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| I have a 2001 Nissan Sentra with 27K miles on it. Today, when driving at 60 mph on an interstate the engine simply stopped and the 'service engine soon' sign came up. I pulled over to the shoulder, turned the keys off and tried starting the car again. The engine did not switch on despite several attempts. After about 15 minutes, I tried again and the engine took off. I could drive the car at about 60 mph but felt an unusal drag/effort in having to drive at that speed. I drove for about 6 miles and the engine died again. Again, I couldn't start it immediately but could start it after a 10-minute break. After this episode repeated itself 3-4 times, I reached home.
I just filled gas a couple of days ago so lack of fuel can be ruled out. Whenever the engine starts, it doesn't make any unsusual sounds. The car lights/AC etc are fine. I don't think the the car is over heated becasue the temperature level on the panel is normal. I have been servicing it regularly and the car is not due for the next service until it hits 29000 miles. Any idea what might be wrong with the car? |
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| Plugged fuel filter? |
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| Possibilities 1. Fuel filter 2. Ignition module heating up and failing. Could be the cam shaft position sensor or crank (flywheel) sensor. |
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| Your check engine lamp may have just come on with some of the other indicator lamps due to the car dying. Did the CEL light up just before the car died or definitly before any other light came on, if so then go down to the local code reader shop and get the code from the computer and let us know please for maybe some better assistance, there are some good ones already. |
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| Posted by: JemDandy (My Page) on Fri, Aug 5, 05 at 7:18 Possibilities 2. Ignition module heating up and failing. Could be the cam shaft position sensor or crank (flywheel) sensor. .......This heat is hard on coils, transformers, computers.Temperatures are too high under the hood. Styling? running amok over common sense engineering... |
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- Posted by GoodOleBoy (My Page) on Mon, Aug 8, 05 at 2:02
| I had a nissan truck that diod the same thing. It was an egr valve but I never fixed it.The reason it would not restart is becuase the computer goes into "safe" mode and resets after 3-4 attempts. |
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- Posted by savithagopalan (My Page) on Mon, Aug 8, 05 at 16:24
| Hi Everyone Thanks very much for your inputs. As JemDandy suggested, it was the crank shaft position sensor. I came to know that Nissan had recalled some cars for this problem earlier. So the dealer fixed it for free! Thanks again |
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- Posted by PoohBear2767 (poohbear2767@despammed.com) on Mon, Aug 8, 05 at 23:38
| Glad you found out what it was. Just because the temp gauge reads normal is no guarantee. Pooh Bear |
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