MAF lifespan?

[jpedderson]

I keep seeing threads from people with MAF problems and I had a question. How long should they last on a car? 100k miles?

[fueler]

they should last the life of the car if you ask me

toyota is a lot worse at making maf sensors, on ta-slow-mas and slow-runners they go out pretty quickly.

Ive got 180k miles on my QX4 and still running the orginal MAF sensor. Just cleaned it once.

[Buzzman]

After being on here for 3 years and reading all about MAF sensors,
it seems to me that it's mostly a problem with 2001 models (first year of the 3.5).
Correct me if I'm wrong.

[miamiheat3332]

Have to agree with buzzman, there must have been a small change or something after the 01's because it is mostly with 01's.

[jpedderson]

Yeah, but the MAF was also used in the Maxima too... May have been an ECU issue with the Pathy.

[Empty V]

Buzzman is right. My MAF lasted about 200K miles. Even with all the issues the '01's have they're still very solid vehicles, at least compared to my old '94 exploder.

[CanuckQx4]

My oem just threw a code and failed not to long ago. !20k

But it is an 01' lol

Id rather it not have failed at all but atleast its only $100

[jpedderson]

or that one on eBay for $80...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NISSAN-M ... _500wt_956

NISSAN MAXIMA AIR FLOW METER OEM NEW 2000 2001 MODELS

Brand new in the box Air Flow Meter for a 2000-2001 Nissan Maxima.

Part number is 22680-2y001.

OEM part.

We are Nissan of Chesapeake.

[PJT]

That's the one. I paid $9 for shipping. Two weeks on and working fine.

[shelby500krz]

or that one on eBay for $80...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NISSAN-M ... _500wt_956

NISSAN MAXIMA AIR FLOW METER OEM NEW 2000 2001 MODELS

Brand new in the box Air Flow Meter for a 2000-2001 Nissan Maxima.

Part number is 22680-2y001.

OEM part.

We are Nissan of Chesapeake.

I have an 01 and at the beggining of the year it went bad. I went on ebay and got one and 4 months later non stop engine codes. This lead my vehicle go into a fail-safe mode where i couldn't go over 2000 rpm. I ended up going to a 4 wheel drive specialty shop and getting a nice AC Delco. This was a month ago. Hopefully it will last a long time, but my advice don't go with one from ebay unless it is the name brand stuff and not a nock-off

[jpedderson]

Yeah, those are OEM from a Nissan Dealer...only way I would go off of eBay. I was half thinking of picking one up on the cheap as a spare.

[Empty V]

or that one on eBay for $80...

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/NISSAN-M ... _500wt_956

NISSAN MAXIMA AIR FLOW METER OEM NEW 2000 2001 MODELS

Brand new in the box Air Flow Meter for a 2000-2001 Nissan Maxima.

Part number is 22680-2y001.

OEM part.

We are Nissan of Chesapeake.

I think I was the first one to buy this off of Mark and linked a bunch of other members to it. His part was exactly the right one and an awesome price. I think I may have bought an O2 sensor from them as well.

[jpedderson]

That's an awesome deal...thanks for linking to it in the first place!