Pit Bull

It's the wifes car and I just never care that much about racing around. Been there done that.

plastiketa

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Currently getting my tranny replaced ( '03 Track Trim w/ 12,500 mil) at Douglas Nissan in Calif. I just bought the car used and recently found the problem. I thought I was at fault for the grinding, but I feel better finding out its a manuf. defect. THANK GOD ITS FREE!! They're even touching up my paint (damn rock chips!!)

jerrera350

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03Track transmission replaced today at 33K with 008Tranny & Clutch assembly, turnaround was 1.5 days. Smells funny though...

Pit Bull

Anyone have any idea what % of 2003 transmissions are defective? Or maybe they are all defective and it just takes some longer then others to start having shifting problems. I'm glad they are covered by a 5 year 60K mile warranty.

tonysZ

'03 touring replaced @ 10,400 mi w/ clutch April 2005

Pit Bull

The long-term test Z that Road and Track reviewed had it's transmission replaced at around 25K under warranty but they made them pay approx. $1100 for a new clutch. I think the 2003 350Z's should all have their transmissions replaced and I bet most will before their 5 year 60K mile warranty period expires.

Huckingfellers

04 touring Z, Tranny, clutch, rear outer axel joints and bearings, plus oem free front wheels and alignment. 13,459 miles. Carbone Nissan did A stupendous job on it all. 678 miles on it so far and all is quiet on the easten front!

arizzee

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03 Touring, 19K, new transmission and clutch under warranty being replaced today. Hope its a good one!

methylal

I am having the 3rd gear grind issue, so I made an appointment for tomorrow (5/26) at a dealership to have them take a look at it. They weren't aware of the problem, so we'll see what happens.

I am still not sure how I can replicate it for them. Anybody else have any troubles eith trying to prove it to them?

--meth

BriGuyMax

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If they say they aren't "aware" of the problem then their are either lying or just plain stupid. This problem is widespread and has been around since the Z came out almost 3 years ago.

JCat

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When they replaced mine, not everything was put back together correctly. Luckly it was just a bolt that held on a shield (it made a "card-in-the-spokes noise at 80mph+ )

I'd highly recommend that you have it checked-out.
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CFZ

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I had my tranny replaced the other day (18,000 mi.) grinding into 3rd. They also replaced my clutch because they said that the splines in the new transmission did'nt match up with the old clutch splines. The new clutch take up is about 2 inches later than the old one too late in my opinion. Dealer says this is not adjustable. Want the feel of my old clutch back. Can anyone help?

BriGuyMax

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Your dealer is a bunch of idiots...all splines are the same. Kinda cool that you got a new clutch for free though.

It is moderately adjustable...where the pedal pushes the plunger in under the dash..you'll probably need a Factory Service manual to get it right though.

CFZ

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You are right these guys are idiots. See my reply in hows youre clutch feel. I don't trust these guys to even work on a bicycle, but the only other option I have is to drive an hour and half to Louisville to get service that could be just as bad

methylal

My appointment was today, so I dropped the car off at the dealer. I asked him if they've had to replace many trannys on the 2003 model and the answer was "Yes, quite a few, but none recently."

Hopefully, they will be able to solve my problem. I told him the problem is very sporadic and they more than likely would not see the problem if they test drove the car. I had no idea how to reproduce the issue for them.

We will see what they say when I go to pick it up.

--meth

methylal

received a call from the service manager and he said it's definitely an internal problem. They are going to have to keep it until at least tomorrow morning to give me a final answer on what will need to be done on it.

We will see.

--meth

methylal

So the guys at the service center (Regal Nissan - Roswell) need to "see" the problem or rather "hear" it. He said two guys have driven it and he was going to let the assistant service manager take it for a drive and pound on it. He said they were actually working on another 350z that can reproduce the problem all the time, but they need to see the problem on mine before changing the tranny. That sucks because I've only got about 5 months left on the warranty w/12k on it.

I told them to keep it for the rest of the day to try an reproduce the problem.

Anybody have any advice on replication of the problem to make it easy to show them?

--meth

Thaddeus

-meth
I believe the drivetrain is waranted for 60,000 miles. So, you have a little more time to deal with this.

NissanJunkie

I have never Posted in here, but i am on my 2nd Tranny 5th grinds about once every 2 months, on my 2nd rear end, and i just got my oil pressure when the mechanic shat himself to see it shooting to about 160psi at half throttle....