Sticky: (Official) 370Z Clutch Pressure (CSC) Failures

Merv · 08-16-2015, 01:16 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FairladyZ40th

Ok so I'm at the 550 mile break in point with the clutch. It shifts smoother than before and suddenly my Z began doing a lot of blow back/gargling noise... It pushes hard/strong and it definitely picks up speed and has better acceleration.

However, I'm concerned with the sudden excess or increase in blow black. Also, I basically have to burn out every time I launch because it grabs instantly. She "barks" when I shift up and the traction control comes on more often also. Any thoughts/opinions welcome!

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Get the rjm clutch peddle. Heard nothing but good about it. Gives you a bigger engagement window as well as an adjustment to your liking.

eastwest2300 · 08-16-2015, 02:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merv

Get the rjm clutch peddle. Heard nothing but good about it. Gives you a bigger engagement window as well as an adjustment to your liking.

Thats a $250 investment...

(but totally worth it)

sx moneypit · 08-16-2015, 02:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by eastwest2300

Thats a $250 investment...

(but totally worth it)

After you install it.

eastwest2300 · 08-16-2015, 03:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sx moneypit

After you install it.

yeah, the install was a total pain.

lj909 · 08-16-2015, 02:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Merv

Get the rjm clutch peddle. Heard nothing but good about it. Gives you a bigger engagement window as well as an adjustment to your liking.

I'm still OEM clutch but i got the rjm pedal because of how awful the OEM pedal is. 1000% improvement! You'll be able to adjust your engagement hight and have better modulation

SkipinJupiter · 08-15-2015, 11:29 AM

Fairlady
We both have the same year/model but I haven't had to do the flywheel/clutch thing yet. Could it be that with your lighter flywheel and new clutch the tight window to get a clean shift got narrower? The engine will be accelerating and slowing quicker because of the light flywheel and the new clutch is grabbier so if those to events meet between shifts it's going to buck more than normal? Sometimes I see the traction light for a second or get a buck because of the split second out of gas before the clutch is down with my original 30k clutch.
By the way, I like the idea of getting a lighter flywheel when I eventually need to swap out the original (I had the dealer fluid swap out when the clutch failed and it actually has been over a year and its still good).

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SilverFox006 · 08-15-2015, 08:30 PM

The slave cylinder went out on my 2016 Nismo with just 1100 miles. Fortunately, the dealership did a good job in handling the situation and it was obviously covered under warranty, but still pretty crappy ro have this happen so soon...

sx moneypit · 08-16-2015, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilverFox006

The slave cylinder went out on my 2016 Nismo with just 1100 miles. Fortunately, the dealership did a good job in handling the situation and it was obviously covered under warranty, but still pretty crappy ro have this happen so soon...

That is absolute ******** to fail that early.

MagmaRed370z · 08-16-2015, 02:58 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SilverFox006

The slave cylinder went out on my 2016 Nismo with just 1100 miles. Fortunately, the dealership did a good job in handling the situation and it was obviously covered under warranty, but still pretty crappy ro have this happen so soon...

Put a complaint (link located on the first post of this thread)

Put a complaint with Nissan in their Facebook page.

BamBamZ · 08-17-2015, 07:27 AM

Name - Year - Mileage

1: Digitonium - 2009 - 16,158

2: dubhov - 2010 - 6,605

3: Joka4411 - 2010 - 10,000

4: Zeto - 2009 - ?????

5: Calivin - ???? - 11,500

6: Lazer_Z - ???? - 3,412

7: Zilent_Jay - 2009 - ????

8: Crystalline - 2009 - 8,500

9: Sarmyth - 2010 - 10,000

10: Fastfatdude - ???? - 140

11: Quicksliver- 2008 G37s - 25,000-30,000

12: Boost'dVQ - 2011 - 7,600

13: Big_J - 2009 - 21,000

14: Trilitheum - 2011 - ????

15: anthonyy - 2011 - 12,000

16: Youseenothing - 2011 - 9,300

17: 370Z_Purist - 2009 - 12,000

18: Bking - ???? - ????

19: Knio - 2010 - 17,000

20: dragonbreath - 2009 - 28,000

21: juice14 - 2011 - 6,200

22: Random_Strata - 2010 - 36,000

23: L8N8 - 2011 - ????

24: JennyT71 - 2010 - 26,000

25: TheGreatOne - 2010 - 22,000

26: windex - ???? - ????

27: Neptune - 2009 - ????

28: afbunn - 2009 - ????

29: sparhax - 2009 - 40,000

30: sungear - 2011 - 35,500

31: lhinojos - 2012 - ????

32: Steveasis - 2012 - 8,000

33: Slikshoes - 2011 - 16,200

34: Jstevenson - 2009 - 25,000

35: Simota1 - ???? - ????

36: Talimac - 2012 - 14,000

37: Sinceday1 - 2009 - 37,000 (Kilometers)

38: Slipper4678 - 2010 - 34,000

39: luigi90210 - 2011 - 29,000 & 33,000

40: SAmilitaryman - 2009 - 60,000

41: Shutterjock - 2010 - ????

42: Zensation - ???? - ????

43: Farmosh203 - 2009 - ????

44: Ephan - ???? - 24,000

45: Jstevenson - 2009 - 33,000 *again*

46: Denny_Mcclain - ???? - 18,000 & 43,000

47: DarylP - 2011 - 33,000

48: Kail - 2009 - 48,000

49: hunterinc - 2009 - 45,000

50: MikeUCFL - 2012 - 14,500

51: mdxj - 2009 - 33,000

52: jordan777er - 2009 - 50,900

53: n8gtol - ??? - 20,000 *3rd time*

54: Kylebucket - 2009 - 27,000

55: joelito - 2012 - 12,100 *4th time*

56: 1087 - 2012 - 12,243

57: ohmikegod - 2012 - ????

58: Z_Man - 2009 - 8,000

59: Kuyo - 2014 - 7,000

60: 90_ST - 2009 - 27,500 (Kilometers) *2nd time*

61: Osirus - 2011 - 40,000 *4th time*

62: tr0n - 2012 - 21,000

63: radensb - 2009 - ????

64: JeMo44 - 2013 - ????

65: mab864 - 2013 - 9,900 *2nd time*

66: duderevs - 2009 - 30,000 (Kilometers)

67: tigwelder - 2010 - 15,000

68: Need_NewName - 2009 - ????

69: R3drckt09 - 2009 - ????

70: Johnwiki - 2011 - 60,000

71: UXI - 2015 - 2,012

72: j312311 - 2015 - 1,700

73: pbs370z - 2010 - 9,000

74: Misnomer - 2010 - 28,000

75: Agent_K - 2013 - ????

76: KoolKarmajoe - 2009 - 64,000

77: BamBamZ - 2009 - 31,075

78: VBP6US - 2009 - 30,000 & 60,000

79: ZBrah - 2011 - 25,465

80: Rumblefish - 2010 - 29,000

81: jwick - 2010 G37 - 1,200

82: Fosingwo- 2011 - 17,000

83: Trainwreck - 2009 - 49,000

84: Cheech - 2010 - 53,000

85: Rareline1773 - 2016 - 500 (Reddit user)

86: Anifaust - 2009 - 47,000

87: KBC749 - 2010 - 41,000

88: ReadT - 2011 - 58,000

89: Zmanelite - 2012 - 21,000

90: FairladyZ10PG - 2010 - 55,000

91: FairladyZ40th - 2010 - 95,000

92: 2slow2care - 2011 - 63,000

93: Mynameisname - 2011 - 43,000

94: marks370z - 2012 - 23,000

95: sboden - 2009 - 58,000

96: SilverFox006 - 2016 - 1,100

File a NHTSA Complaint
https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/

sboden · 08-19-2015, 09:36 AM

The on-line site is down right now. I'm having to do it via phone....

SerialCoderer · 08-19-2015, 09:48 AM

I got rid of my Z after this issue. That was the last straw pulled. Too many major issues at such low miles. I am disappointed with the 370z and I love the Z. I had owned the 350z and I loved that car so much it made me purchase the 370z (with 7k miles) and it some major issues which scares me now that the factory warranty is up.

I was told I needed an engine and had Nissan rebuild it (under warranty) then that failed (shot a rod...hole in my engine). they replaced it with a new engine. Then this clutch failing issue aside from minor little things was to much to bear with 42k miles.

eastwest2300 · 08-19-2015, 11:17 AM

damn, dude thats crazy.. wow, thats a lemon bro. (lemon law)

MagmaRed370z · 08-20-2015, 06:48 PM

They really need to recall this issue. (I think I have said/post that at least 7 times now).

Lex · 08-25-2015, 02:38 PM

I haven't had a problem yet (knock on wood) but this scares the sh!# out of me. An aluminum SCS needs to be made and Nissan should recall and install them all.

08-19-2015, 09:36 AM	#11 (permalink)
sboden Track Member Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: Kansas City Posts: 580 Drives: 09 Blue 370Z T/S 6MT Rep Power: 17	The on-line site is down right now. I'm having to do it via phone.... __________________ 09 Monterey Blue 370Z Sport/Tour, Takeda Shorties, Blk Nismo Wheels, Blk Painted Top/Exhaust cut out, Invidia Gemini CBE, Southbend Stage 2 clutch, Lite weight flywheel, Zspeed HD CSC, flat black headlights. Previously owned 03 G35 Coupe 6MT and Volvo C30 R Design.

08-19-2015, 09:48 AM	#12 (permalink)
SerialCoderer Base Member Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: Jerzey Posts: 33 Drives: 370z M6 Rep Power: 12	I got rid of my Z after this issue. That was the last straw pulled. Too many major issues at such low miles. I am disappointed with the 370z and I love the Z. I had owned the 350z and I loved that car so much it made me purchase the 370z (with 7k miles) and it some major issues which scares me now that the factory warranty is up. I was told I needed an engine and had Nissan rebuild it (under warranty) then that failed (shot a rod...hole in my engine). they replaced it with a new engine. Then this clutch failing issue aside from minor little things was to much to bear with 42k miles. __________________ PHP Code: `To understand recursion you must understand recursion`

08-19-2015, 11:17 AM	#13 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 91,019 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684552	damn, dude thats crazy.. wow, thats a lemon bro. (lemon law) __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

08-20-2015, 06:48 PM	#14 (permalink)
MagmaRed370z A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Jun 2014 Location: USA Posts: 1,468 Drives: 14' 370z Sport Magma Rep Power: 13	They really need to recall this issue. (I think I have said/post that at least 7 times now). __________________ Sold: 2014 Magnetic Black Base. Current: 2014 Magma Red 370z Sport \| ARK Grip Exhaust \| 25mm HR Spacers \| GTR Button \| DRL Mod Last edited by MagmaRed370z; 08-20-2015 at 06:53 PM.

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08-15-2015, 11:29 AM	#6 (permalink)
SkipinJupiter Base Member Join Date: Dec 2012 Location: Jupiter, Fl Posts: 27 Drives: 10 Nissan 370z RD M6 Rep Power: 13	Fairlady We both have the same year/model but I haven't had to do the flywheel/clutch thing yet. Could it be that with your lighter flywheel and new clutch the tight window to get a clean shift got narrower? The engine will be accelerating and slowing quicker because of the light flywheel and the new clutch is grabbier so if those to events meet between shifts it's going to buck more than normal? Sometimes I see the traction light for a second or get a buck because of the split second out of gas before the clutch is down with my original 30k clutch. By the way, I like the idea of getting a lighter flywheel when I eventually need to swap out the original (I had the dealer fluid swap out when the clutch failed and it actually has been over a year and its still good). Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk

08-15-2015, 08:30 PM	#7 (permalink)
SilverFox006 Base Member Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: Dallas Posts: 18 Drives: 2016 PPW Nismo Tech Rep Power: 11	The slave cylinder went out on my 2016 Nismo with just 1100 miles. Fortunately, the dealership did a good job in handling the situation and it was obviously covered under warranty, but still pretty crappy ro have this happen so soon...

08-17-2015, 07:27 AM	#10 (permalink)
BamBamZ Base Member Join Date: Feb 2015 Location: Mountain House, CA Posts: 95 Drives: Touring/Sport/6spd Rep Power: 11	Name - Year - Mileage 1: Digitonium - 2009 - 16,158 2: dubhov - 2010 - 6,605 3: Joka4411 - 2010 - 10,000 4: Zeto - 2009 - ????? 5: Calivin - ???? - 11,500 6: Lazer_Z - ???? - 3,412 7: Zilent_Jay - 2009 - ???? 8: Crystalline - 2009 - 8,500 9: Sarmyth - 2010 - 10,000 10: Fastfatdude - ???? - 140 11: Quicksliver- 2008 G37s - 25,000-30,000 12: Boost'dVQ - 2011 - 7,600 13: Big_J - 2009 - 21,000 14: Trilitheum - 2011 - ???? 15: anthonyy - 2011 - 12,000 16: Youseenothing - 2011 - 9,300 17: 370Z_Purist - 2009 - 12,000 18: Bking - ???? - ???? 19: Knio - 2010 - 17,000 20: dragonbreath - 2009 - 28,000 21: juice14 - 2011 - 6,200 22: Random_Strata - 2010 - 36,000 23: L8N8 - 2011 - ???? 24: JennyT71 - 2010 - 26,000 25: TheGreatOne - 2010 - 22,000 26: windex - ???? - ???? 27: Neptune - 2009 - ???? 28: afbunn - 2009 - ???? 29: sparhax - 2009 - 40,000 30: sungear - 2011 - 35,500 31: lhinojos - 2012 - ???? 32: Steveasis - 2012 - 8,000 33: Slikshoes - 2011 - 16,200 34: Jstevenson - 2009 - 25,000 35: Simota1 - ???? - ???? 36: Talimac - 2012 - 14,000 37: Sinceday1 - 2009 - 37,000 (Kilometers) 38: Slipper4678 - 2010 - 34,000 39: luigi90210 - 2011 - 29,000 & 33,000 40: SAmilitaryman - 2009 - 60,000 41: Shutterjock - 2010 - ???? 42: Zensation - ???? - ???? 43: Farmosh203 - 2009 - ???? 44: Ephan - ???? - 24,000 45: Jstevenson - 2009 - 33,000 again 46: Denny_Mcclain - ???? - 18,000 & 43,000 47: DarylP - 2011 - 33,000 48: Kail - 2009 - 48,000 49: hunterinc - 2009 - 45,000 50: MikeUCFL - 2012 - 14,500 51: mdxj - 2009 - 33,000 52: jordan777er - 2009 - 50,900 53: n8gtol - ??? - 20,000 3rd time 54: Kylebucket - 2009 - 27,000 55: joelito - 2012 - 12,100 4th time 56: 1087 - 2012 - 12,243 57: ohmikegod - 2012 - ???? 58: Z_Man - 2009 - 8,000 59: Kuyo - 2014 - 7,000 60: 90_ST - 2009 - 27,500 (Kilometers) 2nd time 61: Osirus - 2011 - 40,000 4th time 62: tr0n - 2012 - 21,000 63: radensb - 2009 - ???? 64: JeMo44 - 2013 - ???? 65: mab864 - 2013 - 9,900 2nd time 66: duderevs - 2009 - 30,000 (Kilometers) 67: tigwelder - 2010 - 15,000 68: Need_NewName - 2009 - ???? 69: R3drckt09 - 2009 - ???? 70: Johnwiki - 2011 - 60,000 71: UXI - 2015 - 2,012 72: j312311 - 2015 - 1,700 73: pbs370z - 2010 - 9,000 74: Misnomer - 2010 - 28,000 75: Agent_K - 2013 - ???? 76: KoolKarmajoe - 2009 - 64,000 77: BamBamZ - 2009 - 31,075 78: VBP6US - 2009 - 30,000 & 60,000 79: ZBrah - 2011 - 25,465 80: Rumblefish - 2010 - 29,000 81: jwick - 2010 G37 - 1,200 82: Fosingwo- 2011 - 17,000 83: Trainwreck - 2009 - 49,000 84: Cheech - 2010 - 53,000 85: Rareline1773 - 2016 - 500 (Reddit user) 86: Anifaust - 2009 - 47,000 87: KBC749 - 2010 - 41,000 88: ReadT - 2011 - 58,000 89: Zmanelite - 2012 - 21,000 90: FairladyZ10PG - 2010 - 55,000 91: FairladyZ40th - 2010 - 95,000 92: 2slow2care - 2011 - 63,000 93: Mynameisname - 2011 - 43,000 94: marks370z - 2012 - 23,000 95: sboden - 2009 - 58,000 96: SilverFox006 - 2016 - 1,100 File a NHTSA Complaint https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/

08-25-2015, 02:38 PM	#15 (permalink)
Lex Base Member Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: SLUT Posts: 2 Drives: 2014 370Z Rep Power: 12	I haven't had a problem yet (knock on wood) but this scares the sh!# out of me. An aluminum SCS needs to be made and Nissan should recall and install them all.

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