Posted: Oct 24 2006 at 1:20pm | IP Logged

I have a 2001 Nissan Frontier XE 2WD.  It does the strangest thing in the middle of driving down the highway.  The dash board completely shuts down and the truck starts to sputter really bad.  When you press the gas nothing happens maybe a little sputtering.  It seems to be okay if you lightly press on the gas as long as the car doesnt exceed what seems to be 30 mph. 

I have no engine lights, low fluids, or lack of gas.  Does anyone have any suggestions???  Anything would be helpful.

Posted: Oct 25 2006 at 1:07am | IP Logged

..

Sputter;

Welcome to the group!

... Check the air and fuel filters first. The fuel pump may be going soft and not putting out the correct pressure. A partially plugged catalytic converter or a kinked exhaust pipe can also cause such things.

Good luck with it!

Have a good one and  CUL.. Don S..

Posted: Oct 25 2006 at 12:07pm | IP Logged

May be loosing power to the ecm, just happens at that speed. fuel filter would be wise to check as well, as previously stated.

Posted: Oct 25 2006 at 4:21pm | IP Logged

I took my car to the dealer and referenced some of the things you guys mentioned.  They said if the pump, filter, lines, or converter were the problem it would happen frequently.  Since they were unable to reproduce the problem they say it is electrical something behind the dash.  Not believing that is the problem I am not sure what else to do.

Any suggestions?

Thank you

Sputter

Posted: Oct 26 2006 at 11:27am | IP Logged

The dealer said it maybe a circuit board behind the dash causing the problems..My problem is the $500 cost on a hunch and the fact it is not covered under my warrenty.

Does this sound right to anyone?

Posted: Oct 30 2006 at 4:04pm | IP Logged

 That would fall in the e c m category, one other thing to check is for a dead range in the distributor(unlikely but possible). Would have the dealer you took it to explain in detail what they think it may be, if there was a engine miss or sputter the event recorder should have logged it. so if no codes you may be loosing current to the e c m.

Posted: Nov 06 2006 at 12:43pm | IP Logged

sputter wrote: FYI  It was indeed the circuit board behind the dash.  I had them replace it last week and everything has been working fine.  Thank you for your help.  I just wish one of you owned a shop in NJ that would have fixed it for less.

sputter;

... Thanks for posting the out come and the fix!

Have a good one, and CUL.. Don S..