New Engine at 7,000 Miles
 

I was driving my Z and all of a sudden the car dies. I heard a propeller like sound in the engine. They TOW is to the dealer and the dealer tells me that the PISTON broke off and this all at only 7,000 miles. So they end up replacing the engine with a new one. Now i got the car back and it has a shift delay, so it basically jerks from 1st gear to 2nd gear. Now i have to take it back to the dealer, The car is not the same anymore.

Is this a Lemon?
What do i do?

Thanks!!!

Have them bleed the clutch master & slave cylinder. I don't think you've got a "lemon". I think it's just bad luck.

How about driving carefully?

:wtf:

Trade it in for a new one or sell it privately. As you said...the car is not the same anymore. I certainly would not want to own a brand-new car which had its motor replaced this early in its life.

Why not now you have a new motor

Sounds more like bad luck to me more than anything, but just to be safe make sure you break-in EVERYTHING properly (engine, brakes, transmission).

There's no problem with getting a new engine, so don't worry about that. I've heard other members complain about the 1-2 shift so take it back to the dealership and have them bleed it, or in your case since you've has a blown engine you might be able to convince them to replace the whole assembly.

After that, try to relax. It's normal to be paranoid after having a bad experience but if you are then EVERY little thing you may or may not hear puts doubts in your head and then the car is no longer fun.

Best of luck!

If the engine change was done right by qualified mechanics you shouldn't see any difference in the car. They obviously screwed something up. If the flywheel is new and the clutch is old that would give you a screwed up feel, they need to give you a new clutch as well because the old clutch had already conformed to the old flywheel.

First of all what is wrong with a new engine?Second do you realize the money he will lose trading in or trying to resell when there are 09's left on the lot?
Don't confuse the guy with statements like that!

There would be no reason for them to replace the flywheel, it would be carried over from the old engine to the new one.

or when they pulled out the motor for the new one fitting it with a twin turbo kit would have been nice :)

Yeah, well you never know what your service dept will do these days...:shakes head:

look at it this way, your getting a chance to break-in another new motor, give them a chance to work out the kinks and you should be fine.

I agree 100%!

SOO many of the 03 and 04 RX8 guys have new engines and buzzed along without too much worry. Don't worry about it bro....