Friend of mine has a 2002 Maxima with the 3.5L engine and manual transmission. He noticed severe clutch slip at ~13,000 miles and, as his wife is the primary driver, claims that the car hasn't beed driven overly hard. He feels there must have been a manufacturing defect to cause the clutch to wear out so quickly, but his local dealer sez "driving style".
No clutch defects/recalls. There are guys running nitrous, and driving hard, and their clutches have held for longer than that. Maybe it is his wife's driving style, maybe she's unfamiliar w/ driving a manual?
THE PROBLEM IS WOMAN DRIVERS!!!!!!!!!(not all of 'em, dont get it twisted!!!)
I never let mine drive my car, but that's just me... I'm greedy with my baby!!! Not to mention the ONE TIME i did let borrow it, she brought it back to me with rear bumber damage, $$500 worth!
DO NOT LET HER DRIVE IT ANYMORE!!! That's the quickest solution.....
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No clutch defects/recalls. There are guys running nitrous, and driving hard, and their clutches have held for longer than that. Maybe it is his wife's driving style, maybe she's unfamiliar w/ driving a manual?
My clutch is slipping also I'm sc'd but i still have the stock clutch. Evolution-Autodesign what brand clutch are you using and who did the install. I'm in atlanta also.
My personal Maxima is actually an automatic But the other turbo Maxima we built runs a SPEC an it's held up at 300 whp. And 2 other Maximas I've sold SPEC clutches to are running 393 whp and 425 whp respectively (both have turbos)
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Originally Posted by aphillips4u
My clutch is slipping also I'm sc'd but i still have the stock clutch. Evolution-Autodesign what brand clutch are you using and who did the install. I'm in atlanta also.
But the other turbo Maxima we built runs a SPEC an it's held up at 300 whp. And 2 other Maximas I've sold SPEC clutches to are running 393 whp and 425 whp respectively (both have turbos)
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