deano.langford
Lamingtonbro
Hey everyone! New comer here so go easy! First time posting and not the best mechanically minded! We all have different interests right?!
Had my 130k service done about a month ago.. included an alternator change out as well as I had a few fan belts eventually go after some chirping on and off for about a month.
Service done well! Alternator changed out.. worked great! Drove like a dream! Took it for about a 300km drive, check engine light came on (orange), so ferried it home. Called mobile mechanic out who did the service and change out. Did a load test on the battery (advised to change in the test), then ran diagnostics and found a glow plug fault had occurred in the past. Cleared the fault, retested and no active faults were present. Off we go.. happy days right?
Got the battery changed over for a new one. All good. After driving like a dream for a few days the handbrake light and battery light started illuminating on the dash
Intermittently for about 10-20 seconds then going off together. No trouble starting, no weird sounds, nothing out of the blue. Called mobile mechanic, more diagnostics and battery load testing. Found that the battery on the positive terminal side was only finger tight. (Surging power through the car or at least not a constant connection) Tightened up. No active faults in the diagnostic tools, happy days.
Rinse and repeat with the handbrake and battery light on the dash intermittently appearing at complete random times. Sometimes cold starts, sometimes after driving for a number of kms, sometimes when slowing down for traffic lights and even idling in the drive way. Load testing continued with no issues
We’ve now gone a few weeks with this occurring in the car although now I was having trouble starting the car as well. No problem with the car trying to turn over.. typically it was like the engine wouldn’t fire
On the weekend jsut gone I was sitting idling in my driveway and the car essentially stalled and cut out. I noticed the RPM dropping quickly as well as hearing it, then the engine turned off. Gave it a few mins to try and restart it.. dead. Turning over but not firing. Check the battery level with a load test, battery operational and fine
Same mechanic came out on Monday just gone.. yeah she was dead. Eventually after jump starting it and spraying something (assuming something combustible into the air filter (I think)) it fired and started. Drove into the drive way after parking in the street for 2 days. Had the alternator changed out, all the testing again, working fine.
Took the car to work the next morning, started fine. Drove it in the afternoon.. started on the third try with my foot on the accelerator. Had the car running at home yesterday afternoon (JUST started) and after about 2mins or idling the revs started to drop again. It didn’t cut out completely but there was a distinct drop in revs.. managed tk catch it on video!
Has anyone had this before?! The battery and handbrake light are not coming on anymore, I haven’t had the chance to drive it more than 20mins after having the alternator changed out on warranty
What could this be?! Could this be fuel filter related? Fuel pump maybe?
Any assistance would be appreciated!
Ps. I am taking the car to a Nissan dealer in the coming days for diagnostics
Had my 130k service done about a month ago.. included an alternator change out as well as I had a few fan belts eventually go after some chirping on and off for about a month.
Service done well! Alternator changed out.. worked great! Drove like a dream! Took it for about a 300km drive, check engine light came on (orange), so ferried it home. Called mobile mechanic out who did the service and change out. Did a load test on the battery (advised to change in the test), then ran diagnostics and found a glow plug fault had occurred in the past. Cleared the fault, retested and no active faults were present. Off we go.. happy days right?
Got the battery changed over for a new one. All good. After driving like a dream for a few days the handbrake light and battery light started illuminating on the dash
Intermittently for about 10-20 seconds then going off together. No trouble starting, no weird sounds, nothing out of the blue. Called mobile mechanic, more diagnostics and battery load testing. Found that the battery on the positive terminal side was only finger tight. (Surging power through the car or at least not a constant connection) Tightened up. No active faults in the diagnostic tools, happy days.
Rinse and repeat with the handbrake and battery light on the dash intermittently appearing at complete random times. Sometimes cold starts, sometimes after driving for a number of kms, sometimes when slowing down for traffic lights and even idling in the drive way. Load testing continued with no issues
We’ve now gone a few weeks with this occurring in the car although now I was having trouble starting the car as well. No problem with the car trying to turn over.. typically it was like the engine wouldn’t fire
On the weekend jsut gone I was sitting idling in my driveway and the car essentially stalled and cut out. I noticed the RPM dropping quickly as well as hearing it, then the engine turned off. Gave it a few mins to try and restart it.. dead. Turning over but not firing. Check the battery level with a load test, battery operational and fine
Same mechanic came out on Monday just gone.. yeah she was dead. Eventually after jump starting it and spraying something (assuming something combustible into the air filter (I think)) it fired and started. Drove into the drive way after parking in the street for 2 days. Had the alternator changed out, all the testing again, working fine.
Took the car to work the next morning, started fine. Drove it in the afternoon.. started on the third try with my foot on the accelerator. Had the car running at home yesterday afternoon (JUST started) and after about 2mins or idling the revs started to drop again. It didn’t cut out completely but there was a distinct drop in revs.. managed tk catch it on video!
Has anyone had this before?! The battery and handbrake light are not coming on anymore, I haven’t had the chance to drive it more than 20mins after having the alternator changed out on warranty
What could this be?! Could this be fuel filter related? Fuel pump maybe?
Any assistance would be appreciated!
Ps. I am taking the car to a Nissan dealer in the coming days for diagnostics
