Nissan Repair: car stalls for just a second, nissan sentra, crank sensor


Question
I have a 1996 Nissan Sentra. It starts and runs great. But, at least once a week it dies as if it was out of gas. while at a stop in drive drive gear, then it starts immediately, but it dies as if it was not getting enough gas, or electricity. After 30 seconds runs as new again.
at 35 MPH or faster, stalls for as if it was out of gas  but it recovers back to normal immediately.
I have changed the gas, air filter, distributor cap, plugs and rotor.Also cleaned throttle body and the idle air control valve cleaned and checked ok. As it was suggested on this site. The problem continues.
Thanks

Answer
Hi Sam,

Trade it in... J/K Sounds like a bad crank sensor. You didn't mention if the check engine light was on or not. It also might be an ignition module inside the distributor, but I would try a crank sensor first. Nissan has a number of articles out on connection problems through out the car. So you will want to check for corrosion at the connectors on everything that is ignition related. This is definitely a spark issue not fuel delivery.