Originally Posted by dstanek

Just got a used 1995 altima gxe with 99,000 miles on it. It appears to be a clean well kep car but I do not know any of the car repair history on it.

Here's the problem: the first 3 weeks my daughter drove it no problems. Good zippy little car. Yesterday she reported it stalling. I went and drove and it seems to have issues while idling, where it will begin to hiccup and rough idle. Once in awhile while doing this it will kill. The car restarts easily and if you rev it up will idle smoothly for awhile but will return to rough idle and stalling. When driving I did notice a few hiccups when accelerating and going 35mph. Not many problems though when driving mostly just an idling issue. The rough idle can be made worse by turning on the lights and fan, as this puts strain on the engine?? This problem is fairly intermittent. I did take out one spark plug and it looked very clean. I took the cap off the distributor and the rotor looked good as did the contacts on the underside if the cap. I watched in the dark while it rough idled to see if I could see the spark plug cables arc or spark. Did not see anything there.

Also, no check engine light has ever come on (does this car have check engine light??)

Any idea on where I should look first at what is causing this. I know this car seems to have a history with stalling most of which looks to be related to sensors and valves. I guess I should haul it into the garage and have them look at it as it might just need a tuneup. I thought if I knew which direction to head it might save me and mechanic some grief.

thanks doug