Hey everyone, I hope this message finds you well.
The other day, my 2007 1.8 automatic started stuttering. My usual mechanic was out of the country, so I took it to another shop. They hooked up the car to a scanner and said it was coil #3 . $155 for the coil, $70 for plugging in the scanner and $70 in labor later, the problem was solved.
2 days later the problem started again. This time my usual mechanic was in. I told him what had happened and he came home to try to fix it. The first thing he told me is they had screwed me with the coil price, but they had at least actually changed it. This time it was coil #2 , but he looked a little further and found a rubber gasket on one of the 3 computer hook ups to be broken and it was starting to show some corrosion. He cleaned it up and found a few pins were starting to corrode. He took the computer to a local computer shop. They opened it up, made sure the corrosion had not been running through inside of the computer. They further cleaned it up, tested it and said everything should be fine. The mechanic came back and tested the car, but it was still stuttering, so he changed coil #2 , like the scanner said. He only charged me $220, $100 for the computer shop, $60 for the coil and the rest for his labor. Though I was pretty confident this would solve the problem. Two days later, the car started stuttering again. I haven't gotten it to the scanner yet, but I'm guessing it will be coil #1 or #4 . My WAG is #1 , though it may be one of the new coils. However, something is ruining my car's coils and 2 mechanics haven't found out what it is.
Now, before I go directly to Nissan and get charged ungodly amounts of $ for just coming into the shop, has anyone had a similar issue?
BTW, I asked my usual mechanic to change the spark plugs, since he had already had to take the intake plenum out to get to the coil and the car is close to 70k miles. He went to buy them and called me to say each plug costs $20, since they are apparently iridium plugs. I then asked that he just change them if he thought it was necessary. He said they should be fine. Does anyone know about iridium plugs on the MR18? I mean, I trust this mechanic, but $80 for plugs on an entry level econobox sounds like a terrible thing for Nissan to do. I've always thought much higher of them.
Anyway, sorry for the long post. I appreciate any info.
The other day, my 2007 1.8 automatic started stuttering. My usual mechanic was out of the country, so I took it to another shop. They hooked up the car to a scanner and said it was coil #3 . $155 for the coil, $70 for plugging in the scanner and $70 in labor later, the problem was solved.
2 days later the problem started again. This time my usual mechanic was in. I told him what had happened and he came home to try to fix it. The first thing he told me is they had screwed me with the coil price, but they had at least actually changed it. This time it was coil #2 , but he looked a little further and found a rubber gasket on one of the 3 computer hook ups to be broken and it was starting to show some corrosion. He cleaned it up and found a few pins were starting to corrode. He took the computer to a local computer shop. They opened it up, made sure the corrosion had not been running through inside of the computer. They further cleaned it up, tested it and said everything should be fine. The mechanic came back and tested the car, but it was still stuttering, so he changed coil #2 , like the scanner said. He only charged me $220, $100 for the computer shop, $60 for the coil and the rest for his labor. Though I was pretty confident this would solve the problem. Two days later, the car started stuttering again. I haven't gotten it to the scanner yet, but I'm guessing it will be coil #1 or #4 . My WAG is #1 , though it may be one of the new coils. However, something is ruining my car's coils and 2 mechanics haven't found out what it is.
Now, before I go directly to Nissan and get charged ungodly amounts of $ for just coming into the shop, has anyone had a similar issue?
BTW, I asked my usual mechanic to change the spark plugs, since he had already had to take the intake plenum out to get to the coil and the car is close to 70k miles. He went to buy them and called me to say each plug costs $20, since they are apparently iridium plugs. I then asked that he just change them if he thought it was necessary. He said they should be fine. Does anyone know about iridium plugs on the MR18? I mean, I trust this mechanic, but $80 for plugs on an entry level econobox sounds like a terrible thing for Nissan to do. I've always thought much higher of them.
Anyway, sorry for the long post. I appreciate any info.
