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Posted by Donna Heard (92 SE 5-spd) on August 08, 2002 at 14:58:14:
Has anyone expereinced this problem? What is it? How do you correct it? I STILL love my car. It looks good and rides good. I call her The Black Beauty because she still looks so good after 10 years. I'm sure this is just a minor thing like changing out the fuel pump, which I realize is in the gas tank, but, there has to be a logical answer for this problem. Like I said, the Nissan dealer can't seem to find a problem. Holla back somebody, please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
My Max dies out on me when idling, sometimes. Let me give you the history on this very annoying problem. I bought a full tank of Chevron Super Unleaded. I probably had a quarter tank of gas before I filled it up. The next day, the car started falling dead at stop lights, stop signs, etc. When I used the A/C, the problem got worse. The strange thing was that the car started right back up. THEN, I found I could be rolling at 70 MPH on the freeway and the car would cut off! Being that it's a 5 speed, I'd slip it into neutral, start it, slap it back in 5th gear without missing a beat or slowing down! Weird, huh? After a couple of months of this weird stuff happening, I took it to the dealer. They couldn't get the car to replicate the problem. I took it to other mechanics. One cleaned the throtal body. It would run fine for a couple of weeks then it would start cutting-off again. I suggested that the fuel filter be changed. I was told the symptons weren't fuel filter problem. Well, I didn't start having this problem until I bought the damn Chevron gasoline. I had to visit a different dealership recently for something else. They had a female service advisor. I asked her to have the fuel filter changed. That was done and the car ran a whole, lot better, for a while. It still cuts off sometimes when I slow to turn a corner, stop the car or the car is just idling at a stop light. It seems not to cut off if the clutch is not engaged, then, I can start the car and let it idle with out the clutch engaged and it will cut off. It always starts right back up. Remember, it doesn't do this all time, but, it happens enough that it get's on my last nerve especially when its hot outside & I have the A/C running. I live in Houston. I gotta have the A/C!