Ive had my 350Z for a bit over a year. I bought it used, with a full warrenty from nissan. The first thing i did was replace the trans and clutch cuz it was grinding in 3rd and 6th. Trans #2 failed in 6th and 5th with only 2000 miles on on it. Now trans #3 is grinding in 6th and reverse. The dealership is getting fed up, and today i had to take the manager of the place out just to show him what i meant.

Im pretty sure i know how to drive a manual transmission. I work in a garage myself, so im pretty sure i know how they work. The dealership told me this is NOT a common problem, that i shift to aggressively, and that skipping gears while upshifting (like 4th to 6th) is not a good idea.

So what im asking is. . .has anyone else had to replace there trans 4 times? The performance shop i go to, MRC, has serviced many Zs with the same problem. Any shifting tips or help would be appreciated.

 

some folks are on their 5th and 6th tranny.

 

what year do you have?

 

The trany's are sh*t. Good luck getting one that works. The synchros go bad all by themselves. Skipping gears upshifiting is a non issue. This is a very common problem. The dealership is a bunch of punk @ss b*tches straight up lying to you.

The dealership is getting fed up? Put your foot up his @ss.

Respect
JET

 

Its an 03-actually built in july 02 so its a VERY early one. Tire feathering, trans problems, oil streak on the power windows. Ive had it all. But this transmission crap is ridiclous. There is a 6 year warrenty, but what happenes whne it runs out? Ive already done so much work to it id hate to lemon it.

 

my 03 had that with the 2nd to 3rd and they replaced it for free.

 

I had my transmisssion replaced and now I have a model 008 tranmission. They are up to model 009. I think the 009 has no issues with the synchros. My 008 has no synchro issues either. The transmissions are getting better.

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JET