I went out of town for two weeks and left my 2002 nissan xterra in the garage. I left a fast food cup in the cup holder and my cell phone charger plugged in by it. The pop in the cup leaked out and froze to my cell phone charger tip which drained the battery. I got a new one and put it in and i get no power to anything.

check the fuel pressure and flow , if the pressure is low replace the pump, if the flow is low replace the fuel filter,the injectors may need some attention at that mileage.

Starter motor failure?.

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Have a good day.

I had a 2002 nissan xterra in my garage with the same problem. they all have very common distributor issue on them. replace the distributor with new one

Hello
There are 2 knock sensors. They are located under the intake manifold in the right and left cylinder head.

it sounds like there is a problem with the supercharger that needs repair or replacing depending on what has been damaged.the smoke is from the charger blowing oil into the motor.i would say the super charger will need to be replaced and hopefully there is no engine damaged.

you would want to verify, but most likely 90,000 to 100,000 miles.

I had the same problem with my '05 GMC Canyon. It turned out that the ignition switch was shorting out on me. Once they replaced that, no more trouble.

if you can climb into the back with your remote press it and see what happens or hear what happens. joe

stick your hands in the cup holder, press against the sidewalls of the cup holder and pull up, there are only 2 metal clips that hold the cup holder assembly in place, it will pop right out, once out check for things obstructing the cup holder lid or broken tracks, a new one is 90-115 bucks or about 20 at a junkyard, just went through this myself