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Power Train
10/22/2014
THIS IS MY HUSBANDS CAR SO I DO NOT DRIVE IT REGULARLY AND I DO NOT DRIVE IT LIKE A RACE CAR. THE CAR WAS IN OUR GARAGE ALL DAY UNTIL I LEFT SO NOTHING WAS OVERHEATED. I HAD DRIVEN ABOUT 5 MILES AT LESS THAN 50 MPH ALONG AN ACCESS ROAD, STOPPING FOR 3 RED LIGHTS. I THOUGHT IT WAS CLUTCHING ODDLY, BUT SINCE I HADN'T DRIVEN IT MUCH, I THOUGHT IT WAS ME. AT THE 4TH RED LIGHT THE CLUTCH WENT SOFT WHEN I PRESSED IT AND ONLY CAME BACK UP HALF WAY BUT I WAS ABLE TO GET MOVING, THE CLUTCH PEDAL RISING LESS WITH EACH SHIFT. MY DESTINATION WAS JUST AFTER THE LIGHT AND AS I TURNED LEFT ACROSS THE TRAFFIC I LOST THE CLUTCH COMPLETELY AS I WENT INTO 2ND GEAR. THIS LEFT ME COASTING IN NEUTRAL ACROSS TWO LANES OF ONCOMING TRAFFIC AND A DIP AND CURVE ENTRANCE THAT REQUIRED A MORE MOMENTUM THAN I HAD. 1ST AND 2ND WOULD NOT ENGAGE AND I WAS ABLE TO GRIND IT INTO 3RD AND CLEAR THE LANES. I COASTED INTO A PARKING SPOT AND THE CLUTCH WAS COMPLETELY DEPRESSED TO THE FLOOR AND I COULD SMELL IT BURNING....
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Power Train
04/09/2014
I HAVE A 2013 370Z WITH A MANUAL TRANSMISSION. ON 4-9-2014 I WAS TRAVELING 45 MPH ON EXPRESSWAY. I BEGAN SLOWING FOR LIGHT AND DOWNSHIFTING FROM 6TH GEAR TO 5TH AND 4TH. WHEN I SHIFTED INTO 4TH GEAR THE CLUTCH PEDAL DID NOT RETURN TO IT'S NORMAL POSITION AND STAYED ABOUT 1/2 WAY DOWN TOWARDS THE FLOOR OF THE VEHICLE. I THEN SHIFTED INTO 3RD GEAR AND THE CLUTCH PEDAL WENT COMPLETELY TO THE FLOOR AND REMAINED FULLY DEPRESSED AND DID NOT RETURN TO IT'S UPRIGHT POSITION. I HAD NO CLUTCH FUNCTION AT THIS POINT. I MUSCLED THE CAR INTO NEUTRAL TO AVOID STALLING THE ENGINE AND CAME TO A STOP AT THE RED LIGHT. I WAS UNABLE TO PLACE THE CAR IN GEAR WHEN THE LIGHT TURNED GREEN. I GROUND THE GEARS AND GOT THE VEHICLE INTO 2ND GEAR, GOT OFF THE EXPRESSWAY AND INTO A NEARBY PARKING LOT. I CALLED A TOW AND HAD THE VEHICLE TOWED TO THE NEAREST NISSAN DEALERSHIP. I WAS INFORMED THAT THE HYDRAULICALLY ACTUATED CLUTCH FLUID HAD OVERHEATED AND FAILED CAUSING THE HYDRAULIC ACTUATION OF THE CLUTCH...