Slip Light and no acceleration??

[Rob2005]

Wonder if anyone can help.

 

I picked up My 03 Import 350Z yestarday from Reading and while driving it back home to Cardiff along the M4 the 'SLIP' light came on while i was lightly accelerating at 70mph.

 

It happened on several occasions along the motorway, i simply put the car in neutral gave it a quik rev and then i could accelerate.

 

Im new to this forum so im unsure if this is a common problem.

 

Having spoken to the dealer today they have told me they will pay for this to be put right, so im just wondering if anyone has an idea what it could be.

 

Thanks

 

Rob

[M13KYF]

not heard of that one Rob but at least you've got the Dealer willing to get it sorted.

 

Were the roads dry?

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sounds like the TCS to me tbh

[Rob2005]

Yes road were dry.

 

I did turn the traction off and it didnt happen once then so i m led to believe it is something to do with that.

[Guest prescience]

Do you have stock wheels and tyres on 225x45x18 front and 245x45x18 rear?

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personally Ive never had the ESP-TCS light coming on on dry roads.

 

especially for the instance you describe, it doesn't sound as you were about to break traction, right??

[Rob2005]

Nope, no reason it would have broke traction at all.

 

They arent standard wheel though, i have 19" Racing hearts.

 

245-35-19 front tyre size on a 9x19 wheel

275-30-19 rear tyre size on a 10x19 wheel.

 

Maybe the wheels??

[Liam's Z]

Nope, no reason it would have broke traction at all.

 

They arent standard wheel though, i have 19" Racing hearts.

 

245-35-19 front tyre size on a 9x19 wheel

275-30-19 rear tyre size on a 10x19 wheel.

 

Maybe the wheels??

 

Possibly,,, more likely esp sensors playing up!!!

[Guest prescience]

http://www.torquecars.co.uk/Tuning/alloy-wheels.php

 

See above, I have 19"s like yourself but am running a 275x35x19 on the rear rather than a 30 profile. 30 puts you outside the recommended margins and may well be your problem

 

Have a read through here too

http://www.carbibles.com/tyre_bible.html

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isn't what NickMSM has? I haven't heard him complaining about the light though?

[lomoto]

isn't what NickMSM has? I haven't heard him complaining about the light though?

 

I have same size tyres , no probs though

[Mathys]

I would would say it's the 30 profile tyre you got in the back. Some Z's VDC/TCS are really sensitive regarding the overall height of your wheels. People like lomoto run it with no problems, while others have the interference of the VDC all the time...

[350Znismo]

I get the same problem on my import but only after i changed the wheels from the standards to 20", I hope it will go away when i return to my standards in the winter !

[Rob2005]

Just booked it into the dealer maybe they can sort it.

 

Glad im not the only one with the problem

[bernmc]

I know this is a bit of an old thread, but I had a similar problem when driving my leggie back from the liverpool docks - was a nearly flat battery strangely enough. Put a new battery in, and problem solved.

 

Other possibility (apart from those mentioned) is a faulty or fouled ABS sensor or damaged abs ring.

 

I don't know how clever the Nissan system is, but anything that significantly alters the rolling diameter of one of the wheels may trigger the system - again on the legnum if one of the tryres drops below 30psi (std 34psi), it starts to trigger the Active Yaw. As you already have a different rolling diameter due to different profiles, a change in tyre pressure may be much more noticable...?