Sharing a bad experience with my 370Z
 

A little background down.

My car:
2009 370Z
6 Speed Manual
Sports Package

Two weeks ago, my 370 was in the shop for electrical issues. In between shifts it would throttle. Very hard. 7k RPM throttle for about 20 seconds. If I engaged the gear, it would stop and let me take over. Mind you I burnt my clutch to hell, but that's the least of my concerns. Every time I took it out of gear, it would pick a new RPM to sit at until I engaged my gear again. I at first thought it was the rev matching mode, which I never drive with on, but maybe it got confused. So I flipped it on and off a few times. It didn't do anything. I took it to the shop. After a few days of them inspecting, they said they cleared reflashed my ECU and it was fixed.

Today, I'm driving about 15mph around a right hand turn. I cut the turn a tad short and my rear tire nipped the curb. My traction control engaged as it should. When the traction control engaged, rather than cutting throttle it went full throttle. I counter steered away from the curb that I was now wrecklessly heading towards and slammed on the brakes. It powered right through my brakes and endlessly spun my rear tires. I did 4 full rotations and bounced off of both sides of the road before my car finally stalled from me standing on the breaks with the gear engaged.

Admittedly, I could have pulled it out of gear. But between the countersteering and braking, it just wasn't my first thought. Sometimes the easiest solution isn't so easy when you're trying to navigate through oncoming traffic while spinning :D

Anyway, it's back in the shop now with a Nissan USA rep on the way to evaluate. They said it's the first report of the Nissan Drive-By-Wire failing or conflicting with traction control.

I'll let you guys know what comes of it.

I'd like to hear more about this. Never heard of anything like this happening before with Nissan. Toyota Pt 2?

Do you have any pictures for proof?

Sounds like a Toyota. All kidding aside, glad to hear you're not hurt. Bad luck.

What kind of pictures? I can get some before anything is done.

As soon as I get the report from Nissan USA I will definitely post it.

First post...hummm

Well, I mean..Is there damage done to the car? Any paperwork from the dealership showing this problem prior to the accident that you could upload?

It's just hard to believe some people who come on a forum with this being their first post. I don't mean to offend you, just want to know this is legit.

Pics of the damage?

:worthless:

I'll get you guys some. This is my first post because I wanted to share it with other Z owners.

I know it's very suspicious. So I'll do my best to prove it for you. I promise, I'm not just trashing Nissan. I loved my 370Z and my 350Z prior.

I had a 2005 350Z before my 370Z. I'm a huge Z enthusiast, just not a member of these forums.

edit: I'll go back to the dealer today with my camera.

double edit: Passenger side top and seat airbags deployed from hitting the curb. The main front airbag did not. Front passenger side damage to the bumper and both passenger side rims are managled from bouncing off the curb.

But, I will get you guys some pictures for sure. This is no made up story and I can easily understand how you think it is. I'm a member of a few forums so I know how the trolling can be. Just give me a few days to get back on here with some pictures.

I'd like to also see the paperwork regarding to the first fix(ecu reset)

Kind of surprising you didn't push the clutch in when it started going crazy. Usually my first instinct when slamming the brakes is to put the clutch in at the same time. Hmm...

I agree, but I'll give him the benefit of the doubt for now.

I was just taking a casual turn. It was bad reactions from me, I totally agree. I won't deny the driver error there. It happened so fast I just wasn't prepared for it. As I said, I was going around 15-20 MPH. When I'm driving aggressive I'm prepared for stuff like that to happen. Not when I'm cruising home on my lunch break.

But like I said, I'm not trying to troll the forums or make excuses. Just sharing an experience.

Once I get pictures and the report from Nissan USA, I'll post and upload everything here.

Hi James Sikes :hello:

jk, thanks for sharing the info, let us know what Nissan says

Wow!! In for the updates.

Until it's beaten into your head, it's not always the first instinct. I'm one of those "When in doubt, both feet out. In a spin, both feet in" driver, but it took awhile to beat it into my head. :driving:

Hopefully this resolves itself in a good manner for the OP. :tup:

Yea. Valid point. I just couldn't think of anything. I don't have an online "handle" that I use. Just things that come to mind when I'm signing up.

But sit tight skeptics. I promise you some pictures and reports.

I suggest you back track here! formal intro :tiphat:
New Forum Member - Nissan 370Z Forum

:worthless:glad to hear your ok but i agree

Good thing you're ok. Don't mind the people telling you what you should of done.

Of course. Great idea. Done :D

And really guys, I understand how insane this sounds. How do you think I felt when it happened? :P

I still love my Z and I'll always love them. It seems that this is an isolated incident with my car. I searched all across the web before I posted this. My car only has 6,300 miles on it.... so there's still quite a bit of life left in it. Believe me, I have no plans on getting rid of it so long as they can identify and resolve the problem. I have faith in Nissan. They have always come through for me.

they put Toyotas electronic sh!t in your car.

ditto

To the original poster; good luck to you, sir. I hope your experience will not be the norm. And thank you for bringing your story to our attention.

What do you guys want pics of? His gas pedal? From my read of the original post, there was no damage to his vehicle. Or did I misread?

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

Nah, there's damage. Both passenger side wheels are damaged from hitting the curb after spinning and some front end damage from the curb and a nice street sign. The overhead and in-seat airbags deployed on the passenger side also.

Don't worry about it dude. I understand the skeptics completely. I'd be saying the same stuff if I were them.

Check my new member post. I'm a programmer. I make decent money. But I also still live at home :D

Ouch. Glad you're okay. You are okay, right? No injuries?

I'm golden. Not a scratch on me :P Thanks for the concern though, I genuinely appreciate it.

Tbh, the degree of the accident is laughable. I thought the damage was going to be much more substantial. Cars pretty damn tough. It banged the curbs hard as hell but I drove it just fine to the dealer. Dislodged the exhaust for sure or cracked a pipe... because it sounded beast as hell. I wish it sounded like that stock :-D

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.

I'd have to double check. There are definitely power lines because there is a neighborhood to the one side. I just don't know their location in relation to where it all started. I'll get pictures of the where it happened too for you guys. I gotta run back to the dealer anyway as soon as I get home and can grab my truck.

I agree everyone should cut this guy some slack. This is important stuff..

whoa...

Glad you're alive and well!
Pics of aftermath!

I'm curious, is your car a sport package option?

read the first post.

Yes it is.


sucks man i really hope they pay for all the damages. doubtful...

He already said it is a sport package.

I would take some pictures of the accident scene, especially if your tire marks are still visable. There will always be doubters but I believe you.

I had the brake pedal go to the floor and I couldn't stop in my almost new Armada. Luckily I was only going about 15mph at the time and I swerved and didn't hit the car in front of me. I had a hell of a time getting the dealer to believe my story since the brakes were working fine when I brought it in.

In for updates...

Glad you're ok!

if this is right, it's a true matter of concern.

interesting. an owner of a MT sports car has something flukey happen with drive by wire, he regains control of the car. the driver of a "safe family sedan" (toyota/lexus) has a similar throttle problem and .... they get killed.

glad your ok... and i'd be curious to know what they say caused this.