2000 Nissan Maxima 2000 Maxima MAF vs ignition coil

MCCU0841

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2000 NISSAN MAXIMA
6 CYL
FWD
AUTOMATIC
95,000 MILES

Approximately 1 month ago my maxima misfired when initially starting. I drove it for a minute or two and misfire stopped, then ran fine. SES light came on and diagnostic read cylinder #5 misfire. Replaced all spark plugs to see if that would solve the problem (tested ignition coil #5 and it was good). Ran fine after replacing (but there was only the one misfire incident prior) for approx 400 miles, then SES light came back on, but no driveability issues. 500 miles later SES light turned off. 80 miles later original misfire problem reappeared with SES light. Let it sit for 2 hours and it runs fine, but SES light is still on. I am not sure whether this is a MAF issue or an ignition coil issue, but I am confused as to the scarcity and time length between problems (not sure if ignition coil can gradually go bad, or if it would become a continuous problem). Also noticing more pinging than usual when accelerating. Any suggestions would be helpful.

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RASMATAZ

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Misfire at cyl no.5 check compression and injector on that cyl.

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Saturday, September 20th, 2008 AT 2:07 AM

ANGEL012

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Me and my boyfriend own a nissan 2000 maxima and are having the same problem. Only to find out that, that meant coil pack # 5. Also, we actually have changed three of them now. Just this month when we took the car in for inspection they told us once again it was another coil pack. They finally called Nissan and told us that nissan had said when the people still have the warranties on there vehicles they just change all 6 coil packs once one goes bad because eventually they will all go bad following one another. We have been fighting this the past year and a half, and we still have three more to go bad and change. This is not cheap either. Hope this helped.