[David]

In the case of our old Altima
We had a bad cruise control switch, brake pedal switch or maybe a pedal clutch switch. Some of the symptoms you mentioned happened. It turns out the switches at the pedals needed adjusting. They weren’t releasing properly. Once they were properly adjusted the problem went away.

[David]

Sounds like the ignition control module. My Nissan did that and stopped after changing that part.

[David]

I pumped my brakes and it worked until I came to a red light and slammed my brakes. One tire locked up the others didn’t so the car slid sideways. Very scary. Turned out it was the master cylinder, so it’s very important.

[David]

Thank you jjohnson1. Anyone know if it’s 180 f or 190 f for the thermostat?

[David]

Make sure you didn’t contaminate the pads with lubricant. Your supposed to lightly grease pins and back of pad. Some people put gobs on them and it gets to the pads and then you have squealing pads.

[David]

Thanks to you guys for the replies.

I bought the asin kit which includes belts, koyo tensioners, and springs. I’m trying to install it all, but since it’s an interference engine, I’m worried to mess up.

[David]

It’s the 2.2 or 2.3? 4 cylinder. No vtech. The 2 metal koyo bearing tensioners. One is for the long belt, the other smaller for the balancer.
They look like they are on top of each other? Just strange? How do you replace these 2?

[David]

Check the front end struts or shocks. Also check the top bearings condition on the strut.

[David]

Sometimes the wrong plugs will have the idle doing strange things, like low rpm.
A lot of cats have compatibility with plugs but if it starts acting weird, you might want to get oe plugs

[David]

I don’t know if you’ve found a vw specialist, you would need one to give you good advice. A lot of techs hate vws they are a pain.

[David]

If this has a distributor, maybe oil is getting in the contacts. Might need new trans computer, earlier model has a warm up mode-that might be going bad.
Transmission selonoid? Might be bad too.
Get a tranny scanner might help.

[David]

It can also be you have the wrong bulbs. It should have two filaments (one for low and one for high). Good luck.

[David]

Hopefully it’s a fuse or relay. It can also be the dreaded switch where the brake pedal is/ or a combination of cruise control switch ( above brake pedal switch). Those switches are literally a back pain to switch out.

[David]

I’d do a radiator pressurization test to see if any hose is leaking. Also see if the car is running high rpms (running hot).
Double check radiator reservoir hose is working good and not like a noodle (bad hose)

[David]

Trany dipstick has 2 dots. Fluid should be between 2.
After get correct fluid adjustment see of it helps? Sounds more like the torque converter.
You can take out trans speed sensors and clean gunk off the ends (metallic pieces) this might help
GL

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