limp mode for no reason at all?

Gestalt73

Wow guys, easy on the consipiracy theories... For the record, I LUV my 370z.

I'm posting this specifically because it was sporadic (only happened once) and I saw someone post something similar before.

Here Test Drive Gone Bad? is the posting that I remembered from a while ago.

Oddly enough, the previous poster mentioned a cutoff of 2500rpm, while mine was at 3500rpm.

I'll be keeping an eye on it, but previous poster had a really good idea: next time it happens, drive it straight over to the dealer and let them see it first hand. Might come down to something like that.

Thanks for all the input guys. I'll update if anything else happens.

chubbs

That's the way to do it, if you can.

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TheWeatherman

Kind of stupid to say but this is just a small hypothesis of mine. The more complex an engine, with so many things trying to run exactly in sync, the more you may have some small hiccups on occasion. My brother had an XTerra Supercharged, stock, and it went into limp mode a lot. Always a restart and the code always came back as a bad burn in just one random cylinder. My mom's 2006 Range Rover Sport Supercharged did that a bunch too. You just shut it off, turn it back on, and wallah! Dad's 2008 Big Rover Supercharged, same thing, but only saw it happen once. You are saying to yourself, "Well, those are all supercharged motors, and ours is not." I just am always prepared for minor little glitches to pop up on cars like these with servos running the valvetrains with all of the other electronics talking trying to make things run properly. Probably just a bad burn code, which might be similar to our friend who posted above with his disconnected O2 sensors. You would think a fault code was stored if it did that, right?

chubbs

Weatherman - cars should not just die for no reason - it's DANGEROUS.

A 'small hiccup' for you may be death for whoever is driving the car.

This incident should not be dismissed as "oh well, these things happen" - They blinking well should not happen - and when they do, the motor company should take them seriously.

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TheWeatherman

Then what they should do is take out limp modes on all vehicles like in the old days, and just pop a check engine light at you. That would throw out the safety argument.

Gestalt73

Well, this morning, similar thing...

Cold start, after a few minutes rev limiter kicks in, but this time at 2500, but then creeps up to 3000rpm.

This time the rev limiter bounces around the 3200 mark, instead of dropping to a lower rpm first.

This time I noticed an insane amount of knocking just before it kicked in, rhythmic rattling in tune with the engine. might be related?

After sitting for several hours...
Pulled out for lunch today, rev limiter kicked in at 3000rpm again, but this time VDC turned off, the traction warning light came on, and I have a check engine light this time. So, off to the dealer tonight for them to take a peek at it. I'll post back when/if they find something. At least there's a code this time... (sigh)