Owners/service Manual Problems of Nissan 370Z

I went out to start my car for a drive on 06/21/15. As I was reaching for the clutch pedal with my foot to start the engine, I found the clutch pedal had already sunk half way to the floorboard before my foot came in contact with it. I had to reach in further almost completely extending my leg in order to make contact with the pedal. Upon checking the clutch fluid I was surprised to find some of my fluid level was half empty had and looked very dark. There were black debris sitting under the fluid reservoir. My fluid level was at the max when I last checked it two weeks prior, so between that time some fluid had leaked out. I filled up with some brake fluid and pumped the pedal several times, which helped regains some pressure in my clutch pedal but not completely, there is still some slack in the pedal travel. I immediately went online to research the problem. I ran across countless complaints from other z owners having the same issues with their factory clutch slave cylinder (csc) & master slave cylinder. Many reported their clutch pedal "diving" and would not return during driving. Unlike me, most of them were left stranded on the side of the roads due to not being able to operate the clutch after the pedal loss pressure and dives to the floor. Furthermore, people have reported their factory csc failures since the Nissan 350z were still in production (2002-2009). Nissan north America is fully aware of this defects in their clutch assembly. In 2008, Nissan issued a recall to 350z owners to replace their defective csc. I am appalled that they (Nissan) continued to rely on the same defective parts on their Nissan 370z. Currently, Nissan has not address this problem on their 370z model, nor are they honoring any warranty claims regarding this issue. This is a real concern as it posses a serious safety threats to all z's equipped with manual transmission.

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Base model. Manual transmission. Stock - no aftermarket enhancements. On freeway attempting to decelerate (shifting down from 5th to 4th) clutch pedal "disappears" into the floor board. This marks the beginning of problems with the clutch pedal having a mind of it's own. Transmission hard to shift 1st and 2nd gear. Barely made it into dealership next morning. Dealership only has a TSB to replace the transmission fluid. Fluid changed, drove away. Problem returned 2/7/14 and continued to get worse for next few days. Returned vehicle to Nissan dealership on 2/12/14 where it is waiting for parts (clutch slave cylinder). Nissan corporaation TSB recommends replacement of clutch master cylinder at same time of clutch slave cylinder, however, dealership has not made mention of this. Part supposedly won't arrive until 3/3/14. After further research, the 370z suffers from this clutch slave/master cylinder issue on a consistent basis. Current car has only 7,600 miles. This is covered under 3/36 warranty, however, the issue is dangerous because it can happen so suddenly and I would reiterate that this problem is apparently common. Who waits 3 weeks for a clutch part unless Nissan corporations is so back-ordered on 370z clutch components that Nissan cannot keep up with this repair demand? Nissan needs to re-engineer this clutch master/slave cylinder issue and reacall these cars to get them fixed properly.