I think they are correct, my G had a similar smell when it was new, really strong at first, but it gradually went away, and mine is an AT. How many miles on your car?

 

I have less tha 2200 miles. This smell, I noticed when I had 1500 i think. Now, I smell it but very very little and only if I put my mind to it lol.

Good to hear im not the only one. I suppose, then, that this smell will leave.

 

Didn't you notice a really strong similar smell when it was new? The first night I had mine, it was really strong!

 

My G has only 1000 miles on it and I noticed the same smell, rather acrid. It seems to be lessening now but maybe I'm just getting used to it. It smells like hot/burning hydraulic fluid.

 

Sounds like you had a bad experience with Consumer Affairs, that's too bad. I recently had to deal with them quite a bit. They really kept me sane when I was getting railroaded by the dealer. In the end they made it right and I got paid for my trouble. jdb55, give them a try, it can't hurt.

 

yup skeleton_cru, I was royally screwed by consumer affairs. Even the dealer was shocked from the Gen Mgr to the Service Mgr and Service writers. I won't buy another Infiniti. There are to many other nice cars out there andmore coming. With hundreds of choices and so many acquisitions of auto mfrs such as ford owning volvo, mazda etc, more and more nice cars will be forthcoming. If Infiniti execs let consumer services crap on people, the word gets out. It does hurt them somewhat but probably not enough. I lost allot of money on the bad car and was railroaded by corporate. Oh well, enough complaining from me. I'll enjoy the G until it is time to buy another car and then, no more Nissan/Infiniti.

 

If you really have to come up with your own money, go to a good independent shop and price it. If you are pissed, why should you give them your business, right?

 

The problem with the 350z and G35 were the transmissions were failing. I don't think there was any problems with the clutchs... its the syncros that were going bad...

This is the first i've heard of a clutch going out after only 16k miles... You either got a lemon or you can't drive a manual very good... Ask Infiniti how they determined it was clutch abuse... Did they remove the clutch to see if it was clutch abuse that cause the failure?

Not to rip on you or anything, but being this is the first time i've seen a clutch go out after only 16k miles, I would have to say you probably abused it. And If you did I wouldn't expect you to own up to it... Especially since your trying to get Infiniti to repair under warrenty...

I had a friend who had a 92 maxima when there were new and he would always pull his emergency break to slide out, eventally he pushed the transmission into the engine block and then took it to Nissan and was like "I don't know how this happened, must of been a deisgn defect in the car" lol thats when I learned people LIE like crazy to avoid paying for things they caused...

If it was a lemon clutch, then I don't know what to tell you other then to get a lawyer.

 

Well i got my car back today with my new clutch installed. I ended up paying $1300 for it. i am very dissapointed with how the whole thing was handled by infiniti. consumer affairs was rude and did absolutely nothing to help me. It would be one thing if i did not know how to drive a stick or drove the car hard or reckless but that is not the case I take great care of the car and the only miles on it are all from the highway so its not like im shifting through traffic all day. This whole thing has been a awful experience and i will NEVER buy another infiniti again and not cause of the car because overall i love the car but because of how i was treated by the people at consumer affairs.

 

I'm really sorry to hear that you had to pay out of pocket for this. It's a shame Infiniti couldn't come to a compromise.

 

Did you get your old parts back? If so take them to a transmission shop and get there opinion on what they think caused the problem... Im curious to what they would say..

 

That's a great point.

 

Yeah i have my parts i wasnt leaving the dealership without them im taking them to a shop i trust tommorow

 

First day I got it, I just drove it for like 10 minutes. After that, I didnt put much effort on the car and drove it for like 6 to 15 minutes. Once break in was done though, I couldnt resist =) So I guess I might have smelt that if I drove it harder since day 1 and/or for longer periods of time.

Great to hear Im not alone at this one.

 

I wouldn't give up on this yet. Write Infiniti a letter describing the problems. Be sure to inform them that you are still within your warranty period and that you expect to be reimbursed in full for the charges you received from the dealer.

Remain professional when you write the letter, or have a lawyer draft the letter for you.

Unless you abused your car, you are well within your rights to have the powertrain parts replaced since you are only at 14k miles.

Good luck.