# 2000 Nissan Altima **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, altima\ **Created:** [January 14, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-altima/156502 "2020-01-14T14:32:42Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Gigglingbuns](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/50afbb/32.png) [@Gigglingbuns](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Gigglingbuns)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 2:32pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-altima/156502/1 "2020-01-14T14:32:42Z")
Car has 235k miles, last night while driving home (city-driving), the engine surged to 4000rpm, during relatively gentle acceleration from a spot. it went like this: -light turned green, light gas to make the turn -I increased the pressure to a constant less than halfway down -car upshifted -a second later, the rpms jumped from 2300 to 4000, and it was as if it revved in neutral, so I wasn’t accelerating in that moment, it then slowly came down back to 2300 in 3 seconds (meanwhile I had eased pressure). -i was probably going 30mph, accelerating to 45mph The car gets driven approx 650 miles a week by dad so I’ll ask if he recognizes anything similar. However could the transmission be slipping? It normally shifts well. ---
**Author:** ![lion9car](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/59ef9b/32.png) [@lion9car](https://community.cartalk.com/u/lion9car)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 2:47pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-altima/156502/2 "2020-01-14T14:47:51Z")
Is the transmission fluid at the right level? Is the color good? ---
**Author:** ![shanonia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9de053/32.png) [@shanonia](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shanonia)\ **Post date:** [January 14, 2020, 5:30pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/2000-nissan-altima/156502/3 "2020-01-14T17:30:28Z")
> [@Gigglingbuns](#): > > could the transmission be slipping? That is consistent with the symptoms.