Buckley Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 not sure if this needed to be in technical or not so apologies if wrong the girlfriend drove the Z home from work tonight, so not speeding or caning it at all, ive come to park it up in the garage earlier and as im reversing it in the engine management light has appeared it came on steady so i parked her up and left it 5mins but still lit up steady when ignition is on looked in the handbook and it describes it as the Malfunction Light doesnt really give much info on what this could be or where to start, basically says to go to Nissan im no mechanic at all, dont know really anything about how to fix things, but wondered if anyone could shed any light on this as its got me a bit worried - only had my Z for almost 2months! ive checked under the engine and it was hot but nothing untoward i wouldnt have thought hopefully it isnt serious, was hoping to get some new alloys/tyres before the weather gets nice but if this turns out to be an expensive repair thanks in advance Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spursmaddave Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Do a reset, I would suggest using a phone with a stopwatch as the timings are crucial, and if the phone can record video then record the code part to playback after and post up the code, then you will know what the problem is Linky - http://www.350z-uk.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=119&t=42284 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckley Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Thanks for the fast reply!! I'll have to have a go tomorrow if I get a decent break Is it all completely safe? Wouldn't it just reoccur on next start up if it is a problem? Cheers mate Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 As already said, get the code read (either by yourself or by any decent garage) and post the code up here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckley Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 Am I still ok to take the car to work tomorrow? Gonna be a 30mile roundtrip but don't wanna do any extra damage I'll try get the code on my break when I get 10mins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ZMANALEX Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 Am I still ok to take the car to work tomorrow? Gonna be a 30mile roundtrip but don't wanna do any extra damage I'll try get the code on my break when I get 10mins Providing that the car does not go into limp mode then you will be fine to drive the car, however best to pull the code asap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zugara Posted March 22, 2011 Share Posted March 22, 2011 As said ecu reset , it should take you a couple of minutes to do which will hopefully cure your issue for your drive tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckley Posted March 23, 2011 Author Share Posted March 23, 2011 Just wanna say thanks to all After about 25 goes I managed to rest the ECU! Waitin to get my mate to run a diagnostics test tomorrow to get the code and I'll post it up here for advice Once again thankyou very much lads!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ekona Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 By resetting the ECU, you've wiped the code Clicky for next time! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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