DAYTONA-ZED

I have a notchy 1-2 shift. 2004 base model. Not sure if it would qualify as a grinding problem. Was told the same thing by my dealership, that it shifts normally. It is worse during cold weather, then after warming up it will smooth out to some degree. I find myself having to rev the engine higher than i would expect to get a smooth 1-2 shift.

hank_4g63t

I have a 5mt 91 awd turbo talon and it is almost at 110k miles and its shifts just as good as a 2005 vehicle should. No grinding whining nothing. So it is clear that there is a serious problem with the Z's tranny. By the way are there any tranny upgrades for the Z available?

daddyz

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2nd gear was my problem to.Just wouldn't go in 2nd. Replaced at 5800 miles.

NismoChic

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tacomaboy
[B]I have a 5th to 6th grind.


Ditto

BadDriver

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I had wondered the same thing about how some can get 3 trannys. But I don't think its necessarily what the driver does to the tranny, it seems to be an underlying problem. From what has been said, it seems many have gone to the dealer, sometimes for other things, and have said "oh yeah sometimes theres a problem with 2-3 or 5-6." They say they were surprised when the dealership said they were replacing the whole tranny. This makes me think that some people are getting tranny's replaced because Nissan is quite liberal with this service. Also, I believe that many people who haven't taken their car in for service are having the same problems, they just don't think its a problem. I think its less that people are doing things to them, and more that some people are more sensitive to tranny problems

maxpowers

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But don't the laws of probability also mention somthing about each event having to be truely random. Perhaps the event (each new transmission) is not truely random, ie. the dealer that is replacing his tranny keeps getting bad transmissions because they all came from the same assembly line on the same day.

Just a thought..

tacomaboy

[QUOTE]Originally posted by NismoChic
[B]LMAO well its OBVIOUS your 5th to 6th grind was caused by redlining it in 5th gear....

I mean, WHY THE HELL would 5th to 6th give me problems and no other gears... if my driving style was at fault? What, too many 6th gear burn outs?

Yeah, it pisses me off... I am gonna wait a bit to take it in so I can get all the little problems done at once.

BTW I still friggin love the car... its just has annoying ticks sometimes.

NismoChic

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tacomaboy
[B]LMAO well its OBVIOUS your 5th to 6th grind was caused by redlining it in 5th gear....

Dude I dont redline my car - I am a tad more experienced than that. It just sorta happans thus my concern

BTW I love my freakin car too SO THERE

tacomaboy

Sorry NISMOChic, I was being sarcastic but forgot the smily faces.

I think its pretty impossible to mistreat 5th and 6th gear... they are so easy to shift... So its pretty clear to me its the transmissions fault not yours

Keep in mind I get 5th to 6th grin too... it sucks

NismoChic

[QUOTE]Originally posted by tacomaboy
[B]Sorry NISMOChic, I was being sarcastic but forgot the smily faces.


forgiven hehehehe

screaminz

King Tut is a hater if anyone else does not know him personally. I also have an 04 model that at now grinds on decel so I'm sure it is due to the Abuse I have given it...
screaminz

#1Pussologist

So mine is at 104k and hasn't had the tranny replaced yet. My gut told me to sell it while it has sellable mileage and figured the trannny will need to be replaced soon, along with other problems like oil leaking valves. It has like 10000 in upgrades , 5000 from the previous owner. So I'm looking to get 12-14 , and move up to a Lexus is 250. I just keep going back and forth about it, I mean I'm basically selling it out of fear kind of. But isn't it smart to sell while it has sellable miles.
Your thoughts

PerfZ

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Holy Batchit, 11 year old thread back from the dead lol.
104k might be "sellable miles" whatever the heck that is but $12-14? Not a chance, no matter what the "upgrades" FYI my '03 has 157,000 and still on the original tranny. and clutch for that matter.

SQuaLZ

Is this a record for the oldest thread revival?

maxpowers

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I got an email about some decade old thread I contributed to once. I sold my Z in 2009...LOL.

whatZheck

Ancient thread. My 04.5 has 127K on the original clutch and tranny. Prior owners did question the tranny in the service records, must have been trying to downshift into first above 15 mph.