2007 Nissan 350Z

I LOVE MY 2007 NISSAN 350Z, BUT SINCE THE DAY I BOUGHT IT HAS HAD GRINDING NOISE .I SUSPECT IT'S THE THROW OUT BEARING OR THE PILOT BEARING ON THE TRANSMISSION. NISSAN REFUSES TO DO ANYTHING ON MY NEW CAR, AND IM AFRAID I WILL GET STUCK ON THE ROAD IN MY NISSAN AGAIN. *TR PLEASE HELP KRIS

I WAS DRIVING MY 2007 NISSAN 350Z WITH MANUAL TRANSMISSION, AND MY CLUTCH WAS GETTING STUCK. I DID MY RESEARCH AND FIGURED OUT THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM WITH THE SLAVE CYLINDER, OR THE CLUTCH FLUID, BECAUSE I HAD RUN INTO PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEMS. I THEN TOOK MY CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP, AND THEY HAD TOLD ME THAT THERE WAS ABSOLUTELY NOTHING WRONG. THERE HAVE BEEN MORE MOMENTS WHEN I AM DRIVING, I SHIFT GEARS, AND RELEASE THE CLUTCH AND GIVE IT GAS, AND IT JUST ACCELERATES MORE! THIS ALMOST CAUSED ME TO GET INTO AN ACCIDENT. *TR

WHILE IN RUSH HOUR TRAFFIC MY CLUTCH PEDAL STUCK TO THE FLOOR CAUSING THE CAR TO FILL WITH SMOKE AND RENDERING THE CAR TEMPORALLY INOPERABLE AFTER A FEW MINUTES I PUMPED THE PEDAL AND WAS ABLE TO CONTINUE HOME. THE NEXT MORNING THE DEALER INFORMED ME THAT I HAD WORN OUT A CLUTCH IN 4000 MILES AND THEY WOULD NOT WARRANTY MY PROBLEM. *TR

1) I PURCHASED A BRAND NEW 2007 350Z, AND AFTER 1,700 MILES THE CLUTCH PEDAL BEGAN TO STICK TO THE FLOOR AND LOSE PRESSURE, THE ONLY WAY TO GET IT BACK WAS TO PUT YOUR FOOT UNDER THE PEDAL AND PUSH UP ON IT. THIS HAPPENED TO ME ABOUT 20 TIMES, AND IN VARIOUS CONDITIONS (HIGHWAY/CITY). I HAD BROUGHT IT TO IRA NISSAN IN WOBURN TWO TIMES ASKING THEM TO FIX OR LOOK INTO IT AND BOTH TIME THEY TOLD ME THEY COULD NOT REPLICATE. 2) IN EARLY OCTOBER I WAS DRIVING HOME FROM MY GIRLFRIEND FATHER?S HOUSE, AND THE CLUTCH PEDAL STICK THE FLOOR. THE CLUTCH WOULDN'T DISENGAGE; IT HAD NO PRESSURE NO MATTER WHAT I DID. I WAS ON ROUGHLY 70 MPH ON THE INTERSTATE AND I COULD NOT TAKE THE CAR OUT OF GEAR TO SLOW DOWN. I LITERALLY HAD TO FORCE THE CAR OUT OF GEAR AND SLOW DOWN WITH BRAKES SO THE CAR WOULDN'T STALL OUT. THE WHOLE EXPERIENCE WAS VERY FRIGHTENING, IF I HAD TO FOR SOME REASON ACTUALLY SPEED UP TO MOVE OUT OF THE WAY OF AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE OR FOR MY OWN SAFETY I COULD NOT. AFTER SOME INVESTIGATION, I NOTICED THAT WAS NO CLUTCH FLUID AT ALL. A BRAND NEW CAR WITH LESS THAN 7,000 MILES SHOULD NO BE RUNNING OUT OF CLUTCH FLUID LIKE THAT. THERE WAS A GAS STATION ACROSS THE STREET SO WE PURCHASED SOME BRAKE FLUID PUMPED THE CLUTCH AND IT WAS OK. I DROVE IT HOME, AND THE NEXT MORNING THE FLUID WAS GONE AGAIN. THIS TIME I DIDN'T MESS AROUND I CALLED AAA, AND HAD THEM TOW MY CAR TO NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND TOLD THEM IT WAS COMING. I ALSO CALLED CORPORATE NISSAN TO FILE A COMPLAINT AND START AND OFFICIAL PAPER TRAIL. 3) THAT NEXT AFTERNOON AFTER THE TOW TO IRA NISSAN IN WOBURN (SAME LOCATION AS THE OTHER 2 TIMES) I WAS CALLED BY THE SERVICE MANAGER AND THEY TOLD ME THEY CAN REPLICATE AND ARE GOING TO HAVE TO CHANGE THE ENTIRE CLUTCH ASSEMBLY INCLUDING MASTER AND SLAVE CYLINDERS. THE SAID IT WOULD TAKE 3-4 DAYS TO GET THE PARTS AND ABOUT A DAYS WORK. IT WAS ALL COVERED UNDER WARRANTY AND I WAS ACTUALLY GIVEN A RENTAL CAR. BUT THERE IS AN ISSUE THAT NISSAN REFUSES TO ACCEPT. *TR

DURING HEAVY TRAFFIC OR MODERATE ACCELERATION, MY 2007 NISSAN 350Z CLUTCH PEDAL WILL FALL TO THE FLOOR, CAUSING THE CAR TO LOSE POWER TO THE WHEELS. THE FIRST INCIDENT WAS REPORTED TO SUTHERLIN NISSAN AT 1,500 MILES, AND THE CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER WAS REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AT 11,500 MILES. WITHIN ONE DAY AFTER GETTING THE CAR BACK, THE SAME PROBLEM SHOWED UP, DURING A TRAFFIC JAM. THE PROBLEM WAS REPORTED AGAIN, AND AFTER 8,500 MILES AND SEVERAL COMPLAINTS TO THE DEALER, AND FINALLY NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA, THE CAR IS IN THE SHOP AGAIN. THE DEALER REFUSED TO TRY AND FIX THE VEHICLE AGAIN UNTIL I FILED A COMPLAINT WITH NISSAN OF NORTH AMERICA. THIS TIME THE PROBLEM BECAME SO SEVERE, YOU COULD NOT DRIVE THE CAR IN MODERATE TO HEAVY TRAFFIC, WITHOUT THE FEAR OF LOSING THE CLUTCH PEDAL PRESSURE. THE PROBLEM STARTED IN MARCH OF 2007, THE FIRST REPAIR WAS IN EARLY SUMMER, 2007, THE PROBLEM HAS CONTINUED, AND GOTTEN MUCH WORSE SINCE THEN, MAKING IT DANGEROUS IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, AND IS NOW AT THE DEALER FOR REPAIR, AS OF NOVEMBER 17TH. THERE HAVE BEEN SO MANY CLUTCH PEDAL PRESSURE FAILURES, I HAVE LOST COUNT, BUT ESTIMATE THE FAILURES HAVE BEEN IN THE HUNDREDS, AS THE PROBLEM OCCURS SEVERAL TIMES DAILY, DURING COMMUTES IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, WHICH I WILL NO LONGER DRIVE THE CAR IN UNTIL THE PROBLEM IS CORRECTED. *TR

THE CAR WAS DRIVING NORMALLY AND GAVE NO SIGNS TO ANY TYPE OF PENDING FAILURE. THE 2007 350Z MODEL YEAR HAS SOME FORM OF CLUTCH DEFICIENCY. THE CLUTCH SOMETIMES DROPS TO THE FLOOR REQUIRING IT TO BE PUMPED UP BUT CAN LEAD TO STALLING THE ENGINE OR BEING STRANDED IN TRAFFIC. MY PROBLEM CAUSED ME TO BE STRANDED ON THE ROAD IN TRAFFIC UNTIL THE CLUTCH REGAINED PRESSURE AND LET ME DRIVE ON. THE PROBLEM IS THAT AFTER THE INITIAL FAILURE THE CLUTCH RANDOMLY SEEMS TO LOSE PRESSURE AND CAUSES IT TO BE VERY DIFFICULT TO SHIFT INTO GEAR WITHOUT SLIPPING. THE DEALER CLAIMED THAT THEY COULDN'T REPRODUCE THE PROBLEM AND ALSO CLAIMED THAT THERE WAS NO PREVIOUS HISTORY OF A PROBLEM ALTHOUGH THERE ARE NUMEROUS DOCUMENTED CASES OF THE PROBLEM. *TR

I RECENTLY BOUGHT A NISSAN 350Z 2007 BASE MODEL MANUAL TRANSMISSION I NOTICED THAT THERE'S TIME WHEN I PRESS THE CLUTCH THE CLUTCH DOES RETURN BACK AND THAT CAR DOES NOT MOVE. THIS IS A PROBLEM BECAUSE IF IM IN THE MIDDLE OF A INTERSECTION AND THERE'S CAR COMING IF MY CLUTCH PETAL DOES NOT RETURN TO THE NORMAL POSITION I COULD BE IN A SERIOUS CRASH THANK YOU *TR