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OK, sorry in advance if this post is a little long....
I got my 04 RL last weekend with 600 miles on it... I haven't owned a stick in 6 years (last one was an 86 Sentra) and haven't driven anyones in like 2 or 3... So there was a little getting back into it if you know what I mean...
So anyways, I am on 15/501 North in chapel hill this afternoon (about a mile south of the dealership that I bought mine from) sitting at a light. The light turns green, and I start to go... The car sputters out.... OK, so far no problem... I didn't think so, but maybe I let off the clutch too fast or something... But now I am having a hell of a time restarting it. Finally when I do, after 20 seconds or so, the car has like no power. By this time, I missed the red light cycle and I am now front row at the light. I take the car out of gear and I am sitting there waiting, and it sputters out on its own.
So, I am fighting to get it to start again. I do and now the engine is reving up to about 1700 or so and dipping to near 0 and recovering. So I give it gas.... A good amount, But it appears there is a new rev limiter at about 4000. I hold it at about 2500 to keep it from dying again. The light turns green, and there is no power. I manage to get it going, but whenever I go to third gear, it starts to struggle, and the SES light starts flashing. It goes off about 10 seconds after I drop it back into second...
So i limp in second to the dealership (2 more nail biting traffic lights) and I see my sales rep closing up shop. He had never seen this problem, and the service bay was closed, so he opened up the store and got me the keys to an Ion 3 coupe till next mon or tues, while they looked at mine.
When I got out of my car there was an odd smell, not quite brake dust, but something of that sort, but the reality is, that could be an enviormental thing, and I am imagining things.
Our dealership is at the top of a semi-steep hill, and I was truly afraid that the car couldn't climb it it 1st or 2nd gear. That is not the sort of power I am used to from my baby.
This just happened this evening, so I have no info as to what the problem is, but I wanted to know if anyone had any theories. My best theory is a bad tank of gas, I only use 93, but this last tank I got about 30 miles ago, and it was a generic (Sheetz), not the exxon or BP I usually opt for.
I will update this thread as I get more info as to what happened. Again sorry for the wordyness of it all. I tried to cut out all the superfulous (*sp) information.
***RL's rule, ricers drool!***
I got my 04 RL last weekend with 600 miles on it... I haven't owned a stick in 6 years (last one was an 86 Sentra) and haven't driven anyones in like 2 or 3... So there was a little getting back into it if you know what I mean...
So anyways, I am on 15/501 North in chapel hill this afternoon (about a mile south of the dealership that I bought mine from) sitting at a light. The light turns green, and I start to go... The car sputters out.... OK, so far no problem... I didn't think so, but maybe I let off the clutch too fast or something... But now I am having a hell of a time restarting it. Finally when I do, after 20 seconds or so, the car has like no power. By this time, I missed the red light cycle and I am now front row at the light. I take the car out of gear and I am sitting there waiting, and it sputters out on its own.
So, I am fighting to get it to start again. I do and now the engine is reving up to about 1700 or so and dipping to near 0 and recovering. So I give it gas.... A good amount, But it appears there is a new rev limiter at about 4000. I hold it at about 2500 to keep it from dying again. The light turns green, and there is no power. I manage to get it going, but whenever I go to third gear, it starts to struggle, and the SES light starts flashing. It goes off about 10 seconds after I drop it back into second...
So i limp in second to the dealership (2 more nail biting traffic lights) and I see my sales rep closing up shop. He had never seen this problem, and the service bay was closed, so he opened up the store and got me the keys to an Ion 3 coupe till next mon or tues, while they looked at mine.
When I got out of my car there was an odd smell, not quite brake dust, but something of that sort, but the reality is, that could be an enviormental thing, and I am imagining things.
Our dealership is at the top of a semi-steep hill, and I was truly afraid that the car couldn't climb it it 1st or 2nd gear. That is not the sort of power I am used to from my baby.
This just happened this evening, so I have no info as to what the problem is, but I wanted to know if anyone had any theories. My best theory is a bad tank of gas, I only use 93, but this last tank I got about 30 miles ago, and it was a generic (Sheetz), not the exxon or BP I usually opt for.
I will update this thread as I get more info as to what happened. Again sorry for the wordyness of it all. I tried to cut out all the superfulous (*sp) information.
***RL's rule, ricers drool!***