My check engine light is on - Page 2

squirell nutkin · 04-06-2010, 04:59 PM

drill out the rivets and them replace them with screws.

If I had a nickel for every rivet I've drilled out... maybe I could buy a six pack of very good beer. and a pizza. but that's probably it.

I always thought the check engine light meant it was time to write a check for the engine.

glatt · 04-06-2010, 06:05 PM

metal rivets, or those plastic things you are supposed to really yank on to remove?

Undertoad · 04-06-2010, 06:27 PM

It's just a big piece of plastic and where people have pictures of screws there is just plastic.

Cloud · 04-07-2010, 12:57 PM

TW: I appreciate very much you taking the time to respond in full. I will be using some of the suggestions when I take the car in for a second opinion.

Pay no attention to the men behind the curtain!

lumberjim · 04-08-2010, 08:44 AM

http://x.nissanhelp.com/forums/maxima/

Undertoad · 04-08-2010, 09:20 AM

Yeah, when I talk about the plastic thingie that blocks my access to the OBD jumper, I'm talking about getting to the super-secret back door access to reading the code.

Here's the post with the picture I took of it

lumberjim · 04-08-2010, 09:32 AM

tack puller avial at home despo/lowes ...those look like throw away clips. they'll have to be replaced after you yank them. look for them at pep boys.

lumberjim · 04-08-2010, 09:37 AM

http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.p...stant-download

$8.95 to download a repair manual

lumberjim · 04-08-2010, 09:38 AM

also, i have a friend that has a code reader if you wanna borrow it.

Cloud · 04-08-2010, 10:04 AM

So, I had another place look at it. They are telling me that it IS the computer, so they are ordering me a re-manufactured one, with the same warranty, at half the cost.

(shakes head and sighs)

lumberjim · 04-08-2010, 10:04 AM

a remanufactured PCM?

Cloud · 04-08-2010, 10:38 AM

yes. I was told it had the same warranty, and it is a 9 year old car, after all. Do you not think that's a good idea? My other alternative is to return to the dealer for a new PCM at twice the cost.

xoxoxoBruce · 04-08-2010, 11:18 AM

Wait, isn't the PCM part of the emissions control system? Any part of that system is under warranty, for 80,000 miles, by federal law.

lumberjim · 04-08-2010, 11:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Wait, isn't the PCM part of the emissions control system? Any part of that system is under warranty, for 80,000 miles, by federal law.

the emissions warranty is 8 yr or 80K whichever comes first, and only for these components:

Quote:

What Are Specified Major Emission Control Components?

There are three specified major emission control components,
covered for the first 8 years or 80,000 miles of vehicle use on 1995
and newer vehicles:

* Catalytic converters.

* The electronic emissions control unit or computer (ECU).

* The onboard emissions diagnostic device or computer (OBD).

lumberjim · 04-08-2010, 11:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud

yes. I was told it had the same warranty, and it is a 9 year old car, after all. Do you not think that's a good idea? My other alternative is to return to the dealer for a new PCM at twice the cost.

I just never heard of a re-manufactured computer before.

04-06-2010, 04:59 PM	#1
squirell nutkin has a second hand user title Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: in a Nut House Posts: 2,017	drill out the rivets and them replace them with screws. If I had a nickel for every rivet I've drilled out... maybe I could buy a six pack of very good beer. and a pizza. but that's probably it. I always thought the check engine light meant it was time to write a check for the engine. __________________ And now I'm finished posting.

04-07-2010, 12:57 PM	#4
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	TW: I appreciate very much you taking the time to respond in full. I will be using some of the suggestions when I take the car in for a second opinion. Pay no attention to the men behind the curtain! __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-08-2010, 08:44 AM	#5
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	http://x.nissanhelp.com/forums/maxima/ __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-08-2010, 09:32 AM	#7
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	tack puller avial at home despo/lowes ...those look like throw away clips. they'll have to be replaced after you yank them. look for them at pep boys. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan Last edited by lumberjim; 04-08-2010 at 09:37 AM.

04-08-2010, 09:37 AM	#8
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	http://www.tradebit.com/filedetail.p...stant-download $8.95 to download a repair manual __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-06-2010, 06:05 PM	#2
glatt ™ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Arlington, VA Posts: 27,717	metal rivets, or those plastic things you are supposed to really yank on to remove?

04-06-2010, 06:27 PM	#3
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	It's just a big piece of plastic and where people have pictures of screws there is just plastic.

04-08-2010, 09:20 AM	#6
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Yeah, when I talk about the plastic thingie that blocks my access to the OBD jumper, I'm talking about getting to the super-secret back door access to reading the code. Here's the post with the picture I took of it

04-08-2010, 09:38 AM	#9
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	also, i have a friend that has a code reader if you wanna borrow it. __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-08-2010, 10:04 AM	#10
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	So, I had another place look at it. They are telling me that it IS the computer, so they are ordering me a re-manufactured one, with the same warranty, at half the cost. (shakes head and sighs) __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-08-2010, 10:04 AM	#11
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	a remanufactured PCM? __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

04-08-2010, 10:38 AM	#12
Cloud ... Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,360	yes. I was told it had the same warranty, and it is a 9 year old car, after all. Do you not think that's a good idea? My other alternative is to return to the dealer for a new PCM at twice the cost. __________________ "Guard your honor. Let your reputation fall where it will. And outlive the bastards!"

04-08-2010, 11:18 AM	#13
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Wait, isn't the PCM part of the emissions control system? Any part of that system is under warranty, for 80,000 miles, by federal law. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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