Hi All,
I'm a newbie to the forum and don't know that much about cars. I'm a grad student with limited funds and would appreciate any help or insight people can provide before I take my car to a mechanic....
I have a stock 2006 Nissan Sentra 1.8
8 months ago it began having problems starting. I would turn the key once and it would try to start, but never turned over. One the second turn it would turn over after 6-7 seconds.
Starting last week the car has this problem everyday. It can occur any time of day (cold start in the am, after an hour of driving etc..). The only pattern I've noticed is that it tends to do it more when the car is parked on a slope. Whether, incline or decline, it has a much more difficult time starting on hills.
When it first started having this problem Advanced auto ran a diagnosis and said the battery and starter are fine.... That was 6 months ago. The starting problems have worsened but I haven't been able to take it back to Advanced for another analysis. I'm going to do that next week, but in the mean time, if anyone can help me I would really really appreciate it!!!
Thanks!
I'm a newbie to the forum and don't know that much about cars. I'm a grad student with limited funds and would appreciate any help or insight people can provide before I take my car to a mechanic....
I have a stock 2006 Nissan Sentra 1.8
8 months ago it began having problems starting. I would turn the key once and it would try to start, but never turned over. One the second turn it would turn over after 6-7 seconds.
Starting last week the car has this problem everyday. It can occur any time of day (cold start in the am, after an hour of driving etc..). The only pattern I've noticed is that it tends to do it more when the car is parked on a slope. Whether, incline or decline, it has a much more difficult time starting on hills.
When it first started having this problem Advanced auto ran a diagnosis and said the battery and starter are fine.... That was 6 months ago. The starting problems have worsened but I haven't been able to take it back to Advanced for another analysis. I'm going to do that next week, but in the mean time, if anyone can help me I would really really appreciate it!!!
Thanks!