Hello Fellas-

I am in need of your advice. I have been on this forum doing much research over the last few weeks. It seems there is a lot more info on this forum than the G35 driver.

I Have a 2004 G35 and I know these cars are and behave very similar. I was told last night that the autoshop working on my JWT flywheel and clutch install after two months of waiting is no longer wanting to do so.

Instead of writing a book on information, I ask that you please check out the link that I am attaching.

http://g35driver.com/forums/g35-coup...installed.html

Any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

Take care and stay cool.

 

Do not tow it anywhere, keep all of your documentation and prepare to goto court....


I repeat DO NOT TOUCH YOUR CAR, THEY CAUSED THE PROBLEM


They are fully liable for getting this car working properly, as it died under their care, and, from the research you posted on the G forum, it appears their flywheel install is the problem.


Tell them you are calling the District attorney's office, and will proceed from there.

 

^agreed.

I would be furious if i were you. You cant just "give up" on a customers car because of lack of experience and not provide any level of compensation. If you WERE going to get your car back request a FULL refund. But i wouldnt even settle for that to be honest, i would demand they pay for that **** to get done...

 

Lawsuit time

 

Thanks for the replies fellas.

I would hate to sue them for this, but what needs to be done is mostly so. I hope we can just resolve this in a good manner. It just does not make sense to me on their part.

 

Again, do not touch your car. I had a similar experience when I was 19, I took my car back when the shop did something similar, except my car was fully gutted, it was a complete overhaul, head to toe. I took my car back, plus 2 palets of parts, including engine in crate, ect.

I then spent the next 2 years trying to find someone to do the work, went with a guy recommended by a friend, who had a good reputation in the area, and had put out some impressive cars.

over a year of him stalling, asking me for more money, he finally just split town, leaving just the shell of my car, all parts sold, all cash gone.


They are responsible, PLEASE dont move it, Id hate to see someone else end up like me.

 

Wow, this is horrific. I am sorry you went through that.

I am in the process in trying to figure out if when they shipped me the correct flywheel.

Here is the pic. I thought that the ones for 6 SPeed manual is supposed to have riges, not teeth like this picture i luckly took before sending to get installed.

 

my MT flywheel

 

look the same to me, how about you guys?

 

yep

 

awesome, thanks for the replys guys.

It does look similar to mine.

I know it must be them with not installing it correctly. If they think I am going to pay them for this, they are nuts. No way should i pay for something that is left in worse condition than when i took it in.

They are trying to pin it on my car having only 1 1/2 quarts of oil left when they checked it. I took the car to Nissan to have a oil change 2 months before it went to get the flywheel/clutch install, I told them not to use synthetic, just regular, when I checked the Nissan invoice just now they used synthetic. The reason I did not catch it at the time is because they were doing a promo and synthetic was the price of regular. Damn, I had my G35's engine replaced at 50k miles due to oil consumption. Still, this one does the same just not as bad. If I use regular it will only use 1-2 quarts at next oil change. But saying I had only 1 1/2 quarts left in two months of driving and about 500 miles since I work from home is hard to believe.

Still, I believe that has nothing to do with it. It's like taking in my car with a flat tire and them saying that is the cause.

Also a buddy just replied who had the same issue with his G35

''What has been suggested above sounds similar to something I went through with my AT after my build was complete. The guys went to start the car and it just c1licked... what a horrible feeling. They talked to their network (they weren't AS familiar with AT as they are MT) and came to realize the TC needed to be lined up a particular way- probably for the same reason your fly wheel does. Once it was lined up (took them MAYBE 20 minutes at that point with everything exposed) we were good to go.''

Its so obvious, yet they don't want to fix it after this long. What a crock of shiet ;9

 

Your car should burn less oil with synthetic, but thats neither here nor there.

Bottom line is, your car drove in under its own power, after they worked on it, its not functioning properly.

They cannot prove the amount of oil the car had in it, the very day you pulled it into their shop, so for all you, and the judge know, someone tampered with your car, so they could try and absolve themselves of blame.


Dont even discuss the oil, other than proving you had it changed recently, its irrelevant

 

When your car was low of oil, did you add any? I believe you say you were down a couple quarts at every oil change. I guess what I'm trying to ask is did you check your oil occasionally and add oil to bring it back up to the full mark? Driving with your oil low can create all kinds of problems.

 

thanks buddy for the reply

I agree with you here. Good thing is, I had Nissan send me the invoice...so it states on paper it was changed in later October, it went in for the install December 12th 2012

 

YEs sir I do ;p

I usually check it every few days, about once a week. It is a 5 min test that i do for the sake of my car. After the first engine swap at Infiniti, I made sure I did so after. I keep 2 quarts around and mark the bottle so it gives me a good estimate on oil usage. But even though our cars have award winning motors, some have oil consumption like mine.

Does changing the seals maybe help this issue....because when they looked at my car when replacing the motor, they inspected it to the bone.....engine was intact etc, no leaks or slug. They swapped out the motor and I had to go back because of oil light after 2,000 miles. The car was really low, 1 quart 1/3... My service advsors turned red/ They did another consumption test and I came back at 2,000 miles with it being full this time. Odd right

 

So, just got off the phone with the people over at the shop. I will be taking my car over to TPG recommended to me by a few people. They are going to tow my car over there for free. They are asking me to pay for 563.00 dollars for the labor, even though the car was not fixed. Once the car gets there and they fix it being that it was installed incorrectly, the old shop will take over the bill.

Does this sound right.....

Or should I not even pay the bill for this ....

 

You should say you will pay it, have them tow it, and then not pay anything.

You don't want to hint at non-payment until the car is out of their possession.

 

Again, I strongly suggest you not touch the car at all, if you, or anyone else is in possession of that car, your case against them gets considerably weaker.

I know you want your car back....but you are risking alot.


Having said that, Dont pay them a goddamn dime until the car is working properly, period.

 

gotcha

i Know this sounds odd from the full thread, but I like them as people. I know they have good intentions, but they just got **** twisted right now.

I'll get this resolved

thanks for the info fellas

 

If you decide to go with their "promise" to cover the repair at a different shop, get that in writing.
At the end of the day, if they do pay for it, and you end up with a working car, it's only fair you pay something for the work done.