Q: after starting the car sudenly petrol meter goes down and after few monents its coming back to normal.

asked by on July 31, 2017

after starting the car sudenly petrol meter goes down and after 2 to 3 seconds its coming back to normal but this problem not showing allways some time only. my car nissan Tiida 1.6 2007 model the present battery iam using 1 year and 4 months car KM 224512.

My car has 224512 miles.
My car has an automatic transmission.

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