuel filter and cleaned the throtle plates. Let me know what yall think the problem could be. Thanks

Lisa

Reply #1 george bilios (123.2.84.179) - Tue Jan 20 07:42:10 2009

I have the exact problem; my maxima stalls on me at red lights. the car jerks on the freeway doing 80 and when i slow down below 60 at an exit, the car stalls. when i try to start it i see white smoke coming out of the exhaust. I am in the process of eliminating known causes like mass airflow sensor (most of the times), changing spark plugs (full service - fuel filter, oil filter, new oil, change tran oil), check fuel-pump, computer diagnostic codes (didnt give me any codes). can be a million things..i am checking the throttle body now and its a mess in there. it can do with a good clean..i'll drive the car for a week and see if it stalls again. i'll report it here. most of the times its the mass airflow sensor or the 02 censor but it can be a million things. with the car like this, there are sensors everywhere. the computer should indicate an error code for us to diagnose but it doesnt.

Reply #2 Glimevia (80.248.73.37) - Sun Jan 25 07:18:55 2009

Please, help me to get a Repair manual or another support for my 1995 Nissan Maxima QX V6 2.0i (A32) model.

Best regards

Reply #3 Cindy Ramones (174.148.0.225) - Wed Apr 8 12:29:58 2009

I am have the same problem with my 95 nissan maxima, have changes the O2 sensors and cleaned the throttle body with no luck, car still stalls when slowing down at intersection.

Did you have any luck?

Reply #4 Barry Phillips (81.138.6.158) - Fri Jun 12 06:44:01 2009

I also have the same problem with my 1996 Maxima, what is the likly course?

Reply #5 AMK (71.51.15.167) - Mon Jul 13 19:36:23 2009

I had the same problem 3 yrs ago w/ my '95 Maxima. It would cut off on me at just about every stoplight and would take several minutes to start again. It would also jerk when I accelerated from a stopped position, but I never had any white smoke coming out of the exhaust. It eventually started cutting off while I was driving, no matter what speed I was going, which was very scary. It turned out to be the mass air flow sensor and I paid about $500 to get if fixed. I haven't had any problems since.

Reply #6 Peluso (198.22.122.4) - Wed Aug 5 16:19:18 2009

I had the same problem with my nissan Sentra 2003.

It was the crank position sensor. I had it changed and problem solved!

Reply #7 Nancy (15.195.201.87) - Mon Oct 12 10:48:45 2009

My son has an 01 Maxima and is having the same problems. We changed the mass air flow sensor $500, and 2 months later engine light is back on and the car is currently dead! I need to duimp this junk! But 1st, we need to get it running. God only knows what that will cost us. Bad choice on my part for a 17 year olds 1st car.

Reply #8 jason carey (76.178.231.170) - Wed Oct 28 21:26:58 2009

my 95 maxima is doing the same thing. i have replaced both 02 sensors, computer, knock sensor, the plug to the mass airflow sensor, cleaned the throttle body, and have replaced the mass airflow sensor 3 times. the car runs good for awhile and then does the same thing and the mass airflow code keeps coming up. what would cause mass airflow to go bad so quickly.

Reply #9 patpat (68.56.133.251) - Tue Nov 3 16:21:58 2009

hey i have a 96' 5speed thats doing about the same thing, just without the smoke. it will jerk sumtimes and redline at around 3 grand. i noticed that if i would shift or start out at a higher rpm it wont do it as much. and also when it would start acting up that if i press the clutch n stomp on the gas it would work for a while. any guesses?

Reply #10 Eric (69.142.104.119) - Tue Nov 17 21:18:20 2009

I have a 98' Maxima and it takes a couple of turns before it

starts. There is a strong gas odor and the car starts to smoke. The odor and the smoking fades away in a matter of minutes. I change the oil filter and the oil and I still have the same problem. I'll change the spark plugs too. Any suggestions?

-Eric

Reply #11 Bill Radcliffe (72.82.206.20) - Wed Nov 18 11:09:10 2009

I have a 1995 Nissan Maxima. It is an automatic transmission with 174K miles and is acting up as others mentioned. Power loss at 60 to 80 MPH after driving 10 plus miles. Stalling at intersections, stop lights, difficultly keeping the car running at low rpms. Changed the fuel filter as the car acts like it is starving for fuel. Had the injectors changed 2 years ago as that was what Nissan said the problem was. When the car runs, it runs strong. No smoke indicated from the exhaust. Any suggesstions?

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