TCS/Slip Lights and other outages

[fjdietz]

Hello everyone. I am new to this forum. Hope you can offer some help. I have a 1995 Q45T that I bought in 1998 with 22,000 miles. Today it has 72,000 miles. It has always been very well cared for. The car is currently garaged in Florida. Recently upon starting the car the TCS and Slip lights come on plus the power steering is out, no aircon, no power windows, no directional signals etc. I took the Car to Orlando Infiniti. They confirmed the problem, replaced MAS Flow, checked grounds, and replaced some other things (I'm in NY the bill is in Florida) - about a thousand dollars of work. After driving the car for about 5 minutes with this condition it will suddenly return to normal, e.g. the TCS and Slip lights go out, power steering restored, the aircon comes on, directional signals start to work, etc. Everything else with the performance of the car will be fine until I turn it off and when I start it again it goes through the same cycle. Has anyone had these problems? I've gone through all the other threads and have not found anything quite like my problem. Any help will be appreciated. Orlando Infiniti can't figure out the problem after 2 tries.

[Infinitiexpert]

Sounds like a power problem, the alternator not charging properly when cold or there is a poor connection to the main fuses or battery.

[fjdietz]

Thanks very much for the speedy reply. I do recall that the infiniti said they checked the alternator and they said it was working properly. They also said that they reconnected the ground cables. Just to be sure it wasn't the battery, I replaced a 2 year old Interstate long life battery with a $139. Die Hard Gel battery that someone told me was more powerful (didn't make any difference). I'll check the battery cable connections again but I think that they are pretty tight both at the battery and elsewhere when I get back to Florida in a few weeks. Again, thanks very much for your thoughts on this.

[jebhott]

there are to relays right under the side of the battery that go bad i would start by checking them. also pull the back seat bottm check the wire they for any corrsion

[fjdietz]

Thanks very much. I will check these connections too. I will let the forum know the results as I would imagine I am not the only Q45t experiencing this problem and if this fixes the situation it might be useful to others. Thanks again.

Fred (Massapequa, NY)

[jebhott]

u can go see lance at massapeque infiniti he is pro with this car!!

[fjdietz]

Thanks! I'll consider bringing the car back to New York. It is such a terrific car that it would be worth it.