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Car Forum / Nissan / Nissan Altima / October 2004Two 2003 Altimas won't start
Both of our daughters own Altima's and live in different cities. Both had their cars not restart after they started the engine from cold, drove the car for a minute and then shut off the engine. Neither car would restart after a couple hours for one and the other after 14 hours. The gas pedal was held to the floor with no help. They were both towed to the dealer and they said that the cars were flooded. Anyone know what is going on? It looks like it'll be a long time before I buy a Nissan. POS > Both of our daughters own Altima's and live in different cities. Both had > their cars not restart after they started the engine from cold, drove the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Anyone know what is going on? It looks like it'll be a long time before I > buy a Nissan. There is a bulletin that may help the problem. The bulletin says to replace the starter and reprogram the ECM. I have not seen the starter, but it may have less teeth or be geared to spin faster. > Both of our daughters own Altima's and live in different cities. Both had > their cars not restart after they started the engine from cold, drove the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Anyone know what is going on? It looks like it'll be a long time before I > buy a Nissan. As I understand it, you're not supposed to touch the gas pedal when starting with fuel injected cars... > Both of our daughters own Altima's and live in different cities. Both had > their cars not restart after they started the engine from cold, drove the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Anyone know what is going on? It looks like it'll be a long time before I > buy a Nissan. The gas pedal was held to the floor only after they realized the engine may be flooded. Initially, they kept their foot off the gas when restarting it. > As I understand it, you're not supposed to touch the gas pedal when starting > with fuel injected cars... [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > http://www.newsfeeds.com - The #1 Newsgroup Service in the World! > -----== Over 100,000 Newsgroups - 19 Different Servers! =----- i had the same problem with my '00 honda civic 4 years ago. one day i moved it from the street and parked it on the driveway, and i couldn't start it for the next day but then it started again no problem. i took it to the dealer and the mechanic told me it's normal for most japanese cars due to the way the fuel injector is designed, when you drove for a short time and shut it off there's not enough gas in the engine to start again or something. he told me to rev up the rpm to 3-4k for a few seconds before shutting off the engine to get some more gas in there if i have to drive it for a short distance. that happened like 2months after i got my civic. never had similar problem again since. right now if i really have to move my car for a block or less, i would rev up the rpm for 5-10 seconds before i shut it off. dean > Both of our daughters own Altima's and live in different cities. Both had > their cars not restart after they started the engine from cold, drove the [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > Anyone know what is going on? It looks like it'll be a long time before I > buy a Nissan. i have a 2003 altima with horror stories. 4000 miles old after moving it over in the driveway and not touching it the rest of the day it woulnt start. towed in. the dealership told me i burnt my fuel pump by turning my motor off before the engine came to an idle b.s. i knew better but the warranty covered it so we left it like that. then at 12000 miles old same situation when moving the car. i had it towed in again. that time the dealership told me it was my starter which was on back order. the whole time it was in the shop 13 days the back seat was out of my car. now im a woman but i know my starter is not under there my fuel pump is. now this weekend oct. 10, 2004 my car has 20,000 miles it did it again . this time the dealership told me that it was caused by moving the car a little bit and stopping it. that make the fuel pile up right there and it acts like its flooded. he told me that it can not be fixed just when it happens to press the gas 3/4 ways down and turn key until it starts. ive been thru a lot of cars 18 to be exact and i havent had to press the gas to start a car in a long time. help can i fight this. if i continue to do this to start my car im gonna pay a fortune in starters after my warranty. i hope this helps you or i hope you found answers since you wrote this |
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