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Re: Hard Starting on 1995 Maxima Help!!!
I know this is a rather old thread but I thought I would add my 2 cents worth as I just finished solving a similar problem. My 1995 Maxima would sometimes crank and sometimes not. When it would crank it sounded like the starter was straining for power sometimes and others it would fire right up. Rather perplexing for a while. I decided to start with the battery to make sure I had good power to everything. The battery was a few years old and was probably going to need to be replaced anyways. Things got better, it would start more often and crank better but still occasionally would not crank at all. I removed the starter and bench checked it. It would occasionally fail to run, even with the cables hooked directly to the starter as opposed to the solenoid. So off to the store for a new starter. New starter in and with renewed confidence I tested the car for several starts. The problem got better yet, but not gone. The car will reliably turn over now but sometimes cranked excessively before starting. After remembering this thread I pulled the ground connection off of the motor and discovered a pretty corroded connection. It took about 30 minutes to clean this connection as it is in a horrible place, it cost me a few cuts too. (no job seems to be done before I am bleeding :-} )
The result is that the car now starts quickly and I have learned an important lesson. When doing your routine maintenance remove the ground connection at the far end and inspect it. I believe that the low voltage because of the poor connection caused the starter to be damaged. It was also likely causing the excessive cranking necessary as a result of poor communications from various senders on the engine that utilize a good ground for their function. Had I cleaned this up before the starter went bad the only thing I would have likely needed is a new battery at some point, maybe not even that if it wasn't grounded it might not have been getting a good charge from the alternator.
Live and learn I guess... hopefully this helps someone out there!
Bill
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