09 soft top battle electrical (gremlins or ghosts) seeking wisdom
06-13-2019, 08:10 AM
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09 soft top battle electrical (gremlins or ghosts) seeking wisdom
09 touring late model 350Z 3.5 vq35 leather seats drop top premium Bose sound w sub woofer no navi as far as i can tell? AEM head unit smh
long story short I have been battling the drop top issues it has been to Nissan, electrical specialists side job hacks you name it nobody's had ANY success i have made some progress in eliminating the parasitic battery draw which was a dealer installed GPS tracking device AND a remote kill switch in case somebody was feeling froggy apparently it lit up key off engine off so after that was remedied i proceeded to work my way to the intelligent power distribution module which had to the best of my knowledge **AFTERMARKET RELAYS AT LEAST ONE OR TWO** WIRE STUFFED INTO THE CAVITY DRAWING SIGNAL FROM ONE OF THE RELAYS AND JUMPING IT INTO A FACTORY WIRE IN CONNECTOR E9 I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND JACK DIDDILY ON THIS E9 CONNECTOR IT IS THE BROWN AND RED STRIPE WIRE CAN ANYBODY SHINE SOME LIGHT ON THIS SITUATION? IDEALLY A HARNESS PINOUT AND WIRE IDENTIFICATION AND SPECIFICS PERHAPS EVEN SPECS ON TESTING RESISTANCE VALUES VOLTS ETC
FURTHERMORE THE ABS HAS NO COMM WITH MY SNAPON SOLUS EDGE SCAN TOOL IS THAT TYPICAL ON THESE CARS I CANT IMAGINE SO IVE NEVER NEEDED A CONSULT BUT I DONT RECALL GETTING INTO MUCH ABS IT IS ABS W TCS NOT EQUIPPED WITH VDC AT FIRST IT WAS JUST A NO COMM ISSUE THEN THE LIGHTS EVENTUALLY LIT UP ABS TRAC AND SLIP NO (BRAKE LIGHT HOWEVERR ) ?? WHAT COULD THAT BE FROM I TESTED THE ABS UNIT DRIVERS SIDE REAR OF ENGINE BAY BOTH GROUNDS TESTED PERFECT SWITCHED POWER IS PERFECT EVEN CHECKED THE BRAKE SWITCH INPUT AND THAT REGISTERS PERFECT SUPPOSE IM LOOKING AT A NEW ABS MODULE? CRAWLED UNDER VEHICLE REMOVED ALL TIRES NO VISABLE DAMAGE ALL VSS APPEAR TO BE INTACT TIRES THE SAME PRESSURES ARE FINE IT DIDNT COME ON AFTER DRIVING IT CAME ON AFTER WORKING ON IT POSSIBLY DUE FROM CHARGING IT WITH A STANDARD PLUG IN BATTERY CHARGER I TRIED TO KEEP IT ON LOW EXCEPT WHEN STARTING IN A RUSH COULD THE ABS BRAKE ISSUE BE PREVENTING THE CONVERTABLE FROM OPERATING (PLEASE DO NOT INSULT ME WITH THE BRAKE SWITCH ENGAGED THE ENTIRE TIME, VEHICLE IN PAR,(OR N)K BATTERY ABOVE 10V, VEHICLE SPEEED UNDER 4 MPH, SEATS TILTED AND SLID FORWARD ETC ETC IVE READ ALL ABOUT THIS SYSTEM OVER AND OVER IVE GOT IT TO GO THRU THE CYCLES COMPLETELY AND ON ITS OWN POWER OPEN AND CLOSE NUMEROUS TIMES JUST BY SIMPLY BY HAVING IT STRIPPED TO THE FRAME AND ENGAGING THE SWITCHES AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND KIND OF PLAYING WITH IT IN COMBINATION OWITHE MANUAL OPEN AND CLOSE PROCEDURE WHEN I HIT A BRICK WALL IM GOING ON 2 WEEKS OF THIS TORTURE EVERY DAY LITERALLY NONSTOP
UPDATE SO THIS TAN OR LIGHT BROWN YELLOW STRIPE SILVER DASHED WIRE HAS .08VOLTS BUT CARRIES A NEGATIVE CHARGE ACCORDING TO MY POWER PROBE SOMETHING IS CERTAINLY ****ED OFF JUST NOT SURE WHAT IT IS OR WHERE TO START
long story short I have been battling the drop top issues it has been to Nissan, electrical specialists side job hacks you name it nobody's had ANY success i have made some progress in eliminating the parasitic battery draw which was a dealer installed GPS tracking device AND a remote kill switch in case somebody was feeling froggy apparently it lit up key off engine off so after that was remedied i proceeded to work my way to the intelligent power distribution module which had to the best of my knowledge **AFTERMARKET RELAYS AT LEAST ONE OR TWO** WIRE STUFFED INTO THE CAVITY DRAWING SIGNAL FROM ONE OF THE RELAYS AND JUMPING IT INTO A FACTORY WIRE IN CONNECTOR E9 I HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO FIND JACK DIDDILY ON THIS E9 CONNECTOR IT IS THE BROWN AND RED STRIPE WIRE CAN ANYBODY SHINE SOME LIGHT ON THIS SITUATION? IDEALLY A HARNESS PINOUT AND WIRE IDENTIFICATION AND SPECIFICS PERHAPS EVEN SPECS ON TESTING RESISTANCE VALUES VOLTS ETC
FURTHERMORE THE ABS HAS NO COMM WITH MY SNAPON SOLUS EDGE SCAN TOOL IS THAT TYPICAL ON THESE CARS I CANT IMAGINE SO IVE NEVER NEEDED A CONSULT BUT I DONT RECALL GETTING INTO MUCH ABS IT IS ABS W TCS NOT EQUIPPED WITH VDC AT FIRST IT WAS JUST A NO COMM ISSUE THEN THE LIGHTS EVENTUALLY LIT UP ABS TRAC AND SLIP NO (BRAKE LIGHT HOWEVERR ) ?? WHAT COULD THAT BE FROM I TESTED THE ABS UNIT DRIVERS SIDE REAR OF ENGINE BAY BOTH GROUNDS TESTED PERFECT SWITCHED POWER IS PERFECT EVEN CHECKED THE BRAKE SWITCH INPUT AND THAT REGISTERS PERFECT SUPPOSE IM LOOKING AT A NEW ABS MODULE? CRAWLED UNDER VEHICLE REMOVED ALL TIRES NO VISABLE DAMAGE ALL VSS APPEAR TO BE INTACT TIRES THE SAME PRESSURES ARE FINE IT DIDNT COME ON AFTER DRIVING IT CAME ON AFTER WORKING ON IT POSSIBLY DUE FROM CHARGING IT WITH A STANDARD PLUG IN BATTERY CHARGER I TRIED TO KEEP IT ON LOW EXCEPT WHEN STARTING IN A RUSH COULD THE ABS BRAKE ISSUE BE PREVENTING THE CONVERTABLE FROM OPERATING (PLEASE DO NOT INSULT ME WITH THE BRAKE SWITCH ENGAGED THE ENTIRE TIME, VEHICLE IN PAR,(OR N)K BATTERY ABOVE 10V, VEHICLE SPEEED UNDER 4 MPH, SEATS TILTED AND SLID FORWARD ETC ETC IVE READ ALL ABOUT THIS SYSTEM OVER AND OVER IVE GOT IT TO GO THRU THE CYCLES COMPLETELY AND ON ITS OWN POWER OPEN AND CLOSE NUMEROUS TIMES JUST BY SIMPLY BY HAVING IT STRIPPED TO THE FRAME AND ENGAGING THE SWITCHES AT DIFFERENT TIMES AND KIND OF PLAYING WITH IT IN COMBINATION OWITHE MANUAL OPEN AND CLOSE PROCEDURE WHEN I HIT A BRICK WALL IM GOING ON 2 WEEKS OF THIS TORTURE EVERY DAY LITERALLY NONSTOP
UPDATE SO THIS TAN OR LIGHT BROWN YELLOW STRIPE SILVER DASHED WIRE HAS .08VOLTS BUT CARRIES A NEGATIVE CHARGE ACCORDING TO MY POWER PROBE SOMETHING IS CERTAINLY ****ED OFF JUST NOT SURE WHAT IT IS OR WHERE TO START
Last edited by Brandon Salas; 06-13-2019 at 08:12 AM. Reason: MORE INFO
06-13-2019, 09:47 AM
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update passenger side firewall and floorboard have standing water musky moldy mildew smell signs of corroioson on bolts nuts and the casing for the computer there the ecu i presume cpuld water damage here inop the convertable top?
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