Hi there
I am Daniel from Sunny Coast -new to this forum, so forgive me if I missed this subject was on the forum previously.
I am happy owner of 2009 R35 purchased at Southport. almost 3 years ago. Its my daily driver so I managed to clock 94000km on it- possible one of the most driven AUD R35 -they say at Nissan service. During the time I have done some basic mods like Willall Ti Exhaust, Cobb Intake, and Access Port with Custom Tune - thanks to Mercury Motorsport which I though it should not harm the car + willall racing transmission oil.
Anyway about the year ago I had first problem with the tranny. Car went to limp mode with 1,3,5 gear available. Went to the service -at 70km/hour speed. I've done some research on the net using error codes from AP which indicated faulty pressure sensor on clutch B.
According to US forums it is a common defect due to the poor design of those sensors (there are 3 of them in the gearbox), and Nissan does replacing faulty gearboxes even if there are (similar to my) modifications on the car. Did anyone in Australia had this problems with AU delivered model?
Well Apparently in Australia it is not a common issue at all and Nissan will not give a damn if you use Willall transmission oil or have a cobb AP installed.
They didnt even offer any option - jus left me with 2 year old $168k broken car on the street -after charging me $900 diagnostic fees to tell me what I already knew and told them in the first place.
I quickly discovered that Willall racing is making aftermarket sensors and already sold few hundreds of them across the word and even recommended the installed -Gavin Wood Autotech at GoldCoast. I went back to Nissan and askd Qualified GTR Tech if they can feet the sensor if I will deliver one- but they didn't have any idea where the sensors are -no comments, but they sure knew to charge me $900 diagnostic fee for it.
I had no option to go third party and Gavin fixed my car in no time, replacing all remaining sensors just in case and applying more upgrades to gearbox -recommended by Martin from Willall to make it stronger. By the way Gavin had already fixed quite a few R35s with similar problems and confirmed that it is poor design and common issue -which Nissan Australia cant yet see, and doesnt matter if you race or not -it can happen to anyone. Time heals all wounds but you do have it on the back of your had that it could happen again.
And it did - last week - and few weeks before my Nissan warranty ends. Was happy driving and stopped for a piss. Got back to the car and........Gearbox malfunction -visit the dealer - this time it was different -I had no reverse, 2,4 and sometime 6 gear available to come home with maximum speed of 67km/h on the highway -very good advertisement for Nissan's pride I assume+ had to be pushed out from the carpark at the front of the restaurant.
This time AP showed different error -P2714
Got it towed to Southport Nissan again and this time they told me straight away - Sorry we cant help you - you had willall oil, Cobb tune, and third party working on it.
so back to Gavin and currently waiting for the news
Did anyone faced similar problems? Is there anyone in Nissan who would care about Lemon like this- I could talk to? (I had also other issues which took long months to resolve under warranty) Im sure this is not good for their image -it is not to many of those cars and people talk about them with everyone they know.
Daniel
