Automatic Transmission:

Like when I'm entering the freeway, I punch the gas, and it takes a few seconds to actually kick in. I checked my throttle cable, and that's tight(with very little play). What other possibilities could there be?

 

it could be everyones best friend the knock sensor. if this happens when u gun it off the line and it hesitates for a little. but i could just be your transmission automatics suck like that

 

Possibly. It only happens once in a while. It kind of ticks me off, not a real big deal, but when I need to get up and go, it sure helps. It doesn't happen all the time, but I'll check on that. Thanks.

 

hey man no problem

 

my problem is ill stomp the as and the rpm's would jump up but there would be a lil pause before the car pics up. from what everyone has told me is that its the normal lag of our trannys. could be your knock sensor too, who knows...... did u check for codes?

 

remedy: 5-spd swap

 

I think it's the normal lag of our auto trannies... I was reading on 4th gen Maximas on um... consumerreports.com? One of those sites, anyways... anyhow, it was talking about how a common problem was bad material on the auto tranny clutch plate or something, which caused slippage on hard shifts and such.

On the other hand, I don't really know what I'm talking about, so...

 

it's a knock sensor problem.

read here for more info >> http://forums.maxima.org/showpost.ph...3&postcount=42

 

You should change your knock sensor. I just changed mine yesterday and the car feels alot more perky now.

 

Okay, thanks for the replies ya'll. Is it hard to change the KS?

 

nope u will just ge a bloody hand lol and hey if its not the knock sensor i could be your tranny my old car had the exect problem, it could be the servos need to be replaced and its a pain in the a$$ cross you fingers that its the knock sensor man

 

Sorry guys, but it is silly to be telling a guy to go changing $100 sensors without him even checking for codes first. If there is no code, he should still check the resistance of his sensor before replacing it. What he describes seems like either a normal automatic or a hesitation problem. Not a knock sensor issue at all.

Stop with the bad info.

 

it's a normal thing for an auto... as DpG $h0rTeE said 5-speed swap is the remedy, if you want to get up and go...

btw: mine is automatic

 

I'm not sure what speed you're moving at when you 'punch it', but if you have overdrive turned on, try turning it off when you're about to start kicking it into highway speed. You're lag might be caused by your tranny not being able to drop down into 3rd quickly and consistantly. I've got a similiar problem, so to guarantee that I can accelerate to highway speed every time, I turn off overdrive while accelerating, then turn it back on for cruising.

 

auto tranny. it has to it has to rev, synchonize and shift. it takes longer than a 5 speed. in most auto trannies, you will experience this.

sometimes, if your going slow and your tranny decides no to downshift at all. there will be lag casue you have an auto trying to accell from 1.5k rmp or something.

knock may help, but you wil always have the auto's downshifting lag no matter what.

 

welcome to the world of auto maximas...just about all of them do that. If you have some kind of intake (pop charger, cone filter) it's worse.