[VeeTee]

Here is what happened:

Had a buddy drive the car and yes he knows how to drive m/t.
Spent 10 minutes on the freeway or so, going through all gears, some at wot.
Pulled onto the off ramp, pulled to the next light which was red.
Car wasn't shifting properly and was hard to get into any gear downshifting.
Once we slowed down enough to almost coasting she stalled out on us and died.

She wouldn't turn over when in gear. If she did turn on while in 1st, she would shake and die.
When the car was off, you could shift into any and all of the gears perfectly fine wo issue.
When the car was turned on and I tried to shift into first, it felt very stiff and resistant on the way into forst gear and wouldn't catch.
The car however wanted to move forward when pushing its way into 1st. The weirdest thing.

Had her towed to the dealership where I bought her from. Hopefully I will find out more tomorrow.

Go ahead, speculate, deliberate and bash if you feel the need to. Just "try" to be gentle and kind, lol.

 

[Hyperion]

bahh so sorry to hear that! My initial thought was that you installed a tow hook to your car... I hope you're able to find out the problem and get her fixed..

 

[VeeTee]

bahh so sorry to hear that! My initial thought was that you installed a tow hook to your car... I hope you're able to find out the problem and get her fixed..

Haha, you're funny. No, the tow hook was installed by the tow truck driver, which by the way, is located in the trunk under the trunk mat by the spare.

 

[|]are |]evil]

So is the dealer gonna give u crap for mods?

 

[nvyseal]

let us know if any of your mods impede your warranty. this could be interesting

 

[ELS]

That sucks...

Yep, those orange mirror covers are going to void everything

 

[Keith_Stone]

let us know if any of your mods impede your warranty. this could be interesting

Basically we are all waiting eagerly to see if your the one who gets screwed by the dealership making everyone eagerly take off the mods.. Sorry tho man, hopefully they don't give you any shit

 

[VeeTee]

Yep, those orange mirror covers are going to void everything

Hah! Well of course I will keep everyone updated here.
It felt mechanical for all I know, or perhaps it is the clutch? Let's see what's wrong and how the warranty stacks up.

 

[lagonwagon]

So is the dealer gonna give u crap for mods?

It really depends on the dealer. Some are more mod friendly then others. I mean some will actually do a proper job and find the problem and the reason. Others will blame the mods. I've got my fingers crossed for ya VeeTee.

 

[Petey T]

Ouch. Good luck man! Please keep us posted as I'm about to begin emptying my bank account too

 

[Dcannon203]

Was he speed shifting and stripped your highway gears down to the nubs leaving nothing but chiklet sized metal shards in your tranny making it impossible to shift?..... cuz I did that before "learned the hard lesson", and will never do that shit again. speed shifting no matter how good you think you are.... is not ever a good idea, and offers very little by way of gains.. unless you have money on hand for a new tranny don't do it... that's what i think happened to your car.

 

[cruisn76]

^ if that's the case, warranty should cover that since I don't think they can prove that.

Good luck buddy.

You can blur out the background a bit and it would look like u are towing it the race track :crazy:

 

[MyDianaZ06]

DANG!!! NOOOO VEETEE!!!!

At first I thought you were scared that we were going to bash you on the ugly tow hook LOL (because we would have for that ugly tow hook lol)

MAN that sucks donkey balls!!!!

Honestly, sounds like a tranny problem. But who knows. You have just about all the mods you can do to that VT but a tune lol . FMIC, CAI, Strut bars, springs, exhaust ...list goes on.

If anybody is going to get hell it'll be YOU!!! lol

Hopefully they are like:

"oh it was something simple. We took care of it. No charge. Warranty covered everything. Nice ride btw. We love what you did with it. BTW, did you get yourself some water and popcorn during the wait?" (my dealership offers water and popcorn )

And then your like:

"oh ok great. Hopefully it doesn't happen again. BTW, thanks for detailing my car while you had it "

But time will tale. OOHHH how time takes one second for every second! GO FASTER lol

 

[Reaper7]

I'm really intrigue w the outcome of this one since your VT is so obviously mod. I really hope they don't give u the lame shitty excuse we all dread, good luck man. :/

 

[TheDude]

Unless one of your mods is the cause of the problem (and they have to prove that it is) and the problem is something that would be covered under warranty, then you should be fine. People think because they run an exhaust and they blow a head or something that theyll get shit for it, which is almost never the case.

 

[|]are |]evil]

Ah but they may be able to. They can see how the car was driven prior to failure. If the data shows an abusive pattern they may have an argument.

^ if that's the case, warranty should cover that since I don't think they can prove that.

Good luck buddy.

You can blur out the background a bit and it would look like u are towing it the race track :crazy:

 

[mwil028]

can they realy see info on how the car was driven? Im guna say tranny problem like everyone else. Maybe a clutch issue. And the dealer wont cover anything. The organge paint, mirror covers and rims changed the curb weight of the car so much that the trany could not handle the extra weight, as such the warranty is null and void

Please keep us posted

 

[TheDude]

can they realy see info on how the car was driven? Im guna say tranny problem like everyone else. Maybe a clutch issue. And the dealer wont cover anything. The organge paint, mirror covers and rims changed the curb weight of the car so much that the trany could not handle the extra weight, as such the warranty is null and void

Please keep us posted

Some cars have been equipped with the equivalent of an airplane's black box. It records everything from ignition time to gear shifts. Im not saying this car does, but i know the GT-R has one and that caused a serious amount of controversy over people doing Launch Control and destroying a $25k transmission.

 

[jeremy]

Those pics make me sad ....

 

[Turbosocks]

Unless the ECU was modified (which it wasn't) I don't think they will be able to blame one miss shift on voiding the warranty and grenading the transmission.

If it was the clutch, it most likely would not start up even in neutral. It is possible that it threw a spring out of the clutch and/or it is mis-aligned but I am thinking it is more likely a syncro that went bye bye or more. Were you able to get it in reverse or did you try?