I was driving at about 10mph (just completed turn), my steering wheel became totally unresponsive and every dash light came on. Anyone know what happened or what to check? I don't want this to happen again, especially at higher speeds.

~THT

 

lol that happened to me when i do peelouts and turn hard, the car shuts off and goes into some safe mode. i thought my cvas were going to pop out

 

Well, I took the car to the track yesterday and there were prolonged sprints of ~120mph on the way to the track. I've also managed to put over 1,000 miles on the car in two weeks.

~THT

 

It sounds like it was about to die on you. Did it start right back up after the turn?

 

Yep, started right back up. O/D light blinked at me too. But, since then, it hasn't come back so I don't think anything is wrong.

~THT

 

To me, it sounded like the transmission wouldn't downshift into a lower gear, therefore, the engine bogged around that turn. The thing that hinted at that was the O/D light blinking at the time.

 

Engine was running when I was stopped; it didn't die on me.

~THT

 

AH, I see, I read that wrong then. I was under the impression that you were doing a rolling turn where you didn't stop.

 

your ECU just took a dump

 

Why did it take a dump? I want to avoid this happening again because next time, I could be in traffic...

~THT

 

Do a self-diagnosis and see if anything shows up. Also do the same for the transmission. It does sound like a dangerous situation.

 

it could have possibly been a "safe mode" of some kind, or there could have been a short somewhere in the system....i've never really heard of this before, but i'd check my ecu for trouble codes as soon as I could.

 

Will pull codes tomorrow. Only expect to see 0304 though...

~THT

 

is the alternator alright? has it ever been replaced? thats what happened to my car when the alternator took a **** on me. lights got dim power to all accessories was little to none. check it out

 

Alternator has never been replaced. How would I test it?

~THT

 

noo not the altenator bro, the car goes into safe mode at times. it happens to me when i turn hard and do a peel out, or just drive wreckless at times

 

suscribed

 

First get the voltage between both positive and negative battery terminals. If its within 14.1-14.7, its good.

If its out of 14.1-14.7, proceed...

Check the voltage between the positive terminal and a secure metal ground (with the engine running of course). It it now registes 14.1-14.7, then there is a faulty connection to/from the battery someplace or just a dead battery. If its below 14.1, then you have a dying alternator.

Otherwise, just head over to autozone or pepboys ect... they will usually do a test for free. Just ask them what the reading is though, because they told me that mine was 'fine' (They didnt' tell me it was at 11.XXX, I had to glance over and look at the diagnosis tool) and then the alternator crapped out on me a week after.

 

There was a recall on alternators a while back, make sure you got yours changed.

 

I think that recall was for 97+ models

 

Is this safe mode only on 96 models? Where I work the road is heavily traveled so I usually go down to the next light make a u-turn and sometimes stomp it. Never had the car go into safe mode or anything just burns rubber.

 

Nissan techs were stumped. And I didn't have any codes...just dead KS as I expected.

~THT

 

i wouldnt be surprised if the alternator is just on its way out and not completely shot. hopefully if it happens it's not when you're in dire need of driving you're car, i had my alt done under recall and it took the dealership 2 freakin days to do it!@*(&@#(

 

I took a hard turn one night, and my car did the exact same thing... it started up, then the next day, my alternator went out at 96K miles, at the Wendys drive-thru window great fun! I had to jump start it 7 times to get to my work about 5 min away. Over there, I tested the alternator, and it was shot....had to recharge the battery and the whole nine. I really suggest getting your alternator tested, or you doing it yourself, there is no harm in doing it. It will probably save you some hassle in the future.

Our alternators aren't the easiest things to replace, actually it is a bish...it took me about 5 hours.

 

Damn. Looks like I'm skipping class on Thursday to do the following:

1) Put EGR back together and bolt it to 00 VI
2) KS
3) Alternator

Gonna be a long day under the hood.

~THT

 

Good luck with that!

 

Replaced the alternator and it happened again, only this time, I accelerated through a left turn. I was probably at 50% throttle. Any thoughts?

~THT

 

Your ecu has a virus, reinstall windows.

 

I tried Ctrl+Alt+Del but all I got was a BSOD. Help! lol

But really, I might have to let the Nissan techs take a whack at the problem...*cringe*

~THT

 

I have had the same thing happen to me in my 92 240sx and in my 99 infiniti G20. I never figured it out. It must be a nissan thing.

 

No one has any input?

~THT