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I own a 2000 Altima SE with about 77,000 miles. I bought it used about 6 months ago. I have had no problems except for the last 2 weeks or so. I was in start/stop traffic and I went to take off and my car felt like it was about to just turn off, and the SES light popped on. It didnt do it again, so i kept driving. The next day, I was turning at a light in similar conditions and the engine turned off and all the lights on the dash board lit up. I put it in park, turned the key and the car immediately started back up and gave me no more problems for the rest of the day. Today, I was about to back up and put the car in reverse, it immediately shut off when i released the brake and began backing up. Again, it restarted just fine and had no problems for the rest of the trip home.
Does anyone have any idea what could be going on? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-Brian
Any ideas as to what this problem is? The car has 138,000 miles on it and this is the first problem I have had since buying it used about 1.5 years ago. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks a bunch,
It happens time to time (sometime separate by weeks sometime two days in a row) that at a red light (so in drive mode) the idling is getting erratic and then if I try to start at the light or sometime even if I don’t accelerate the car end by stopping. When I restart it again it generally runs quite fine. I noticed that sometime, its seams it’s going to stop but make it to continue but then latter the same day it stops. I don’t know if it has something to do with it and maybe it’s normal, but when I turn on the fan of the ventilation in the car, the idling rate goes down.
Any suggestion is welcome!
Thanks
JP
Rich. :confuse:
Have your mechanic check it out or find a good Nissan mechanic.
Good luck.
The Sandman
My car was recently broken into and the only good that came out of it was that the thieves decided to break the small window in the back rather than any of the power windows. Having said that, I am wondering if anyone has any experience replacing this window. Does the door have to come off in order to replace it, or what is the procedure?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks much!
- Sean
Regards,
Sean
The Sandman
98 altiam gxe, 136k...
this car was fine, started shaking upon start up 2 month ago..
it shakes when u start the car for like 10-15 seconds.. happens when car ir hot/cold.. weather hot/cold....
today it also stopped when i was driving it on FWY (scarry).. i started it and it started just fine...
i change oil , spark plugs, filters. belts on timely basis....
what can be the case?
is engine/electric related?
sometimes my dash board lights would go away, and then they will come back after 3-5 seconds when they disappear..
please help me.? when i go to mechanic, what should i look for?
how much fix cost should i expect?
regards
mo
I'm having a similar problem with my 96' Altima. What was your resolution to this?
Thanks,
Gene
With my car, it would have trouble starting and then if I tried it enough times, t would miraculously start and run fine. Finally, it was diagnosed as the fuel pump and that did the trick. Problem never happened again.
Go to post #216, the procedure is there. Just print it out. I have used it about 3 times since then and it worked everytime. Good Luck!
Ken
Thanks
Rick
I'm basically an idiot when it comes to cars. So, here goes...
I have a 93 Altima, which has a 97 engine in it. Had a major tune-up (don't know what they did exactly) about 1.5 years ago. Haven't done much since then, except for oil change, and replaced starter.
Biggest problem I have seems to be my transmission? My problem occurs when I move in stop&go traffic, and usually during hot weather. When I get to about 35-40 mph, the RPM increases as I push the gas. It does NOT shift back down and increase my MPH. IE my car stays at 35-50 mph, while RPM climbs to 4,5,6000.
Along with this, the gear shifts are very jerky. It feels like the car wants to shift badly, but just can't do it.
Solutions that sometimes work, I pull over and give the car a break, or I can just let go of the gas to let the RPM go down, and punch the gas again.
I'm lost, having this problem for about a year. Don't know what to do. Can't find a trusted mechanic, etc. HELP ME PLEASE.
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Drove the Corolla and Camry yesterday, but the brakes stil had that "mushy" feeling of our 4 past Toyotas, the Camry even had ABS. So Toyota is off the list.
I liked the Mazda 3, but the wife liked the 6 better. Saw a new Jetta yesterday...very impressive, but it's still a 1st year model and I'm learey of it. She will go test drive the Jetta and the Volvo S40 today hopefully. Lastly we will look at the Honda Accord and Civic later tonight. She likes the BMW 325i, but I'm adamant against it, but she wants to test drive one, so she will.
I wish I had Terry's crystal ball to see if the Alty will be trouble free until the '06 models come out, but doubtful he'd lend it to me. And it's funny, whenever we buy a new tire for a high mileage car that we own...we end up trading within the month.
So that's our dilemma. We both really love our '01 Alty and hate to give it up, but it's not dependable now. And eventhough it would be cheaper to keep it, we're both not risk takers and we need our cars to be dependable and start everyday.
What to do...? Decisions...decisions...!
The Sandman :confuse: