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Originally Posted by cpayne5
A bunch of different things could cause this behavior. Take it somewhere (places like Autozone will do it for free) and have them read the code. The code will get you in the vicinity of what is wrong, and you can go from there.
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This is good advice here. My dad has a code reader that I've had to borrow for my Nissan a couple of times. It's really easy to use. Just plug it in, the reader spits out a code, then plug the reader into your computer (of course you have to install the code reader software on your computer first) and it will tell you what the code is, and tell you the exact part that needs replacing. I would NOT take it to the Nissan place, because they will jack you up in regards to charges. When my alternator went out on the Nissan, they were going to wind up charging me almost a thousand dollars just to "search" for the problem. They had already charged me $300 just for hooking it up to their computer system (which tells me they already knew what the problem was, they were just trying to do more stuff to charge me money.) So, I used Dad's code reader, and $145 later and a new alternator, my car was fixed.