Hello all

Im having a problem with my Maxima.

When I press down the gas pedal, all the way...the car revs but it does not accelerate at all

its not the transmission because it shifts gears without a problem at normal driving speeds and I have made it to 70 mph without an issue (shifted fine at normal speeds)

this problem occurs only when I step on the gas (floor it)....it doesnt matter what gear Im in...when I step on it, it revs and doesnt accelerate at all

what is the problem? how much will it run me?

any help will be appreciated.

thanks

 

Manual or auto?

 

automatic

 

How did you get up to 70MPH without stepping on the gas?

 

yeah how do you?

 

WHen I press the gas all the way down.....it doesnt go anywhere

When I drive normally it shifts fine...I just cant accelerate as fast as I should

ex: When Im driving to merge unto the highway, I press the gas all the way down (pedal to the floor)...it wont acccelerate

 

He means if he FLOORS it the car doesn't go.. if he gradually accelerates normally it does

I say Kickdown switch?

 

thank you...I guess I shouldve been more specific




my mechanic said that it might be the gas filter or TPS sensor....I just wanted a second opinion from you guys

 

BTW...there were no codes pulled when scanned

 

does the car rev up? did you check your throttle cables?

 

hey man whats up

(I was expecting you to come to our car audio meet a few weeks ago)


anyway, yes the car revs up fine....it just doesnt accelerate.

Ill check the cables

thanks

 

Automatic when floored = downshifts into a lower gear, revs that gear out and continues to the higher gear. POS AUTO

 

I had a similar issue with my 97 GXE.

What was happening was, regular driving, shifting up etc. all worked just fine and I did not notice any flare-up of the RPM. But when I was driving at say 75-80MPH at 5th gear and floored the gas pedal, instead of the car accelerating, I would see the tachometer flare up, settle down a few hundred RPM's and THAN it would have a gradual accleration. Almost like as if the acceleration was not linear.

BTW - my vehicle already had 134,000 miles on stock clutch and it was good time replace the clutch. So I had a clutch job done and also replaced the flywheel with Nissan OEM parts.

Everthing is fine. My vehicle is completely stock.

 

he has a Auto

Hmmm still thinking its the kickdown switch.. haven't got my haynes here to check the real detail.