# 2000 nissan maxima check engine light

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-maxima-check-engine-light/19649>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Created:** [September 16, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-maxima-check-engine-light/19649 "2008-09-16T19:50:51Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![drummersoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/22d042/32.png) [@drummersoul](https://community.cartalk.com/u/drummersoul)\
**Post date:** [September 16, 2008, 7:50pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-maxima-check-engine-light/19649/1 "2008-09-16T19:50:51Z")

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Hi,  
  
 As with some of your other Nissan owners I also have a check engine light that cycles on and off. My brother bought the car new and drove it 4 years and during that time the light came on and he had 2 different O2 sensors replaced to no avail. the light came back. Now in the time I have owner the car I have the same problem. Recently my mechanic ck’d the codes and the first time we ck’d it it said an O2 sensor in one bank. We reset the light and I waited until it came back on which it did and the code said another O2 sensor from a different bank. Do any of you have experience with this problem. I sure don’t want to replace sensors unnecessarily.  
  
  
  
 Thanks

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**Author:** ![AlanY](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f4b2a3/32.png) [@AlanY](https://community.cartalk.com/u/AlanY)\
**Post date:** [September 17, 2008, 7:43pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-maxima-check-engine-light/19649/2 "2008-09-17T19:43:54Z")

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What are the actual codes? Saying it said the O2 sensor is insufficient to diagnose anything. There are like 36 different codes that involve the O2 sensor. Problems other than a bad 02 sensor can trigger some codes.

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**Author:** ![mcparadise](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mcparadise/32/32_2.png) [@mcparadise](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mcparadise)\
**Post date:** [September 18, 2008, 12:13am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-maxima-check-engine-light/19649/3 "2008-09-18T00:13:29Z")

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I hear a little bird singing, cheap, cheap, cheap.

You are cheaping out on this car. Fix the things that need to be fixed, and stop complaining about it.