CSC failure covered under warranty?

JARblue · 10-29-2014, 05:44 PM

I had three different dealers in the Austin area insist it wasn't covered under the powertrain warranty. It ended up being more hassle than it was worth. If they don't cover it, I would go somewhere else for the work. Go aftermarket and pick up the Z1 CSC Elimination Kit or the heavy duty CSC from ZSpeed or Specialty Z. The OEM CSC will just fail again.

Benadrylz · 10-29-2014, 06:39 PM

Did you replace your clutch while you were at it by chance?

Skyscraper · 10-30-2014, 08:50 AM

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Originally Posted by Benadrylz

Did you replace your clutch while you were at it by chance?

I was seriously considering it. But when looking at my clutch and pressure plate they both looked to be in great shape, no signs of it being ridden hard and plenty of meat left on the disc, so I let the dealer put it back in. Don't really have the extra bux for a new clutch kit at the moment. I can always put a new one in when the CSC fails again

JARblue · 10-30-2014, 09:05 AM

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Originally Posted by Benadrylz

Did you replace your clutch while you were at it by chance?

No because I was only at 50K miles. We inspected the clutch, and it was in fine shape. I shouldn't have any problems getting 100K miles out of it. I'll probably have to replace my synchros before then anyway

The next time I remove the transmission, I will plan to have the funds ready for an aftermarket clutch (or a cheap, used, low mileage OEM one from the forum if it happens suddenly lol)

Benadrylz · 10-30-2014, 09:44 AM

Alrighty thanks for the reply guys. Nissan's not going to cover it naturally. Going to try to limp it over to AwesomeZ here in Houston to replace it with ZSpeed's HD CSC and another CMC while I'm at it. Going to just leave the clutch alone after talking to Joe @ Zspeed as it's only a DD.

Pearl09370Z · 10-30-2014, 05:35 PM

Salve cylinder blew two days ago with no warning, had to be towed to the dealership. They called me in the morning and told me it drenched the clutch in fluid and the total for the repair is $1656 and that it is not covered because the clutch is a wear item. I went ahead and had them do it and immediately called Nissan consumer affairs after reading the transmission section of the warranty which states:
Transmission and Transaxle
"Case and all internal parts, torque converter and converter housing, automatic transmission control module, transfer case and all internal parts, seal and gaskets, clutch cover and housing and electronic transmission controls".

The car is an 09 with 43k and is under power train warranty until January 2015, I lodged a complaint with Nissan and alleged that the local dealer,Sutherlin Nissan Ft Myers, FL is not honoring the warranty.

Pearl09370Z · 10-30-2014, 05:42 PM

Good luck. I'm expecting a call from Nissan regional mgr tomorrow to see if it's covered under warranty, I think the dealer is screwing me on this and lodged a complaint with Nissan

3rdDanZ · 10-31-2014, 12:01 AM

That's why I bought the auto.

MJB · 10-31-2014, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by 3rdDanZ

That's why I bought the auto.

troll

Benadrylz · 10-31-2014, 08:23 AM

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Originally Posted by Pearl09370Z

Salve cylinder blew two days ago with no warning, had to be towed to the dealership. They called me in the morning and told me it drenched the clutch in fluid and the total for the repair is $1656 and that it is not covered because the clutch is a wear item. I went ahead and had them do it and immediately called Nissan consumer affairs after reading the transmission section of the warranty which states:
Transmission and Transaxle
"Case and all internal parts, torque converter and converter housing, automatic transmission control module, transfer case and all internal parts, seal and gaskets, clutch cover and housing and electronic transmission controls".

The car is an 09 with 43k and is under power train warranty until January 2015, I lodged a complaint with Nissan and alleged that the local dealer,Sutherlin Nissan Ft Myers, FL is not honoring the warranty.

I said more or less the same. And they still didn't honor it. Hope you get lucky.

Skyscraper · 11-06-2014, 03:54 PM

Wow guys, you have some shifty dealers or something in your area.

It is without a doubt, 1000% covered under security plus. I just had mine done, $100 out the door.

I don't understand how some of you are having such bad luck, my condolences.

If you have security plus, don't give up and pay for the whole thing out of pocket!

kenchan · 11-06-2014, 04:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Skyscraper

Wow guys, you have some shifty dealers or something in your area.

It is without a doubt, 1000% covered under security plus. I just had mine done, $100 out the door.

I don't understand how some of you are having such bad luck, my condolences.

If you have security plus, don't give up and pay for the whole thing out of pocket!

um...did you also save 15% in less than 15min?

MJB · 11-06-2014, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Pearl09370Z

Salve cylinder blew two days ago with no warning, had to be towed to the dealership. They called me in the morning and told me it drenched the clutch in fluid and the total for the repair is $1656 and that it is not covered because the clutch is a wear item. I went ahead and had them do it and immediately called Nissan consumer affairs after reading the transmission section of the warranty which states:
Transmission and Transaxle
"Case and all internal parts, torque converter and converter housing, automatic transmission control module, transfer case and all internal parts, seal and gaskets, clutch cover and housing and electronic transmission controls".

The car is an 09 with 43k and is under power train warranty until January 2015, I lodged a complaint with Nissan and alleged that the local dealer,Sutherlin Nissan Ft Myers, FL is not honoring the warranty.

The clutch being saturated with fluid is possible, but unlikely. Seems like whenever the dealership drops a tranny, they always say you need a new flywheel/pressure plate and disk.

Drspin · 11-07-2014, 06:00 AM

Well I got my car back from the dealer late Wednesday night. They replaced the pressure plate, disc, csc, and cms. On my way home I could barley shift into 5th and even tougher to get into 6th. So took it back to dealer, had the mechanic drive it and he thinks the 5th and 6th gear syncros must be off.

I have NO idea how they could have messed up the syncros, I thought it might have been the shift linkage or something, but it's back at shop awaiting for what Nissan tells them what to do. Said either rebuild trans or just putting in whole new unit.

Drspin · 11-07-2014, 06:02 AM

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Originally Posted by Benadrylz

Yea please if you could, that'd help me out a ton!

Any luck with yours? Sorry I had the sheet of paper with the numbers and all the work they performed, but left it in the car....which is back at the dealer

10-29-2014, 05:44 PM	#166 (permalink)
JARblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Austin, TX Age: 43 Posts: 36,449 Drives: 11 Z34, 98 E36 M3 Rep Power: 2684440	I had three different dealers in the Austin area insist it wasn't covered under the powertrain warranty. It ended up being more hassle than it was worth. If they don't cover it, I would go somewhere else for the work. Go aftermarket and pick up the Z1 CSC Elimination Kit or the heavy duty CSC from ZSpeed or Specialty Z. The OEM CSC will just fail again. __________________ 2011 370Z 6MT Sport Gun Metallic \| ARC \| CJM \| Ecutek \| FI \| Fujimura \| R2C \| SPL \| Stillen \| TWM \| Z1 \| ZSpeed \|

10-30-2014, 09:44 AM	#170 (permalink)
Benadrylz Base Member Join Date: Oct 2012 Location: Humble, TX Posts: 153 Drives: '10 FairladyZ M6 Rep Power: 12	Alrighty thanks for the reply guys. Nissan's not going to cover it naturally. Going to try to limp it over to AwesomeZ here in Houston to replace it with ZSpeed's HD CSC and another CMC while I'm at it. Going to just leave the clutch alone after talking to Joe @ Zspeed as it's only a DD. JARblue likes this.

10-30-2014, 05:35 PM	#171 (permalink)
Pearl09370Z Base Member Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: Cape Coral FL Posts: 4 Drives: 09 370Z Rep Power: 10	Bad Slave Cylinder Salve cylinder blew two days ago with no warning, had to be towed to the dealership. They called me in the morning and told me it drenched the clutch in fluid and the total for the repair is $1656 and that it is not covered because the clutch is a wear item. I went ahead and had them do it and immediately called Nissan consumer affairs after reading the transmission section of the warranty which states: Transmission and Transaxle "Case and all internal parts, torque converter and converter housing, automatic transmission control module, transfer case and all internal parts, seal and gaskets, clutch cover and housing and electronic transmission controls". The car is an 09 with 43k and is under power train warranty until January 2015, I lodged a complaint with Nissan and alleged that the local dealer,Sutherlin Nissan Ft Myers, FL is not honoring the warranty. Last edited by Pearl09370Z; 10-30-2014 at 05:40 PM.

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11-07-2014, 06:00 AM	#179 (permalink)
Drspin Base Member Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Az Posts: 7 Drives: 2011 Sport M6 Rep Power: 13	Well I got my car back from the dealer late Wednesday night. They replaced the pressure plate, disc, csc, and cms. On my way home I could barley shift into 5th and even tougher to get into 6th. So took it back to dealer, had the mechanic drive it and he thinks the 5th and 6th gear syncros must be off. I have NO idea how they could have messed up the syncros, I thought it might have been the shift linkage or something, but it's back at shop awaiting for what Nissan tells them what to do. Said either rebuild trans or just putting in whole new unit.