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chii370 · 01-05-2015, 05:46 AM

true, I thought so too. But its been a million different "causes" according to the stealership. Im starting to think most of their mechs have no idea about the 370z. I feel bad for GTR owners, dropping my car off there would be enough to keep me awake at night.

It fails just by... randomly stopped working. Over the past few months SMODE turns on in my left console and the "S" turns off next to my gear indicator. If I press the Smode button it flashes on the console again and beeps, not turning on. Twice it was quite a dangerous event as it happened during downshifts and failed to match the revs with road speed causing me to fry some clutch disk.... luckily it didnt lock up the rear and spin me out. This would be a surprising event for any 370 owner used to using SRM, since you just select a gear and let off the clutch.... not expecting your RPM to drop to idle while going 50 mph before letting out. It happens at complete random, once it happened as I had been cruising for about 80 miles in 6th at about 75. Didnt touch it, just... BEEP SMODE. No reason at all. Each time I pulled off the road and did an ECU reset and its fine for an undetermined amount of time.

As for the CSC thing...... we all know that issue so theres no need to get into it. Last time I was there they said all the sensors were "fine" I would bet my nuts they dont even know where they ARE, let alone actually checked them. If anything they just hooked up a OBD and HERPADERPED all the way to the uneducated conclusion that nothings wrong. Yep, its my imagination lol.

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chii370 Track Member Join Date: Jul 2010 Location: . Posts: 642 Drives: . Rep Power: 16	true, I thought so too. But its been a million different "causes" according to the stealership. Im starting to think most of their mechs have no idea about the 370z. I feel bad for GTR owners, dropping my car off there would be enough to keep me awake at night. It fails just by... randomly stopped working. Over the past few months SMODE turns on in my left console and the "S" turns off next to my gear indicator. If I press the Smode button it flashes on the console again and beeps, not turning on. Twice it was quite a dangerous event as it happened during downshifts and failed to match the revs with road speed causing me to fry some clutch disk.... luckily it didnt lock up the rear and spin me out. This would be a surprising event for any 370 owner used to using SRM, since you just select a gear and let off the clutch.... not expecting your RPM to drop to idle while going 50 mph before letting out. It happens at complete random, once it happened as I had been cruising for about 80 miles in 6th at about 75. Didnt touch it, just... BEEP SMODE. No reason at all. Each time I pulled off the road and did an ECU reset and its fine for an undetermined amount of time. As for the CSC thing...... we all know that issue so theres no need to get into it. Last time I was there they said all the sensors were "fine" I would bet my nuts they dont even know where they ARE, let alone actually checked them. If anything they just hooked up a OBD and HERPADERPED all the way to the uneducated conclusion that nothings wrong. Yep, its my imagination lol. Last edited by chii370; 01-05-2015 at 05:48 AM.