My friend has a 03 track with about 20k miles and his clutch was totally gone. The dealership charged him $1900 to have it fixed so now he's considering getting rid of the car. I have about 13k miles on my 03 touring and my clutch is starting to feel funny. Now I don't beat on the car and have been driving manual cars since I got my license so I know what I'm doing.
Is this happening to a lot of people and if so would we have some sort of case, like the whole "tire feathering" problem that they finally fessed up to? I just don't want to go and spend $1900 every 15k miles because the clutch can't handle the car.
Thanks for any info.

 

It's up to the way you drive...

Adam (VandyZ) has over 35k miles, and just did his JWT flywheel/clutch... his oem one looked fine and had LOTS of life in it.

 

I've got 39,000 miles and my clutch has definitely worn. However, it still feels like it has maybe 1/2 its life left. The clutch does seem to wear faster than expected.

-D'oh!

 

I have 34,000 mi. and my clutch is still working fine (knock on wood). Lots of 1/4 mile runs sometimes w/slicks. But hell, I don't know too much about clutches but have been driving manuals for the past decade and a 1/2.

 

I'm having my third tranny installed as I type this and Nissan is throwing in a new clutch plate and disk under warranty. When my dealer first contacted me they told me that they would be replacing the tranny and clutch plate. I figured I'd throw in a disk too since the tranny would be pulled and I really beat on the clutch, ~90 1/4 mi passes. So I called their parts dept to get a price on it. The guy had to ask for my build date since they apparently have several different clutch disks for our car that match according to tranny model. When I told him that I would be getting the latest tranny 008, he said 'oh they really changed these things a lot' and gave me the price (~$93) for the clutch disk that "matches" my tranny. After getting the price, I left a message telling my service advisor to throw in a new disk too. She called me back later and said that it would be covered under warranty as well. Based on this, I assume that Nissan realizes that there may be a problem with the clutch. BTW I have 20K mi on my Z.

 

if i were you i would request to see the old parts just to make sure they do in fact put in what they say....dealers have been known to say one thing and do another. this of course all depends on your situation and how much trust you have for the people doing the work....good luck with it my brotha

 

Let's just say that my "old" parts are still sitting in the same spot in my garage that they’ve been in for the past 9 months . I'm sure you get my drift, if not, yes I trust my dealer.

 

Well I'm waiting on the tires that supposedly fix the "tire roar" issue so when I take it in I'll tell them that my transmission feels funny. Maybe it will be covered under the warranty, until then I'll just pray... Thanks everyone for the info.

 

Like Phoenix said mine looked pretty good for 30K+ miles. I will post pics if any one wants. I was not exactly easy on the car either.