janian

Well our so called "driver error" has just cost the best part of £1,000 so we would be interested in getting together with other people with the same problem to push Nissan a bit harder ....

Because we have had a clutch go at 7k I am interested to know how, having read this topic and also postings under the warranty topic , Nissan could blatantly turn around and say they had no other complaints about a clutch burning out at such a small mileage. What is a slave cylinder, what does it do and can it be checked out to see if it is working properly .... ?

Although not quite a warranty issue we bought a 2 year old 350z with 22k on the clock - at 27k the clutch packed in. With those miles and not having owned it from new (although unhappy) we paid for a new clutch and fly wheel. Now, 7k later the clutch has gone again - after 13 months. There is no way our dealership or Nissan will go anywhere towards contributing anything towards the cost, so we're stuffed with another bill for £1,000. Nissan insist that the dealership had told them the clutch was burnt out, and that they had not had any other issues with clutches after that short amount of time - that it was driver error. My husband and I have over 70 years of driving experience between us and have NEVER burnt a clutch out before. We also don't use the car around the doors it is used mostly for long trips (3,000 miles down to the South of France and back last year.) They also said that the clutch was out of warranty - but even if they decided it was driver error that it would not have been covered under the 1 year warranty on the new clutch. We are interested to know how many other people have a clutch go after a few thousand miles as Nissan were obviously lying when they said this was the first reported case.