2001 Sentra gxe ~ Service Engine Soon light

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Divlja - 08 Feb 2005 20:20 GMT

Hi All

I'm having a few problems with my newly purchased used vehicle, and am
wondering if someone would be kind enough to help me out.

My major concern is that my "service engine soon" light came on a few
weeks ago. The car is not under warranty so I took it to a mechanic that
could easily have ripped me of claiming to repair this or that but was
honest enough to say he found nothing wrong with the car. He reset the
fuse and off I went. We the light is back on again !!!

I would like to reset the fuse again myself but have no idea where it is.
I'm also wondering if anyone else is experiencing this problem.

The other question I have is Nissan has some recalls posted, the one that
describes my problem seems to be a recall posted in Nov 2003, do the
recalls expire ?

I'm more than willing to get my hands dirty and fix things myself but need
some help and guidance. Money is tight right now due to the purchase of the
car and I had no idea I would have problems this early on.

Any help, advise, hints ... anything at all would be greatly appreciated.

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ibm - 08 Feb 2005 20:32 GMT

My 2001 Sentra GXE also had that problem less than 10,000Km after the
warranty. I had heard of the recalls you mentioned, but Nissan said I had no
outstanding recalls for my car. Nissan replaced the Mass Air Flow Sensor and
the problem went away; a $600.00 job. 2 months later, the warning came on
again but this time it was just the gas tank cover being loose. So, the Mass
Air Flow sensor seemed to have been the problem in my case.

Cheers

ibm

Mississauga, Ontario

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Remco - 08 Feb 2005 21:34 GMT

It would be impossible for anyone here to tell you exactly where to
look without any codes or symptoms. There are just too many
permutations of problems that could throw an error code and cause the
light to go on.

If you are in the US, you could go to autozone. They'll do a free scan
for you and can reset the code/light as well.
Take note of the code(s) and report back here.

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Divlja - 15 Feb 2005 02:38 GMT

Thank you for your reply's I have posted the codes on a new post dated
2/14/05

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