ABS, manual and AWD can all be turned off. Manual has to be, as you can't engage Park otherwise.Which gear were you in, what speed/revs and which AWD mode?I have not experienced this myself (have the 2011 AWD) but this may be down to my luck or light footed driving style under adverse conditions.

 

Hi Acrorat, I can only guess my speed was around 40 and I was in 4th gear, the wheels spun I eased off on the gas and started to slow down. I noticed that I could rev the car while driving without accelerating at it normal rate. But within a few miles I could no longer rev the engine and it al went back t normal, on my way home I purposely do this again on the same patch of ice and it all happened again? Do you think this is a safety feature for the CVT gear box so it cant be damaged?

 

I'm afraid I can't answer that as I've only seldom used the manual option.On those few occasions it has griped at me if I try to over rev in the wrong gear.Hopefully some of our tech heads will be able to help you.

 

Thanks Acrorat, Lets hope I don't have a duff gear box, have you ever spun the wheels by accident ? Thanks

 

Only early on, getting out of a muddy field.

 

Hi sounds like the problem I had on my Nismo cvt when I got it 18 months ago. There is a safety feature built in. If the wheels slip in a particular way, the cvt seems to change the way it works for 60 seconds. For me, if I was in sport (my default setting but it did it in normal too when I checked) the gear changing stopped and the engine just seemed to rev to the red line. Pressing the accelerator on/off - the rev counter swings up/down with a perception of lack of acceleration. Strange feeling. After 60 seconds the gear changing would return. I got a software update and the 60 seconds has been dropped to about 5 seconds. I have posted details earlier if you need more info. Hope this helps.

 

Now that I think about it, I have had something like that that once or twice, lasting maybe 10 seconds (could be less as time drags for those 'Oh Gawd, what's happening' moments), but when reversing from a very cold start on a slippy drive.