Could it possibly be the traction control malfunctioning? Turn it off and see what happens.

This is just a guess because what you described is what the engine does when you are stuck in the snow unless you turn the TC off.

 

Fried ECU.

 

So I went outside to take pics for nothing?

lol J/P!

 

Thanks for the reminder lol

 

**********I have a SPARE ECU for an 04' 5spd Max**********

Let me know if you are interested.

I can take pics of all numbers, pins, case, everything.

When I got my TS flash, I purchased a spare and sent it out, so the one that I have sitting in my safe is the one that was in my car originally. I want to say that there is about 25,000 miles on it.

Let me know and I can sell it to you for a small fraction of what the stealership wants...and then all you will need is to just install it and get your keys programmed to it.

 

The ecu required is for a 2004 no adaptive cruise control, traction control, or vehicle dynamic control model with 5spd auto.. Does this fit the bill? I hope so

 

Tis' what I have!

That "adaptive cruise control" thing is a joke... none of the 6th gen cars have that...which is what confused me when I was in the market for a spare ECU.

No TC
No VDC
2004
5spd auto

PM replied to MissMiami

 

I forwarded the PM to Luke. Thanks again.

 

mmmk, PM replied...

 

lol thanks alot for the laugh i love the org

 

FTL

 

FTL, indeed.

 

Do I get a Thanks for pointing you that DAN has a spare ECU ??

Anyways its a show car , you dont need to go fast !

 

How the hell does an ECU get fried anyway? I've never heard that happen before. I guess just like a PC wears out, occasionally you can have an electrical issue in your car's CPU.

Sucks regardless. At least it wasn't extensive mechanical failure.

Joshua

 

Thanks, Alan. You the man. And I guess if I leave now, I might be able to idle my way up to WPB by...May?

 

HOPEFULLY a friend that's a service manager at another Nissan may be able to wangle something and get this fixed! WOOOOO! But let's not jinx it quite yet...

 

That sux. Wish you luck. And if I win the Lotto tomorrow I'll give you a new ECU....

 

ok it could be a number of things you could have a bad fuel rail not getting fuel to the injecters or a bad fuel sensor that wouldn't let more full in the engine or a bad Mass Air Flow Sensor if the MAS is bad it tells the car you need less fuel

 

Aww thanks!

:crossesfingerslarsimhitsthelotto:

 

Only problem with that is that my friend who happens to be a tech at nissan swapped out the IPDM, TB(whole system), and narrowed it down to the ECM.

 

reading > you

 

May I ask how you know this?

 

I have a 2007 and had the same problem, after taking it in for service many times and was told it was fine, finally I told them I was going to get killed because I could not merge out into traffic -- I thought I was going to get rear-ended a few times! The service manager took it for a ride finally and had the same response, even though nothing was showing when it was hooked to the computer. They replaced the transmission control module and it was like a new car again. Now I have a weird "low gear" sensation when I'm hitting 40mph, it feels like a standard shift car and I feel like I should be downshifting. It has a sluggish deep vibrating feel which again they can't detect. I feel like they don't take my complaints seriously because I'm blonde and female! Love my car but getting very tired of bringing it in, I think they think I just want a free carwash sometimes.

 

If you bought it new and they refuse to fix it, report it under a lemon law...

 

Something like post #39.

 

OH OH! You didn't "quote" it so I thought you were saying YOUR friend checked out my car...I was like WTF. hahaha. Now I see.

 

So what are/were the details on removing/swapping it out? What were the codes again?

 

Don't know the codes off hand, but they're going to have to replace the entire unit and reprogram the keys.

But on a brighter note, if all goes as planned, it looks like it's going to get fixed after all! Big thanks to Luke and Johnny for all their help!

 

How does an ECU goes bad? What causes it?

 

Hmm...not sure.

 

well good thing u found out what it was and someone here had a spear

 

Hope you get it fixed soon!

 

Well, it looks like we're back to square one...

 

New ECU?

 

Nope. I had it at one dealership, then had it towed to another to see what they can do...they still don't know what's wrong with it.

 

Sigh..

 

Still no codes I assume?

 

We'll im a good 20 miles from the car so if there are any codes I wouldn't know.

 

Let's just say there's a whole mess of codes.

I'll find out for sure tomorrow.

 

Post them codes