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

eastwest2300

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ahhlun

Looks like to fix this it cost ~1500?

I don't have this problem yet, but my car is out of warranty (2010 with 55k miles). This did happen to my co-worker's 370z though. So I am thinking maybe I should get an aftermarket extended warranty in case this happens and the extended warranty will be worth my money? Any comments?

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JARblue

If you gotta pay out of pocket, don't even consider another OEM CSC. Get one of the aftermarket solutions so it doesn't happen to you again. And make sure the master cylinder is done at the same time.

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jwick

Couldn't agree more. Go with the ZSpeed HD CSC or the Z1 elimination kit.

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eastwest2300

I wouldnt buy an extended warranty, we've seen far too many times Nissan wiggle out of fixing/covering this issue with cars UNDER warranty..

Me personally.. no thanks, i'll pass.

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j312311

2015, 1700 miles: Clutch was sticky on the way to work, and by the time I was off, it completely stuck to the floor when pressed; couldn't get into gear. Towed to the dealer and turned out to be the CSC. Fixed under warranty, no questions asked. Had it back the next day.

MagmaRed370z

That's ridiculous. I am waiting on mine to fail (I am almost 10k). It will definitely piss me off I wonder if Nissan will agree to change the CSC with an aftermarket. (I'll pay for it). Also wonder how much that would cost.

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RumbleFish

Blows my mind that Nissan hasn't addressed this problem after all these years.

Just shows what they think of their customers

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Uxi

Wow that's two. Some BS right there. No way should new cars with less than tens of thousands of miles be breaking. I wouldn't like if it was at the tail end of the OEM warranty with 30-40k on it but 2,000 is completely unsat.

Looks like the thing to check is the clutch fluid and it starts going low, take it in. How often are you all checking that? Apparently once a month is too long Every fill up, I guess?

Zbrah

https://www-odi.nhtsa.dot.gov/ivoq/

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RumbleFish

I filed a complaint over a year ago, never heard a word back.

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Zbrah

Parts: $400-500
Labor: $600-700

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SkipinJupiter

Yes, there is a problem with the OEM, but keep in mind that if you are under warranty... Do take it in and let them look at it before you spend too much money. I looked back on this thread and it's been 2 years since I took my 370 in for this same issue and they did the minimal service bulletin fix of flushing the fluid and changing with fluid used in the GTX?.. it has been working fine since that time.
Maybe I will end up replacing parts in the future, but so far, so good.


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Misnomer

Based on his sig Agent K could still be under warranty, but I'm definitely not (only 28k miles, but it's a 2010). It happened once last year, after a panic stop: the problem went away by the time I brought it to a dealership the next morning, and they found nothing wrong. I'd read about the CSC problems, but figured it was a result of the stop.

There was no panic stop yesterday, though: after 2.5 hours of not using the clutch (averaging 80mph on interstates), when I finally needed to downshift suddenly it went to the floor. At first I could pop it back up with my toes, but it was barely engaging and twice it wouldn't come back up/wouldn't let me shift. Had to pull to the side of the highway once. I drove it up to NJ with no problem on Saturday.

I'll get it to a dealership today -- I haven't started it yet so I don't know whether it'll be driven or towed there -- and ask them to do the service bulletin fix.

*sigh*

Uxi

I'm sure they look at it as a simple math problem: cheaper to replace CSC as they fail than redesign the part which may or may not have other issues.

At the very least, they could and probably should buy out the Zspeed or the Z1 solutions but who knows if that really fixes the problem in the long run... or creates another issue down the road.