What could cause my car running rough and having a cyclometer 3 misfire?

Asked by Bones1323 Dec 13, 2020 at 10:52 PM about the 2006 Nissan Sentra 1.8

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

Every few months, especially if my car sat without
driving it for a few days, it runs very rough shaking
a lot and when I give it gas it doesn’t want to go. I
replaced the crank shaft sensor twice, cam shaft
sensor, spark plugs, cleaned the throttle body and
other oarts involved with the throttle body, used fuel
injector cleaner and everything was fine for a few
months. Problems again and code came for crank
shaft. Replaced it again. No problems. Still every so
often car runs rough and now a misfire happened in
cylinder 3z this happened a year ago but all I
previously did seemed to fix that issue. Any ideas?

1 Answer

4,695

Could be a bad coil. Swap cylinder 3 coil to another cylinder like 4,1 or cylinder 2. See if the misfire follows. If it does then cylinder 3 coil is bad.

1 people found this helpful.

Your Answer:

Own this car?

Share your experience with others.

2006 Nissan Sentra

Review another car

CarGurus Experts

  • #1
    Doran Harney
    Reputation
    2,980
  • #2
    L_R
    Reputation
    2,900
  • #3
    GuruLK5L9
    Reputation
    1,490
View All

Know more, shop wisely

Search

Related Models For Sale

Used Nissan Altima
1,268 Great Deals out of 37,222 listings starting at $700
Used Honda Civic
1,333 Great Deals out of 29,658 listings starting at $1,571
Used Toyota Corolla
1,556 Great Deals out of 24,231 listings starting at $1,322
Used Toyota Camry
2,110 Great Deals out of 37,893 listings starting at $700
Used Honda Accord
1,466 Great Deals out of 29,736 listings starting at $1,075
Used Nissan Versa
380 Great Deals out of 11,401 listings starting at $1,028
Used Hyundai Elantra
926 Great Deals out of 25,908 listings starting at $1,500
Used Nissan Maxima
247 Great Deals out of 3,470 listings starting at $2,500
Used Mazda MAZDA3
517 Great Deals out of 11,983 listings starting at $2,200
Used Volkswagen Jetta
698 Great Deals out of 15,987 listings starting at $1,500
Used Hyundai Sonata
805 Great Deals out of 17,443 listings starting at $950
Used Chevrolet Malibu
920 Great Deals out of 20,444 listings starting at $1,995

Used Cars for Sale

2024 Nissan Sentra For Sale
23 Great Deals out of 31,820 listings starting at $17,995
2023 Nissan Sentra For Sale
164 Great Deals out of 1,482 listings starting at $16,180
2022 Nissan Sentra For Sale
109 Great Deals out of 1,525 listings starting at $13,085
2021 Nissan Sentra For Sale
110 Great Deals out of 2,161 listings starting at $11,499
2020 Nissan Sentra For Sale
81 Great Deals out of 1,190 listings starting at $8,995

Content submitted by Users is not endorsed by CarGurus, does not express the opinions of CarGurus, and should not be considered reviewed, screened, or approved by CarGurus. Please refer to CarGurus Terms of Use. Content will be removed if CarGurus becomes aware that it violates our policies.