Service engine, vdc, slip, power loss...

Perfikt · 10-17-2013, 09:03 AM

So, I woke up about 35 minutes after my alarm went off this morning, so I rushed to get dressed, hopped in my car, and took off. I didn't have time to let it warm up any. I get about a block down the road, and my service engine, vdc off, and tire slip lights are all on, and the car lost power for a second. Of course when it lost power, my instant reaction was push in the clutch, and I came to the stop sign. Car is idling OK. I sit for a second to try to warm it up a little, take off again, and it lags once again. All the lights stayed on for the ~12 minute drive to work on the highway. I get to the stop sign in front of work, take my left, and it lags under accelerations again. I pulled in and turned the car off and ran to clock in on time. I havnt had time to start the car back up or anything, and won't until lunch. Any helpful info you guys could give me?

Chuck33079 · 10-17-2013, 09:19 AM

Go to Autozone at lunch and pull the code? There's a million things it could be, but without knowing what code threw the CEL there's no way to narrow it down.

DEpointfive0 · 10-17-2013, 09:21 AM

Not warming up your car has nothing to do with anything, so don't worry

Chuck33079 · 10-17-2013, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by DEpointfive0

Not warming up your car has nothing to do with anything, so don't worry

Just a coincidence.

Perfikt · 10-17-2013, 09:43 AM

There is an auto zone near my work, so I will stop by there on lunch, if the light is still on then. Wasn't sure if the warmup was a factor or not on these cars. I previously had a 2010 Shelby gt500, and a supercharged 07 mustang Gt, and those were both really cranky if they didn't get a little warm up time.

Chuck33079 · 10-17-2013, 09:45 AM

The code will still be there whether the light is on or not. Once you get it pulled we can be more help.

Perfikt · 10-17-2013, 11:04 AM

So, just went on lunch and it had a check engine still, at first, the oil light was on, but went off after about 2 seconds. Didn't even make it out of the driveway, and car died. Try to restart, and it turns over a bit, then either doesn't start, or starts for about 1 second, and dies.

Perfikt · 10-17-2013, 11:28 AM

I did get it to start for about 10-15 seconds to get it pulled into a parking spot, but it ran VERY rough and died as soon as I quit trying to give it gas to get it pulled in.

This really sucks considering I just bought the car yesterday. Called the used car lot I got it from, they said they never had a problem, except the battery, which was cause they kept the vertical doors open for advertising. Drove it all the way home from Houston which was about a hour and a half drive, and only strange behavior I ever had was the rpm would drop to 500 when I came to a full stop, then pick back up and not die.

Perfikt · 10-17-2013, 12:59 PM

Just got it towed to a shop. I normally work on my own cars if I can figure out what is wrong, but it would be a bit hard to do that in the parking lot at work. Shop said it sounds like an o2 sensor, which the car is really low (got coilovers on the way to bring it back up some) so something could have easily hit one of them . when the wrecker came, it wouldn't even start up enough to back it out of the parking spot.

Cmike2780 · 10-17-2013, 02:56 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Perfikt

Just got it towed to a shop. I normally work on my own cars if I can figure out what is wrong, but it would be a bit hard to do that in the parking lot at work. Shop said it sounds like an o2 sensor, which the car is really low (got coilovers on the way to bring it back up some) so something could have easily hit one of them . when the wrecker came, it wouldn't even start up enough to back it out of the parking spot.

Silly question, but did you have gas in the car? Any modifications to the motor?...intake, exhaust...etc.

Perfikt · 10-17-2013, 03:54 PM

Has over half a tank of gas in it, no intake, and as far as I know, it's only a cat back exhaust on it. Like I mentioned before, I just got it yesterday, so it could be more than a cat back. It's ran fine all day yesterday, sputtered a little bit when I ran to taco bell at midnight last night, but only did it once and went there and back without any other hiccups. But today it has continually gotten worse.

DEpointfive0 · 10-17-2013, 05:03 PM

Warranty?

cdoxp800 · 10-17-2013, 05:26 PM

Almost sounds like a broke crank position sensor.

Chuck33079 · 10-17-2013, 05:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Perfikt

Has over half a tank of gas in it, no intake, and as far as I know, it's only a cat back exhaust on it. Like I mentioned before, I just got it yesterday, so it could be more than a cat back. It's ran fine all day yesterday, sputtered a little bit when I ran to taco bell at midnight last night, but only did it once and went there and back without any other hiccups. But today it has continually gotten worse.

Wait- you've had the car a day and it died? Go raise all kinds of hell at the dealer. Make sure anyone else there to buy a car hears you.

Perfikt · 10-17-2013, 05:54 PM

It was a random used car lot, not a dealer. Car was sold as-is with no warranty, so nothing they are going to do. Which they even had me sign the paper saying as-is, but I test drove it, let it idle in the parking lot a while, etc, and it never had a problem. So of course I signed expecting no problem.

10-17-2013, 09:03 AM	#1 (permalink)
Perfikt Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Nederland, Tx Posts: 46 Drives: 2010 370Z Rep Power: 11	Service engine, vdc, slip, power loss... So, I woke up about 35 minutes after my alarm went off this morning, so I rushed to get dressed, hopped in my car, and took off. I didn't have time to let it warm up any. I get about a block down the road, and my service engine, vdc off, and tire slip lights are all on, and the car lost power for a second. Of course when it lost power, my instant reaction was push in the clutch, and I came to the stop sign. Car is idling OK. I sit for a second to try to warm it up a little, take off again, and it lags once again. All the lights stayed on for the ~12 minute drive to work on the highway. I get to the stop sign in front of work, take my left, and it lags under accelerations again. I pulled in and turned the car off and ran to clock in on time. I havnt had time to start the car back up or anything, and won't until lunch. Any helpful info you guys could give me?

10-17-2013, 09:19 AM	#2 (permalink)
Chuck33079 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Houston Posts: 12,265 Drives: 2011 370ztt Rep Power: 29538	Go to Autozone at lunch and pull the code? There's a million things it could be, but without knowing what code threw the CEL there's no way to narrow it down. fuct and DEpointfive0 like this. __________________ 2011 MB Touring-Sport-6sp-Nav/GTM TT/FI TT TDX/JTran/Kosmic/Eibach/Hotchkis/SPC/CSF/RPS/SoThatsWhereAllMyMoneyWent

10-17-2013, 09:21 AM	#3 (permalink)
DEpointfive0 Premium Member Bitches Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: SoCal Posts: 14,824 Drives: a lot Rep Power: 17151	Not warming up your car has nothing to do with anything, so don't worry fuct and Chuck33079 like this. __________________ Do YOU want to know what/where I got my username from? ( Click to show/hide ) NSFW due to language:

10-17-2013, 09:45 AM	#6 (permalink)
Chuck33079 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Houston Posts: 12,265 Drives: 2011 370ztt Rep Power: 29538	The code will still be there whether the light is on or not. Once you get it pulled we can be more help. __________________ 2011 MB Touring-Sport-6sp-Nav/GTM TT/FI TT TDX/JTran/Kosmic/Eibach/Hotchkis/SPC/CSF/RPS/SoThatsWhereAllMyMoneyWent

10-17-2013, 05:03 PM	#12 (permalink)
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10-17-2013, 09:43 AM	#5 (permalink)
Perfikt Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Nederland, Tx Posts: 46 Drives: 2010 370Z Rep Power: 11	There is an auto zone near my work, so I will stop by there on lunch, if the light is still on then. Wasn't sure if the warmup was a factor or not on these cars. I previously had a 2010 Shelby gt500, and a supercharged 07 mustang Gt, and those were both really cranky if they didn't get a little warm up time.

10-17-2013, 11:04 AM	#7 (permalink)
Perfikt Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Nederland, Tx Posts: 46 Drives: 2010 370Z Rep Power: 11	So, just went on lunch and it had a check engine still, at first, the oil light was on, but went off after about 2 seconds. Didn't even make it out of the driveway, and car died. Try to restart, and it turns over a bit, then either doesn't start, or starts for about 1 second, and dies.

10-17-2013, 11:28 AM	#8 (permalink)
Perfikt Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Nederland, Tx Posts: 46 Drives: 2010 370Z Rep Power: 11	I did get it to start for about 10-15 seconds to get it pulled into a parking spot, but it ran VERY rough and died as soon as I quit trying to give it gas to get it pulled in. This really sucks considering I just bought the car yesterday. Called the used car lot I got it from, they said they never had a problem, except the battery, which was cause they kept the vertical doors open for advertising. Drove it all the way home from Houston which was about a hour and a half drive, and only strange behavior I ever had was the rpm would drop to 500 when I came to a full stop, then pick back up and not die.

10-17-2013, 12:59 PM	#9 (permalink)
Perfikt Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Nederland, Tx Posts: 46 Drives: 2010 370Z Rep Power: 11	Just got it towed to a shop. I normally work on my own cars if I can figure out what is wrong, but it would be a bit hard to do that in the parking lot at work. Shop said it sounds like an o2 sensor, which the car is really low (got coilovers on the way to bring it back up some) so something could have easily hit one of them . when the wrecker came, it wouldn't even start up enough to back it out of the parking spot.

10-17-2013, 03:54 PM	#11 (permalink)
Perfikt Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Nederland, Tx Posts: 46 Drives: 2010 370Z Rep Power: 11	Has over half a tank of gas in it, no intake, and as far as I know, it's only a cat back exhaust on it. Like I mentioned before, I just got it yesterday, so it could be more than a cat back. It's ran fine all day yesterday, sputtered a little bit when I ran to taco bell at midnight last night, but only did it once and went there and back without any other hiccups. But today it has continually gotten worse.

10-17-2013, 05:26 PM	#13 (permalink)
cdoxp800 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2009 Location: FL Posts: 1,337 Drives: 2011 Nismo Rep Power: 18	Almost sounds like a broke crank position sensor. __________________ 2011 Brilliant Silver NISMO 370z. #: 0046. PPE LTH \| MillSpec Cats \| F.I Exhaust \| Akuma Intakes \| Rotora 6/4 Brakes

10-17-2013, 05:54 PM	#15 (permalink)
Perfikt Base Member Join Date: Oct 2013 Location: Nederland, Tx Posts: 46 Drives: 2010 370Z Rep Power: 11	It was a random used car lot, not a dealer. Car was sold as-is with no warranty, so nothing they are going to do. Which they even had me sign the paper saying as-is, but I test drove it, let it idle in the parking lot a while, etc, and it never had a problem. So of course I signed expecting no problem.

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