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Tue Jan 15, 2008 6:38 pm
2001 Maxima SE 66,000 miles
About 37,000 miles - coil pack failure - my inexperience cost me $550 at the dealership for a job I could have done myself for less than half that.
About 43,000 miles - pre-cat o2 sensor failure. Bought the sensors and the wrench kit for $125 and replaced them myself.
About 53,000 miles - wheel bearing failure. Waited too long to get it fixed and damaged the hub also. $500 at a local shop with a technician that used to work at the Nissan dealership. It was over $300 in parts, I can only imagine what the dealership would have charged me.
About 60,000 miles - post-cat O2 failure. $100 in sensors and I already had the wrench kit and the experience for this job!
I was lucky to have gotten the car for less than blue book and so I don't feel like it has been too expensive to own. I love the car. The coil packs are the only thing I think Nissan screwed me on, as there was a lot of failures around 30,000 miles on this year and the previous and they were just crappy packs. I am hoping my next car will be a 350Z, but another Maxima wouldn't be bad either. Love my Nissans, they're all I've ever driven.