OK so here is where I stand now. I never found a manual or any
documentation on this so I ripped off the airbox and things above the
transmission myself to check all of the sensors thinking one might be
the Speed Sensor. All of them seemed to be fine but when I started the
car back up I got a Service Engine or Check Engine light. Still no
luck on the speedometer problem either. Then I thought to check the
fuse for the gauges and that was fine. Today when I left my house to
come to work (didn't drive it since Saturday) it started fine and as
soon as I gave it enough gas to pick up speed it started to sputter.
It wouldn't really go above 45mph and if I was driving it and pressed
the gas hard it would just rev between 2000 and 3000 RPMs not
accelerating at all. My friend said this could be a limp mode or
something like that for pulling the gauge cluster fuses. I assume like
a feature so people couldn't bypass the odometer from registering
miles. Any input?
> OK so here is where I stand now. I never found a manual or any
> documentation on this so I ripped off the airbox and things above the
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> a feature so people couldn't bypass the odometer from registering
> miles. Any input?
Assuming you put everything back together correctly, didn't pull off
or break a harness connector, and have no air leaks, sounds like
you screwed up your MAF. You didn't happen to try and clean it while
you had it apart did you? Anyway, you can pick up a new MAF sensor
for about $85 (see the parts thread on the Maxima.org forums) or
fork over hundreds to the dealer for the entire MAF assembly.