CSC Failure

[Mr Pinchy]

As a new owner with a manual transmission I am curious about CSC Failure as it relates to owner's driving style. Pick your driving style when you experienced the failure. Or maybe it is just random?

[BamBamZ]

I don't really beat on it, I've done a few burnouts and hard launches but I can count them on 1 hand... I do a lot of highway driving as I work 46 miles away from home and I'm reverse of traffic.

1st time I drove 55+ miles of highway when it went out suddenly, this time I felt it dying as I was heading home from just running some errands around town.

[littlejuanito]

I wonder if stop and go traffic will contribute to an early CSC demise

[lhinojos]

I've had it happen once but it was within the first 20k. It was my first sports car so I can't say I was gentle with her in those miles. After the first one I've felt symptoms but the replacement still hasn't gone out and I'm a little over 80k now. I'd say now I'm more of a freeway on/off ramp racer now lol I guess it's just a hit or miss with these things. Pray to what ever entity you believe in and hope for the best lol. Or get in and fix it which is what I'm doing now. Z1 elimination kit is the way I'm going.


Also I want to add that the first time it went out I was on the freeway in gear for over an hour and that's when I felt it would happen. Pumping the clutch would bring it back

[Nixin]

Yup, what a psychological f**k this is. Driving a brand new Z and just hoping your CSC doesn't fail on you. Does anyone at Nissan even look at this forum and the issues people are having?

[SuperDave]

95k miles, daily driven 95 miles per day, in stop and go over the altamont in the east bay, nor-cal. No CSC issues. I never push the clutch to the floor, just a tad past the engagement point. I do plenty burnouts, drifts, and drag launches monthly on the weekends.

[birdman71]

The CSC is worn down from putting your clutch all the way in and being very rough with shifting and keeping the clutch in a lot, not to mention the part does fail for 09's and 10's

Tip to help keep down on CSC wear is to push the clutch in only half to 2/3rds the way in instead of all the way to shift. Also before the CSC goes out go online and buy a Heavy Duty Centric Slave Cylinder or go onto Z1 motorsports and buy their Elimination Kit.

Regardless it will more than likely go out unless you replace it with the heavy duty one or the elimination kit

[Zbrah]

Originally Posted by BamBamZ

Name - Year - Mileage



1: Digitonium - 2009 - 16,158

2: dubhov - 2010 - 6,605

3: Joka4411 - 2010 - 10,000

4: Zeto - 2009 - ?????

5: Calivin - ???? - 11,500

6: Lazer_Z - ???? - 3,412

7: Zilent_Jay - 2009 - ????

8: Crystalline - 2009 - 8,500

9: Sarmyth - 2010 - 10,000

10: Fastfatdude - ???? - 140

11: Quicksliver- 2008 G37s - 25,000-30,000

12: Boost'dVQ - 2011 - 7,600

13: Big_J - 2009 - 21,000

14: Trilitheum - 2011 - ????

15: anthonyy - 2011 - 12,000

16: Youseenothing - 2011 - 9,300

17: 370Z_Purist - 2009 - 12,000

18: Bking - ???? - ????

19: Knio - 2010 - 17,000

20: dragonbreath - 2009 - 28,000

21: juice14 - 2011 - 6,200

22: Random_Strata - 2010 - 36,000

23: L8N8 - 2011 - ????

24: JennyT71 - 2010 - 26,000

25: TheGreatOne - 2010 - 22,000

26: windex - ???? - ????

27: Neptune - 2009 - ????

28: afbunn - 2009 - ????

29: sparhax - 2009 - 40,000

30: sungear - 2011 - 35,500

31: lhinojos - 2012 - ????

32: Steveasis - 2012 - 8,000

33: Slikshoes - 2011 - 16,200

34: Jstevenson - 2009 - 25,000

35: Simota1 - ???? - ????

36: Talimac - 2012 - 14,000

37: Sinceday1 - 2009 - 37,000 (Kilometers)

38: Slipper4678 - 2010 - 34,000

39: luigi90210 - 2011 - 29,000 & 33,000

40: SAmilitaryman - 2009 - 60,000

41: Shutterjock - 2010 - ????

42: Zensation - ???? - ????

43: Farmosh203 - 2009 - ????

44: Ephan - ???? - 24,000

45: Jstevenson - 2009 - 33,000 *again*

46: Denny_Mcclain - ???? - 18,000 & 43,000

47: DarylP - 2011 - 33,000

48: Kail - 2009 - 48,000

49: hunterinc - 2009 - 45,000

50: MikeUCFL - 2012 - 14,500

51: mdxj - 2009 - 33,000

52: jordan777er - 2009 - 50,900

53: n8gtol - ??? - 20,000 *3rd time*

54: Kylebucket - 2009 - 27,000

55: joelito - 2012 - 12,100 *4th time*

56: 1087 - 2012 - 12,243

57: ohmikegod - 2012 - ????

58: Z_Man - 2009 - 8,000

59: Kuyo - 2014 - 7,000

60: 90_ST - 2009 - 27,500 (Kilometers) *2nd time*

61: Osirus - 2011 - 40,000 *4th time*

62: tr0n - 2012 - 21,000

63: radensb - 2009 - ????

64: JeMo44 - 2013 - ????

65: mab864 - 2013 - 9,900 *2nd time*

66: duderevs - 2009 - 30,000 (Kilometers)

67: tigwelder - 2010 - 15,000

68: Need_NewName - 2009 - ????

69: R3drckt09 - 2009 - ????

70: Johnwiki - 2011 - 60,000

71: UXI - 2015 - 2,012

72: j312311 - 2015 - 1,700

73: pbs370z - 2010 - 9,000

74: Misnomer - 2010 - 28,000

75: Agent_K - 2013 - ????

76: KoolKarmajoe - 2009 - 64,000

77: BamBamZ - 2009 - 31,075

78: VBP6US - 2009 - 30,000 & 60,000

79: ZBrah - 2011 - 25,465

80: Rumblefish - 2010 - 29,000

81: jwick - 2010 G37 - 1,200

82: Fosingwo- 2011 - 17,000

83: Trainwreck - 2009 - 49,000

84: Cheech - 2010 - 53,000

85: Rareline1773 - 2016 - 500 (Reddit user)

86: Anifaust - 2009 - 47,000

87: KBC749 - 2010 - 41,000

88: ReadT - 2011 - 58,000

89: Zmanelite - 2012 - 21,000

90: FairladyZ10PG - 2010 - 55,000

91: FairladyZ40th - 2010 - 95,000

92: 2slow2care - 2011 - 63,000

93: Mynameisname - 2011 - 43,000

94: marks370z - 2012 - 23,000

95: sboden - 2009 - 58,000

96: SilverFox006 - 2016 - 1,100

97: Bolaz - 2016 - 1,300

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It's random and it can fail on you any time. You can see from the list above it could happen at any mileage and any model year. Newer cars not excluded. There are people who have seen multiple failures after their dealer replaced to a new oem csc.

It's simply a manufacturing defect. Best thing you can do is prepare up front, buy an aftermarket csc & a new oem master cylinder and have the parts on hand before it goes out on you.

[Rusty]

I've got around 20 track days and 27,000 miles since I bought the Nismo in the fall of '11. I've flush and replaced my fluid with Motul 600, and wrapped insulation around the clutch line down by the header. Knock on wood. I've had no problems.

[eastwest2300]

I didn't have a failure, but I went off and replaced the csc to the zspeed setup, I didn't wanna take any chances, I was at 7300 miles on a 2010.. Im at 8700 now, and she's running like a rocket.

[dant1127]

2010 (40th) failed at 48k. Bought it used, and it failed day 2 lol. Glad I purchased that extended warranty!

From reading the forums and comparing stories, I'm almost positive I'll be doing an external slave as soon as I get my transmission replaced under warranty for toasted synchros (pretty sure the two issues are related, but I've only had the car for a few thousand miles.)