GTR transmission failure!
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WOW! Another one bites the dust...
I knew that the GTR was going to have trans problems, it was almost a gimme. This is just the begining...wait until the thin plasma coating on the cylinder walls wears...hehe, a very fast bomb....or, when the the axles snap because of the power. If you can't warranty 0-60 in 3.5 seconds...then the car shouldn't do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds! PERIOD!
As far as the service and warranty issues...This is why I will never ever ever buy a $70k+ Nissan!...heck, $45k is still too much for a Nissan. Come on people, think about where your $90k GTR's are being serviced and who is determining the problem...the same guy who just finished changing the oil on a Sentra. Get a certified Porsche 911 Turbo...Fast, Bulletproof, LOOKS HAWT, and get PIMP service at dealerships. The only "sorry" you get from Porsche is for leaving paper mats in your car after service.
Loved what the GTR was....Admired what the GTR has become....Dread what the GTR will be!
I knew that the GTR was going to have trans problems, it was almost a gimme. This is just the begining...wait until the thin plasma coating on the cylinder walls wears...hehe, a very fast bomb....or, when the the axles snap because of the power. If you can't warranty 0-60 in 3.5 seconds...then the car shouldn't do 0-60 in 3.5 seconds! PERIOD!
As far as the service and warranty issues...This is why I will never ever ever buy a $70k+ Nissan!...heck, $45k is still too much for a Nissan. Come on people, think about where your $90k GTR's are being serviced and who is determining the problem...the same guy who just finished changing the oil on a Sentra. Get a certified Porsche 911 Turbo...Fast, Bulletproof, LOOKS HAWT, and get PIMP service at dealerships. The only "sorry" you get from Porsche is for leaving paper mats in your car after service.
Loved what the GTR was....Admired what the GTR has become....Dread what the GTR will be!
The entire rear end on the S2K is horrible. And if you get a service guy that doesnt know what hes doing.....My best friend has had both axles, tranny, and 2 diffs. Bad service can be found at ANY dealership. Whether it be Nissan, Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, etc.
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Hehe, at least they don't need a bailout.
Although I find it hilarious that people are around... waiting for a transmission to fail.
Although I find it hilarious that people are around... waiting for a transmission to fail.
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It's nothing like that....
The iPhone is only $200. Not $100k! I lose $200, oh well, I'll recover. Screw me over for $20k and it's a different story.
Nissan really is showing their true colours on this one. Unreal. Who cares if it's first gen or not. To not warranty the vehicle due to poor manufacturing is NOT ACCEPTABLE! Nissan S U C K S. Proper R&D should be provided prior to release any product to the masses, but even there some issues come out. How many issues has there been with the first gen e46 or e90 M3's? And any issues that have come out of the wood-work have been handled through warranty. Calling people suckers for buying first gen products is not cool. Nothing is wrong with having faith in a company or it's products, especially with a company who has a fairly good track record.
It's not that they failed in the production of the car, that happens as we all know... it's how they are not owning up to their responsibilities to the consumers. Further more I find if extremely difficult that they didn't break some transmissions during development. "Oh boss, we broke another tranny". I would flag that as a "RED LIGHT". But no, the boss says "That is because you activated the Vehicle Damage Computer, let's keep it there but screw people over who use it."
Again, Nissan has really dropped the ball by not fixing this issue. I feel sad for those of us who had faith in this company to do the right thing. We are the suckers.
The iPhone is only $200. Not $100k! I lose $200, oh well, I'll recover. Screw me over for $20k and it's a different story.
Nissan really is showing their true colours on this one. Unreal. Who cares if it's first gen or not. To not warranty the vehicle due to poor manufacturing is NOT ACCEPTABLE! Nissan S U C K S. Proper R&D should be provided prior to release any product to the masses, but even there some issues come out. How many issues has there been with the first gen e46 or e90 M3's? And any issues that have come out of the wood-work have been handled through warranty. Calling people suckers for buying first gen products is not cool. Nothing is wrong with having faith in a company or it's products, especially with a company who has a fairly good track record.
It's not that they failed in the production of the car, that happens as we all know... it's how they are not owning up to their responsibilities to the consumers. Further more I find if extremely difficult that they didn't break some transmissions during development. "Oh boss, we broke another tranny". I would flag that as a "RED LIGHT". But no, the boss says "That is because you activated the Vehicle Damage Computer, let's keep it there but screw people over who use it."
Again, Nissan has really dropped the ball by not fixing this issue. I feel sad for those of us who had faith in this company to do the right thing. We are the suckers.
Haha. This is PRECISELY why I didnt bat an eye at the GTR. My FirST year 03 350Z had so many problems, and nissan's servcie was awful, for a $40k (brand new car).
Infiniti OTOH is amazing.
I was very surprised when they decided to brand a $70K NISSAN in the USA. Forget about it.
I'll be keeping my 9ff 640HP Porsche Turbo for a very long time.
Porsches' warranty dept has been getting stricter (blackbox, matching names from sponsored track events), but they would never do this.
They WOULD WANT to see teh car back and understand how it failed. Thats the german difference.
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Wow, nice attitude guys, and you might want to look at my join date and post count before you call me a troll thats just hanging around here "for a transmission to fail." Ive owned more Z cars dating back to 1972 than most of you guys have owned any total of cars in your entire lives.
Im sorry, but I thought this was the thread where we were discussing GTR transmission failures, you know like we did back when the 350Z came out and had a crap transmission? Just like back then, Its important to have one place to keep track of all the transmission failures, regardless of what mileage or under what circumstances the trans failed. We did then and the more people that became aware how many 350Zs had trans problems, the quicker Nissan stepped up to the plate to fix it. Hell it was the thread from this very site that was quoted in car magazines that helped put pressure on Nissan to correct it.
but hey I guess times change right? Lets just close the thread and stick our heads in the sand.
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Well, Nissan designed a car to run 1 lap really quickly and die the next lap due to transmission troubles. They need to get their act together and I hope the MSRP increase is because they're including a spare transmission in the trunk of the car.
$20k+ in repairs isn't much of a bargain when you could've gotten a real supercar
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The comment had nothing to do with you or your post count. As stated earlier in this thread and in others there has been a lot of transmission failure post as such about almost all of them had issues and there had been several failures. When one actually did the research there was a total of 2 failures documented, one was just been posted over and over and only one of the cars was stock, the other was over 800 HP. Then there was a third reported, but then there was no actual documented case of it, and the "owner" had never been registered.
So I beleive this is the third official failure, and another one where the output is far beynd stock. I do believe in reporting and tracking failures, but I aslo don't believe in forming witch hunts. This is the same for the Late 80's Audi's for unattended acceleration. It was found that almost every case was driver error, but so many wanted to blaim Audi and the cars that it happened to.
I wouod much rather post facts and track real issues. Posting "Ka_boom!!" and then a link with vague details does nothing to see if there is a true issue or not.
So I beleive this is the third official failure, and another one where the output is far beynd stock. I do believe in reporting and tracking failures, but I aslo don't believe in forming witch hunts. This is the same for the Late 80's Audi's for unattended acceleration. It was found that almost every case was driver error, but so many wanted to blaim Audi and the cars that it happened to.
I wouod much rather post facts and track real issues. Posting "Ka_boom!!" and then a link with vague details does nothing to see if there is a true issue or not.
Wow, nice attitude guys, and you might want to look at my join date and post count before you call me a troll thats just hanging around here "for a transmission to fail." Ive owned more Z cars dating back to 1972 than most of you guys have owned any total of cars in your entire lives.
Im sorry, but I thought this was the thread where we were discussing GTR transmission failures, you know like we did back when the 350Z came out and had a crap transmission? Just like back then, Its important to have one place to keep track of all the transmission failures, regardless of what mileage or under what circumstances the trans failed. We did then and the more people that became aware how many 350Zs had trans problems, the quicker Nissan stepped up to the plate to fix it. Hell it was the thread from this very site that was quoted in car magazines that helped put pressure on Nissan to correct it.
but hey I guess times change right? Lets just close the thread and stick our heads in the sand.
Im sorry, but I thought this was the thread where we were discussing GTR transmission failures, you know like we did back when the 350Z came out and had a crap transmission? Just like back then, Its important to have one place to keep track of all the transmission failures, regardless of what mileage or under what circumstances the trans failed. We did then and the more people that became aware how many 350Zs had trans problems, the quicker Nissan stepped up to the plate to fix it. Hell it was the thread from this very site that was quoted in car magazines that helped put pressure on Nissan to correct it.
but hey I guess times change right? Lets just close the thread and stick our heads in the sand.
It's a worthless argument that people sit there and WAIT for a failure? I'm kidding about the bailout but I find it silly that if a GT-R transmission breaks, everyone needs to know about it. Hell, I just found out about the LS7 starting off with an oil consumption problem supposedly. I didn't see that posted all over the net.
Wow, nice attitude guys, and you might want to look at my join date and post count before you call me a troll thats just hanging around here "for a transmission to fail." Ive owned more Z cars dating back to 1972 than most of you guys have owned any total of cars in your entire lives.
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Funny how exotic supercars never break. They are also always warrantied............
http://the.honoluluadvertiser.com/ar...710250332.html
Stoebner says the Lamborghini, which was purchased in July 2002, required frequent dealer visits and replacement parts, including a new lift system, clutch, at least two gearboxes and other components.
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The comment had nothing to do with you or your post count. As stated earlier in this thread and in others there has been a lot of transmission failure post as such about almost all of them had issues and there had been several failures. When one actually did the research there was a total of 2 failures documented, one was just been posted over and over and only one of the cars was stock, the other was over 800 HP. Then there was a third reported, but then there was no actual documented case of it, and the "owner" had never been registered.
So I beleive this is the third official failure, and another one where the output is far beynd stock. I do believe in reporting and tracking failures, but I aslo don't believe in forming witch hunts. This is the same for the Late 80's Audi's for unattended acceleration. It was found that almost every case was driver error, but so many wanted to blaim Audi and the cars that it happened to.
I wouod much rather post facts and track real issues. Posting "Ka_boom!!" and then a link with vague details does nothing to see if there is a true issue or not.
So I beleive this is the third official failure, and another one where the output is far beynd stock. I do believe in reporting and tracking failures, but I aslo don't believe in forming witch hunts. This is the same for the Late 80's Audi's for unattended acceleration. It was found that almost every case was driver error, but so many wanted to blaim Audi and the cars that it happened to.
I wouod much rather post facts and track real issues. Posting "Ka_boom!!" and then a link with vague details does nothing to see if there is a true issue or not.
Get it out of your heads...there is nothing wrong with the stock trans. This car is a beast.