So i brought my car to an Infiniti dealer here in Arizona Yesterday because my Masters and Slave Cylinder on the Clutch gave out on me.The Dealer called me to tell me that i need my clutch replaced since they did not see anything on their record. he said the slave cylinder was leaking and that probably messed up the clutch. for everything out the door its 3900, and for just the masters and brake cylinder its 1500 in which he was able to bring it down to "1200" with managers approval. Today i talked to him and he said that they opened the tranny and noticed that the clutch was good with a little bit of wet spots. my question is, was the dealer just trying to up sell me for a clutch? in which i just replaced with a stage 2. and was my slave cylinder needing to be replaced if he noticed minor wet spots on the clutch? and also are infiniti dealers known to tell you that things need to be replaced when it clearly isnt?"

Heres a picture of my G getting towed

 

scam how?

wouldnt it be a scam if they charged you for it and didnt do the work at all

this isnt even close

 

It's a scam if they tell him they inspected the clutch and they actually did not.

To inspect the clutch, they would have had to remove the propeller shaft and transmission. Do you think they would do all this work just to inspect the condition of the clutch?

 

well telling people that some parts needed to be replaced when clearly it doesn't since the car is fairly new. i think is

 

90% of auto shops do that. It's not really a scam, just a really $hitty practice. Every time my wife goes anywhere near an auto mechanic, she comes back with a list of things she "needs" to get done on her car and I promptly throw the list in garbage.

 

but they didnt replace them?

you didnt pay to have them replaced?

wheres the scam?

 

Do you know for a fact that your clutch is in good condition? If not I don't see how they try to scam you.

 

Which infiniti dealership did you go to? Camelback or Scottsdale?

 

its the fact that telling people that it needs to be replaced but it need too. I mean Dishonesty to me is a scam IMO

 

I know for a fact the Clutch is good because i went to a private shop to put my Stage 2 in

 

In Mesa called Coulter

 

Didn't you just have your slave cylinder replaced when they did the stage 2 clutch?

 

no its still the stock one but do you need to do that if your replace it to a 2?

 

but they werent dishonest?

they told you "nevermind we looked it doesnt need it"

you need a dictionary my friend

this is not a scam not even close

 

Per fsm, slave cylinder should be replaced any time the trans is dropped.

Read up on it... The shop that did the work should of been aware of this.

In addition, really any time you mess with the clutch, unless the master is brand new (newer?), it's also a good idea to replace that at the same time. Do it right once rather than dealing with the headaches that follow when trying to save a few bucks.