1999 Nissan Altima

1999 NISSAN ALTIMA
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SHANNONARM
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Transmission problem
1999 Nissan Altima 4 cyl Automatic

car drives in D,1,2,3 when put in R it only reves and will not move. jacked car off ground and shift to R and still on reved put in nuetral and wheels turned as if in D,1,2,3 took shift cable loose at transmission same response. Put cable back. Do I have a shift cable problem or transmission problem . the problem began on Monday 05-31-2010 no problem prior to this date.
Jun 1, 2010 at 11:35 PM
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MHPAUTOS
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Hi there,

I would be thinking that there is a transmission problem. the rotation in N is normal this is just a bit of torque feeding down the drive line, i would check that there are no transmission codes in the ECU first, start here.

Mark (mhpautos)
Jun 2, 2010 at 2:19 AM
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