just curious... i'm worried that eventually my 03 will develop tranny probs which has not yet occured *knock on wood*... it currently has 20k miles on it

 

I have 50k on my 03 and nothing thus far

 

I take it that a lot of '03's have tranny problems? What about '04's?

 

:knockingonwood: 26K+ and No problems.... yet. :scurred:

 

No...not a lot of z's have tranny problems. For the amount of 03 Z's sold, i would say that only a handfull have tranny problems. It only seems like a lot because people only post when problems occur. If you were to have a poll of "who had tranny problems", I bet you most would answer "no problems".

btw...i have an 03 w/ zero tranny problem.

 

16,000 miles; shifts like a fine, fine swiss watch!..................and thats after teaching my son to drive a manny tranny on the Zzzz.

 

03 with 12,000 miles and no tranny problems..

 

I currently have 8,200 miles on my 03' and no problems until recently I got 2 horrible sounding 3rd gear grinds. I think the problem was that I didn't warm up the car before I try to shift quickly into 3rd. I had a notchy 2nd gear but after I put in the RE short shifter it went away. But now it's 3rd gear grinding. Oh man...

 

'03 with ~11K miles no tranny problems

 

Mine 2004 died last week (while racing a bike).

I downshift a lot....especially when negotiating very twisty roads in the smokey mountains. I would also consider myself a very aggressive driver.

Could downshifting be the/a culprit?

How about Power-Shifting?

Opinions / Comments?

 

No tranny problems after 14K....

 

Early VIN 885 w/ 16k, a third of those miles track miles. No tranny problems.

Prior experience w/ my last 3 300ZX's indicate that Z trannies are stout enough to handle gobs of power, but they need to warm up and they're not drag racing trannies.

Michael.

 

downshifting too much can do it... It blew the tranny out on my old neon....however its not so bad. You bet the crap out of the car somethings got to give

 

30k miles and no transmission problems.
changed to redline at 10K and replaced fluid x2 before track days last July and this July.

 

18500+ and no problem here

 

~23k on my 03 and no tranny problems. Now if we can just get the feathering fixed ...

 

'03 Track - 30k, no problems!

 

i'm knocking on wood for all who forgot to knock on wood ......**knock on wood**

 

03 Track, 16K miles, no Tranny problem

 

14,000 miles and no tranny problems yet. Switched to Amsoil tranny fluid at 3,000. Noticed the difference in shifting immediately.