Sharing a bad experience with my 370Z

370zproject · 03-27-2010, 03:17 PM

ouch glad to see ur ok

SkyZ · 03-27-2010, 04:01 PM

=( breaks my heart to see these pictures. but glad ur okay.

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Originally Posted by nottoohappy

UPDATED! Link to damages. Rather than spam with 10 pictures.

Still waiting on reports from dealer, etc. I'll keep updated.

BoostAddict · 03-27-2010, 04:34 PM

Sorry you had to experience this. Hopefully Nissan will stand up and do the right thing and not say it was "due to operator error". Good Luck!!

FricFrac · 03-27-2010, 06:28 PM

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Originally Posted by semtex

Were you by chance driving under any power lines? There's a theory now that what's causing Toyota's issue is interference from the high EM fields emitted by power lines.

LOL - in that case every electronicly controlled car should be in the ditch right now since your engine bay is full of high voltage lines (eg your ignition!!)

Your ECU is desgined to be shielded from that sort of interferance. The stuck throttle issue is the gear lash on the throttle mechanisim. Simple fix.

FricFrac · 03-27-2010, 06:29 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiskeyHotel

I seriously doubt fields from a power line are strong enough to do anything. They fall off as the square of the distance. In addition, there's more EMF from the ignition system of the car than anything else. The ECU is shielded from this. (H3ll, the car is basically a Faraday cage anyway - the insides are surrounded by the metal body.

In any case - a very close call. I'm glad you were not injured. The fact that this particular ECU was a bit flaky leads me to believe that the "re-set" did not completely solve the problem - maybe a hardware failure? I hope things get sorted quickly for you.

Doh - should have read the full thread - beat me to it!

IDZRVIT · 03-27-2010, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by BoostAddict

Sorry you had to experience this. Hopefully Nissan will stand up and do the right thing and not say it was "due to operator error". Good Luck!!

Nissan's fault? Hope the OP has insurance.

kenchan · 03-27-2010, 07:07 PM

he doesnt know how to drive?

blackflag · 03-27-2010, 07:28 PM

Hey, I posted in here and it was erased. Other people posted jokes. WTF?

fatcat777 · 03-27-2010, 07:40 PM

you're luck you didn't have a blowout driving it back to the dealer. that one wheel is dangerous looking

algibbs77 · 03-27-2010, 09:39 PM

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Originally Posted by WhiskeyHotel

I seriously doubt fields from a power line are strong enough to do anything. They fall off as the square of the distance. In addition, there's more EMF from the ignition system of the car than anything else. The ECU is shielded from this. (H3ll, the car is basically a Faraday cage anyway - the insides are surrounded by the metal body.

I wouldn't be so quick to say that these issues are or aren't EMI related. Electric and magnetic fields are very complex. It usually isn't as easy as just saying that some particular unit is shielded by the body or some other means.

The car's body should do a good job shielding from electric fields but magnetic fields are a different issue. Thin sheet metal won't completely shield magnetic fields. Even though the ECU may be shielded the shielding doesn't prevent fields from being coupled onto wires entering or exiting the ECU.

Additionally, fields don't always fall off at at rate of 1/R^2. I work on some extremely high power equipment that was expected to produce fields that rolled off at a rate of 1/R^2 when in reality the measured results showed that the roll off was actually 1/R. The actual roll of of a field may be anywhere between 1/R to 1/R^4 depending on the source, location and the make up of the field.

With all that said I would tend to agree that it isn't likely that the problem is related to power lines but I would be looking closely at inter-compatibility issues with other electronics in the car. Either way it should be interesting to see how all of this plays out.

Sorry for being such an engineer.....

PapoZalsa · 03-27-2010, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by kielbasa16

22 years old and 9% financing? Damnnn you must be pulling in bank my friend to afford this car... Not my business just sayin...

WOW 9%, NO, but Hell NO!!

Not even in an used car!

Tyrell Tyson · 03-28-2010, 01:40 AM

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Originally Posted by kielbasa16

22 years old and 9% financing? Damnnn you must be pulling in bank my friend to afford this car... Not my business just sayin...

370z can be grabbed for around 30k USD, thats not alot of money for a sports car compared to the germans

fullmonty · 03-28-2010, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by PapoZalsa

WOW 9%, NO, but Hell NO!!

Not even in an used car!

I'm 21 with 7%.... And OP I'm suprised that tire didn't blow on you

Pharmacist · 03-28-2010, 11:27 AM

worth noting though that nissan has the electronic throttle cutoff feature where the throttle shuts if the brake is pressed, even if the throttle pedal is pressed. did this feature also malfunction? that could hint at the source of the problem.

Nick911sc · 03-28-2010, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Pharmacist

worth noting though that nissan has the electronic throttle cutoff feature where the throttle shuts if the brake is pressed, even if the throttle pedal is pressed. did this feature also malfunction? that could hint at the source of the problem.

But is this feature on manual transmission cars? (Heel and toe comes to mind)

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BoostAddict Base Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: NYC Posts: 144 Drives: 40th Anni 370Z Rep Power: 16	Sorry you had to experience this. Hopefully Nissan will stand up and do the right thing and not say it was "due to operator error". Good Luck!!

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kenchan A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: N/A Posts: 76,801 Drives: N/A Rep Power: 141521	he doesnt know how to drive?

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blackflag Base Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: US Posts: 121 Drives: 2009 Z 6M base. Rep Power: 15	Hey, I posted in here and it was erased. Other people posted jokes. WTF?

03-27-2010, 07:40 PM	#54 (permalink)
fatcat777 Base Member Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Charlotte NC Posts: 220 Drives: BlackPersimmonSport Rep Power: 16	you're luck you didn't have a blowout driving it back to the dealer. that one wheel is dangerous looking