1987 Nissan Maxima Electrical system Problems

“1987 Nissan Maxima. The consumer writes in regard to vehicle fire under the hood. The consumer stated while driving, one of the passengers started to smell burning wire. Soon after his wife noticed smoke coming from under the hood. The consumer managed to get to a safe spot and was able to put the fire out. The vehicle was towed to a repair shop where the he was informed the injectors did not want to shut down. The consumer was also informed a recall had been issued for an injector problem and the recall had never been performed.”

“Had come upon a stop light, started to take off & smelled fuel. Noticed smoke coming from under the hood. Pulled over & lifted hood. Noticed flames & put out fire. Vehicle towed to dealership. Mechanic checked VIN & noticed a recall affecting this vehicle. However, manufacturer refused recall repairs due to lack of maintenance records.”

“Have ocaisionally found parking lights on first thing in the morning. Sometimes battery is dead. Can turn off by rotating sw hard to off . Only happens in spring (?) 2 yrs. Running now. Rubber band holding sw in off works most days.”

“While parked, vehicle caught on fire underhood, fire seemed to be mostly in right side area of engine, entire engine totaled, cause unknown. Consumer received recall 95i006 prior to incident, does not specify if recall repair had been completed or not.”

“Drove car back/forth to work, stopped at gas station, went to pay, started smoking, had help to move car which caught on fire, fire dept put out flames.”