VDC OFF/ SLIP LIGHTS after car wash....'03 G35

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Mar 4, 2018 | 01:05 PM
  #1  
Here's a conundrum. After driving through the carwash, I'll drive it a few miles and then it goes into shut down mode for a while. Eventually it sorts itself out and runs again. Anyone else have this issue? Does anyone know why this is happening?
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Mar 4, 2018 | 01:09 PM
  #2  
Water damage to some electrical component, get it scanned with an OBD2 reader, hopefully they can pull a DTC if it's still stored otherwise I suggest investing in a bluetooth OBD2 adapter that can sync to your smartphone and use an app to read it when the code pops up next time. There's a couple dozen different things that can trigger the VDC/SLIP lights but the car will tell you exactly which one it was.

You should also check the obvious and make sure your brake fluid is full but I doubt that's the cause, probably a wheel sensor or something is getting crapped with water and starts working again when it drains and dries out.
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Apr 1, 2018 | 08:52 PM
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Well, I got it fixed. Turns out, I had water intrusion in the PCM box along the firewall behind the battery. Found a used one for $270 and had it installed as well as the pins in each of the plugs (which were greenish with corrosion) cleaned and treated with a sealant solution. Two trips through the car wash and no more issues.
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