Not shifting gears
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Asked by Juanita Feb 23, 2017 at 06:35 PM about the 2008 Nissan Sentra Base

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 2008 Nissan Sentra Base.  A few days ago I started
my car and the battery and brake light was on but I thought
I could make it to work.  A few miles down the road as I
was pressing the gas my car started slowing down until it
came to a stop.  My grandfather put a used battery in and I
put 3 quarts of oil in.  Driving back home the gears wouldn't
shift, the RPMs was between 2 and 3 and also making a
whining nosie and couldn't go over 50 mph without the
RPMs going into 3.  I hear people telling me my
transmission is slipping and other people are saying I need
a new alternator.  If you have any ideas or suggestions
please help me!

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Rowefast answered 7 years ago

You need to have the battery and the charging system checked once the battery has a full charge. It sounds like you may need both a battery and alternator. Just have these things tested to see if there bad or not.

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Rodney answered 6 years ago

I have a 1997 sentra automatic transmission that work good but I had to chang window switch that caught fire after that I noticed that the overdrive was not working also I change the alternator and every thing seem fine then I noticed that dash light come on and off when I push the switch but no change it was shifting form be for the fire on the window switch drivers side

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Rodney answered 6 years ago

What should I do to find power to the overdrive or a color of the overdrive wires

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