Sharing a bad experience with my 370Z

nottoohappy

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

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.