snow button question
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snow button question
Hey guys
I was told that with the 05x, you can leave the snow button on and drive. While the 04x snow button only works up to 15 or 25mph. I never really understood what that meant. Does that mean that the 04x can't stay locked at 50/50% power after 25mph???
Anyways I have a 05x. I drove it with the snow button on the other day. After getting to about 65mph, the whole car started shaking, so I slowed down and the shaking stayed. I pulled over, turned off the car, turned it back on, took snow button off and the car was still shaking while im driving... is something wrong??? The next day, everything is fine again. ANd its been fine for the past few days.. Did anyone else experience that???
I was told that with the 05x, you can leave the snow button on and drive. While the 04x snow button only works up to 15 or 25mph. I never really understood what that meant. Does that mean that the 04x can't stay locked at 50/50% power after 25mph???
Anyways I have a 05x. I drove it with the snow button on the other day. After getting to about 65mph, the whole car started shaking, so I slowed down and the shaking stayed. I pulled over, turned off the car, turned it back on, took snow button off and the car was still shaking while im driving... is something wrong??? The next day, everything is fine again. ANd its been fine for the past few days.. Did anyone else experience that???
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Originally Posted by yassy
OUCH!
NEVER EVER TURN THAT BUTTON ON UNLESS U GOING UP A STEEP GRADE!
I dont know, u may have ucked up your tranny. THe g35x is smart enough to distribute power where its need when you going slow. Why would u need awd at such a high speed?
NEVER EVER TURN THAT BUTTON ON UNLESS U GOING UP A STEEP GRADE!
I dont know, u may have ucked up your tranny. THe g35x is smart enough to distribute power where its need when you going slow. Why would u need awd at such a high speed?
As for his shaking, all I can think of is you may have accumulated ice or snow inside one of your wheels, giving you that "unbalanced" feel.
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Originally Posted by DP03
What are you talking about? The snow button merely cuts power and distributes power 50/50. It disables after 15 mph. In theory, you could use the snow button all the time without damaging anything.
As for his shaking, all I can think of is you may have accumulated ice or snow inside one of your wheels, giving you that "unbalanced" feel.
As for his shaking, all I can think of is you may have accumulated ice or snow inside one of your wheels, giving you that "unbalanced" feel.
I don't own an X but from all the reading and talking to people who sell that is also my understanding.
Having the switch on would not cause this shaking. It sounds very clearly like what you have described. The snow/ice would have melted in a day or so after the car was stopped.
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Originally Posted by DP03
What are you talking about? The snow button merely cuts power and distributes power 50/50. It disables after 15 mph. In theory, you could use the snow button all the time without damaging anything.
As for his shaking, all I can think of is you may have accumulated ice or snow inside one of your wheels, giving you that "unbalanced" feel.
As for his shaking, all I can think of is you may have accumulated ice or snow inside one of your wheels, giving you that "unbalanced" feel.
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Originally Posted by zenusXng
I use to have this problem with my mom's Rav4, after it snows some of the ice/snow on the wheel (in the rims) causes the wheels to be out of balance. This causes the shaking above the 60-65 mark. Once the snow melts off it should be fine.
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Originally Posted by Lazer
I own the 05. Snow mode locks the torque distribution at 50/50 until 19 MPH. After that the torque is rwd until slip is detected. You also get reduced throttle response.
This description is in the manual. I doubt the vibrating had anything to do with the snow switch.
This description is in the manual. I doubt the vibrating had anything to do with the snow switch.
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I was a little inaccaurate in description of the snow button. I was told how it worked by the dealer, and did not see it in the owners manual per se. According to an article I saw here: http://www.nissannews.com/infiniti/n...09104451.shtml
The 50/50 torque distribution defaults to rwd after 12 MPH but the reduced throttle response continues with the snow button on
I am pretty sure this strategy is continued on both the 2005 and 2006 models.
The 50/50 torque distribution defaults to rwd after 12 MPH but the reduced throttle response continues with the snow button on
I am pretty sure this strategy is continued on both the 2005 and 2006 models.
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Originally Posted by paulcl
thanks guys, the vibration never came back so i feel much better now... i was going 60-65 cause i was at a wide open area of the highway with no one near me so I wanted to see how the awd performs on about 3-4 inchs of snow.
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