sandmansans
Veteran Member
Hi all!
It's been a while since I've posted, reason being is that I did the buy back. However no worries as that wasn't my first vw not will be my last.
I recently embarked upon a random possibly profitable project. I got a 2010 Nissan Altima pretty much for free.
My buddy who's not car/mechanically owned it. The car basically does not drive. For those of you who don't know, Nissan uses a cvt transmission that is put together with chewing gum and already broken chopsticks. Okay this is slightly exaggerating how crappy these trans are, but seriously their cvt issues make the V10 TDI look like a Toyota 22re reliable, that's how bad they are.
My plans are to fix this cvt issue and then sell the car. Apart from the trans, the car is real nice! I am genuinely impressed by the overall feel, fit/finish and features in comparison to it's German counterparts, that is apart from the power train which is the most important aspect of any car.
I guess I should get to my question(s):
1. Does anyone on here have any suggestions as to the best forum to join? In other words, is there the equivalent to the TDI club for Nissan's?
2. Does anyone care to impart some knowledge regarding the rabbit hole I've just placed myself in? Lol.
The searching that I've done had yielded several things. The first being is that the CVT issue is notorious. Not a matter of if, but rather when it will fail. I have also noticed that despite multiple forums and posts I've seen few that have the level of detail and forum member involvement with regard to repair, in comparison to tdiclub/rosstech and pretty much any other vw specific forum.
For those of you that might have some Nissan knowledge that you can share with me, here's some additional info:
The car doesn't show any codes. That said I've not scanned it yet to see if any are hidden/pending.
When the issue first presented itself, the previous owner stated that the car just lurched a few times and would not move forward. He took it to a shop, shop claims that they added fluid and did nothing to fix the issue.
Since taking ownership of it a few days ago, I was able to get it moving under its own power. Initially from a stop, power was severely restricted then once up to 5 mph she picked up speed but with significant lurching which eventually smoothed itself out. This is the extent of diagnosis I've done with the car.
I'm not familiar with cvt in a car but I've owned ATV with them. It almost seems like a slipping belt...but from what I've searched and seen doesn't seem to be the culprit for most. Most of the issues are simply resolved by a complete trans job and the few that have actually done diagnosis rather than just throwing money, state that it's the valve body, pump or selenoid. I've not found any showing the belt as the culprit.
I am lucky enough to live near a pick and pull with thousands of vehicles in inventory. A quick look shows they have 12 altimas on the lot. I can at a low cost pull whatever I need, obviously id only pull from a crashed vehicle.
This post is lengthy but I figured I'd give it a shot, considering how knowledgeable some of you are on here!
Who knows, maybe I yield enough profit to find myself in another TDI!
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It's been a while since I've posted, reason being is that I did the buy back. However no worries as that wasn't my first vw not will be my last.
I recently embarked upon a random possibly profitable project. I got a 2010 Nissan Altima pretty much for free.
My buddy who's not car/mechanically owned it. The car basically does not drive. For those of you who don't know, Nissan uses a cvt transmission that is put together with chewing gum and already broken chopsticks. Okay this is slightly exaggerating how crappy these trans are, but seriously their cvt issues make the V10 TDI look like a Toyota 22re reliable, that's how bad they are.
My plans are to fix this cvt issue and then sell the car. Apart from the trans, the car is real nice! I am genuinely impressed by the overall feel, fit/finish and features in comparison to it's German counterparts, that is apart from the power train which is the most important aspect of any car.
I guess I should get to my question(s):
1. Does anyone on here have any suggestions as to the best forum to join? In other words, is there the equivalent to the TDI club for Nissan's?
2. Does anyone care to impart some knowledge regarding the rabbit hole I've just placed myself in? Lol.
The searching that I've done had yielded several things. The first being is that the CVT issue is notorious. Not a matter of if, but rather when it will fail. I have also noticed that despite multiple forums and posts I've seen few that have the level of detail and forum member involvement with regard to repair, in comparison to tdiclub/rosstech and pretty much any other vw specific forum.
For those of you that might have some Nissan knowledge that you can share with me, here's some additional info:
The car doesn't show any codes. That said I've not scanned it yet to see if any are hidden/pending.
When the issue first presented itself, the previous owner stated that the car just lurched a few times and would not move forward. He took it to a shop, shop claims that they added fluid and did nothing to fix the issue.
Since taking ownership of it a few days ago, I was able to get it moving under its own power. Initially from a stop, power was severely restricted then once up to 5 mph she picked up speed but with significant lurching which eventually smoothed itself out. This is the extent of diagnosis I've done with the car.
I'm not familiar with cvt in a car but I've owned ATV with them. It almost seems like a slipping belt...but from what I've searched and seen doesn't seem to be the culprit for most. Most of the issues are simply resolved by a complete trans job and the few that have actually done diagnosis rather than just throwing money, state that it's the valve body, pump or selenoid. I've not found any showing the belt as the culprit.
I am lucky enough to live near a pick and pull with thousands of vehicles in inventory. A quick look shows they have 12 altimas on the lot. I can at a low cost pull whatever I need, obviously id only pull from a crashed vehicle.
This post is lengthy but I figured I'd give it a shot, considering how knowledgeable some of you are on here!
Who knows, maybe I yield enough profit to find myself in another TDI!
Sent from my moto x4 using Tapatalk