Passport Infiniti is wrong. Call Niello Infiniti in Concord, CA and tell them about your problem. If you have clicking confirmed on your service history, they'll order you a new clutch pedal assembly immediately - you won't even need to come into the dealership.

This is what happened to me. The assembly was replaced and there is no more clicking.

 

bythabay, I explained to the service manager at Passport Infiniti your story and he discarded your clicking noise to be another clutch issue. He stood firm that all of the 6mt coupes are suppose to have this specific clicking noise.
I should have asked him if I could test a clutch pedal on a new '06 g35.

Are you trying to say that there should be no clicking noise at all?

I will contact Niello Infiniti tomorrow. Although I do not live in CA. I live in VA so Niello Infiniti will send a clutch assembly to a local infiniti dealership here? Then the local infiniti dealership will replace it?

 

Great . . . One more issue to look forward to. Nonetheless, thanks for the heads up.

 

If he does not believe you, have him look up my service history - I'll PM you my VIN and my full name. In my service history you will see that there is a click noise when slowly releasing the clutch pedal (the click happens towards the middle of the motion or more towards the end - but always at the same place and intermittently).

You will see that the serramonte dealership first said it was normal, then I came back, they took apart the assembly and didn't find anything wrong with it and said everything is normal.. but niello knew there was something wrong, replaced the assembly, and now the clicking is gone.

 

For those of you that wish Infiniti would just listen, please call consumer affiars and file a complaint. Your complaint should be along the lines of:

"Why is it when I come with a problem, they try to bursh it off as normal, whereas I have a reference to how this exact problem was resolved, and they don't even look into it. The dealships need to communicate better"

 

If you want, give me the service manager's name and phone number and I can call him and tell him of my problem and how it was resolved and how 2 other dealerships tried to tell me it was normal...

 

i tried taking in my car for the same clicking clutch pedal noise..the service manager said they couldn't reproduce the sound and it was normal.

 

You should drive the car with a tech and show them, then PM me for my info, you can reference my service history to get your repair performed. And if they won't even look at my service history, PM me, I'll file ANOTHER official complaint to infiniti consumer affiars.

 

His name is Jeff Tanner, you can reach him at 703-461-1536.

I am also discussing this topic in the Nationalgclub forum with username nmanti.
He said "Ok, just got back from the store. I heard the click, it definitly sounds intintional. I know you can adjust the engament point on the pedal, you can probably set it up so that it clicks at the engagement point. Could come in handy at the track, help make sure you don't try to shift too soon."

Nmanti has a good argument here. Perhaps you two can discuss this further.

 

here is a link to that thread: https://g35driver.com/forums/nationalgclub/90853-clutch-pedal-clicking-noise-normal.html

The only thing you should be hearing is the spring... there should be no clicking of any kind.

 

I'm not sure how our clutches are designed...

But there is a common problem in many cars modern clutches where the bushing for the clutch return wears and causes clicking and sometimes sqeaking/creaking of the clutch when it is depressed.

Sometimes you can fix it by completely removing the bushing and replacing it with a linear return spring. On most cars, you could also completely remove the bushing and just leave it off(although I wouldn't recommend doing that). These bushings are used to add a non-linear feel to the clutch, so that it will be harder to push the clutch down for the first 1/3 of it's travel, and easier to depress it the rest of the way. It also pulls the clutch pedal up the last inch or so when you let the pedal up.

I'm not certain that this is the way our clutches on our cars work... but I wouldn't doubt if that is the case. It might be worth looking into replacing the bushing with a linear spring. I did this on my Tacoma and it worked.

 

I had loud clicking / popping from my clutch pedal for the first few thousand miles, but by 5000 miles it's now gone completely.

 

technically what the mechanic is saying is correct - you can even test it on your own.

fyi - my old nissan had the exact same click, as does my new 2006 6mt. it does not bother me at all, and as someone mentioned earlier it becomes practically unnoticable after some use. that being said, it sounds like some ppl dont hear ANY click at all which leads me to believe (or 'HOPE' i should say) that there is perhaps a difference in the severity (?) of the 'clicks' between individual cars and the corresponding switch.

the reason why i said 'HOPE' is bc i've had over 10 manual trans cars and most of them do the exact same thing (including the 3 BMWs i've owned) - it is a safety mechanism to prevent you from starting your car in gear and going thru your garage wall - they all have this 'click' which is the sound of the switch. hopefully you're not giving yourself a lot of headache/effort over something that seems pretty normal to me...

 

I think we're talking about a different kind of clicking.. I agree the clicking you have is normal ( I too have this but it is not noticeable). The clicking that was resolved by removing the clutch pedal assembly has absolutely nothing to do with any switches. The noise was actually detected by the tech as coming from this area:

http://www.sfplayers.com/gallery/album09/theSuspect

 

Yes, this is how the mechanic explained this to me. That it is a safety mechanism. Thanks for assurance Giarc.

Bythabay, thanks for your input but apparently we were talking about a different click. However if I notice the clicking you've explained, I'll know what to do, thanks.