Hey hope everyone had a great Christmas and has a good night tonight. Got a little issue I'm trying to help a friend out with. My friend's Z has been turning off VDC on it's own, at the same time the slip light comes on and this happens after the car has been on for a few minutes(3-5 I would say). Do any of you know what would cause this/how to fix? If not any recommendations on where to take the car would be appreciated.

 

brake fluid.

 

Probably does it when he accelerates.

Fixes:
New brake pads (wearing them down will decrease level)
Top off Brake fluid
Check brake pads first so you dont have to siphon out any brake fluid when you replace them.

If that doesnt work it might be the fluid level sensor is bad.

(Basically what is happening is the VDC and traction control are being shut off by the computer because it is detecting a problem with the ABS. It disables the TCS so there arent any problems)

 

Brake fluid

 

echo

 

Well that was easy enough lol. Thank you very much man I'll let him know.

 

lol definitely brake fluid. Happened to me a few years ago and I was freaking out.

 

Yea and it caught him off-gaurd he had no idea it was off, hit a little bit of sand/salt in a corner so he had a Folgers wake up moment this morning lol. I appreciate all of the responses btw.

Ethan how do you like Tysons/Mclean?

 

While you're at it, get a bottle of ATE brake fluid to be extra rice.

 

^I've found it cheapest at tirerack.com, but you can get it at olympus for $17.

FYI, If you plan on flushing the system. Don't use the universal power bleeder, I went through 3 bottles of SuperBlue because the cap couldn't seal properly.