So i have no been behind the wheel for a couple of days learning how to drive stick/enjoying the new Z and all i can say is the car is superb. I do have a couple of questions though, this may be perfectly normal but when in gear say 20mph in second and a fair amount of throttle is given i can hear an audible clicking sound that sounds just like the clicking when shifting gears. Also it seems that the clutch/car sounds a bit "sqeaky" when letting it out at low speeds, is this all normal. The car shifts and drives perfect so im not to concerned. Otherwise ill post some pictures soon!

 

You might have axle clicking, there is a TSB on it... Have to have Nissan re-lube those axles...

 

do you happen to know if this is covered under the powertrain warranty (or whatever is left on an 03)

 

The power train warranty is 60 months/60,000 miles.

 

ok, so would nissan take care of this clicking under that warranty?

 

Yep, they should be able to take care of it.
It's a known issue so there is no reason they
wouldn't handle it.

 

What your talking about could be valve ping also. My car does it and I always thought it was the axle click, but its not.

 

So do they actually replace axles or regrease them? I've had a little clicking myself lately but dealers around here make me very nervous.

 

my axles are clicking also i went up to the nissan dealership here in austin texas and i only have 30,000 miles on my 03 z they said they wouldn't replace it because the warranty date was up because of the 3 years not the mileage bs.

 

they replaced my friends axles. It depends on the dealership and if they are cool.