# Nissan Xterra acceleration problem

**URL:** <https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-xterra-acceleration-problem/63913>\
**Category:** Maintenance/Repairs\
**Tags:** nissan, acceleration, xterra\
**Created:** [April 21, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-xterra-acceleration-problem/63913 "2011-04-21T03:43:23Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
**Page:** 1

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**Author:** ![Gabehoggatt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/58f4c7/32.png) [@Gabehoggatt](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Gabehoggatt)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 3:43am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-xterra-acceleration-problem/63913/1 "2011-04-21T03:43:23Z")

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My 2003 Xterra has been a great car. Few problems until last year I had to have the timing belt replaced (at 120,000 miles no biggie), the day that I got back from Iraq. Thanks Murphy. Well everything has been great since then until a couple of weeks ago I started noticing some acceleration problems. When I press on the accelerator, especially when the car is cold, it will rev, pause, then resume normal accleration. I would like to point out that the whole car pauses, not just the reving. Mechanics seemed stumped and I would rather know what to tell them to do rather than let them dig around and charge me a bunch. Thanks for any help that you can give.  
  
  
  
 Gabe

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**Author:** ![common-sense-answer](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/common-sense-answer/32/716_2.png) [@common-sense-answer](https://community.cartalk.com/u/common-sense-answer)\
**Post date:** [April 21, 2011, 1:24pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/nissan-xterra-acceleration-problem/63913/2 "2011-04-21T13:24:13Z")

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This Has An Automatic Transmission, Correct ? Is It A CVT ? It’s Not A Manual ?

Have you checked the level of the transmission fluid follwing the procedure outlined in the Owner’s Manual ?

CSA