Comments on: Epic Fail: Nissan GT-R Transmission Failure

By: Calvin

Calvin — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:49:49 +0000

If anyone’s wondering, the new GTRs have this issued fixed already. Nissan and the GTR manual also states that the button was for when you get stuck in snow or mud and you turn it off to let the wheels slip a bit. Oh btw, the GTR has beaten the ZR1 Nurburgring time!

By: Robert

Robert — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 14:53:31 +0000

It’s unfortunate that Nissan allowed a launch control that will eventually ruin the transmission but do you really need to use it? Surgline tuning in Portland, OR. has an 800 HP time attack car with a stock transmission and they have had no problems at all. Of course they don’t use the launch control mode. With 800 HP they don’t need to. I own a Hennessey 600 GTR that was Henneesseys set up mule for all of their GTR packages and you know this car was flogged on the dyno many times. They never used the launch control (or so they say) and the trans works perfectly.

Robert

By: Peter Panz

Peter Panz — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 04:13:35 +0000

This is just another scam like Toyotas. They are good at hiding things from people who think the products are some how laced with gold,

By: sofakingbad

sofakingbad — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 16:17:04 +0000

this is sad, i was going to buy one of these over an e60 m5 soon but after reading about all the problems with this car it has forever put a bad taste in my mouth, ive owned mostly american cars and dealing with them at the dealer on warranty issues is exhausting and i dont plan on doing it with an $85 car. nissan should make this right, i dont evan know what else to say…

By: Mojo

Mojo — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:24:36 +0000

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…

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 19:21:07 +0000

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!

By: mike

mike — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:50:34 +0000

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.

By: Ed

Ed — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 00:40:37 +0000

Christian you are right,i am with you.