20 Most Recent 1996 Nissan Altima - Page 4 Questions & Answers

You can also have a leak around one of the tail lights, or the rear window seal.You may need the help of a good body shop to find the problem.

check gas in tank,fuel filter,fuel pomp,battery conection.

You need struts and a 4 wheel alignment. Sounds like a control arm in the back bent, or worn

Could be a dirty throttle body, vac leak, or a defective idle air control valve. The computer adjusts idle speed by controlling the amount of air entering the throttle body via the control valve.Is the check engine light on ?

REPLACE YOUR DRIVER SIDE DOOR LOCK MOTOR BEFORE YOU REPLACE IT DISCONECT IT FROM ELECTRICAL CONECTOR TRY LOCKING CAR IF IT WORKS THEN REPLACE THE LOCKING MOTOR LET ME KNOW MABY I CAN HELP IF YOU NEED ME TWO OK

Some thing has broke in the mechinism, You will have to take it to a shop to be check out, Becuase they have to take off the steering wheel end dissable the air bag, To see what happen to it,

Hi Bob, Wait until the engine is completely cold. (Over night is good). Drain the radiator and then look at it, identifying the top radiator hose. Follow it to where it joins the engine. and there you will see a domed housing held in position by three bolts. Remove those and lift the housing where you will find the thermostat. As you have forgotten to mention what engine is fitted into your vehicle it is difficult to be very specific with directions. Some Nissan engines are fitted with bleeding systems for the cooling system. You will need to look and identify anything with a label which states "Do not open when hot.' The bleeding nipple will be above the height of the top tank of the radiator. If you find one, it means the system needs bleeding of all air. Remove the rad cap and loosen the bleed screw until coolant flows from it in a small stream. Fill the required amount of coolant/anti freeze and top off with water and keep it flowing until all air bubbles are expelled from the bleed screw and then close the nipple. If yours is a system which needs bleeding the bleeder on Nissan's is often situated on the surge tank ontop of the intake manifold. Regards John

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The following are the general instructions on the start of diagnosing any electronically controlled engine or transmission problem.

The engine and the automatic transmission (transmission control is only for automatics, engine is still computer controlled no matter the transmission type) in this vehicle are computer controlled and in most cases when a fault occurs a fault code is stored in the memory of the computer control module. There are exception to this, such as the Mass Airflow Meter and fuel pressure problems. What must be done is to have all the basic testing done such as a scan of the system for fault codes as well as a check with a live data scanner tool for engine functions that are not within range of normal, a trained technician is required to know what is correct and what isn't, then based on careful diagnostics done from a factory repair manual the correct part is replaced or the wiring repaired or the computer replaced (known as the PCM), which is very rarely the problem. Other basic checks must be done as well such as mechanical problems with the engine as well as engine state of tune and mileage on the engine. The transmission can have mechanical issues as well such as no gear engagement at all or a failed pump or other pressure related problems.

Have you checked Fuel Pressure with a gauge?Is the Exhaust Converter on there for 17 years & blocked?Gas Filter clogged?Does it have a timing belt that could have jumped some teeth?If you have injectors for each cylinder,have you mailed themoff to be utrasonic cleaned?

Very good...you may have it or have the ignition switch testes. Have seen the switch where the key goes go bad.....

Need to clarify as there could be a hundred things that are wrong to where it won't start. What does it do, is there any smells or actions etc.

check whether you might have a catalyst problem,1. doesn't idle as no emissions let out of the exhaust system,2. doesn't accelerate as the engine is pressurized as no released emission. Try to check by requesting somebody to accelerate as steady and you check through the end of your exhaust pipe if the emission outlet sound is loud enough or if is like weak sound.if is the second result surely your cat is the problem as also you receive a smell of a rotten egg as well.