New Transmission -- warranty replacement #5

spearfish25 · 10-13-2009, 06:56 PM

A few of these transmission stories have come up now. I'm wondering if the people having the transmission failures are novices to manual transmissions. Did you learn to drive manual on your 370Z? Perhaps the car doesn't lend itself well to those learning to drive stick.

ejrives · 10-13-2009, 11:20 PM

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Originally Posted by spearfish25

A few of these transmission stories have come up now. I'm wondering if the people having the transmission failures are novices to manual transmissions. Did you learn to drive manual on your 370Z? Perhaps the car doesn't lend itself well to those learning to drive stick.

Nope, not a novice. The last 4 cars I've owned have been sticks. 11 years of driving a manual ftw. I'm going to have to go with crappy build quality on the transmission for the root of the issue.

The new transmission is great !! I went for a 100 mile test after getting it back from the dealership. It feels like a completely different car. The most unexpected result is that I've no longer got the 1st to 2nd notorious clunk that so many are complaining about and the chattery sound when leaving first is greatly reduced. Each gear feels awesome and very firm with no issues shifting anymore.

I'm stoked and feel like I actually got what I paid for now

kdo2milger · 10-14-2009, 05:10 AM

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Originally Posted by ejrives

Nope, not a novice. The last 4 cars I've owned have been sticks. 11 years of driving a manual ftw. I'm going to have to go with crappy build quality on the transmission for the root of the issue.

The new transmission is great !! I went for a 100 mile test after getting it back from the dealership. It feels like a completely different car. The most unexpected result is that I've no longer got the 1st to 2nd notorious clunk that so many are complaining about and the chattery sound when leaving first is greatly reduced. Each gear feels awesome and very firm with no issues shifting anymore.

I'm stoked and feel like I actually got what I paid for now

nice...glad to hear that they took care of your z

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spearfish25 A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Naples, FL Posts: 4,117 Drives: to work Rep Power: 1858	A few of these transmission stories have come up now. I'm wondering if the people having the transmission failures are novices to manual transmissions. Did you learn to drive manual on your 370Z? Perhaps the car doesn't lend itself well to those learning to drive stick.