2013 Nismo major fail!!!!
 

This morning I notice an oil leak under my car. I'm thinking the dealer must have not tighten something under there when I had my first service, and so I took it back. And what a major fail to the mechanic's eyes. The seal on the rear main shaft has failed and its leaking oil. They say that they have never seen anything like this before. 24hr worth of labor is what is going to take to get it right.


Has this happened to any of you here?

Rear main seals don't go out this quickly. Verify by checking if the leak is coming from above the oil pan, between the engine and transmission. And yes, labor would be expensive.

Weird.

Man... You're getting jacked at every turn... Sorry to hear about that...

had no trouble with mine apparently.. knock on wood!

24 hours labor?!?! Remove the tranny, clutch and flywheel and there is your rear main seal.... I would say 8 hours labor at the most.

I've never seen a rear main seal fail that fast... but who knows, maybe it wasn't installed correctly from the factory and you are now just starting to see the oil leak? Anyways, warranty will cover it... so no worries.

This. The technician could be lying or just inexperienced. I've only seen rear main seals go out on abused aircraft and munitions towing vehicles; not fairly new vehicles so this is very out of the ordinary.

24 hours labour is laughable. Maybe because they're billing Nissan for the labour, is why they say it's so high(?). Yes, it's lots of work. But 24 hours? Wuff!

So how did you drive it? That is the question I have. Drifting your car, burn outs??? Just wondering to get the whole story.:tiphat:

None of that would have cause this ,the seal lip probably rolled over itself when it was installed it is a easy fix, sh!t happens

Drifting? Vehecle only has just over 2100 miles, still in a break-in period. And this isn't the first issue I had with this car. The first one was when I notice that the front right caliper had a paint chip. I check on the other side and it's on the same spot but they had touched it up. by the way, this is just over a week I had the car. Return to the dealer and they replaced it. Now this issue? Burn out and drifting are not even close of me of doing. This is my first sport car my friend.

lol kinda funny how people would assume such thing. I ask the mechanic of what cost this to happen? He says, it's factory installs. There is such thing called "human error".

Sucks for this to happen with your first sports car. Even though its all covered I'd be paranoid...what next?! Hang in there!

Wow.

That's a hell of a failure -- but covered under warranty so no worries.

Just make sure when you get it back find a lift ,a can of brake cleaner ,a rag and clean off all the extra oil that stuff will collect all kinds of crap.

Tnx for the positive vibes guys!

Just asking. No need to get all butt hurt. Many guys on here will claim they had nothing to with it but after some pushing the truth came out. At the same time, since it's a factory defect that really sucks. Warranties are there for a reason. You just got the car, that when it was built, they had special ed installing your parts. Good luck and hope that this is the final issue you have. If not, try and file it as a lemon.

That really sucks bro. I hope it's simpler than they make it sound, but be glad you're covered under warranty.

Other than the oil leaking did you notice any other changes in the way the car was handling/running?

I look at it this way; I'm glad this issue happens while it still has the waranty, because if it happens again after the waranty, I think it's still on Nissan. Am I correct on that?

Nope, the warranty for the power train is 5 years, 60k miles, whatever is fixed/replaced is:
EITHER warranted to the end of that time,
OR if the repair was done within the last 12 months and/or 12k miles, THAT SPECIFIC repair carries it's own 12 month or 12k mile warranty


So this repair is covered under the standard 5y/60k, and it doesn't get extended

Im starting to worry ...
 

My GM Nismo has been on order for 5 weeks now. Im supposed to get it in a month. All these weird problems and issues w/2013 Nismo's are starting to worry me. To me, Nissan's have been great. The Nismo will be my 3rd Z car. (had a 300ZX and still have a 350Z). All have been nearly bulletproof. Reading this weekend about 2013s with major leaks, speakers not working, dealers leaving spring spacers in and extended power switches out, and on and on is making me think twice about ordering a 2013 ...

One major leak, (he also had paint chips off his calipers,) yeah, major issue...
But that's the only MAJOR issue... But the dealer is fixing it!

Speaker not working... Meh... The dealer will fix it
Dealers leaving spring spacers in and storage switches in... Meh, just a lazy dealershit with crappy employees... And that's why we have this forum!

Well your's isn't the only 2013 Nismo with a rear main seal leak,I took my clutch out yesterday and saw that it is leaking no big deal I'll just put a new one in but no dealers in Georgia have any.
Also I was informed by my dealer that Nissan changed the seal in production as of 5/12 well guess what my car was made in 5/12.

If I can't get a seal in a week I'll miss Z day's for the 3rd year in a row :shakes head:

That's a bummer :(

So they changed it for the worse is what you're saying?

No my car was made in 5/12 they changed it somewhere about that time but more than likely I have the old one.

Normally, I'd say no, because you'd have to prove, once again, that the part or installation was at fault. Not likely after two or three years of driving. I'd be willing to bet, once the repair is complete, your Z will be fine. Not to make light of your issue, which really shouldn't happen on a new car, from a major manufacturer with great quality control, but these forums seem to draw a lot of attention to "issues"' which in reality are very, very rare. I've seen it on the Corvette and Viper forum, over and over. All these cars, Vettes, Vipers, and Z's, are basically very good, reliable cars.

Enjoy! BTW, are you in FV, Arizona? If so, I'd love to know what dealer you're using, and how the experience went.