Join the Infiniti Q50/Q60 group on Facebook...you're likely to get a ton of responses there...most of us here are down with modding our Q60s but i'm willing to bet the general crowd here isn't into drifting with their Qs quite yet.

 

Just requested to join the group, still pending. fingers crossed.

 

Nah, not drifting my !%$@

 

Let us know what they say about the stability control. Maybe the service guys at your Infiniti dealership would know?

 

Is he talking about the traction control? Just push the button. I don't "drift" my car but I've done a few ass end slides and drove through it...with traction control turned off

 

Button by your left knee. Right next to the trunk release.

Button icon looks like a car with squirrelly paths.

 

There is a secong button by the brake pedal u need to hold down for a few seconds, while pushing in the brake.
Two lights should turn on.

 

Where is this extra button you're talking about? I don't see it in my car.

 

Hey guys, so there are two cylindrical shaped buttons above the brake pad stem that you can only reach when depressing the brakes all the way down. You have to follow the steering column all the way down until you reach the sweet spot where that connects to the brake stem thingy. Hard to describe other than that, but if you play around with the brake you should feel it moving up and down if you stick your hand down by the brake pedal.


Once you find them, you have to hold BOTH buttons down ( in this case UP, since the buttons are facing upwards) for about 5 seconds and you should see a second light get thrown on the cluster which indicates the VDS is off, you can then manually hit the traction control button and presto, you can now burn out etc.


It'll automatically re-engage once you restart the car.

 

Jesus, the VDC button turns the VDC off or on. One switch above the brake pedal activates the brake lights and the other lets the car know you've got the brake pedal depressed to start the car and or move the shifter from park to R or D. Those switches aren't meant to be pushed manually :laugh:

Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC)
off indicator light

When the ignition switch is placed in the
ON position, the light will come on and
then turn off.
The light comes on when the VDC off switch
is pushed to OFF. This indicates that the
VDC system and traction control system
are not operating.

P.2-20

 

VDC is not the same as traction control. When off, it will allow your tires to slip as long as you're still going straight, but the engine cuts power when you're sideways (seems to be especially prevalent on AWD) thanks to the yaw sensor.

So, I've got to back QTQ60 on this. I tried his method and it actually worked. I'm not sure why holding those two buttons in turns off traction control; my only idea is that it's some kind of failsafe if the car detects that breaks are engaged even though the pedal "isn't" depressed.

Word of warning though: I'm assuming this must throw some kind of code. So if you're doing this and you mess up your car, there's a possibility they'd take that into account when considering warranty.

 

The Vehicle Dynamic Control (VDC) system
uses various sensors to monitor driver
inputs and vehicle motion. Under certain
driving conditions, the VDC system helps
to perform the following functions.
. Controls brake pressure to reduce
wheel slip on one slipping drive wheel
so power is transferred to a non
slipping drive wheel on the same axle.
. Controls brake pressure and engine
output to reduce drive wheel slip based
on vehicle speed (traction control function).

So, when you push those brake pedal position switches and the brake pedal at the same time, you're causing an error. The depressed switches are telling the car that the brake pedal is not depressed, but the car has other sensors that indicate the brakes are being applied.

 

I noticed that if you hold the VDC down for 10 seconds the light comes on and then shuts off again? It doesn't come back on until you restart the car. Maybe it's a placebo effect but it seems the cars computer doesn't interfere when turning. Can somebody do a real world test when you are testing the burnout a if this makes a difference?


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Can somebody do a real world test when you are testing the burnout a if this makes a difference?

Just do it.

 

2 words - cafeteria trays

 

maybe there’s a way but in the old g37 forums they would fabricate and splice some switches to the actual the yaw sensor which foresees if you’re sideways and need to come back straight or not but I’m not sure if you can do the same with q60s but I feel like you probably can 🤣