Nautique 200 - 409 engine, transmission slipping

Hi everybody!

2010 Nautique 200 CB, 409hp, 380hrs.

Yesterday after pulling a first set of slalom, I engaged forward and nothing happened. I noticed the cable was not engaging the transmission all the way, I tied the cable and the boat engaged forward but I felt the transmition began to slip when accelerating the boat.

I changed the oil, it looked fine, no water or other debris. I changed the position of the cable support in order to get a complete transmission engaging, with no gap at all.

I tried it on the water, it was fine, but after the transmission heated up it began to slip again.

Any ideas?

you probably glazed the clutch plates from the mis-adjustment and they lost their ability to hold under power. PCM trans?

Does Nautique still carry a warranty? What happened to the 5 years "Stern to Stem"?

8122pbrainard wrote: SN206 wrote: Does Nautique still carry a warranty? What happened to the 5 years "Stern to Stem"? Ryan, This is a nice idea but if the problem is in fact caused by plugged cooling that the user is in control of, then I'd be inclined to think it would not be covered.

Although, if it was caused by the misadjustment, that's not necessarily user error, I'd think that would put it back in the hands of the company.

eric lavine wrote: ...let them figure out the details, drop it off and say its broke, just say its slipping and you dont know why

Clean out your raw water strainer, and water intake side of your tranny cooler, then drop it off and say it's broke and you don't know why.

Alberto, I service the Nautique boats for the local dealer in Argentina, go to whoever sold you the boat and tell them whats happening. When a boat like this is under warranty you dont touch anything yourself, in fact, new boat owners are a pain in the a,,,ss because of this. If you want to get warranty covered you are tied to their service dept until warranty is gone.

The dealer should have a qualified mechanic approved by factory to diagnose and work on your boat. They should step in and professionally repair or replace the damaged part. If they figure out you messed with the cable adjustment on the damaged part, they can try to void warranty and claim it was your responsability.

search for nautique dealers

There seems to be some in Brazil, maybe not in your area. Talk to them first as they can work as a faster link between you and the factory warranty dept.

I repeat, if you want to get any kind of warranty out of what your expensive new toy, DONT do anything yourself unless warranty dept tells you to.

I only found ZF and Velvet trans services in Brazil, do you know if the PCM trans I have is one of these? It only reads PCM, but also reads made in Italy, I know also it takes 1.9lts of ATF oil. I will only be able to post pictures next monday.

Good news, I contacted PCM´s warranty department, they will send me a new transmission ASAP. I am glad I bought a Nautique, their partner PCM really knows how to treat their clients.

Thanks everybody!!!

Alberto - Glad to hear that they are taking care of it.

If you find out what failed in your tranny, let us know.

We always like to hear the rest of the story.