2000 maxima 5spd high rpm problem

russellwc1 · Apr 26th, 2007, 01:36 PM

I recently bought a 2000 maxima 5spd. I noticed that when I am on the highway in 5th gear the RPMs seem a little high. If I am going around 75mph the tachometer is at about 3700rpms. I am not sure if this is normal or if something needs to be fixed on my car.
-Thank You

mf05ser · Apr 28th, 2007, 02:42 PM

Are you sure youre not in 3rd?

russellwc1 · Apr 28th, 2007, 04:21 PM

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Originally Posted by mf05ser

Are you sure youre not in 3rd?

Im in 5th gear at 75mph its more at 3300rpms

brianw · May 2nd, 2007, 01:20 PM

IIRC they're geared so 5th gear is about 2500rpm @ 65mph (or was it 60mph?), so 3300rpm @ 75mph would sound about right.

Have you bothered to calculate the gearing with actual vehicle speed? I'd do it now but I'm too lazy to google all the figures.