Nissan 370Z Forum - View Single Post - Traction Control, Sticky gas pedal, Ice mode???

Unclemeaty · 08-28-2010, 12:27 AM

Tonight was awsome for the most part - that is until I was 1/2 a mile from my house. I met a bunch of car-nuts at my local StarBucks. Met, talked, cars, and fun -> then the trouble started on my way home.

Tonight I've been able to replicate this same problem everyone is experiencing in this thread. I have SRM but the problem was happening with sport mode both on and off. Once I thought my car was pulling itself I imidiately put the car in neutral and was able to safely get to a side parking lot.

From there, I was able to replicate the problem, reving in Neutral - Over and over again. I lightly press the throttle to 2500 rpm, and then gently release. The RPM stayed hovering almost every time between 1500 and 2500. One time I slowly reved the engine to 4000, and it settled back to 3000 where it just stayed happily there. It was pretty bad, enough for me to get out of the car and listen to the engine rev hold at 3000.

I got back in the car knowing theres a 'toyota' problem here, and tried to see what was the culprit. I found very quickly that pulling on the gas pedal with my hand would quickly let the engine back down to idle. So, idle up with slow pres sof the pedal; and the engine RPMs tended to hold with me off the throttle - then pull on the pedal with my hand and the engine drops back down to ~600 rpm. Wierd indeed. I could even repeat the entire problem with just one hand. I think the pedal is too tight where and there is not enough gap between rest at idle and very slight throttle.

I want to think the problem happens more when the car is realy hot; in fact the pedal area in general felt very toasty during my testing from the general engine heat.

I've only owned this car for 2 weeks as I bought it slightly used; but I've got a bad sinking feeling about this - to the point where if they cannot fix then it falls under my 30 day return policy. Tomorrow I plan to drive it a bit around to see if the problem returns, and then promptly take it in. I hope I can get it to rev and stay rev'd in the service line. I hope they can fix this stupid but important safety problem. I'll try not to leave the dealership empty handed.

2009 370z with 24,500 miles

08-28-2010, 12:27 AM	#48 (permalink)
Unclemeaty Base Member Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Atlanta Posts: 203 Drives: 150cc Scooter Rep Power: 15	Tonight was awsome for the most part - that is until I was 1/2 a mile from my house. I met a bunch of car-nuts at my local StarBucks. Met, talked, cars, and fun -> then the trouble started on my way home. Tonight I've been able to replicate this same problem everyone is experiencing in this thread. I have SRM but the problem was happening with sport mode both on and off. Once I thought my car was pulling itself I imidiately put the car in neutral and was able to safely get to a side parking lot. From there, I was able to replicate the problem, reving in Neutral - Over and over again. I lightly press the throttle to 2500 rpm, and then gently release. The RPM stayed hovering almost every time between 1500 and 2500. One time I slowly reved the engine to 4000, and it settled back to 3000 where it just stayed happily there. It was pretty bad, enough for me to get out of the car and listen to the engine rev hold at 3000. I got back in the car knowing theres a 'toyota' problem here, and tried to see what was the culprit. I found very quickly that pulling on the gas pedal with my hand would quickly let the engine back down to idle. So, idle up with slow pres sof the pedal; and the engine RPMs tended to hold with me off the throttle - then pull on the pedal with my hand and the engine drops back down to ~600 rpm. Wierd indeed. I could even repeat the entire problem with just one hand. I think the pedal is too tight where and there is not enough gap between rest at idle and very slight throttle. I want to think the problem happens more when the car is realy hot; in fact the pedal area in general felt very toasty during my testing from the general engine heat. I've only owned this car for 2 weeks as I bought it slightly used; but I've got a bad sinking feeling about this - to the point where if they cannot fix then it falls under my 30 day return policy. Tomorrow I plan to drive it a bit around to see if the problem returns, and then promptly take it in. I hope I can get it to rev and stay rev'd in the service line. I hope they can fix this stupid but important safety problem. I'll try not to leave the dealership empty handed. 2009 370z with 24,500 miles Last edited by Unclemeaty; 08-28-2010 at 12:32 AM.