Nissan is wary
of gearbox failures, and if the oil goes above 120deg C you're obliged to take your car to your dealer for an early (and expensive) fluid change.
Not exact matches
While in the past the
gearbox was the main cause
of turbine
failures in the industry, now it is electrical systems.
Don't discount the
failure of an engine /
gearbox mount.
I've had a
failure of the DQ200 DSG 7 spd
gearbox in 25K km.
Well following my last update (see «UPDATE 2» in the question) I finally have the answer to this one - turns out the reverse problems were the initial stages
of the complete
failure of the
gearbox due to oil pressure regulation issues apparently.
Neither
gearbox is known for faults, though some five - speeders do suffer shaft and synchro
failures — in the worst circumstances jumping out
of gear — so if you're eyeing an early car look out for this.
The third
of the three cars in the P1 field, the DeltaWing — making its first appearance as a coupe — ran roughly as fast as the GT cars until it retired with a
gearbox failure on lap 65.
«We had a very unfortunate and uncharacteristic
gearbox failure in the No. 3 Corvette that knocked it out
of competition.
In some parts
of the world, the oil is never changed until a
gearbox failure occurs.
Mean - time - to -
failure of wind turbines is perhaps 20 years if they are properly maintained, less if the oil in the
gearboxes is not regularly replaced.
Less than 3.5 % down time due to
failure, including
gearboxes, in German wind turbines (assuming a 25 % duty cycle; less than 3 % if the duty cycle is 30 %) Reliability - Growth Analysis
of Wind Turbines from Fleet Field Data, Spinato et al..