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Pathy died for no reason

Postby car_bore » Sat Feb 20, 2016 1:09 am

Hey Guys,

My car suddenly died on me at a stop sign. Nothing felt wrong or weird prior to that. I turned everything off, put it in park and started again like nothing happened. No warning lights, no weird noise, nothing. And it has been two days now since that happened. Now I'm worried it might happen again.

Please help, any inputs would be appreciated.
Thanks!

2005 LE 4x4 with 129k miles.


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Postby disallow » Sat Feb 20, 2016 7:04 am

Mine did that when the crank position sensor went bad. There was a code thrown. Check for the ses light.

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Re: Pathy died for no reason

Postby eieio » Sat Feb 20, 2016 8:07 am

car_bore wrote:Hey Guys,

My car suddenly died on me at a stop sign. Nothing felt wrong or weird prior to that. I turned everything off, put it in park and started again like nothing happened. No warning lights, no weird noise, nothing. And it has been two days now since that happened. Now I'm worried it might happen again.

Please help, any inputs would be appreciated.
Thanks!

2005 LE 4x4 with 129k miles.
has it had the ECM relay recall repair done?

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Re: Pathy died for no reason

Postby car_bore » Sat Feb 20, 2016 9:32 am

eieio wrote:
car_bore wrote:Hey Guys,

My car suddenly died on me at a stop sign. Nothing felt wrong or weird prior to that. I turned everything off, put it in park and started again like nothing happened. No warning lights, no weird noise, nothing. And it has been two days now since that happened. Now I'm worried it might happen again.

Please help, any inputs would be appreciated.
Thanks!

2005 LE 4x4 with 129k miles.
has it had the ECM relay recall repair done?

No recall repair has been done as far as I know. Was there a problem on ECM's before?

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Re: Pathy died for no reason

Postby eieio » Sat Feb 20, 2016 10:22 am

car_bore wrote:
eieio wrote:
car_bore wrote:Hey Guys,

My car suddenly died on me at a stop sign. Nothing felt wrong or weird prior to that. I turned everything off, put it in park and started again like nothing happened. No warning lights, no weird noise, nothing. And it has been two days now since that happened. Now I'm worried it might happen again.

Please help, any inputs would be appreciated.
Thanks!

2005 LE 4x4 with 129k miles.
has it had the ECM relay recall repair done?
No recall repair has been done as far as I know. Was there a problem on ECM's before?
yes, a relay in the ECM is prone to failure
it may be related to your problem, maybe not, just a thought
you can check your recall status here with your VIN, or through Nissan:
https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/

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Re: Pathy died for no reason

Postby car_bore » Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:38 pm

eieio wrote:
car_bore wrote:
eieio wrote: has it had the ECM relay recall repair done?
No recall repair has been done as far as I know. Was there a problem on ECM's before?
yes, a relay in the ECM is prone to failure
it may be related to your problem, maybe not, just a thought
you can check your recall status here with your VIN, or through Nissan:
https://vinrcl.safercar.gov/vin/
Just checked the website. It shows there are 0 recalls for my VIN. But a little digging shows that there was an IPDM recall last 2010. Now I'm wondering if I'm still covered by that recall, and if there's still parts for it. It says the replacement should be free of charge.

Any thoughts?

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Re: Pathy died for no reason

Postby eieio » Sat Feb 20, 2016 3:57 pm

car_bore wrote:Just checked the website. It shows there are 0 recalls for my VIN. But a little digging shows that there was an IPDM recall last 2010. Now I'm wondering if I'm still covered by that recall, and if there's still parts for it. It says the replacement should be free of charge.

Any thoughts?
any outstanding recall should show up (recall campaigns never expire)
if nothing shows, you are not considered eligible for any recall campaign repairs
you can verify that through Nissan

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Postby disallow » Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:01 pm

I just had the ecm recall done on my 05 for free.

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Postby eieio » Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:02 pm

disallow wrote:I just had the ecm recall done on my 05 for free.
the ECM relay replacement, right?

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Postby car_bore » Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:12 pm

Just called nissan and gave them my VIN. Apparently, the ECM was already replaced before in a recall. What are the chances it could happen again?

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Postby car_bore » Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:16 pm

disallow wrote:Mine did that when the crank position sensor went bad. There was a code thrown. Check for the ses light.
Hi disallow, no codes were throne. Just had a mechanic check using an obd device.

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Postby eieio » Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:18 pm

car_bore wrote:Just called nissan and gave them my VIN. Apparently, the ECM was already replaced before in a recall. What are the chances it could happen again?
........anything could happen

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Postby disallow » Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:34 pm

eieio wrote:
disallow wrote:I just had the ecm recall done on my 05 for free.
the ECM relay replacement, right?
Correct.

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Postby disallow » Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:36 pm

car_bore wrote:
disallow wrote:Mine did that when the crank position sensor went bad. There was a code thrown. Check for the ses light.
Hi disallow, no codes were throne. Just had a mechanic check using an obd device.
You may have to wait for it to happen again. I had the same issue.

You could do the crank and cam sensors, they are known to go bad at this age. But that would be more of the 'shotgun' approach than I'd normally like...

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Postby car_bore » Sat Feb 20, 2016 4:54 pm

disallow wrote:
car_bore wrote:
disallow wrote:Mine did that when the crank position sensor went bad. There was a code thrown. Check for the ses light.
Hi disallow, no codes were throne. Just had a mechanic check using an obd device.
You may have to wait for it to happen again. I had the same issue.

You could do the crank and cam sensors, they are known to go bad at this age. But that would be more of the 'shotgun' approach than I'd normally like...

t
Sorry, I meant "thrown".


Anyways, could I just simply replace the ECM relay?


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