P1281 p1283

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Jun 18, 2023 | 06:53 PM
  #1  
04 g35 coupes been shutting off while slowing down or at stops for a while now first I cleaned the throttle body and maf sensor and was good for some months then it shut off again and got a code for o2 sensors and camshaft sensors switched both some time later car shutoff again while slowing down now got p1283 and p1281 a shop is saying it could be cats or ecm ecu but idk
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Jun 19, 2023 | 10:35 AM
  #2  
Did you replace the cam sensors with genuine OEM Nissan or Hitachi sensors?

P1283 and P1281 are both for the bank 2 upstream sensor, not the downstream sensor mounted in the cats. Which sensors did you switch, the upstream ones in the headers or the downstream ones in the cats?
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Jun 20, 2023 | 05:48 PM
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switched the upstream sensors with oem
also when I drive especially in hot weather I feel heat coming from the center console area. I’m just lost because I’ve gone to so many shops and none have been able to figure it out
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Jun 24, 2023 | 09:47 AM
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I'd just take the cats off for a visual inspection. If they're bad you can usually see melted spots on them when you look up the pipe, one end has a bend on it so you will need to use an inspection mirror or a borescope.

The thing about that code P1281 though the O2 sensor, it's supposed to cycle and that code is saying it's not doing that. The other code P1283 is saying it's a lean condition, so it might not be the O2 sensor causing the issue.

I would pull and inspect all the plugs, keep track of which cylinder they're in, see if one of them is a different color, particularly on bank2 where you're having these issues. Might be a bad injector that's not spraying enough fuel in one cylinder, might be an intake leak affecting bank2, might be an exhaust leak at the header-engine gasket on bank2.

You can smoke test the intake and exhaust to check for leaks.
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Jul 23, 2023 | 02:21 PM
  #5  
replaced alternator and been driving all day yesterday and today problem seemed to go away
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Jul 28, 2023 | 10:58 AM
  #6  
Fingers crossed that it's fixed
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