Recently got a 17 Q50 awd and had noticed while browsing through the menus a option that was disabled called Trace control , so i did a little digging and found a nice write up by Nissan/Infiniti - Active Trace Control | NISSAN | TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES , so i am wondering a bit more about it and how it functions ? Do you guy's turn it on and find it helpful or does it take away from the driving experience ? If it is something that can possibly wear my brakes down quicker , i would most likely like to leave it disabled.
Oh and i cant leave without posting a pic , my ridgeline in the backround also :
wow that is interesting... I just turned in my 2014 Q50S and I had to replace the rear brakes.... I was surprised they wore down so fast considering I do mostly highway driving and never rode the brakes hard. I just got a brand new Red Sport and will be turning this **** off the minute i leave the office. thanks!
No, it's a feature active on all drivetrains in the Q50. I believe it's found under the Infiniti Drive Mode selector option, but I would have to look at my car to make sure. I leave mine enabled for the most part. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but switching from standard to sport/sport+ reduces the impact ATC has on the vehicle and you can fully turn it off with the personal setting.
Thanks for posting this topic. I've been curious about the feature as well. I haven't done any serious comparison between having it on or off to determine the impact of the feature, but would be curious to hear from others. Those of you posting that it will have a significant wear impact on the brakes, could you offer more information or data? I mean did someone actually do a set of brakes with the feature off and a set with the feature on and the results showed a significant life difference? Thanks!
your welcome , i did some basic internet searching trying to find out some more info and when the topic comes up most say the same thing , that it will wear your brakes quickly along with a few other things active. Like you i would like to hear more about it though ?
It's indeed a feature on all drivetrains, I've got it too on my non-AWD version.
I've disabled this mainly as it caused for me jerking of the car (uncontrollably) during fast turn-in of a corner.
With the TC turned off, this is resolved for me.
Also I noticed a higher brake use on one side (right) because I take alot of right sharp fast corners.
Funny that I see this.About a month ago I was taking a pretty tight left turn and although I'll admit that I still have to get used to the car, I felt as if I was gonna lose it. The car uncontrollably handled that turned. It was awful. Never been in a car that did such thing. So it's the Active Trace Control doing that huh. I've taken the same turns as fast in other performance vehicles and they did just fine, unlike my RedSport.
I believe all settings in Drive Mode Selector are only for customizing the "personal" drive mode. So you have to drive in "personal" mode to get the benefit of those settings.
This system senses driving based on the driver’s steering and acceleration/braking
patterns, and controls brake pressure at individual wheels and hybrid system out-
put to help smooth vehicle response.
When the SPORT mode is selected by the INFINITI Drive Mode Selector, the amount of
brake control provided by the active trace control is reduced.
When the PERSONAL mode is selected, the active trace control can be set to ON
(enabled) or OFF (disabled). See “INFINITI Drive Mode Selector” (P.5-21).
When the VDC OFF switch is used to turn off the VDC system, the active trace control is
also turned off.
When the active trace control is operated and the “Chassis Control” mode is selected
in the trip computer, the active trace control graphics are shown in the vehicle
information display. (See “Trip computer” (P.2-31).)
If the chassis control warning message appears in the vehicle information display,
it may indicate that the active trace control is not functioning properly. Have the
system checked by an INFINITI retailer. (See “30. Chassis control warning” (P.2-
27).)
When the active trace control is operating, you may feel a pulsation in the brake pedal
and hear a noise. This is normal and indicates that the active trace control is
operating properly. Even if the active trace control is set to OFF, some functions will
remain on to assist the driver (for example, avoidance scenes).
My rear brakes wore out at around 20k with it on. I did not have to do rear brakes on my last two leased G37 coupes. Also never had rear brakes go out before the fronts on any of my previous cars.
It should state in the manual that the brakes will wear out twice as fast with it on.
Once I slowed for a tight corner to hit a freeway on-ramp and punched it coming out of the turn. It felt as though the car was about to die. The power cut almost completelty. It felt really weird.
I read that if you set the personal setting to sport, it doesn't hit the same shift points as when in the regular sport mode. I have the '15 3.7 non-DAS.
Getting to the point of things being too complicated. I want a car that will react the same way each time, not apply braking to one wheel this time, turn the front wheel this other time, and not do anything when I think it will do something....
Having had 4 Infiniti G models since 2003, things have definitely taken a turn for the worse, if I could lease my 2011 G37 again, I would pay double.
I test-drove the 2017 Red Sport, I just have to say the pundits from Car & driver were right, that is a POS. I have never driven a car that the steering seemed like it had no idea where you wanted to go and you have no idea where the **** it is going. Although I really would love to have the extra power, never going to suffer through that.
All of those reviews that bash on the Red Sport and the way it handles have never driven the Red Sport without the $hitty Stock Dunlop Runflat Tires — That is the weakest link to the Red Sports, or, for all of our Q50s for that matter. Infiniti dropped the ball BIG TIME on the tires for our cars.
Here’s a review of the Red Sport from an actual owner (not some reviewer that drove it for less than 50 miles lol):
I’m not sure if that reviewer is on this forum or not though.
FYI: I changed the tires (and wheels) on my 2017 Q50 Red Sport RWD and that was the single best mod that I could have done to the car.
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