So last week, Southern California was hit with a heat wave lasting for about 3 days. The one day I decided to drive the 06 G35 Coupe was Tuesday. And after only 1 hour of driving, the clutch started to fail!
Clutch pedal started to feel mushy and the engagement point was off. It started to engage just 1" off the floor. The weather outside was only 95-98 degrees. But I did run the AC and the car was probably struggling.
Just a week ago, this clutch fluid was clear. Car only has about 12k miles on them. Maybe the 5 year old fluid needed to be changed? Not sure but everyone who drives a G coupe knows that this car runs hot.
Even driving at night in 60 degrees weather, you are hit with hot air for no god damn reason. Even with the air is shut off, hot air seeps into the cabin and you have to roll the windows down. IN 60 DEGREES WEATHER at night.........
The 07 clutch also received a TSB for problems with the clutch sticking.
Some of the "fix" for this seems to be change out the DOT3 fluid and replacing it with a DOT4 fluid.
I just replaced mine using the "turkey baster" method with Vavoline DOT3-4 Synthetic Brake Fluid. It was the only thing I have available sitting in the garage. It should up fine seeing that the heat wave is no longer here.
SUCK FACTOR
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