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I'd imagine the parts delay is because the Sentra's are still a new model, another bad reason to buy a car in the 1st model year.
I think the problem on Nissan alternator is the location they design. The alternator is too close to the exhaust manifold. Mine is no more 1". Guess what? The high temperature from the exhaust manifold just COOK the alternator daily. That is why the after market one just doen't last. I think the new one from manufacturer has heat preventive material on the electronic components.
So, the only thing I survive is to send my car to Pep Boy. They gave me life time warranty alternator and from the day on if any thing happened to my alternator I only pay for the labor cost.
1. When you found out the radio volume is out of control. It looks it has its own mind.
2. Your windshield wiper works slow than regular speed.
3. Your battery voltage(no engine running) is under 12 v.
4. At night driving you found out the low head light beam is brighter intermitently. A sign of over charge or Voltage Regulator in the alternator gone bad.
i'm not an experienced driver who have learned a lot from your responses. thank you!
my 2000 gxe has been doing fine during its first thousand miles. just one thing confuses me. everyday on my commute to work i drive through a segment of highway, about a mile of which forms a 30 degree slope going up. whatever my initial speed is, the car will gradually drop to 50-55 mph even when i'm flooring the accelerator and the engine is about to explode. at the same time, i'm frustrated to see many small cars with less power pass me from behind. to make myself look more like a fool, my last car, a 88 honda civic had exactly the same problem.
first i tried to dodge this problem by keeping the overdrive off, but no effect at all. is this the characteristic of nissan? appreciate your advices.
Thanks
Joe
I hope you've gotten this taken care of... if my car was at the dealer while still new for 49 days, I would call it a lemon and demand a new one. In FL, the law is 3 repairs for the same defect in 1.5 yrs or a total of 30 days under repair for the same problem.
In almost all cases there is a 30 day out of service rule... get a new one...
I checked manual. It talked about possible generator belt loose. I drove it to a dealer and was told alternator is bad.
Dealer asked $525 for a new alternator. Is it right amount?
I saw a couple of posts regarding '93 Sentra. Its alternator was too close to exhaust pipe. Is it fixed in newer '95 model?
That is pure highway robbery. For that price i would expect labor in it, but it shouldn't be that much...damn.
Kristina/co host Our Turn
So they can correct the problem now, be persistent!! There customer service is soooo poor!!
btw whats making my tranny get stuck in first gear? its a auto transmission with 4speed overdrive.
Pat
Community Leader/Maintenance & Repair Conference
that the right side of the passenger air bag is
slightly lifted from the dashboard. Has anyone
else noticed a similar problem and was is remedied?
Either way, I couldn't be happier with my
purchase. For the price that I paid (15.8K before
tax - SE, 5-speed, sunroof, PP), the car drives
great.
I don't mean to sound so paranoid, but this is my first brand new car... I was going to get a Honda Civic EX, but I could not find any 2000s and did not like the 2001s. Initially I did not want a Nissan as my 200SX was a money pit (from the age of 53,000 miles, repairs on the idle valve, idle bearing, TSB for power locks, bad seam in the wheel well causing flooding in the passenger side floor, replacing wheel bearings, bad struts) - I bought it from a dealer as it was a leased/used vehicle for 2 years. I just hope that I don't have to look forward to the same problems with my 2001 SE, which is a beautiful car I might add.
Any help at all would be greatly appreciated.
Check out this web site: www.b15sentra.net it's for Sentra owners- Great site. Good luck with the car.
Greg
1. Is this true?
2. They have warranty on the axle but my car now is in a different garage. Can I ask the garage who change the axle pay the expense incured at the current garage?
I recently got a used Nissan Sentra GXE with just less than 40,000 miles on it. I have been driving it for the past 3 months, usually just using it for commuting to work, and it has been behaving very well. I have just over 42,000 miles on it now.
However, last week, I had to take a long trip and for the first time I used the cruise control on the car. Everything was fine until I got into the city and had to stop at some lights. I hit the brakes and the usual braking pressure on the pedal did not make it stop. I had to apply much harder pressure on the pedals and it stopped, but I overshot the stop line. Luckily, there were no other cars in front of me, so I did not have an accident.
After that, they seemed to be OK, though a little less efficient than before. I took it to the local Midas shop and they replaced the front rotors, used caliper repair kits and put in new pads. They gave me a bill for around $500. But I still have a nagging doubt that it may not have cured the problem. I haven't had any problems after that, but I would appreciate it if you could give me suggestions or tips or any explanation as to why that happened.
Thanks,
CR
besides the great deal the car is awesome, i always find excuses to go out! well good luck on buying that car.
Anyway, the exact thing happens to my 2000 Sentra.
Always when it's cold, usually in 3rd but sometimes 4th, seems to be especially when you are not applying the accelerator or you are letting up on it.
It feels like some kind of engine power interruption...anyway when it comes to mechanics I'm clueless. I haven't had it checked bc no other problems occur. Anyone know what these hiccups are?
Thanks
Thanks alcan.
Al
Thanks :I)
Al
a mile occasionally when I reset the trip odometer. Now the other day it started working normally, but when I got in the car in the morning it didn't work for the first 20 miles or so and it did the same thing today could it be condensation in the cable causing it to freeze the speedometer works fine is there separate connections?
My dealer told me they couldn't find anything wrong either, but then they didn't do much testing. I'm not a mechanic, but my guess is Nissan is using a defective computer chip or software that causes the engine to shut down for a fraction of a second when the chip sends a message to the choke that the engine is warm.
I don't think the dealers will ever find it because it only happens when there is a load on the engine. The dealers are testing it while the car is idling on the shop floor. The problem has never occurred if I let the car warm up first or if it goes from cold to warm while I'm waiting at a light.