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Re: Service Engine Soon Light [pooch505]
by zerr
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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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- #67 of 88
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Re: Newby with a question [chrisr007]
by zerr
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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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- #68 of 88
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Re: Newby with a question [zerr]
by langjie
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Dec 15, 2008 (8:40 am)
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Replying to: zerr (Dec 12, 2008 12:26 pm)
"If you are not a die hard Nissan Fan, then go with the Camry hybrid, it's worth the extra $."
I don't think I'd go that far. I think the NAH is great, though you have random issues sometimes. I think you should try out both before making a decision. Sometimes I think it might have been better to get a prius for the fuel efficiency, but I never get those thoughts with the TCH. Just thinking of the horrible unsupportive seats make me cringe.
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- #69 of 88
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Re: Newby with a question [langjie]
by zerr
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Jan 06, 2009 (11:07 pm)
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Replying to: langjie (Dec 15, 2008 8:40 am)
I have the same problem again with the misfiring 2 weeks ago. Took it back to the same dealer and left the car over night with the dealer to check the check engine light. The dealer found nothing wrong with the car. Took it back home, and the car seems to run ok. Today, the engine start to misfiring again!!! I just hope that the engine doesn't jump out of the bay while driving on a freeway. I am going to take it to another dealer to have it check again. I am going to ask Nissan Usa to extend the warrantee for this juvenile. This is the first bad nissan car that I've owned. I have an 84 datsun/nissan extended cap pickup since 86 and yes it still run without any problem. I had a maxima for 11 years, no problem there either. Trade the max for a Infinity q45, no problem with it either. Had the q45 for 5 years, and then trade it for the NAH. Oh did I mention that the passenger side air bag doen't function properly, and when I took the car in, the dealer couldn't find anything wrong with it. Same thing with the premature rear disc warping. Dealer pretended that it was normal for the disc to warp after 10k miles because it has something to do with the capturing of loss energy. What a Joke? My 84 nissan pick up has no warping disc for the past 22 years. I hope Nissan will step up to the plate and take care these problems soon. This could be my last Nissan car. The last Ford car I had was 22 years ago.
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Why is my nah engine keeps misfiring?
by zerr
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Jan 08, 2009 (9:21 pm)
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My engine misfiring again today while driving on a freeway. This car is not safe to drive on the freeway when it misfiring! The whole car vibrate like crazy. The engine misfiring almost installed the engine when my wife make a left turn on a on coming traffic. The service engine light blink for atleast 10 second when the engine misfiring. Left the car with the dealer tonight. Hope they find out what's wrong with it. I am calling ntsa tomorrow.
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- #71 of 88
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Re: Why is my nah engine keeps misfiring? [zerr]
by langjie
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Jan 09, 2009 (6:09 am)
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Replying to: zerr (Jan 08, 2009 9:21 pm)
if they don't figure it out, call nissan corporate
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- #72 of 88
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Re: Why is my nah engine keeps misfiring? [langjie]
by zerr
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Jan 09, 2009 (2:34 pm)
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Replying to: langjie (Jan 09, 2009 6:09 am)
I called and talked to nissan corporate gals today. THe first gal, name Maureen, was nice and understanding. She was the kind of gal that should be working for Lexus. A few hours later another gal, name Shannon, called me and talked to me. She said that there's nothing they could do to help until the dealer found out the problem. I've told her that the dealers, two local dealers, couldn't find what the problem was. The dealer just called me and told me that he couldn't find any code. Again, Shannon told me that there's nothing Nissan can do to help until the tech guys at the dealers found out what's wrong with the car. I told Shannon that
the intermittent misfiring is becoming a safty issue. The car almost stall in the middle of the street on an oncoming trafic when the engine misfire. Again she repeated her line. Oh well, I guess I just have to call nshta to see if they could help out. Oh by the way, I got the impression that Shannon is the opposite of Maureen.
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Engine misfiring
by zerr
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Jan 09, 2009 (2:42 pm)
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If any of you have this problem and the dealer cant help out, please call the nshta to let them know. It's becoming a safty issue. Imagine a left turn on oncoming traffic and you nah misfire and stall in the middle of the street. Imagin merging onto the freeway and your nah shake violently and going to stall in the middle of a freeway. It happened to me and my wife while driving our nah.
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- #74 of 88
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Re: Why is my nah engine keeps misfiring? [zerr]
by langjie
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Jan 12, 2009 (7:37 am)
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Replying to: zerr (Jan 09, 2009 2:34 pm)
when the car misfires, how long does it do it for? can you replicate it? If you could, I'd take a video of it happening. Good luck!
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- #75 of 88
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Re: Why is my nah engine keeps misfiring? [langjie]
by zerr
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Jan 13, 2009 (12:48 pm)
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Replying to: langjie (Jan 12, 2009 7:37 am)
It last for about 5 seconds. The check engine light will flash for about 5-10 sec then went off. The check engine light won't stay on. This is an intermintten misfiring. According to the service manager, if the engine light flashes, the computer should have recorded the misfiring. It recorded the first misfiring but not the other 3 times. Just wondering if there's a glitch in the computer system. I know that my wife and I are not seeing things. Well, I've left the car to the dealer to try to duplicate the problem for the next 2 days. They told me that they will let their master mechanics work on the car. . Thank you.
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