# 97 Nissan Quest cuts out **URL:** \ **Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\ **Tags:** nissan, quest\ **Created:** [April 10, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-nissan-quest-cuts-out/12753 "2008-04-10T14:27:05Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![ralessi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ralessi/32/745_2.png) [@ralessi](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ralessi)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-nissan-quest-cuts-out/12753/1 "2008-04-10T14:27:05Z")
I have a 1997 Nissan Quest with roughly 188k on it. It’s done me pretty good, but I think the ole girl is finally dying on me. I’ve had an intermittent problem with it since I bought it in 2006. It will just DIE every so often…first it hesitates to shift gears, then it just dies. It only happened once in a blue moon at first, I took it to several different mechanics and they couldn’t figure it out. Well, now it’s worse. NOW it shakes and sputters and the RPM needle bounces like a ball as it struggles to get into each gear. It will usually get me home, but as soon as I put it in reverse to back in, it’ll die. Or sometimes it will die as soon as I put it in park. Does anyone here have any suggestions? Anyone hear of problems like this with this model mini van? ---
**Author:** ![ralessi](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/ralessi/32/745_2.png) [@ralessi](https://community.cartalk.com/u/ralessi)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/97-nissan-quest-cuts-out/12753/2 "2008-04-10T14:29:16Z")
I should also add that in the morning, when the weather’s cool I can drive ALL the way to work (about 35-40 miles) without a problem AT ALL. But every afternoon on my way home (when it’s warmer), about 25 minutes into the drive, it starts the sputtering and struggling to seitch gears.