vsc randonly lites up and won't go over 5mph

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Indy95gt
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Car: 300zx w/seized engine

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OK, my wife's pathfinder has had the ecm relay recall service done and the truck randomly lights up the CSC and slip lights and the truck won't go over 5 mph?? I had it towed to the dealer they told me I needed a new ECM $1400 installed?! I looked online and saw you could swap the relays in the ECM so I went to the dealer and tried it. The truck worked so I drove it home. Now I still get the random VDC lights, but I re-key it and it clears. It was raining the day It wouldn't clear. Could this be a bad ground somewhere? The truck runs great otherwise.


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What year Pathfinder?

Indy95gt
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Car: 300zx w/seized engine

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Sorry, its an '06. I cleaned the grounds and I still get the vsc light, but no strandings. The 0605 code is on (bad ECM!?). I runs great, I mean really great when I don't have the limp-home mode on. Very frustrating. I'm going to check the crank position sensor next.

4xq
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Were you having problems before the relay swap? If so, what were they?

Indy95gt
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Joined: Sun Mar 18, 2012 3:52 pm
Car: 300zx w/seized engine

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Yeah, the truck has randomly gone into limp-mode ever since we owned it, just a nuiscense, but since I took I to the dealer, it won't reset, and now the VSC light comes on every third key on. I found a place in TX that fixes Nissan ECMs. I'm going to try them, $250.


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