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

Joelito · 12-18-2013, 10:13 AM

Sick and tired of this car! So my car is in the dealer for the 4th time since march for the same issue. In march they replaced the clutch fluid with GTR, second failure was in July and they replaced the CSC, third time my car was in September and my car was magically working the next day so no replacement was done, at that point I had enough and opened a case with Nissan corp to get this on file and if it did happen again, to seek replacement etc. well last week it happened again and my car is now at the dealer again and I'm awaiting to c way they are going to say now. I am completely disappointed, this is my 3rd straight Nissan and this is the first time I ever had a problem. The dealer seems to not be helping much all they say is call Nissan corp which I did and reopened my case. No waiting to see wats gonna happen and at this point I want my lease terminated and want nothing to do with this car. Obviously I'm not the only one encountering this problem and it has caused me many problems at work. Btw the car was 11 months old when it first happened and had 6000 miles, it now has 12100 miles. The 4 times I've taken it to the dealer are the times the clutch went completely dead, it's been over 10 times where it just went halfway limb. Has anyone gotten their car replaced due to this?

Zensation · 12-23-2013, 04:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Joelito

Sick and tired of this car! So my car is in the dealer for the 4th time since march for the same issue. In march they replaced the clutch fluid with GTR, second failure was in July and they replaced the CSC, third time my car was in September and my car was magically working the next day so no replacement was done, at that point I had enough and opened a case with Nissan corp to get this on file and if it did happen again, to seek replacement etc. well last week it happened again and my car is now at the dealer again and I'm awaiting to c way they are going to say now. I am completely disappointed, this is my 3rd straight Nissan and this is the first time I ever had a problem. The dealer seems to not be helping much all they say is call Nissan corp which I did and reopened my case. No waiting to see wats gonna happen and at this point I want my lease terminated and want nothing to do with this car. Obviously I'm not the only one encountering this problem and it has caused me many problems at work. Btw the car was 11 months old when it first happened and had 6000 miles, it now has 12100 miles. The 4 times I've taken it to the dealer are the times the clutch went completely dead, it's been over 10 times where it just went halfway limb. Has anyone gotten their car replaced due to this?

Dude order the HD CSC and take it to them and say "hey use this instead" and let them install it. Done and done. If mine had failed 4 times eventually id be like screw this.

Smashley · 12-23-2013, 05:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Zensation

Dude order the HD CSC and take it to them and say "hey use this instead" and let them install it. Done and done. If mine had failed 4 times eventually id be like screw this.

Link to order HD CSC?

Zensation · 12-24-2013, 09:59 AM

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Originally Posted by Smashley

Link to order HD CSC?

ZSpeed Performance Heavy Duty CSC Clutch Slave Cylinder

kfull · 12-24-2013, 07:45 PM

So I was pulling out of dunkin donuts today and noticed my clutch pedal lost a ton of it's resistance. The car shifted fine but the clutch pedal had almost no resistance down to the friction point. Actually it seemed the friction point was closer to the floor. Than after a little while of driving it felt fine and was back to normal. Could this be an indication of the csc failing? I'll also add I have a 2012 purchased in march of 2012, ~36k miles. No tracking or anything like that.

fuct · 12-26-2013, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by kfull

So I was pulling out of dunkin donuts today and noticed my clutch pedal lost a ton of it's resistance. The car shifted fine but the clutch pedal had almost no resistance down to the friction point. Actually it seemed the friction point was closer to the floor. Than after a little while of driving it felt fine and was back to normal. Could this be an indication of the csc failing? I'll also add I have a 2012 purchased in march of 2012, ~36k miles. No tracking or anything like that.

mine acted odd like that a day or two before it went.

kfull · 12-26-2013, 01:33 PM

Right before I pulled away I actually did kinda slam/push the clutch in really hard and fast because I had to stop quickly. Could that have caused it also? It feels perfectly fine today, haven't had problems since.

Joelito · 12-27-2013, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Zensation

Dude order the HD CSC and take it to them and say "hey use this instead" and let them install it. Done and done. If mine had failed 4 times eventually id be like screw this.

I would do that but my car is a lease and there is no reason y I should spend any of my money to make a relatively new car "work" properly

12-24-2013, 07:45 PM	#5 (permalink)
kfull Track Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 909 Drives: A lot Rep Power: 15	So I was pulling out of dunkin donuts today and noticed my clutch pedal lost a ton of it's resistance. The car shifted fine but the clutch pedal had almost no resistance down to the friction point. Actually it seemed the friction point was closer to the floor. Than after a little while of driving it felt fine and was back to normal. Could this be an indication of the csc failing? I'll also add I have a 2012 purchased in march of 2012, ~36k miles. No tracking or anything like that. __________________ 2012 GM 6MT sports package \| FI non res cf exhaust \| K&N Drop Ins \| Viper 3303 security system w/ tilt sensor \| GTR start button \| 35% rear 45% side window tint \| Michelin PSS Last edited by kfull; 12-24-2013 at 08:01 PM.

12-26-2013, 01:33 PM	#7 (permalink)
kfull Track Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 909 Drives: A lot Rep Power: 15	Right before I pulled away I actually did kinda slam/push the clutch in really hard and fast because I had to stop quickly. Could that have caused it also? It feels perfectly fine today, haven't had problems since. __________________ 2012 GM 6MT sports package \| FI non res cf exhaust \| K&N Drop Ins \| Viper 3303 security system w/ tilt sensor \| GTR start button \| 35% rear 45% side window tint \| Michelin PSS

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12-18-2013, 10:13 AM	#1 (permalink)
Joelito Base Member Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: Queens Posts: 120 Drives: 12 370z 6sp Rep Power: 14	Sick and tired of this car! So my car is in the dealer for the 4th time since march for the same issue. In march they replaced the clutch fluid with GTR, second failure was in July and they replaced the CSC, third time my car was in September and my car was magically working the next day so no replacement was done, at that point I had enough and opened a case with Nissan corp to get this on file and if it did happen again, to seek replacement etc. well last week it happened again and my car is now at the dealer again and I'm awaiting to c way they are going to say now. I am completely disappointed, this is my 3rd straight Nissan and this is the first time I ever had a problem. The dealer seems to not be helping much all they say is call Nissan corp which I did and reopened my case. No waiting to see wats gonna happen and at this point I want my lease terminated and want nothing to do with this car. Obviously I'm not the only one encountering this problem and it has caused me many problems at work. Btw the car was 11 months old when it first happened and had 6000 miles, it now has 12100 miles. The 4 times I've taken it to the dealer are the times the clutch went completely dead, it's been over 10 times where it just went halfway limb. Has anyone gotten their car replaced due to this?