Epic Fail: Nissan GT-R Transmission Failure
October 16, 2008 by Malcolm
Filed under Automotive, Automotive News, Nissan, Video
Epic Fail: Nissan GT-R Transmission Failure Not Covered Under Warranty
So your buddy purchased a new Nissan GT-R and thought he would launch the S*#@! out of it several times just because HE CAN. Now, the transmission has failed after the many unplanned NASA launches and Nissan tells your buddy, “ahh, we are not fixing this under warranty, pay us over $20 grand and we will think about it”. So, the question is… why do you get punished for utilizing an actual feature on a vehicle? It just so happens that you have to void the warranty of a vehicle to accomplish the manufacturer’s performance numbers.
Matt at Garage 419 pretty much reiterates what was just stated above about the Nissan GT-R transmission warranty/launch control issue. That’s absolute BS… I may have to think twice before purchasing a Nissan GT-R. Now.
What do you think, should or shouldn’t Nissan replace the tranny in a GT-R given the same circumstances? Do you know anyone who has blown the tranny in their Nissan GT-R?
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Urbanwitch on Wed, 22nd Oct 2008 5:28 am
This is really bad for the GT-R. I hope they are able to fix this.
Chad B on Thu, 30th Oct 2008 9:56 pm
yea this sux…i had issue similar on a SE-R that I owned years ago from Nissan and it had issues with the tranny and piston rings and they did not want to fix it or do a recall….this part of owning high performance sux…
Alex on Fri, 20th Feb 2009 6:36 pm
Yeah, lets keep launching it as many times till the engine oil boils, transmission fail due to oil boil and so on.
First, just because you bought a new car will you use it like a man or like a idiot? If you abuse LC on any car with dual clutch system, the oil overheats and the transmission will fail, same as an old automatic.
On manual, keep doing several launch and your clutch will get destroyed and so on.
If you want a car to keep launching and that don´t break, go buy a G-Wiz that don´t launchs at all.
Christian on Sat, 21st Feb 2009 2:37 pm
This is not so. Porsche PDK is designed to be launched every 2.5kms. In the event that you can actually get the transmission to “overheat” through “abuse” there are 4 failsafe modes before the vehicle will ever allow a problem to happen. In fact, Porsche hired one of the driving instructors from the Porsche driving experience to go to Leipzig for the sole purpose of seeing what would be required to break the transmission. He failed. He was unable to break it. Porsche has had ZERO failures with their PDK. Nissan GTR, bah I say. Who cares if it is a cheaper “supercar”. Obviously you get what you pay for. It is a hideous car. The GTR34 was beautiful, it was awesome. I know beauty is in the eye of the beholder but come on…GTR35 or 911 TT, are you kidding me??? On tope of that, let’s talk value in a year, or ten years. Which one is going to be worth something? All automakers bow down, Porsche is in the house. They may not have invented the car, but will anyone ever be able to achive what they have done? No. Will there be another Michael Jordan, Wayne Gretzky, Michael Schumacker? No. Some things come only once in a lifetime. The greatest automaker in history is here and will never be topped. Porsche, there is no substitute.
Mel on Tue, 3rd Mar 2009 5:02 pm
christian, too bad your post had nothing to do with the topic, fanboy.
reading that made me feel like i was watching 2 kids argue over ps3 or xbox360
Ed on Sun, 19th Apr 2009 8:40 pm
Christian you are right,i am with you.
mike on Tue, 2nd Jun 2009 1:50 am
I so think Nissan needs to fire who ever thought of the GTR 35 and go back to the GTR 34 so what it wasn’t the best car with the car alarm and stuff but at least the motor and Transmission can take a beating from all these things that apparently the 35 can’t do. sorry I’m just pissed that they would spend so much money on a car that was probably going to be crap anyways when all they had to do was fix some thing on the 34 or add something new and the Skyline 34 kinda looked cool.
Paul on Mon, 31st Aug 2009 3:21 pm
Well well well. What an eye opener. Launch control breaks the transmission.
It’s to be sorted out in software. Current LC is just that little bit too aggressive, it would seem. I would prefer LC to be dropped all together. I will pitty someone who ends up with a GTR that has been launched for NASA. A bit like the drunk girl on holiday in Spain. Pitty the guy who ends up marrying her when she has cleaned up her act. Not for me. Back to the drawing board. Bugger!
Mojo on Fri, 2nd Oct 2009 5:24 am
And people wonder, why this “Porsche Turbo Killer” is significantly cheaper…Quality is the key…You can use the launch control on a porsche (or any other car for that fact) and the transmission will not fail, the warrenty will not be void….unlike this…