I drove my car all day today. This evening I started it and the idle went up to around 1500 to 2000 rpm and floated up and down. I revved it and it went down. I put it in drive and drove off. The 1st gear stuck and then jerked into 2nd and then 3rd. While driving about 30mph I would tap the accelerator and the engine would rev but the car would not pick up unless I really punched it. I thought that maybe I was low on fluid so I added a quart. I can still feel the jerk but it's not as bad as before. On the highway the car feels uneasy but may just be my imagination. I've had two bad O2 sensors and an EGRC code for 2 months. I don't see how that would affect the shifting. It just started today. But I ain't no mechanic. Any ideas?

 

id say i hope this doesnt happen to my car anytime soon cause i cant afford a new tranny

 

i think you mean "uh-oh"

safe guess...your tranny is gone.
another safe guess. is you could do some serious damage with that thing in front of your rear license plate.

 

No...I mean "Oh Oh". I'm Filipino dude. Us asians can't pronounce "Uh" because it ends up sounding like "O".

I think I found out the problem. I adjusted my throttle cable too tight the day before. For some reason it affected how the tranny shifted. I noticed the hard shifts only happened 1)after I started the car 2) the car idled high after start. I loosened the cable and haven't had a prob since.

 

All is well again...maximas are so freakin reliable!