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Old 05-03-2009, 02:07 PM   #34 (permalink)
imag
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Originally Posted by black09Z View Post
well the people that ive talked to at nissan say that shifting from 4-6 only hurts it if you do it realy fast. so if your gonna skip a gear, wait to put it in 6th until right after the rpms start going down. this will make the synchros wear down alot slower. but if your not skipping gears it could still happen. just remember, unless your "getting on it" you really dont need to shift very fast.
Those things might make the problem worse faster, but a transmission having consistent issues with this kind of mileage (below 10K!) has serious design flaws. Josh - 3 replacements in warranty would make me afraid to own the car out of warranty - are you going to sell it?

I've been chomping at the bit to get this car on the 15th of May, but this is a big enough issue that I'm not even sure I want it. My whole reason for getting a new car is to avoid having random broken crap to deal with on a regular basis, and what I consider to be a major transmission issue is just BS.

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