Clutch goes, embarrassing and painful..
 

Driving my 2013 370z with 10k miles and in heavy city traffic, all of a sudden, the clutch pedal does not come back up and I could not shift, stuck in Neutral. It started a couple of minutes earlier and shifting became difficult as I tried to pull back the clutch and push hard and could do it a couple of times and then, on a crowded street, waiting fot the light to change, I could not shift. Had to wave at angry folks behind me to go around me.

A jogger and I pushed the car to the curb. I called triple A and after an hours wait, a tow truck picked my car and me, drove 115 miles back and we dropped the car outside a closed Nissan dealership near my home.

Tomorrow morning I will go to the service department and have them check it out. Hope it is in warranty or the costs are reasonable.

Comments, suggestions on what could have gone wrong. I bought the car with 8.6 k miles with clear car fax, it's a sports package and had been running beautifully till this. How could the clutch go so fast?

Dead CSC. Happens to pretty much everyone.

Here ya go:

http://www.the370z.com/engine-drivet...-failures.html

What is CSC? Is it covered by warranty? Is it expensive to repair? Should I do it at the dealer or elsewhere? How long do repairs take? Will they need to order parts and I would be without my car for some time?

Help. Thanks

Search. There's a million threads on this. There's a sticky on it as well.

Yay for AAA! Worth every dollar and there aren't that many dollars involved!

Even the new model have the problem? This is the only car I know with this weird clutch engagement, and I try my hardest not to push the pedal to the floor.

Pushing the pedal to the floor isn't the reason for the Csc to fail.

:iagree:


Also Op,

Your dup thread was removed.

On topic

Most with this similar issue opt to replace the csc with more hd version from Z1

http://www.z1motorsports.com/350_g35...oducts_id=7340

It's probably the clutch fluid. Try GTR fluid..

The GTR fluid is a bad bandaid for the real problem. It will, at best, prolong the life of the OEM CSC. It's a bad design and will eventually need replacement.

The dealer just called to say that the CSC was leaking, that they ordered another one , should be in tomorrow and they will then put it in.

At this time, since the warranty covers it, I am having the dealer replace it. I have 10.5k miles on the car. If and when it breaks again, I will have to go with the ZSports one recommended here.