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vibration in engine by tazdoc
Aug 27, 2008 (6:22 pm)
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Have any of you experience more vibration in engine than usual after driving it a while? I noticed that when the car is about 2.2K now. I did not recall the same experience in the beginning. Everything else including the EV works fine. I am going to bring it into the dealer for a check to see whether there is setting in the engine need adjustment.
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Re: vibration in engine [tazdoc] by langjie
Aug 28, 2008 (7:11 am)
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Replying to: tazdoc (Aug 27, 2008 6:22 pm)

more so when it's colder out
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Re: Altima (Do you like or not) [tazdoc] by occking
Aug 28, 2008 (11:47 am)
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Replying to: tazdoc (Jul 22, 2008 9:01 pm)

I am up to 17,500 miles now, 5 1/2 months. Car still runs fine, average 35 and 35.2 (actual, based on consumption) past few trips. Only change has been the trip computer, on the last two fill ups has shown even more of a discrepancy, 37.6 and 38.1.
 
Do mostly highway driving. Second NAH we also bought in March has only 2500 miles on it. Should be filling within a few days, trip computer says 39.6, I believe so actualy mpg once I fill it up probably around 36.5. That vehicle mostly suburban driving lots of short trips.
 
So, overall, pleased with mpg as slightly more than what sticker indicates.
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Service Engine Soon Light by pooch505
Sep 18, 2008 (2:44 am)
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Hi Everyone,
My "Service Engine Soon" light just came on with under 3000 miles. The car is running fine. I have no clue why it's on. If I knew a way to reset it I would try that and wait to see if it came on again. If so, I'd run it in to the dealer. I'm quite a ways away so it would be nice to be able to do a reset and see what happens. Anyone have a clue on how to do a reset on the "Service Engine Soon" light on a NAH ?
 
TIA.
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Re: Service Engine Soon Light [pooch505] by langjie
Sep 19, 2008 (12:09 pm)
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Replying to: pooch505 (Sep 18, 2008 2:44 am)

#1 thing to do, make sure your gas cap is on tightly
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Re: Service Engine Soon Light [langjie] by pooch505
Sep 19, 2008 (2:40 pm)
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Replying to: langjie (Sep 19, 2008 12:09 pm)

Thanks,
The 1st thing I did was to check my gas cap before I put up the post. Anyway I Googled "Service Engine Soon" light for NAH and found nothing. I did find a number of posts about disconneting the battery and reconnecting it for other cars. Well I decided to give it a try. My "Service Engine Soon" light is now off. It hasn't come back on today. I've used my car about 5 different times today. It's still off. Only thing that happened was the horn started beeping when I reconnected the battery and VDC light stayed on for a few miles. I think it just had a bad emissions burp. Anyway I disconnected the negative wire on the battery in the trunk on the right side inside that little door on the right about 1 foot in. Anyway this has worked for me and if it does come back on it's going into the dealer.
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Re: Service Engine Soon Light [pooch505] by langjie
Sep 22, 2008 (5:35 am)
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Replying to: pooch505 (Sep 19, 2008 2:40 pm)

if it does happen again....check the service engine soon code yourself....
 
http://www.supernissans.net/forums/2007-4th-gen-nissan-altima-faq/36-ses-procedu- re-2007-altimas.html
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Re: Service Engine Soon Light [langjie] by pooch505
Sep 22, 2008 (11:48 am)
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Replying to: langjie (Sep 22, 2008 5:35 am)

Thanks much langjie,
 
Was very interesting to read. I'll try that if it comes on again.
 
Have a great day.
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Re: Service Engine Soon Light [pooch505] by zerr
Dec 12, 2008 (12:11 pm)
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Replying to: pooch505 (Sep 18, 2008 2:44 am)

Have the dealer check for code. I have the same problem at 32k miles. It turns out that the engine was misfiring on cylinder #2 and the spark plug was covering with black soot. They have to order a nismo spark plug to replace the old one. Good luck. Luck is what we all going to need on this vehical.
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Re: Newby with a question [chrisr007] by zerr
Dec 12, 2008 (12:26 pm)
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Replying to: chrisr007 (Feb 10, 2008 7:33 pm)

1. Yes, the engine will shut off smoothly most of the time when come to a stop.
2. The car runs solely on battery up to 39-41 mph given that you crawl the car up to that speed with plenty of juice in the batter pack. The engine kicks in when you accelerate or when you are low on the battery pack.
3. The transition between gas and electric engine can be a bit rough once in a while, otherwise, it's pretty smooth.
 
If you are not a die hard Nissan Fan, then go with the Camry hybrid, it's worth the extra $.

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