Nissan Micra Auto 1.4 SE 2002 K11 Facelift - Over reving / Struggling to change great

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Tue 26 Jul 2016 11:06
Nissan Micra Auto 1.4 SE 2002 K11 Facelift - Over reving / Struggling to change great - Ian Morris
Hi all,

New to this site, so I appologise in advanced if I am asking something that not the norm on here.

I have a automatic 2002 K11 Facelift 1.4 SE. It's done less that 30k and is in pukka condition.

A few months ago I noticed that the car would take a little longer to jump in to the next gear and has become a bit less responsive and nippy. Now the engine light stays on and the Sports light flashes about 5 times when the car is started.

When starting my car and driving, the car seems to struggle to jump into the next gear and then over revs, moving very little with a lot of throttle being applied. This happens at the start of a journey, and I would need to turn the car on and off for it to go back to normal and be a driveable, but less responsive and nippy journey (with the engine light still on).

I have read online that throttle body issues are common with Micra's, but I took it to a sound and honest garage yesterday who said it seems like a problem with the clutch, which would mean a £650+VAT repair.

Just want to see if anyone on here has any advice as to what it could be, and if it is an easy enough fix for me to do.

Cheers,

Ian.

Edited by Ian Morris on 26/07/2016 at 11:15

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Tue 26 Jul 2016 11:41
Nissan Micra Auto 1.4 SE 2002 K11 Facelift - Over reving / Struggling to change great - RobJP
If you go here : www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/nissan/micra-k11-199...d

and scroll down to the 'what's bad' section, you'll see that HJ states that "Vital to change the oil at least every 6 months especially if the car does an ultra low mileage"

I imagine 30k miles in 14 years counts as that.

Also, further down the same page, it has a few pointers about poor running, and possible easy fixes (fuel injection fuse, etc). Might be worth trying before spending lots of money on it.
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Tue 26 Jul 2016 13:42
Nissan Micra Auto 1.4 SE 2002 K11 Facelift - Over reving / Struggling to change great - elekie&a/c doctor
Your car is the later model k11 which does not have the problem throttle body.As yours is an auto,it will be a cvt gearbox which does not have a regular clutch as such ,but a magnetic flywheel unit.Get the system tested first.
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Thu 28 Jul 2016 21:22
Nissan Micra Auto 1.4 SE 2002 K11 Facelift - Over reving / Struggling to change great - Ian Morris
Thanks for that. Seems like the gearbox after a few garages have had a look at it. I'm taking it to an old school micra specialist on Monday, hopefully they won't put the final nail in the coffin. I'll keep ya posted.
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