Nissan 370Z Forum - cluth master cylinder out?!?!?!?!?!

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That issue happened to me on my 350Z but they covered it. It happened to me at 7000 miles on my 350Z.

I remember the mechanics from the Nissan dealer telling me how this only happened to me and that he never saw that before because Nissan uses a "truck" clutch for the 350Z. It is so solid that it should never brake he said. I was laughing my *** off, he did not like that too much but I was not going to debate with him how fragile stock clutch can be especially if they are defective which was most likely my case. They changed it and I drove hard for 46,000 miles. The replacement clutch never failed me again. This means there was a defect with the first one...

So far my 370Z clutch is fine.

I don't think it is the clutch, it's the stupid new slave cylinder design.

man this is really worrisome and really f*****g stupid too. People who are just daily driving and not driving hard either, and these parts are failing. DIGI you said this happened to you right around 16k. Im at 12k, more and more problems seem to be arising with this car which is really starting the bug the crap outta me :shakes head:

My pedal got oddly light one day. I had to pump it back up but it seems to be okay since.

I've also been getting the rear drivers side axle clicking when I move forward at first. This has been a Nissan issue since 2003 and maybe before. My g coupe would click and they would tighten the axle bolts.

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Originally Posted by Ptrlsgt (Post 671969)

I too experienced several problems with my 370's clutch. At 15K the clutch pedal stuck half-way from the floor, I had to pull it up with my foot. Took it straight to the dealer & when I restarted the Z to show them the problem...Clutch worked fine. At 24K..same problem, drove home parked the car. Next morning, Clutch pedal to the floor and stayed there. The dealer towed the car & confirmed he "Thinks" the problem was the master cylinder. 7 day's later (two days ago) I picked up the Z everything working fine and covered by warranty. Ten minutes ago the pedal stuck again half way to the floor and is engaging very close to the floor. So I'm finishing up my work, driving the Z home (If I make it) and calling for a tow truck. Luckily, I haven't had any fried clutch smell in the cab. When I questioned the dealer concerning the clutch issue, he claimed he'd never heard of any problems with the clutch in the 370z. Funny I haven't had many problems finding others with the same problem....

Was there a resolution to round 2's sticking to the floor? I just had the same thing happen yesterday in traffic with only 6600 miles... Dealer said "nope! looks fine!" this morning, and I drove away with it working fine.... Really not trying to get towed off of 495....what do you guys think about air in the lines? I'll probably bleed it when I get home from work today...

I"m having the same issues as stated above. My pedal has stuck on me, and I am getting a burnt smell in my car. My car has sit more than I have driven it since I am in the Military, and I deploy. My car has 12,000 miles on it. I took it to the dealership yesterday, to only have them test drive the car and tell me I need a new clutch and flywheel that will run me close to $2500!!! I questioned this, and mentioned failures of CSC's to them, and they respond back with "for $600 we can drop your transmission" I understand people have to get paid for work, but I feel this should be free!! I don't think my clutch is bad I feel it is something else, I just dont want to be wrong, and then be stuck with a $3200 clutch replacement!!!! FML :shakes head:

Had the same problem in my Nismo..had to pump the crap out the clutch 4 it to work again

This has happened to me Twice. And Had to Replace the slave and master Cylinder both times.

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Under warranty?

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Under warranty both times . Strange cause the first time it went out was around 4500 mile. And second time was at 9k miles

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Well I had to limp my nismo home...clutch was stuck to the floor and i couldnt get it n gear..time to call the stealership

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Originally Posted by kuyo (Post 2804128)

Well I had to limp my nismo home...clutch was stuck to the floor and i couldnt get it n gear..time to call the stealership

Might be worth picking up the heavy duty CSC and seeing if the dealer will install it for you rather than another OEM plastic one.

Hi Chrono, sorry to hear you're having problems, hope it works out for you.
Thank you for serving our country. You guys don't get enough credit.

All you guys having issues, make sure you file a complaint with nhtsa. It would be nice if we could make nissan recall this issue.

a recall on this issue will never happen.

I used to think that the steering lock would never get recalled either

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steering lock isnt a part that wears out like brake rotors or clutches. there will always be a gray area for these parts.

i had mine replaced under warranty. thats only because my clutch didnt look abused when they opened it up.

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Originally Posted by allystephy (Post 2812269)

Z1 Motorsports Clutch Concentric Slave Cylinder Elimination Kit

:happydance:

Anyone on here installed this? Everyone seems to be going for the z speed one

I am preparing to purchase the Z1 CSC delete. It is fairly new to the market (this year). The ZSpeed HD CSC was really the only option before, which is why it seems to be the go to solution when you search the forum. A forum member has had the delete kit on his track car for months (pretty sure he was a test car for Z1). He has nothing bad to say about the kit. I'm sure Z1 did their R&D :tup: