This might sound weird but I've found that making a stink on companies facebook pages gets them to react quickly. They use it as advertising space to convince buyers to come to their brand, and when they see someone pissed off posting on their "wall" they are usually qiuck to remedy the issue.

Also call Nissan North America customer service and voice your issue.

:rolleyes:

Does the Berk HFC not include a heat shield or fit with the OEM heat shield?

Seems like a couple of people with non-contact thermometers could measure the Cat temps of stock and HFC?

just go back to stock and take it in to a different dealer

Think you may be correct on the VIN, when I was at home I had the Z's oil changed at Gardena Nissan in Gardena, CA. Drove it back to Dallas and had another issue with it and my dealer could see that I had the oil changed at Gardena Nissan as he asked me was it doing what it was doing then.....

And I got a few address of Nissan North America. They also have a Discussion Board in thier page on FB, last tab at the top. They don't want bad publicity.

Also write their customer service at: customersupport@nissan-usa.com

And the Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act, they have to proof that the Berk caused the slave cylinder failure.

my friend knows some people down here.. hes gona take the car to another dealer tomorrow.. it all comes down if the service manager sees whats on the system and gives the ok to replace or not....I think he can override whats on the system.. we will see ill have an answer by tomorrow. 50-50% chance..... I got my fingers crossed!

i have the stock cats.. would i be able to fit the heat shield on the berks?... or any heat resistant material that I can wrap around the HFC?.. lol I just wana be safe

This goes with my previous sentiments. If you need to mod it to make it fun--buy something else.
That being said, I hope they fix it for you as I doubt HFC's did it. Who knows? Technically I guess it could change the AFR which could cause increased/decreased heat or some other mumbo jumbo. More likely, though, they would argue that it changed the power of the engine, and that this caused another failure of something that interacted with the driveline.

good luck and let us know the outcome!

Don't dealerships get paid by Nissan for the warranty work they perform? I don't understand why any potential warranty-covered work would get declined, especially for something stupid like HFCs. I know dealerships in the Chicago area are dying for more service work. Once a customer says they wouldn't pay for work if it's not warranty covered, you'd think the dealership would backpedal and then cover the work under warranty to get the business and Nissan payment for the labor.

They do, but it's not nearly as much as a customer pays from what I hear.

:iagree:That is correct.

Out of curiosity, doesn't Berk offer a limited warranty on parts? I would investigate and see whats there liability policy. I know stillen offers warranty on part.

The warranty is on "the" part, it does not cover collateral damage.

^^^^ THIS ^^^^

The dealership WANTS to do the warranty work! They get paid more for the warranty work than out of warranty work. If they ever deny the claim like in this case, it's because they fear that Nissan will learn of the aftermarket parts and deny the claim. The problem is, they can do this after the repair is made. That leaves the dealer stuck with paying for the repair that should not have been done.

In short, the dealer is just looking out for themselves.

In the future, if you're taking your car in for warranty work, remove ALL of your aftermarket crap before you take it in! They don't warranty aftermarket parts, they warranty factory parts. Don't believe me? Put a Spec Stage III clutch in your car and try to get your tranny replaced under warranty. :icon18:

The BASTARDSs!

Ive also heard too much warrenty work can cause some attention and possibly audits.

In general, both of these statements are not true. The dealer gets paid more for non-warranty work, so they want all of their mechanics busy doing non-warranty service jobs. Dealers are reimbursed for warranty work at a reduced rate from what customers pay for non-warranty work.

this suks OP!! my clutch has done been acting up as of lately. i was planning on taking my car in but who knows how they will put my car up on the lift w/my coilovers.

The slave is known issue since the 2007. Is common in the g37 and the 370 z . There is no way those cats caused the problem. I have similar issues with dealers but after I talked to someone with common sense it was resolved. Contact Nissan affairs and start from there.

how to make the dealer pay for the **** it should-Magnuson–Moss Warranty Act

read it, your welcome :)

take a copy of the law to the dealer, they'll change their act in a heartbeat once they know you know your laws.

so do we know what the cause of the problem is yet?

Well, I sent my CSC to Specialty-Z, who sent it to RPS to get it dissected. My car is everyday driven and never raced and the CSC failed at 16k miles. The results of the dissection shows abnormal bearing wear due to poor design, and somehow the seal slipped and cut into itself causing the leak.

So how does the HFCs relate to this? Thats what I would ask them.

well my friend's friend couldnt do anything as there was a denial in the system already and the service manager was a damn a-hole.. so Im gonna be slapped with this bill.. alright I learned my lesson.. it aint gonna happen again, next time its going bone stock :) or directly through my friends.