Tl* the contact owns a 1994 nissan altima. While driving approximately 55 MPH, the vehicle stalled without warning. The vehicle was coasted to the side of the roadway and was restarted. The failure recurred and the vehicle was towed to the contact's residence. The dealer was not called. The vehicle was later towed to an independent mechanic where the distributor was replaced. The failure recurred and the vehicle was towed to the contact's residence, and then later towed back to the same independent mechanic. The failure was unable to be diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was made aware of the failure and stated that there were no recalls for the vehicle. The failure mileage was approximately 192,000.
1994 Nissan Altima: engine stalls while driving
5 of the 106 complaints about the 1994 Nissan Altima describe engine stalls while driving.
- owner complaints
- 5
- of this car's complaints
- 5%
- recalls
- 0
Is there a fix? 4 service bulletins cover this area of the car. See below
Engine stalls while driving by model year
What owners say
My car is a 1994 nissan altima 4 door with 107,000, and no previous mechanical issues ever. There are thousands of nissan owners out there experiencing this same issue, why has nissan done nothing to help? I feel this problem could become a safety hazard as the car randomly stalls in traffic. 1) there were no events leading up to this failure. The problem began about 7 days ago on april 19, 2010. 2) the failure is in the intake manifold gasket. The car shakes violently at idling (between 0-1rpm) and upon applying gas, trembles to get going. When ever car gets below 1rpm, it will begin to tremble again. The car is having a very difficult time starting as well as getting power to drive. The car stalls several times before it will start. This is the only problem with this car. 3) to correct this problem, I will replace the intake manifold gasket, which is in the area of $600-1000. I know that this issue is deep rooted because my car is up to date on tune-ups, oil changes, new spark plugs, everything else runs great until this problem occurred.
My 94 nissan altima shuts down while driving without any warning. The first time this has happened was sometime in april of 2004. While accelerating from a stop sign the car started jurking and the engine died. I started the car up again and kept on driving for about 1/2 a mile (I drove for about 10 miles prior to this car failure and than after the car was parked idle for about 5 hours I drove back home for 12 miles with no problems). While driving to school a couple of days later for about 8 miles I slowed down to take an exit of a highway and the car started jurking and the engine stalled out and died I restarted the car and drove for another 3 miles without any problems. The car was then parked for 7 hours while I was in school and I drove back home 12 miles with no problems. My brother in law decided to take the car to work and he had the same problem twice on two seperate days in about the same distance(8-10 miles). I drove the car to a mechanic but he could not duplicate the problem and was reluctent in trying to find the cause to the problem. Nevertheless, he replaced the distributor cap and the distributor rotor. I kept the car running in my parking lot and the problem continued. The car ran fine for 3 hours then the engine started jurking in between 2000rpm and 3000rpm and the engine died. I restarted the car and it ran for another 20min and it died again and would not restart for another several hours. I drove to different shops but no mechanic wanted to tackle the problem because the problem is hard to find. Some mechanics made suggestions on what might be wrong. So I replaced the fuel filter the fuel pump and the alternator and I still have the same problem. If you have any remedy for this problem please let me know.thanks. The manufacturer of the car is nissan motor corporation u.s.a gardena, califirnia. This manufacturer was not in the drop down menu.
While driving at 65 MPH vehicle stalled on the highway. Vehicle was towed to the dealer for analysis. The problem could not be duplicated.
While driving engine stalled out and died without warning. Dealer has been notified.
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Related recalls
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Questions about the 1994 Nissan Altima stalling
Is engine stalls while driving a common problem on the 1994 Nissan Altima?
5 of 106 owner complaints about the 1994 Nissan Altima (5%) mention engine stalls while driving. The model year with the most reports is 2003.
Is there a recall or service bulletin for this on the 1994 Nissan Altima?
There are 0 recalls and 4 service bulletins for the same area of the car. Check them below with your VIN.
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