# Please Help 99 nissian maxima will not start? **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [January 18, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044 "2008-01-18T04:49:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![xflashxsci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/8dc957/32.png) [@xflashxsci](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xflashxsci)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 4:49am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/1 "2008-01-18T04:49:17Z")
Please Help ok here is the deal, the car has a good battery, has brand new plugs and is getting spark, has a brand new fuel filter and is getting gas, the fuel pump is working (you can hear it whinning) i tried banging on the bottom of the fuel tank trick , and i tested the fuel injectors and they are also good. HOWEVER it is NOT starting. it is acting like it is out of gas??? like i said i can disconnect the injector and watch gas spray out, so i know that isnt it, so i got an ODB II and it said it was a cam sensor, replaced that , and still nothing … it wont start ANYONE GOT ANY OTHER SUGGESTIONS!!! Please Help ---
**Author:** ![02svtfocus](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/02svtfocus/32/7318_2.png) [@02svtfocus](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/02svtfocus)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 4:50am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/2 "2008-01-18T04:50:33Z")
so what exactly happens when you try and start it? ---
**Author:** ![xflashxsci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/8dc957/32.png) [@xflashxsci](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xflashxsci)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 5:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/3 "2008-01-18T05:36:53Z")
like i said it turns over but doesn’t start. It would seem to me like it is out of gas but i know from my story above that for a fact it is getting gas. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/4 "2008-01-18T06:17:44Z")
Plug wires in the wrong order? ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 6:19am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/5 "2008-01-18T06:19:37Z")
Does it fire at all??? Any stumbling or anything? > [@sureshot!](#): > > Plug wires in the wrong order? 99 max has COP. and the harness will only go on one way. ---
**Author:** ![sureshot](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sureshot/32/7578_2.png) [@sureshot](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/sureshot)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 6:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/6 "2008-01-18T06:22:54Z")
:gtfo: What do you know about Maxima’s anyways 😛 > [@newman](#): > > 99 max has COP. and the harness will only go on one way. Did you bang on the fuel tank while someone else was trying to start it? Have to do both at the same time to get it to work. Maybe the fuel pump is old and shitty? Are the headlights dimming when you try and start it up? ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 6:23am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/7 "2008-01-18T06:23:14Z")
check your grounds. Mine did the same thing and that’s what it was… ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 6:39am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/8 "2008-01-18T06:39:36Z")
one way to ensure that the engine itself is grounded well is to connect a pair of jumper cables from the neg terminal to the engine itself. Do not hook up the positive cables. ---
**Author:** ![vq30de](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/9dc877/32.png) [@vq30de](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/vq30de)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 6:42am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/9 "2008-01-18T06:42:52Z")
He speaks truth Try that. I bet $2 it will start ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 6:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/10 "2008-01-18T06:44:15Z")
maybe. That’s only good with sensors that ground to the engine itself. The injectors have separate grounds that usually bolt to the intake or block. Near the rear if i recall. ---
**Author:** ![xflashxsci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/8dc957/32.png) [@xflashxsci](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xflashxsci)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 8:01am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/11 "2008-01-18T08:01:45Z")
wow… first maxima have individual coil packs for each cylinder so there is no way on earth to mess it up Newman, this car is for my father go and talk to him this is Tom Hacic mabye if you talk to him directly you can help him out a little better, and no no hesitation whatsoever, just no start! sureshot, yes thank you i did have someone do the bang on the tank trick while i was trying to start it, and no the headlights do not dim ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 8:16am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/12 "2008-01-18T08:16:31Z")
When you pull the plugs out after cranking it for a while are they soaked in gas? You seem sure you have good spark and good fuel but it’s hard to believe it’s not at least trying to fire or sputter if that’s the case. Most 6’s with run on 4, and at least sputter on 3. ---
**Author:** ![xflashxsci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/8dc957/32.png) [@xflashxsci](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xflashxsci)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 8:59am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/13 "2008-01-18T08:59:30Z")
someone just PMed me about it might not start because the alarm system might have erased the key program and computer??? they said the check antitheft or security light on the dash if it stays on thats what is wrong!! sooo that might explain alot! ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:18am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/14 "2008-01-18T10:18:32Z")
it might have 99s have the coded keys…but if thats the case it woundnt even crank at all, it would completely disable the starter…double check the cam sensor again…i am trying to think whatelse it might be ---
**Author:** ![AShort](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/ashort/32/4947_2.png) [@AShort](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/AShort)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/15 "2008-01-18T10:22:04Z")
what color is the spark? if its orange its a weak spark and that could be the issue ---
**Author:** ![xflashxsci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/8dc957/32.png) [@xflashxsci](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xflashxsci)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 12:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/16 "2008-01-18T12:29:31Z")
yeah i understand having weak spark could be an issue but at least it would studder a little this is nothing it is cranking but positively will not turn over~ like i said im gonna check the alarm thing and im gonna check something else about trying to start the car in N someone on a nissan forum sugg. that??? ---
**Author:** ![MaximaSE98](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/maximase98/32/7600_2.png) [@MaximaSE98](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/MaximaSE98)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 12:31pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/17 "2008-01-18T12:31:00Z")
[MAXIMA.ORG](http://MAXIMA.ORG)…if its the alarm it wont crank at all…it will disable the starter ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 12:32pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/18 "2008-01-18T12:32:07Z")
are the plugs wet with gas? ---
**Author:** ![xflashxsci](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/8dc957/32.png) [@xflashxsci](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xflashxsci)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 12:38pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/19 "2008-01-18T12:38:34Z")
no… they werent wet with gas after we tried starting it ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2008, 12:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044/20 "2008-01-18T12:40:16Z")
> [@xflashxsci](#): > > no… they are no wet with gas if they are not wet with gas the injectors are not firing. [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/please-help-99-nissian-maxima-will-not-start/42044.md?page=2)