1st post, hoping the future is brighter in regards to my G37. Went to pickup license plates from dealer; didn't have time for them to install. Left went to lunch, came out and started car and I must have released clutch before ignition sequence completed. It bogged a little and I depressed clutch to let is finish starting before actually backing up, I know what a concept. Began to back out and the accelerator wouldn't respond above 1000-1050 RPM range. I dogged it over to a gas station and tryed to restart engine two or three times to no avail. Called roadside and scheduled tow, went into store for a few minutes and came out restarted and it came back online. Cancelled tow, drove to dealer and was explained that it went into "Limp mode", basically third gear and I could have driven it only not over 1050 RPM to protect engine. The tattle tale said first it was the E-Brake applied over 7MPH, I refused to believe that applying an E-brake over 7 MPH would cause the engine to react in this manner a week after the event. Another tech came over and checked another area in the ECU and said it was a 1057 error I think, something to do with the Variable valve lift timing. You can imagine my excitement of the prospect of having a major issue so early on. I told the service MGR and salesman to put me in a loaner and left. Still waiting for the new ECU to arrive today and should have more feedback on the exact issue on a later post. Has anyone had this "LIMP MODE" issue or a bad ECU that needed replacement at or below 2000 miles?????

 

damn sorry to hear.. hopefully everything gets taken care of... I haven't had anything like that, thankfully.

 

that sux!!!! Sorry to hear about that. I don't remember seeing that particular problem listed in this forum. Maybe someone has had it before. Keep checking back.

 

Ya, I think others have had this issue before or something very similar to it. Most did an ECU reset and the problem fixed itself if I remember correctly.

 

Yea i dont think this is the first post about this... But i dont think you needed a brand new ECU

 

Sucks to hear that man. Hope everything's fine with your baby.

 

Hope that's covered by warranty.

 

Why would it not be? Its a brand new car.

 

I stalled mine before (let out the clutch too fast) and it went into limp-mode. Would not reve beyond 2k rpm and was running rough. I pulled over, turned it off and waited a few minutes before turning it back on and it started right up as normal. Haven't had any problems since (and that was probably 6-7k miles ago).....

 

weird limpmode. but at least u get something new

 

Got her back last night, coded with 1090 and P1093 found VVEL Control unit faulty and they replaced the module assy. Warranty covered also replaced the battery due to dead cells. All seems well, love this dam car!

 

its something normal, i have heard this issue many times

 

Good to hear bro!