car not wanting to move very easy

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Asked by Alex Sep 19, 2009 at 10:36 PM about the Nissan 240SX

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

when i tried to drive the car it dies when trying to take off in 1st or reverse if i rev it up to 5000rpms it barely makes it to10 mph so i dont know whats going on

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Alex answered 14 years ago

the breaks where locked up got them lossend and it still did the same thing but the trans has 187k never has been rebuilt but if it is toast, i have a second trans

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Matthew answered 14 years ago

on craigs list they sell sr20 trannys for around $250-$300 with around 50k-60k on them. Seems cheaper than a rebuild to me.

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Mike answered 14 years ago

does the car sound deeper than it did before? could just be a coilpack..

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Dale answered 14 years ago

check all your injectors and make sure they are plugged in, and that your maf sensor is working, then go from there.

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