# 2000 Infiniti Q45 - Sluggish V8

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-infiniti-q45-sluggish-v8/165194>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** infiniti\
**Created:** [June 1, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-infiniti-q45-sluggish-v8/165194 "2020-06-01T20:46:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Kdoss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/4af34b/32.png) [@Kdoss](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Kdoss)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 8:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-infiniti-q45-sluggish-v8/165194/1 "2020-06-01T20:46:07Z")

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I drive a V8 but when I hit the gas it sooner sluggish taking off

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**Author:** ![davepsinbox\_157004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/73ab20/32.png) [@davepsinbox\_157004](https://community.cartalk.com/u/davepsinbox_157004)\
**Post date:** [June 1, 2020, 10:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-infiniti-q45-sluggish-v8/165194/2 "2020-06-01T22:24:21Z")

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Offhand I’d suspect a faulty throttle position sensor. OTOH, if it’s revving without moving you have transmission problems.

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**Author:** ![Mustangman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/mustangman/32/44130_2.png) [@Mustangman](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Mustangman)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-infiniti-q45-sluggish-v8/165194/3 "2020-06-02T02:17:48Z")

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Is the check engine light on? How many miles on it?

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**Author:** ![PvtPublic](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/pvtpublic/32/13089_2.png) [@PvtPublic](https://community.cartalk.com/u/PvtPublic)\
**Post date:** [June 2, 2020, 10:14am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-infiniti-q45-sluggish-v8/165194/4 "2020-06-02T10:14:26Z")

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Most of my older cars eventually got sluggish too. Mostly after about 300,000 miles. Darn junk, that brand new car performance just slowly fades away.