problems with the X

[chad]

My xterra was having trouble shifting gears.
It was idling high about 1500 rpms and wasn’t shifting gears till it hit 4-4500 rms.
I took it to a shop where they hooked-up the car to a computer.
The mechanic said I had a bad sensor (TPS)
Had no choice but to get it done the last thing I wanted to do was blow-out the motor or burn out the trans
$150 + parts
Was I had?
this included an oild chainge & filter as well as changing the fuel filter.

More to come...

[slantyshanty]

Doesn't sound like too bad a price. I haven't had to replace one in the X yet but I did in my old Dakota. It was $98.00 I believe and I did the work myself. Then again, I did the same thing in a Ford Escort (89 baby!!!) and it was only about $20?

[Soylent Yellow]

Doesn't sound like too bad a price. I haven't had to replace one in the X yet but I did in my old Dakota. It was $98.00 I believe and I did the work myself. Then again, I did the same thing in a Ford Escort (89 baby!!!) and it was only about $20?

Was it a Shelby Escort?  Man, those were sweet.

[superslidestyle]

No, man Pinafarina Italian design.  Doesn't sound like TPS to me.  Does it accelerate slowly once the gear kicks in?  If so, and If its an automatic tranny, it might be a burned 1st gear and its jumping straight to second or third gear.  IMO, I feel a tranny rebuild or swap is in order, but then again, I don't have enough info from you yet.

[chad]

The X runs great now.
The tachometer would be about 4500 before it shifted gears for all gears, not just 1st it just seemed to be a bit smoother after I got up in gears.
I freaked out because this happened soon after I gave my x a tune-up.
The check engine light came on and the x started to act like this.