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Old 10-18-2012, 07:01 AM
DCARLTON DCARLTON is offline
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Is you SES light on? If so, what is the code? Is it a misfire? If so, which cylinder? You can swap the coil packs around to see if the problem follows, if it does, then replace the coil pack. My Maxima has 6, the Altima has 4 and it is inevitable that when 1 goes, the rest will soon follow. Recommendations are to replace them all at the same time to minimize this aggravation but most of us don't have the money to do so (at 50+ bucks a piece).

If the problem doesn't follow and the misfire stays on the same cylinder, check the ground wire underneath the battery connected back to the transmission. This seems to be a common point of failure (corrosion, etc), and will cause misfires or melting of coils. From what I've read online, most people report a cylinder 3 misfire and then find a grounding problem; not sure why this is, but cylinder 3 always seems to have the most issues.

I've experienced coils acting up when the weather changed i.e., rainy,cold after working flawlessly during a stable period. Not sure what that has to do with it but your experience is not out of the ordinary.
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1995 Maxima SE (313,000+ miles 10/2012)
1997 Maxima (193,000 miles - bought from daughter when she traded for a Hyundai Elantra Coupe)
2002 Altima (daughter - totaled 12/2011 with 210,000 miles)
2012 Altima (daughter - replaced 2002 with 8 miles, now with almost 30,000 miles)
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