This is the second time I've seen you mention Toyota, and place Nissans in a bad light. What the hell does contaminated fluid have to do with buying a Toy next time? You think Toyota brass would do something different in this situation? NOT!!!
If you are that unhappy with the PF, trade the damn thing in! As far as I know, that is still an acceptable way of ridding yourself of a vehicle you you don't care for. Then it would rid us from you.
Oddly enough, in earlier posts of yours, you seem to like the ride and comfort of the PF. Then recently you have turned sour. What gives?
Nobody gives a rats ass anyway so.............get rid of the effin' PF and get off your soapbox about Toy-yodas.
There is only two ways that fluid can get in your transmission.
1. if it cools via the radiator & it leaked somewhere up there. Is there transmission fluid in your radiator? If thats what happen, it should be a warranty issue.
2. The truck went through some water, as high or higher than the transmission, and a vent(or crack) sucked it in.
Or someone unbolted your fill tube lid and poured water or something down there. What did the analysis say it was, any radiator fluid?
There is only two ways that fluid can get in your transmission.
1. if it cools via the radiator & it leaked somewhere up there. Is there transmission fluid in your radiator? If thats what happen, it should be a warranty issue.
2. The truck went through some water, as high or higher than the transmission, and a vent(or crack) sucked it in.
Or someone unbolted your fill tube lid and poured water or something down there. What did the analysis say it was, any radiator fluid?
No tranny fluid in the radiator and I am 100% sure that it did not go through any high water. Oil samples went out a few days ago and I'm still waiting for the result. I'll keep you guys posted.
Test result are in and contaminated fluid contains 6% water.
I also received a response letter from Nissan Corp and it looked like a 11 yr old wrote it. First off, they got my VIN way wrong. 2nd, they said nothing about the transmission failure but instead focused on the tires telling me that they are not under warranty. I am not claiming warranty on the tires. I only told them about the tires because the dealer misdiagnosed the tranny problem to the tires. The Atty General's Office sent the dealership a letter to get their side of the story and explain why they refuse to honor the warranty due to contaminated fluid without finding out how it got contaminated in the first place.
I'm guessing it will be a long battle until I smoke that cigar.
I don't know how your going to explain how water (which is not contained in the truck) got from a external source, in to your (sealed) transmission? The burden of proof is on you. You now have to prove it is Nissan's fault.
Warranties never cover external forces! Unless caused(proved) by initial internal failure.
Have you asked the dealer to establish the vehicle's route to their dealership? It seems that I read somewhere that vehicles hit by various natural disasters such as floods and hurricanes are not junked or even necessarily rebuilt. It seems to me the burden is on them to establish your vehicle was not weather damaged before you got it. But even if the contamination wasn't there from day one, I agree with the AG. How can they blame you for the problem before they know how the contamination got in?
Good Luck.
Last edited by Burdabit : Jul 8th, 2007 at 05:05 PM.
Automatics aren't sealed. They do have a breather tube IIRC. Water could possibly get in through that under the right circumstances.
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