The 2023 Nissan Z sports car launch was just getting started, offering enthusiasts a choice of a six-speed manual or nine-speed automatic transmission paired with a 400-horsepower twin-turbo V-6, but it’s already been a hit. There is turbulence. The automaker has issued a voluntary stop-sales order on all his new 2023 Nissan Z Coupes with 9-speed automatic transmissions. Therefore, dealers are unable to sell inventory and all orders are on hold. It’s just an autobox problem, so a 6-speed manual car is still fine.
“Nissan started quality maintenance [model year] 2023 Nissan Z [nine-speed] Vehicles with automatic transmissions on 29 August 2022 while investigating this issue. An investigation is ongoing,” a Nissan spokesperson said. motor trendsNissan also said in an email that the transmission problem was found in the same 9-speed automatic transmission found in the Nissan Frontier and Titan pickup trucks, which had been issued a sales hold and a voluntary recall earlier this year. I have confirmed that it is related to a similar issue.
While not specifically detailed or confirmed by Nissan as carrying over to the Z, the existing issues with the 9-speed automatic transmission found in the 2020-2023 Frontier and Titan pickup trucks are: , is related to the disengagement of the parking pawl. , as detailed in documents filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) earlier this year, the vehicle can roll even if it is shifted into “park” and park his brakes are also not applied. .
As the automaker previously announced, Nissan Frontier and Titan owners with vehicles affected by the recall will be notified later this year by November 1. It is not yet known when affected Nissan Z owners will be notified by the automaker of similar issues. It has to do with the new pickups on the platform.
Nissan previously instructed affected Frontier and Titan owners to apply the parking brake whenever the vehicle was parked or idle in “park” until notified and remedied. did. If you’re not in the habit of applying the parking brake every time, it makes sense that you could and should offer similar advice to 9-speed Z owners.