1994 Nissan Altima from North America - Comments

I have a 97 GXE and been plagued with issues. After rebuilding a transmission that has a known issue of eating up 2nd gear. I ran into the infamous idle shut downs. Here is the rundown: New distributor, new plugs, new ignition coil, new wires, new cam position sensor, new coolant temp sensor, new ECU, etc.

I will try and change the distributor transistor unit and let you know how it goes. Spent too much on this car.. Luckily I know enough to rebuild the engine and transmission, but not even the dealer knew what was wrong on so many issues. They will just try and change parts guessing and would have cost me major $$$ if I listened to them..

I purchased a new 1994 Nissan Altima 16 years ago. Besides normal maintenance items (brakes, exhaust, oil, filters, etc.), I have put in a new transmission, had some engine work done many years ago, and put in a new alternator last year.

Now for present day, I drove approximately 20 miles on Wednesday and everything was running as usual. Then Thursday afternoon, I got in my car to drive to the grocery store. Immediately upon turning the key and starting it up, it began running extremely rough. My Altima only has four cylinders, and it felt like only three were firing.

After reading all the above postings, I am bewildered. So many different things could cause this problem. My first thought was new spark plugs, but there are so many things that could have caused this problem.

I am disabled and my husband is still looking for work after being laid off last December. Performing expensive repairs is out of the question. After my husband puts in the new spark plugs (and if that is not the problem), is there a definite course of action that should be taken?

I have a '94 blue bird Altima, and when I'm in traffic, suddenly my radio would die. It's like I'm running out of batteries, but my batteries are new. I would step on gas and the radio would turn back on.. last night when I went home, I shut off the car, and this morning it won't start again.. I think my alternator has a problem, when I went to shop last week, they replaced the ROTOR... what could be the problem??

Also there is a noise like "farting" when I am changing gears. Where could this noise be coming from?? Please HELP... that's my only problem...

Please help me or email me at greaterremix@yahoo.com or add me sa ym ragnarok_onlineaddict33@yahoo.com..

Thanks in advance guys.. I'm only 17 years old.