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Mary
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No acceleration when car in Drive
Started car, went in reverse and when put car in drive car limped and no acceleration. Car check engine light came on. Car slowly rolled until I parked it again. Rested car for several minutes and started again and was able to accelerate to get home. Check engine light stays on. Could it be bad gas, clogged fuel filter?
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Eric Essen
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Your check engine light means that there is an error code stored that will tell you where the issue is. Nissans will go into a "limp home" mode that limits the engine RPM if certain codes are detected to allow you to drive the vehicle to a safe location before shutting it off. I'm assuming this is what has happened with your vehicle.
You need to plug an OBDII code reader into the plug located somewhere under your dash near the steering column and find out what the error code stored is, then do a search on that code to find out what error it represents, then on that code and your specific vehicle to find more information.
+ And to piggy-back on Eric's answer, you can "rent" an OBDII scanner from Autozone. The way it works is that you give them a deposit that is quite a bit more than what the scanner is worth, use it, and then return it to them for a full refund of your deposit. If you don't wish to do that yourself, pretty much every auto repair shop offers a service to diagnose check engine lights.