2007 murano sl...does anyone lese have this problem?
2007 murano sl...does anyone lese have this problem?
when my car is downshifting st around 20 mph...I'll coast with my foot on the gas and I can feel the car sowing down almost like a force is holding it back and then it kinda jets or spurts back into a glide at a quicker pace. My car kinda "sputters". This usually happens in traffic or local stret driving. ANYONE alse have this problem? thanks-
Re: 2007 murano sl...does anyone lese have this problem? (zimsui)
I haven't noticed that happening to mine.
Re: 2007 murano sl...does anyone lese have this problem? (zimsui)
dOES YOUR CAR HAVE A CVT TRANSMISSION ON IT ? IF SO I BELEIVE IT HAS SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT, MINE DOES THE SAME THING WITH MY 07 SL AND MY 07 SENTRA.
Re: 2007 murano sl...does anyone lese have this problem? (zimsui)
I have a 2007 Murano S, and I also noticed the car did this during the test drive. After reading the user and service manuals, here is my guess as to what happens:
Somewhere in the manual, I don't remember where, it states that the murano will use engine braking to slow the car down in certain situations. Basically, when you take your foot off the gas, the car stays in gear and uses the resistance from the engine to slow the car down. This makes it so that you don't have to brake as hard when slowing down, especially when going down hills/etc, and will also help you stop more quickly. However, eventually the car must disengage the transmission or else the car would die when it comes to a stop. The "force" holding the car back you spoke of below was actually the engine/gears. The spurt you speak of is when the engine disengages. In my murano, it seems to happen right around 20 mph. To compensate, you just have to drive your car and learn to anticipate when it will disengage and apply slightly more braking force when it does.
Again, this is just my guess/opinion, but, having driven a manual transmission pretty much since I became driving age, and using the transmission on that car to engine brake, it feels exactly like what is happening on the murano.
-Austen
Somewhere in the manual, I don't remember where, it states that the murano will use engine braking to slow the car down in certain situations. Basically, when you take your foot off the gas, the car stays in gear and uses the resistance from the engine to slow the car down. This makes it so that you don't have to brake as hard when slowing down, especially when going down hills/etc, and will also help you stop more quickly. However, eventually the car must disengage the transmission or else the car would die when it comes to a stop. The "force" holding the car back you spoke of below was actually the engine/gears. The spurt you speak of is when the engine disengages. In my murano, it seems to happen right around 20 mph. To compensate, you just have to drive your car and learn to anticipate when it will disengage and apply slightly more braking force when it does.
Again, this is just my guess/opinion, but, having driven a manual transmission pretty much since I became driving age, and using the transmission on that car to engine brake, it feels exactly like what is happening on the murano.
-Austen
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Re: 2007 murano sl...does anyone lese have this problem? (zimsui)
I have an '07 sl also with the cvt trans and sitting in chicago traffic i notice that jerking every now and then. I think that its and every so often type of thing, sometimes it will almost coast and sometimes its like slamming an the brakes.