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Originally Posted by rlharris
Update, and further reading on this fine board I saw that several were getting this covered under the 5/60 powertrain. I called my service advisor and he said, no, 3/36 on that part so I asked for the number for Nissan [ok, that was dumb, Nissan 1], and they confirmed it is covered on the 5/60, started a claim, and said they would call back within 24 hours, and also call the advisor to let him know.
That doesn't solve the fact there are none available in the US, but a couple weeks of rental car is much cheaper than the $1300 service bill I was being prepared for!
Of course the first thing I was told was "we've had this before, we're going to have to replace your pressure plate and clutch because if any fluid got on there.." where I cut him off and said if any fluid got on there it'll be gone first good burnout, all I want done is the CSC!
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Excuse my ignorance, I got the "within 24 hour" call back today, from the screw you department [the “out of warranty, request for warranty relief” department is what I believe she officially called it when I asked]. Where she claimed no, it's only covered on the 3/36, and that nothing was written in my file except that I had "read on the internet" how some are getting this covered under the 5/60. That she would have to talk to the dealer to know exactly which part this is and that the agent that told me it was covered wouldn't know the part exactly. Which makes you wonder how "she" knows what the part is, exactly, to be certain it isn't covered.
So they need 3 business days to "investigate" the "circumstances". Are you kidding me, it's a 10 minute phone call to the dealership service writer. And since it's the weekend it's 5 days paying for a rental waiting for her to call back with the expected "nope, screw you".
Looking into the Z kits as the dealer is willing to install anything I want.
I never told the story.
When this first happened was this March at 10PM on the bottom floor of a parking garage on Madison Ave. NYC. There's a predicament. The closest rental open was Newark Airport at $170. [and $50 to get there, I gotta get UBER]. After about an hour arranging the tow and figuring the logistics in a panic, because the garage closes at Midnight, I went down to give it another screwing with. I'd checked fluids and stupid stuff. So I started it, and pulled the pedal up, and sat there bouncing it off the spring as far as it would go and still return, every now and then push to the floor, pull it up, pump, and then turn the car off, on, pull it up, pump it, and one time I pushed to the floor it popped back up!! I did it again, it popped up, did it again and threw it in first and let it out normal - and didn't push it back in until I made it up the 4 floors and hit the street. The parking attendant looks at me with this hilarious look of disbelief as I went by! I used the clutch as little as possible getting out of the city, but was acting fine, and has been normal ever sense.
This time, was Tuesday, in THE SAME DAMN GARAGE!!! Thankfully I decided to leave early at 3:30 to beat the rush hour. and after 10 minutes and 3 that came in after me getting their cars, this dejavu hits me, I bet that sucker is sitting with the pedal on the floor!! Sure enough here he comes with "there's something wrong with your clutch?". Of course on the very bottom floor, again. I do the same look under the hood thing and, **looky**, the clutch reservoir was dry! I needed brake fluid so I could pump it back up, like before.
If anybody's ever tried getting brake fluid in NYC, you can ask 10 people and get a blank stare from all of them, Home Depot sounded like a possibility, 5 block cab ride, they have zero auto, but an awesome insect and vermin killing aisle! And the CS manager had zero idea where to buy brake fluid in the city except for dealer row. $45 cab ride to the west side Toyota to buy a $10 pint. Filled it real slow using a funnel made from a bank envelope and went to work with the magic pumping fix. After pumping on it for an hour and refilling the reservoir a few times [thought I might be getting air out] I looked underneath and saw the drip drip - and knew it was over. Stranded, in NYC.
First order is a rental car. It's 6:30, Enterprise closes at 7, they told me to come on over, and of course, there isn't a single available cab on the streets! I start off and after a 6 block hump I finally caught one for the last 6 blocks [I would not have gotten there. I'm too old and out of shape to power walk with the 25 pound backpack I had on]. Got there at 10 of, by 5 after she had me in a their cheapest Focus for $114, and a $50 one way drop off fee. I returned it to my local, they waived the one way, and gave me the same car back for $39.
Now, I have to get the car out and to a dealer.
Ever been on the bottom [4th] floor of a tight NYC parking garage? I drove it out the last time and I'm telling you, it's tight.
Ever had to get a dead Z out of the bottom floor of a NYC parking garage?
They quoted me $450 cash for the removal and the tow [25 miles to Jersey City [closest Nissan on my side of the river]], I balked to call for more estimates, they called back and came down to $350 plus tolls, which was $393, cash. They brought a Dodge Ram on a flatbed, the Ram barely got down to the bottom floor, he had 1/2" clearance under one set of ducts. I had the tow hook in the front so he could hook it, and I drove the Z as he towed me up, a couple feet at a time, with his spotter directing. It took about an hour to get up to street level, he must have made 100 back up corrections to get thru the gaps, while dragging me. Had to keep brake pressure on it the whole time to keep the chain tight but everytime he'd back up and adjust I'd get the whiplash as the slack snapped out of the chain. They towed it down to Park Ave to put it on the flatbed, and with the traffic at 10PM [was insane, the way he went] took 2 hours to go the 25 miles to the dealer.
Then I still had to drive the 100 miles home. Left at 3:30, got home at 1:30. That's a good "stranded" story for a CSC failure. Thankfully I had most of this already thought out from the previous outage before I started screwing with the car and got it to work. I just figured if it did it again I'd know how to fix it, and it would be around the corner at Target. Right?
No, the SAME DAMN PARKING GARRAGE in NYC it happened in the first time. You can't make this stuff up.