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Haxorz

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in V Series (V35, V36, V37 & Infiniti)

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Haxorz Rising Star

Haxorz

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Hey guys,

My V36's boot/bonnet warning light on the dash is permanently on.

I can't tell from the little picture if its the boot or bonnet it's referring to.

I've had a quick look to check and manually repress all possible sensor things but I couldn't really find many.

Any ideas?

I have disconnected the battery and reconnected (i.e. performed a reset).

Cheers,

David.

AlexanderWilde Collaborator

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disconecting teh battery wont do a proper reset unless u leave it for over 24 hours i have noticed this with mine

have a look at this thread and se if it works for you how to reset the ECU : http://www.skylinesaustralia.com/forums/topic/339248-reset-ecu/

if the issue is still there then go see a nissan dealer or somone that has the diagnostic tools to check the codes

Chris Rogers Grand Master

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are you sure its not the airbag display for the bonnet?

off to nissan you go I'm afraid. that is the only real way you are going to get an answer on it.

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Chris Rogers Grand Master

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you have airbag issues...

that is the pedestrian protection system having a whinge. in the even you nain someone with the car it pops the rear of the bonnet up. those two devices are causing your light. a trip to nissan will sort it unless you can find a tool that will read the car.

Wogboy Mentor

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Had another look the other day again with the scan tool hooked and it actually had a code up for an open circuit bag unit in the driveres seat. Must have had a girl look last time. So need to pull drivers seat out and have a squiz.

Chris Rogers Grand Master

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thing being you will find that the 'explosive' device has died. only way I have found to replace it is by having a 2nd hand seat handy and swapping bits out. new seat bases are stupid in price but the only correct way to fix them from new parts.

Wogboy Mentor

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thing being you will find that the 'explosive' device has died. only way I have found to replace it is by having a 2nd hand seat handy and swapping bits out. new seat bases are stupid in price but the only correct way to fix them from new parts.

Look forward to the halfcut then:-)

ChrisB Rising Star

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The pedestrian safety system warning system has a sensor behind the front bumper. Have you removed the bumper to re-fit the HID lamps by any chance.

Mine did the same right after compliance. Nissan can reset it quite easily.

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Haxorz Rising Star

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The pedestrian safety system warning system has a sensor behind the front bumper. Have you removed the bumper to re-fit the HID lamps by any chance.

Mine did the same right after compliance. Nissan can reset it quite easily.

CHEERS

Yes - I only just thought this the other day. I have had the original lights put back in post compliance, and it was about that time that the problem occurred. I passed on info from my compliance shop that the easiest way was to remove and go in via the front wheel, but maybe they took the bar off or fiddled around with it there.

Thanks - will go down to Nissan and have it sorted. Would they do this free of charge?

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Wogboy Mentor

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Yes - I only just thought this the other day. I have had the original lights put back in post compliance, and it was about that time that the problem occurred. I passed on info from my compliance shop that the easiest way was to remove and go in via the front wheel, but maybe they took the bar off or fiddled around with it there.

Thanks - will go down to Nissan and have it sorted. Would they do this free of charge?

Dont know why they would remove the bumper to put the HID's back in, I did mine and it's only a matter of taking the wheel off and the plastic splash shield to get to the back of the light assembly.

Unless you know someone at the dealer, it will probarly cost you a scan tool connection fee that could be anything from $55.00 and up.

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Dont know why they would remove the bumper to put the HID's back in, I did mine and it's only a matter of taking the wheel off and the plastic splash shield to get to the back of the light assembly.

Unless you know someone at the dealer, it will probarly cost you a scan tool connection fee that could be anything from $55.00 and up.

The garage mine came from actually put the HID lights back in mine post compliance without me even asking. I guess the wanted the conversion kit for the next car!

They defo took of the bumper bar and upset the sensor because i couldn't pick up the car for another day while Nissan reset it. So in my case it was free.

They shouldn't charge more than 1 hour though I guess if you take it to a Nissan dealer that knows what he is doing.

Cheers

Wogboy Mentor

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Hmmm... so should I be going back to workshop that inserted my lights and ask them to pay the $55?

Would non-Nissan work shops have the scan tools for a V36? I know a performance shop had one for my R34 when it had a coil pack error.

I have my own scan tool (paid $7000 so it's the real deal) and it reads my V36 no problem. So someone would have one no doubt.

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Hmmm... so should I be going back to workshop that inserted my lights and ask them to pay the $55?

Would non-Nissan work shops have the scan tools for a V36? I know a performance shop had one for my R34 when it had a coil pack error.

Just to save anyone further trips to Nissan Dealerships in the future, you can reset the hood warning light with the following instructions. This is confirmed to work for V36 and 370z.

Popup%20Hood%20Reset.png

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The Max Mentor

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Sorry to dredge up an old thread here but now that I've arrived back home from a 5 month stint overseas, I did try this before I flew out on my 2009 model V36 and it did not clear the error.

However, after having the battery disconnected for that 5 months, the first startup (after a fresh oil change and a squirt of oil down each spark plug hole) resulted in a Check Engine Light situation too.

So, I took advantage of the Nissan Consult 3+ tool that I bought from China along with v15.12 of the Consult 3+ software and found a whole bunch of CAN error codes (U1000) across almost every system in the vehicle along with a bunch of other DTCs related to the VVEL, BCM and a couple other things. No doubt the vehicle didn't like being unplugged for so long I guess.

Consequently, I erased the DTCs related to everything but the Pop-Up Hood. Then I retried the procedure noted above but unfortunately, still no clearance. The only way to wipe that bastard out was with the scan tool.

For those who are keen on buying their own scan tool, at a fraction of the cost of the genuine Nissan deal (especially because Nissan sell their kits only with a Panasonic Toughbook laptop), I got it from this mob:

http://hdautotool.en...for_nissan.html

Best $1300 I spent for being my own mechanic, as I always prefer to be.

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