CSC failure covered under warranty?

njobe89

around what mileage does it seem to go out? it doesn't seem that everyone is having this happen to them that own a stick?

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MJB

LMAO, the syncros just mysteriously failed after a clutch install, wow. Good luck with everything

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Skyscraper

Not sure what you mean...

njobe89

^ in short terms he's pretty much saying you're full of sht

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kenchan

or sounds like a tv commercial.



as far as the 5th and 6th lockout issue, i think the dealer forgot to adjust the shifter when they put it all back. i read about this often...that dealers forget to adjust.

Drspin

That's my guess, but called and said Nissan is sending a whole new transmission. I'm not the mechanic and not going to complain about a new transmission to go along with my new clutch and all lol!

As for it magically happened, I agree def related to work just performed. Though they seemed very helpful and said they'll just put it in as complete replacement lol.

georgem71

Same issue. My CSC randomly went out on the 10th. Was driving the night before and the car was running great. The next morning I get ready for work and jump in the Z to my surprise the clutch peddle sank to the floor with ease. Took it to Nissan and they told me it wouldn't be covered due to a "badly" burnt ******* flywheel. It's a 2014 370z with 23,309 miles on it! WHAT DOES THE FLYWHEEL HAVE TO DO WITH THE CSC IN ORDER FOR IT NOT TO BE REPLACED?! I called consumer affairs and they told me they would not cover. If I have to I will hire an attorney and just go all out. It's almost been a week without my z and it's deviating because I've been driving a civic

njobe89

if you do get a lawyer as you say, you'll just spend way much more money and your time chasing this then just paying out of pocket at replacing it.

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Limeybastard

And Nissan knows it, hence why they dont "voluntarily" replace CSCs like water.

R0bDC

I don't understand how its not being re-called. This CSC failure is a safety issue, it happens while driving!!!! You can be trying to get away from some murders, You can just be communicating to work, I don't know.....I do know its a huge problem and can be very dangerous.

Mine failed 2 years ago while driving, luckily I was turning into my home..... dodge a bullet.

I just had my CSC, clutch, etc upgraded to an aftermarket. However, before I did that I contacted the dealership. The head technician straight up told me, you need a NEW Clutch, a NEW Flywheel, a NEW Slave Cyliner, a NEW Master Cylinder, And its all going to cost you 3400 dollars. When I told him I just got a new CSC replace 2 years ago, He says "We'll Nissan found something defective with that particular part sooooooooo We need to upgraded to something NEW from Nissan"

BS - It's what I told him. If Nissan knows the part its defective how has it not been recalled? He say's "Because it has to be a safety issue"

Really a safety issue? because its not?

JARblue

Not quite sure how the CSC is a safety issue. It's not like you can't brake if it fails; you can still steer as well.

Also, if you have the OEM one you should replace it when you do the clutch work. No point in running a new clutch on a 2 year old CSC only to have the CSC fail a year later and have to pay labor to drop the transmission again. It's only $100, so definitely worth replacing while they have the transmission out.

Or you could get an aftermarket CSC option that doesn't fail like the OEM one.

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Davey

Clutch slave cylinder threads are always fun.

I'm at <4000 miles, never dump the clutch or even get very aggressive with it and I swear I've felt the pedal pressure drop a bit.

Nissan should really fix this part.

LAVA

This may sound a little crazy but here goes. My warranty expires in July, my car has a little over 10,000 miles on it. I'd like to avoid the work of installing an aftermarket CSC myself and get the warranty to cover the install.

What makes them fail and does it have to be a complete failure before the warranty will cover it?

JARblue

Dealer won't warranty it unless it fails. Sometimes it'll start to leak and the dealer will just put in GT-R clutch fluid. Eventually it fails.

Dirty clutch fluid in the hydraulic system combined with usage causes failure. I don't think it can handle hard launching, but that might show 'abuse' on the clutch risking the dealer not covering it. And believe me, they will look for any excuse not to cover it.

I wouldn't be surprised if you could just pump the clutch pedal repeatedly full stroke and have it fail eventually. Like all the way to the floor and hold for a moment every time.

But if I were you, I wouldn't worry about it unless you drive the car hard. Just drive it until the OEM one fails, at which time you replace it with an aftermarket one. Ideally, you can time the replacement of the clutch at the same time in which case it probably wouldn't fail for years. Kenchan has an 09 with like 20K miles (maybe?) and his CSC is fine.

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georgem71

Which makes perfect sense. But with my own circumstance I drive my car on the daily bases. It is my daily. I've had the car for 10 months. Bought my Z in May of 2014 with 5 miles. It's now March 2015 with 23,309 miles and Nissan does not want to cover it under warranty due to abuse of the car. I love Nissans customer support!