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Sorry to ruin the sexy car chat with a boring q about a boring car but i’m Stumped. 62 plate Qashqai 1.6 petrol, manual, suddenly started to misbehave on the motorway today. Started to vibrate, like driving over a bad section of road and it felt like it was losing power or being affected by friction, almost like the handbrake had come on, the vibration built to a judder and I was stuggling to keep it going. Dipping the clutch or putting it into neutral didn’t result in rapid deceleration but neither did it alleviate the vibration. When in neutral the engine seems to rev freely and normally. The vibration is a constant drone that seems unaffected by whatever the engine is doing. Putting back in gear just resumed the sensation of lost power and struggling to maintain momentum. Very weird. Happened four or five times, each for a minute or two then just seemed fine.
Thought misfire but the engine seems to rev fine when not under load. Detected a whiff of clutch so though that maybe but doesn’t explain why vibration continues is neutral right?
Called out green flag and the mechanic ran a few tests and said it might be the alternator?
Any ideas?