N17 super salon. Pickup not enough for mountain terrain

Visual Breez · May 27

I have N17 Nissan super salon yom2003.

When traveling in mountain terrain pickup is not enough even engine capacity 1600cc. But rpm shows maximum.

Please give me the advice. How to improve engine efficiency

iRage · May 28

How is your gear box ? Is the car in good condition? No brake binding or anything of the sort? condition of the tires, alignment, camber, etc...are okay ?

Visual Breez · May 28

Everything is ok. Normal hills areas work properly. Suddenly cannot pickup dear..

Gummybr · May 28

@iRage Does this have a CVT gearbox? CVT does work itself very hard on inclines and you feel that it doesnt move, I know because I had a Fit GP1.

Have you had the car for a long time?

iRage · May 28

2 hours ago, Gummybr said:

Does this have a CVT gearbox?

Depends on the model. The entire range came with either a 4AT or 5MT. I am not sure if the later versions got the CVT or not (the later 2011 onwards smaller N17 Latio/Sunny, etc..got 4AT, 5MT, and Xtronic CVT for developed markets). Again, I am assuming what he means by N17 2003 is the N16 based sunny.

So if it does have have a 4AT then there could be something wrong with the transmission. On the off chance that it IS a manual..then who knows..maybe the clutch is slipping.

Edited May 28 by iRage

carboy2011 · May 29

Can the OP clarify if its a manual box or an auto? ,if its the former could be a slipping clutch

Also in Lankan terms the facelift version of the N16 is being misleadingly sold as an N17 so car imported brand new in 2003 -2005 are actually N16 facelift models!, I have have the same car (1.6 ) and a manual box, in mine when bought the clutch was slightly high and got it adjusted but somewhere in the future it would need a replacement

matroska · May 31

On 5/28/2024 at 1:19 PM, iRage said:

Depends on the model. The entire range came with either a 4AT or 5MT. I am not sure if the later versions got the CVT or not

I was never aware of a CVT variant for the Sunny N16 nor the JDM Bluebird Sylphy of this vintage. Out of curiosity did a bit of digging and could not find out any CVT variants.

Of course I'm sure OP is on about the facelifted Sunny N16 which people call N17 locally.

iRage · May 31

9 hours ago, matroska said:

was never aware of a CVT variant for the Sunny N16 nor the JDM Bluebird Sylphy of this vintage. Out of curiosity did a bit of digging and could not find out any CVT variants

Yeah. Like I said..I wasn't sure if a later model could have had one or not. It probably didn't as the vehicle was mostly for developing markets.