Recall Air intake.

[Canoman]

I'm actually really glad to see this. We've been having a terrible time with the intake coming loose. Gonna take it in ASAP for this.

[theeduc8tor]

I was rather upset with Nissan because I do not receive any of the recall campaign notices via email or mail. In July of 2009, the air intake hose became disconnected and left us stranded in 115F heat in the Arizona desert. I forced the vehicle to limp to the dealership (Sonora Nissan) where they quickly changed or re-clamped the air intake hose. Unbelievably they had said that it was covered under recall and there was no charge.
Here is my beef!~ I was just at the dealership not two weeks earlier for a bad battery I had purchased AND I get my vehicle serviced at the dealership regularly! You'd think that at that time they would find check for any recalls on my vehicle. They did not. Nissan was more than accommodating when I had phoned them and reported both Nissan for not sending notices and for the dealership for not checking the recall status of my vehicle.

[groho]

shade tree mechanic here, when your intake comes loose the air fuel ratio immediately changes and the computer attempts to compensate by adjusting idle, fuel delivery, injector pulse, etc, usually resulting in a misfire, lean or rich fuel condition. I have an 06 murano, and love it. just got this recall the other day, and I'll be checking the intake and clamps myself. I do the majority of my own work unless I don't have the time or tools to do the job. If the avid consumer knew the details and were mechanically inclined, they'd see that most shops are a rip off. Every single time I've taken a vehicle in for repair, I've had to correct the shops work after-the-fact, example, clutch replacement on my diesel, shop didn't tighten the starter and dust cover nearly causing an electrical fire, brake repair same truck, different shop, the mechanic spun the caliper kinking the brake line destroying a set of brakes causing an extremely unsafe steering condition. Luckily these were both easy corrections, but a pain to get corrected. I trust the dealer as much as I trust the banks.

My best advise to everyone out there, spend $200 on a good OBDII scanner. 99% of the time it will tell you what the problem is and will pay for itself the first time you fix something without taking your car to the dealer. The DTC codes can be translated easily if you have access to the internet, which obviously most of us do.

Merry Christmas!!!!!

[groho]

btw, if the intake recall has already been completed and you still have the misfire, and the mechanics were mucking under your hood with the eng cover, I would suspect an injector became unplugged. A simple OBDII scan would likely find the problem. any check eng lights?

[nafddur]

I too just cranked down a couple turns on all of the intake system clamps so I can ignore that recall notice. If the clamps and corresponding intake components are all nice and tight, I figure this particular recall work isn't necessary. And if it IS needed down the road, I'll take my Mo in then. This one isn't like the previous 3 recalls my 04 SE has had.

As for reading the codes, you can do it without any tools (like a scanner) merely be using the accelerator pedal method detailed in the FSM. Once you get the code(s), you can also use the accelerator pedal to reset the check engine light. Sometimes, the first time it comes on it's a fluke and it might not return. That happened to me a few years ago. I reset the light and never saw it again.

[nitely]

Originally posted by sheersilver
Oh, and in case I wasn't clear, I had all coils/plugs replaced by dealer because I wasn't sure if I would be able to drive it home with all the shaking. Plus was exhausted from all their BS. Again, next day engine light came on (cylinder 4), but I think this is the warm start issue I have been experiencing and unrelated to the shaking incident of the previous day.

Was the shaking problem resolved with that coil and plug replacement?