Eight problems related to power train have been reported for the 2009 Nissan 370Z. The most recently reported issues are listed below. Please also check out the statistics and reliability analysis of the 2009 Nissan 370Z based on all problems reported for the 2009 370Z.
I got into my car in the garage and tried to start it by first pushing the clutch and pressing the start button. While pushing the clutch down, it fell to the floor and stayed there and never came back up. I have to lift it with my left foot.
The csc (clutch slave cylinder) failed when I was driving leaving me without any power. I cant drive my car anymore and I need to get the transmission dropped to fix it.
Drove to 7/11 to get gas. Turned the car off. When I got back in the car to leave the car would not start. There was an amber key on the dashboard. There have been a major number of complaints filed for this same reason. The immobilizer locked out the wheel shaft which locked out the key faub. Since the car thinks it has been stolen the car will do nothing. No Nissan dealership is open on a Sunday and they are knowingly doing nothing about the issue. I never received any notices that there could have been an issue in the 3 years I've had my car. There has been a huge number of complaints on blogs which I discovered today after attempting to get my car started again.
Clutch lines were designed to close to my cars catalytic converter. . Leading to clutch fluid boiling while im on the highway going 65-70 when appropriate. I push down on clutch and it sticks to the floor, I can barely shift this isnt safe. . The problem could only be resolved after replacing the whole clutch set up and Nissan covered the parts but I spent nearly $1000 in labor, on a car I just bought a month or so ago. . Im trying not to regret my choice of a car. They covered the parts for a reason. . Think on it.
Slave cylinder on my 370z had a catastrophic failure. Nissan put an inferior slave cylinder in their 370z models. My slave cylinder had a catastrophic failure while sitting at a stop. Thankfully I was not on the highway. The tech that replaced the part said their was virtually nothing left from the slave cylinder because it was made out of inferior material. Nissan wanted $2,000 to replace and install the same inferior part because to them it is not considered part of the drive train even though this part is required for the drive train to operate. This item should not be considered wear and tear. Had to take my vehicle to a place that specializes in Nissan 370z to get an upgraded part put into my vehicle for less than half the cost Nissan wanted. Clutch engagement and feel is better than brand new no thanks to Nissan.
Pushed the clutch in to shift and it never came back up. Had to tow it to a shop. Cost a bunch. Happened around 30k and at 53k. A lot of people have this issue. Almost every other day I see someone posting about the csc failure.
Rear diff seized twice, at 12k and 15k. Dealer identified issue as overheating due to improper backlash setting from factory.
Car revs up to 2500-3000 rpms between shifts! cannot get the idle to drop lower; any attempt to punch the gas pedal and lower the idle just makes it idle faster!! problem has existed 3. 5 years now, and every time I request the dealer investigate they have lame excuse of "if it isn't doing it when you bring it in, we can't troubleshoot it"! wtf? the most recent time (March 2013) the car had a "service engine" light at the same time and idle wouldn't drop below 2000 rpms for 3 days. I took it in for service and dealer found "nothing wrong" and "no codes saved in ecm memory". Again, wtf? isn't this the same Toyota runaway throttle issue - same year, same japanese car, same fuel throttle component purchased from the same inferior supplier? dealer is not documenting my requests!! are you waiting for me to have an accident and die before you fix it?.