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I recently bought a used 1993 Maxima.

When you put the car into Drive, it takes a few seconds to catch, it doesn't catch right away.

The car also stalls, while driving.

Three days ago, I lost reverse. Reverse is Neutral and Neutral is 1st Gear.

What could be causing? Is the transmission going out? Or what could the problem be?

 

The catching problem is a worn shifter bushing, its a cheap part. Is your car an se or gxe? If its an se the stalling could be a bad ignition coil. It could also be related to the MAF or TPS.

 

It's a SE.

 

I had the stalling problem too, where it would just cut out for a second or two while driving. All I did was unplug the MAF harness from the sensor and smash down the female connectors a bit so it would fit tighter.

 

sounds like your shifter bushing need to be replaced. There are two of them, they usually break then fall off. So there will be a lot of play in the tranny cable. when driving the car can easily fall out of gear. One is located above a heat shield thats above the cat. convertor. The other is loated where the cable meets the tranny.

You should also replace the tranny fluid.

 

Its neither one of the bushings. what else could it be? what happens when the torque converter breaks?