2011 Nissan Sentra jerking over 2.5 RPM

Asked by Monnml Sep 19, 2016 at 06:24 PM about the 2011 Nissan Sentra 2.0 SL

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

For about a month now my check engine light has been
going on and off , when I first checked it , it said mass air
flow sensor , I replaced that hoping to fix all the issues ,
well now my car is worse . When I'm driving every now
and the. My traction control wiLl turn off and not turn back
on when I press the button, when this happens , I can not
let my RPM go over 2.5 or it will jerk and slow my car
down as if I was pressing the break. Somebody
knowledgable about with this PLEASE HELP

6 Answers

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Check for codes even if u think it's the same one. Could be as simple as ur air filter.

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It's most definitely your camshaft positioning sensor Bank 1 I had the same problem. it has a bank 2 cam sensor also but I'm sure it's Bank One.

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So if there is someone who can help me here, I’m having the same issue. I’ll check for cracks. What’s the cost on the camshaft positioning bank 1 fix/replace?

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Ok so I see alot of people are having the same problem I had it as well I went thru every forum I could find and nothing helped until I took it a little deeper and thought a bit on my own and I came up with it had to be the throttle body at first I was going to replace the entire thing but mechanic wants 280 just to put it in I can do it myself but it has to be programmed sounds hard rite not really YouTube has a video of it and it's super easy I tried it and took my car on the highway and I'm now able to do well over 100 mph. Hope this helps out https://youtu.be/CR-AjHCslhs

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