I know this is a repost from the g35 section..but I figured this would be a better place for it, delete the other if you need to.

just a couple questions.

say your cruising, then you Floor the throttle. How long does it take for your car to downshift and accelerate? at first this car took almost 2-3 seconds before it would downshift and take off. I took out 1 spark plug to look at the condition and put it back, and it magically dropped to about 1 second. Still slightly long IMO. My dad's 2006 Dodge 1500 downshifts faster than this thing...not sayin it can keep up with it...but you know what I'm sayin...

the steering is incredibly ruff. it's almost as bad as no power steering. but it's worse turning one way than the other. Checked Power Steering fluid, and it's fine?

I checked all fluids and whatnot, all checked out just fine.

list so far.
1. ECU reset. *recommended by RED_DET*
2. Spark plugs.
3. new air filter.
4. Possibly transmission fluid change, was low when she was here a few weeks ago, at least adding some. depends on how much money she has when she gets here.
5. Possibly run some sea foam through it if y'all would recommend that?
6. try and dog it alittle to possibly get rid of some built up carbon and whatnot. *as if she doesn't dog it enough*
7. Possible grounding kit.
8. general cleanup of the engine bay and clean out the intake a little.

the owners husband has neglected this car horribly. She loves this car and want's it to be like new again. but I can't figure out the causes. she will be back in florida from georgia next month. I will do as much maintenance to the car as her money allows. this car still go's very well. I test drove it for her, and when it does decide to downshift it squats and hops and takes off very well. no shaking under hard braking. again, Thank you very much. I'm only 15, I'm no mechanic not saying I don't know a thing or two, but always helps to have a more knowledgeable person give input. if you need any more info just ask...She lives in a very rural part of georgia and the car doesn't get driven but maybe once a month. and moved across the 8acre property a couple times in between driving to say walmart.

Thank you all in advance.

Why not let her husband worry about it? At 15 years old,I dont see why you should have to concern yourself with a married womans car?

Why not work on a car when your 15, If your willing to learn and take the time to read and and make sure you comprehend what you read before doing any damage to the vehicle..... Wes was what 16-17 when he first got the Q?

Take a gander at the service manual: http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/

Sorry I can't help as I never work on OBD2 (1996-2010+) vehicles.

because her husband is a piece of s*** that let her and their kids ride all the way to florida on a bald tire with wires showing after "checking the tires". and I love learning about and working on vehicles, so why not take every chance to learn?

I will take a gander at the manual, I would have done that but the manual for the car is 350 miles away. didn't even think to look at it online. Thank you.

all of the little sections I click on in the manual make my browser freeze and crash.

Is the Check Engine Light on?

How new is your computer?

check engine light is Not on. but no matter what the seat belt light is on. and my computer is old as the hills. when she gets here I'm gonna try and check all the connections I can on the transmission and engine and whatnot. her husband has sunk it to the frame in mud quite a few times.

Try looking at this section alone since its the correct section for the restraint system: http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/G35/Coupe/2003/srs.pdf

You are sure its the seat belt light that is flashing and not the Air Bag light?

I'm 95% sure it's the seat belt light. I could tell you 100% if the car was here, but considering it's 350 miles away....

Also, going to try and get my buddy to hook his scanner to it while she is here to see if anything pops up.

Jesse94 wrote:her husband has sunk it to the frame in mud quite a few times.

muddin' in a G... not good

Q451990 wrote:

Jesse94 wrote:her husband has sunk it to the frame in mud quite a few times.

muddin' in a G... not good

yeah I know...they live in very rural georgia in the woods. gotta go down a long dirt driveway to get back to their house, and after a few rains it gets nasty. she said they basically had to start at their house, floor it, and hope they skim across the muck. most of the time they got stuck though.

Dude are you porking this MILF?

seldomseen wrote:Dude are you porking this MILF?

She's my aunt.

seldomseen wrote:Dude are you porking this MILF?

Don't you look like an idiot now!

She will be here sometime tonight figured I would bump this up...