I have an 08 350 Nismo that I bought brand new which now has about 16,000 miles on and has been through a pretty bad accident less than 4 months ago. When I was driving home on SAT my clutch pedal kept sticking about halfway and after getting home I wasn't able to put it into any gear. The next day my car was able to shift just fine but shortly after leaving my place the clutch went out completely. I don't know if this matters at all but my car was able to shift into every gear just fine, it just wasn't moving at all and when I tried releasing the clutch (while in gear) it wouldn't kill my car and just stayed idling. Of course the dealer blamed it on user error and said it's not covered under the warranty. The problem is I've been driving stick for about 10 years now and have never needed a new clutch so I've never experienced this even though I ran my last 2 cars way harder than this one. Unless I can prove it's accident related or somehow a manufacturer defect I'll be stuck with a pretty nice bill because they said flywheel may need to be replaced. Any advice would help and greatly appreciated.

 

Most likely some people would say it's the clutch slave cylinder. The 07's had this problem. Thought the 08's didn't have this problem?

 

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what did the accident affect? what was replaced? where did you hit the other car? help us help you.

 

I went underneath a suburban, causing my front airbags and to deploy and seat belt mechanism to break and causing some pretty extensive damage to the front. Aside from the body I had to get the following parts replaced (to name a few): radiator (along with various components), a/c condenser, eng cooling fan assy. After getting my car back I never had any problems with my clutch slipping or anything else and this just seemed to come out of the blue. When my car went into the shop it had 12,500 miles.

 

The CSC (concentric slave cylinder) wasn't changed until 07/2008, so it's still an issue with the early '08 cars.

http://www.courtesyparts.com/350z-pa...5_778_792.html

The problem has nothing to do with the accident, and Nissan should fix it under the warranty.

Also see the sticky thread in the VQ35HR sub-forum: "Recall on slave cylinder"

 

Yeah, you're right... That would be silly and impossible.

Nissan will absolutely not fix this under warranty as he is not within the recall parameters considering he has a 2008. +1 vote for the CSC, but don't rule out other possibilities.

 

Regardless, an '08 with 16K miles should still be under warranty, and a defective CSC should be covered. That would especially be true for an early '08 which has the same part as the '07s.

The failure mode for the CSC is the result of deficient design, not normal wear.

 

I will guess that it should be cover under warranty too.damm sucks to hear about ur accident.

 

Thanks for all the feeback and please keep them coming if you have anything else to add. The sticky thread "Recall on Slave Cylinder" was most helpful. There was mention that the part was not corrected till 7/08. Is there way to show proof of that and how can I find out the manufacture date of my car?

 

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