I have a 2001 Max. I was wondering what kind of rpm's you guys are turning at 70mph... I kinda feel like mine might be working a little too hard at that speed compaired to what it has in the past. Any ideas...Car is still stock

 

Tranny type ASAP If it's auto, it might be slipping, also, what is your car doing @ that speed in top gear?

 

Yea, can't help you w/out knowing auto or manual. My 01 5spd at 70 is just under 3000rpm, btw.

 

Its a auto...my mistake.

Could it be an O/D problem?

 

is your RPM @

 

Okay here is a little more detail.

I used to run 70mph at around 2000rpm
now when I hit 70 im around 2500 to 2600rpms.

It just feels like its either not getting into 4th gear, or its not getting into O/D.

does that help? sorry im a dumba$$

is your problem? chill out

 

2000 RPM @ 70 is not an A33AT.

If anything, your OD isn't engaged. Is your OD light on?

My problem is threads like this that do not have enough information.

 

Mine is @ 2100 @ 60. My guess is that tehre is a problem with his OD, OR, he needs to turn his OD on.

 

drive the car to 75mph.. click OD button .. see if car shifts down into 3rd disengauging OD....

 

out of OD @75 =\ 3rd gear. but yes, that would be the right way to check if it is/is not engaging

 

I drive at 2,500 at 70mph.

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72 mph @ 2500 rpm

 

Actually, whenever the "OD" is not engaged, it is technically in 3rd.

In the case of the A32 & A33, 4th (OD) is activated by a button on the shifter.


Where the A33B is a gated shifter (1,2,3,4) which only presses the same micro switch as the OD button of the afore mentioned previous generations whenever going from 3rd to 4th.

 

My 01 maxima is at 2500 rpm in 5th gear.

 

+1, its fine

OP: Did you just recently have a major change in tire size? If so that might somewhat explain.

 

Even if you changed tire size, it's a mechanical relation so that wouldn't affect the speedometer reading. It would affect the 'true' speed, but not the reading on the speedometer.

 

70 @ 2500ish is completely normal for the 4at. And yes, it is shifting into 4th gear as the RPMs would be much higher in 3rd.


Honestly, if it was at 2000rpm at 70 then I would be a bit worried as the transmissions in our cars do not have a gear ratio that provides anything close to that.

 

my car used to do 50mph at 1500rpm then out of no where it started to do it at like 1700rpm so there is something going on right now....