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

ShutokuZ · 07-10-2015, 02:39 AM

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They have done nothing to change the plastic CSC in our cars. It is still a plastic POS and the problem still affects all manual models up to the 16. Infact, someone on here with a brand new 16 with 500 miles had the CSC failure. Mine is a 13 and I saw the OEM that was removed and yup, still a plastic POS.....

14BlackCherry · 07-10-2015, 02:43 AM

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Originally Posted by ShutokuZ

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They have done nothing to change the plastic CSC in our cars. It is still a plastic POS and the problem still affects all manual models up to the 16. Infact, someone on here with a brand new 16 with 500 miles had the CSC failure. Mine is a 13 and I saw the OEM that was removed and yup, still a plastic POS.....

Well that sucks ha-ha just a ticking bomb.

eastwest2300 · 07-10-2015, 08:17 AM

^^Totally agree. No one with a MT can escape this..

HEK · 07-10-2015, 08:41 AM

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^^Totally agree. No one with a MT can escape this..

I have been reading this post and wonder if your statement is true, was this an issue with the 350Z's?..a friend of mine has one and has over 60k miles with no issues

JARblue · 07-10-2015, 08:47 AM

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I have been reading this post and wonder if your statement is true, was this an issue with the 350Z's?..a friend of mine has one and has over 60k miles with no issues

Yes it was. And 60K isn't exactly a whole lot of miles - it's just better than the 20K that some people are getting. The damn thing should last at least as long as the clutch (100K+ miles). What I want to know is how many people (that don't burn up the clutch and can actually drive a MT properly) made it to clutch replacement without having to first address a CSC issue.

jwick · 07-10-2015, 09:07 AM

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Yes it was. And 60K isn't exactly a whole lot of miles - it's just better than the 20K that some people are getting. The damn thing should last at least as long as the clutch (100K+ miles). What I want to know is how many people (that don't burn up the clutch and can actually drive a MT properly) made it to clutch replacement without having to first address a CSC issue.

I've never burnt a clutch out in my life (I'd estimate 350-400k miles over four different cars). My CSC broke at 1,200 miles on the car so I'm not in that range at all. I had never even driven the car hard. 1,200 miles was the break in recommendation from Infiniti. I broke the mileage parking the car on a Friday. Took it out Saturday morning to finally see how much car I'd actually bought. Did full gear pulls through 3rd getting on the freeway. Exited to do it again on the next entrance ramp and when I got to the light the CSC had died.

JARblue · 07-10-2015, 08:27 AM

Good will coverage is actually a possibility for those that spend a lot of money at the dealership. So if you get all your maintenance done at the dealer, you have a much better shot at this if you are beyond the 3yr/36K mile warranty. I guess making a big enough stink about it to corporate works occasionally as well.

Of course, the end result is you are still inconvenienced by the dealer having to do the work, and they install another prone-to-failure OEM part. Have fun dealing with the same issue down the road

eastwest2300 · 07-10-2015, 09:12 AM

thats just crazy, 1200 miles...yikes.

jwick · 07-10-2015, 01:47 PM

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thats just crazy, 1200 miles...yikes.

Yup. Wasn't to happy about it considering I had just bought a $40k car.

Thankfully the dealer gave me no flak about it. Told me they couldn't duplicate the issue but there was a TSB on it so they replaced it with no other discussion about it.

I also has the 6th gear syncro issue and they replaced my tranny for free too.

In fairness I think you generally get better service from a 'luxury' dealer.

eastwest2300 · 07-10-2015, 01:50 PM

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Yup. Wasn't to happy about it considering I had just bought a $40k car.

Thankfully the dealer gave me no flak about it. Told me they couldn't duplicate the issue but there was a TSB on it so they replaced it with no other discussion about it.

I also has the 6th gear syncro issue and they replaced my tranny for free too.

In fairness I think you generally get better service from a 'luxury' dealer.

Yup, I'd agree with that.

ShutokuZ · 07-10-2015, 12:36 PM

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Not sure if you have said already, but what dealer do you go to in SoCal?

Vbp6US · 07-10-2015, 02:01 PM

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Not sure if you have said already, but what dealer do you go to in SoCal?

Mossy Nissan Poway.

jwick · 07-10-2015, 02:32 PM

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Mossy Nissan Poway.

Y'all have a Mossy Nissan in Cali too?

Vbp6US · 07-10-2015, 08:40 PM

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Y'all have a Mossy Nissan in Cali too?

Yeah, we have the whole Mossy line up here; Ford, Nissan, etc.

eastwest2300 · 07-10-2015, 01:50 PM

I ordered my fluids earlier today, and I'll be meeting up with AAM most likely tomorrow.

07-10-2015, 08:17 AM	#3 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 91,035 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684552	^^Totally agree. No one with a MT can escape this.. __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

07-10-2015, 08:27 AM	#7 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 44 Posts: 36,450 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684441	Good will coverage is actually a possibility for those that spend a lot of money at the dealership. So if you get all your maintenance done at the dealer, you have a much better shot at this if you are beyond the 3yr/36K mile warranty. I guess making a big enough stink about it to corporate works occasionally as well. Of course, the end result is you are still inconvenienced by the dealer having to do the work, and they install another prone-to-failure OEM part. Have fun dealing with the same issue down the road __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

07-10-2015, 09:12 AM	#8 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 91,035 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684552	thats just crazy, 1200 miles...yikes. __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

07-10-2015, 01:50 PM	#15 (permalink)
eastwest2300 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: May 2010 Location: South FL Posts: 91,035 Drives: '16QX70/'21 Supra3.0 Rep Power: 2684552	I ordered my fluids earlier today, and I'll be meeting up with AAM most likely tomorrow. __________________ Infiniti QX70 & Toyota Supra 3.0 Premium

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07-10-2015, 02:39 AM	#1 (permalink)
ShutokuZ Track Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Honolulu Posts: 512 Drives: 2013 PW 6MT Sport Rep Power: 15	^ They have done nothing to change the plastic CSC in our cars. It is still a plastic POS and the problem still affects all manual models up to the 16. Infact, someone on here with a brand new 16 with 500 miles had the CSC failure. Mine is a 13 and I saw the OEM that was removed and yup, still a plastic POS.....

07-10-2015, 12:36 PM	#11 (permalink)
ShutokuZ Track Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Honolulu Posts: 512 Drives: 2013 PW 6MT Sport Rep Power: 15	^ Not sure if you have said already, but what dealer do you go to in SoCal?