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VDC Off and Slip light turn on too often now.

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Old 12-10-2008, 05:30 PM
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VDC Off and Slip light turn on too often now.

And can't figure out why. My driving habits have not changed. Sometimes I like to push the G because it's fun but I never got these two lights to turn on before until recently. Sometimes I'm just driving down the freeway and the lights will turn on for no reason. Anything I should worry about?
 
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Old 12-10-2008, 05:31 PM
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yes. take it to the dealer.
 
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Old 12-11-2008, 11:51 PM
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The Nissan dealership should be able to help too?
 
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Old 12-12-2008, 01:36 AM
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Only one who can answer for this question is the dealer. Some Nissan dealership works on Infiniti some don't. But if it is warranty work they might say sorry but can't. Call them and ask.

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Old 02-13-2009, 12:14 AM
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same with my car especially when i speed up very quickly and just lift my foot off the gas and let it go. i can replicate this problem like 50% of the time. what did the dealer say? did you manage to fix it?
 
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Old 02-13-2009, 12:46 AM
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Umm could it be your tires getting old? or that it's cold out?
 
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Old 02-13-2009, 02:50 AM
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Slip light would indicate loss of traction but I don't know why vdc off would be turning on unless you turned it off or unless your sensors are bad or something. The dealer or somone with a cipher should be able to tell you if its throwing any codes.
 
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Old 02-13-2009, 06:11 AM
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I took it to the dealer because I had the same problem, they said its my brakes and I need to change them. For some reason the VDC is connected to the brake fluid level so when it goes down VDC turns off.
 
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Old 02-13-2009, 08:16 AM
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You had the VDC slip and the brake lights too. Not just the VDC and slip. Am I right ?
 
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Old 02-13-2009, 08:40 AM
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my VDC off and SLIP lights are on after I lowered my car. After an alignment, their are back to normal. When the VDC off light is on, try to press the VDC button to see if it turns off. If you can't then something is wrong with your suspension system also, in my case, my alignment.
 
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Old 02-13-2009, 09:44 AM
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If the lights are coming on, you are low on brake fluid. This is caused by the brake pads being worn to the point that the calipers are almost fully out and therefore, your fluid is low.
The rear pads go much quicker than the fronts, since they are used quite often by the VDC system.
Start by checking your rear brakes.
 
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Old 02-13-2009, 09:23 PM
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yes i forgot to add that the BRAKE light comes on and then goes away while the SLIP light and VDC off stays. thanks for the info everyone, if it's not a big deal then i'll go to the dealer at my next oil change in 3000 miles and take care of it.
 
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Old 02-15-2009, 02:36 PM
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I just replaced my rear brake pads.
No more VDC, Slip or Brake lights.

I gotta say, this car is a joy to work on... Well engineered.
It took all of 30 minutes start to finish.
 
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Old 02-15-2009, 04:42 PM
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Aeson,
What kind of pads did you go with when you replaced the rears?
 
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Old 02-15-2009, 05:41 PM
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I picked up a set of Bendix Ceramics for $35 on Amazon.
Nothing fancy... for now
 
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