[joey]

My car has only 37,000 miles. At about 30,000 miles, the transmission failed. The planetary gears got eaton up. I went to the local nissan dealership and they charge $3,000. This made me upset but what can you do. Anyway, I was at a different Nissan talking with some sales people. They said there was a recall on these cars because of transmission problems. The dealership that I went to never told me this. Is this true about the recall? If so WHO or WHAT can I do to get my money Back?

 

[Brian]

> I called 1-800-nissan 1 to find out about a problem with my 91 twin-turbo, while I was on the line I did hear some recall problems. You might try this #.

 

[john]

Just in case there is no recall, for future reference,most trans shops will completely rebuild an auto for $700-$1000 and are specialists in AT work.Even though the z is high tech,automatics have not really changed in years overall so most shops would be fine,and either way they will give you a warranty on the rebuild.
I have a friend that works for a new car dealership(i better not say who)and he said they contract automatic work out to other shops and the customer ends up paying a lot and the dealership gets the trans work done for even less than the normal $700-$1000.
I had to replace an automatic on a 89 240 I had a couple years ago and I bought a used one at a junk yard for $450 and $125 to install and they gave me a 6 month guarantee.I have heard but may be wrong,but the 240 may use the exact same auto as the Z,at least I know the ratios are exact.

 

[Unknown User]

My friend had a 300ZX untill the day his trans went he sent it to all kinds of shops trying to fix it but in they end he gave up and sold it to used car lot and they put a whole new one in

jeff 280ZX with Turbo