Nissan 350Z Complaints

657 consumer complaints on file.

#10049249December 5, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
VEHICLE DRIFTS TO RIGHT AND IS EXPERIENCING VERY HIGH WEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE FRONT TIRES. *JB
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#10049256December 5, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
IN MAY OF 2003 I PURCHASED A NEW NISSAN 350Z. AFTER AROUND 9000 MILES THE TIRES BEGAN TO MAKE AN INCREASED AMOUNT OF ROAD NOISE. UPON INSPECTION THE INTERIOR RADIUS OF BOTH FRONT TIRES WAS WORN IN A VERY UNEVEN PATTERN. THE REAR TIRES ARE FINE... MIND YOU THIS IS A REAR-WHEEL DRIVE CAR. OVER THE COURSE OF THE NEXT 3000 MILES THIS NOISE BECAME INCREASINGLY LOUDER AND AT 12000 MILES IS UNBEARABLE. IT SOUNDS LIKE I'M DRIVING AN EIGHTEEN-WHEELER AS OPPOSED TO A SPORT CAR. I BROUGHT THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP WHERE I BOUGHT IT - PETER'S NISSAN IN NASHUA, NH - THEY SAID THAT MY TIRES WERE "CHOPPED" AND RECOMMENDED REPLACING THEM. OF COURSE THEY WANTED ME TO PAY FOR IT, CITING A TIRE DEFECT. THE PROBLEM WITH THIS ARGUMENT IS THAT MY REAR TIRES ARE FINE AND THEY RECOMMENDED REPLACING MY "CHOPPED" FRONTS WITH ANOTHER PAIR OF THE SAME TIRE. IN MY MIND THERE IS OBVIOUSLY A SUSPENSION GEOMETRY ISSUE WITH THIS CAR. AFTER BEING QUOTED $1008.64 FOR TWO TIRES, MOUNTED AND BALANCED, FROM THE NISSAN DEALER I PROCEEDED TO CALL NISSAN NORTH AMERICA'S CONSUMER AFFAIRS LINE. (1-800-NISSAN1) I SPOKE WITH A REPRESENTATIVE WHO TOLD ME THAT ENGINEERS ARE CURRENTLY WORKING ON A FIX AND HE BRUSHED ME OFF THE PHONE QUICKLY. I RECEIVED NO SATISFACTION AND AM STILL DRIVING AROUND MY "NEW", UNDER WARRANTY NISSAN PRODUCT WITH AN OBVIOUSLY DEFECTIVE SUSPENSION. EVIDENTLY NISSAN EXPECTS ME TO SHELL OUT (USING THEIR RIDICULOUS QUOTE) $1008.64 EVERY SIX MONTHS OR 10,000 MILES FOR TWO FRONT TIRES. ASSUMING THE LIFE OF THIS CAR AT A CONSERVATIVE 100,000 MILES, THAT'S $10,086.40 IN FRONT TIRES ALONE. MORE THAN A THIRD OF THE CARS VALUE NEW IN JUST FRONT TIRES! THERE IS A DEFECT HERE SOMEWHERE THAT NISSAN HAS YET TO ADDRESS. THE TIRES ARE A BRIDGESTONE POTENZA MODEL. WHILE I FIND THESE TIRES TO BE A LOW-QUALITY PRODUCT TO BEGIN WITH, THE SORT OF WEAR OCCURRING ON MY CAR IS NOT A TIRE ISSUE. AGAIN, MY REARS ARE JUST FINE.*JB
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#10049211December 4, 2003
TIRES
TIRE FEATHERING AND ACCELERATED WEAR ON INSIDE OF FRONT TIRES. THIS WEAR PATTERN FIRST WAS NOTICED AT AROUND 3K MILES, AND BY 5500 MILES THE PROBLEM WAS BAD. BY 7K MILES, THE TIRES ARE NEARLY UNUSABLE. FOUR ISSUES WITH THIS: 1. SOME VERY SLIGHT VIBRATION WHEN THE PROBLEM GETS BAD 2. TERRIBLE NOISE FROM THE TIRES 3. SAFETY ISSUE DUE TO EXTREME ABNORMAL WEAR PATTERN, COULD GET BAD ENOUGH TO CAUSE A BLOWOUT 4. RIDICULOUS OPERATING EXPENSE WILL BE INCURRED WHEN TIRES HAVE TO BE REPLACED EVERY 5K TO 7K MILES NISSAN DOES NOT APPEAR TO HAVE A FIX FOR THIS, AND SIMPLY KEEPS REPLACING TIRES. CURRENTLY THE OEM TIRES ARE NOT AVAILABLE, AND DEALER SAYS THEY WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. *NLM
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#10049000December 1, 2003
SUSPENSION, TIRES
CUPPING AND FEATHERING OF TIRES- CAUSING ROAD NOISE, POOR TRACTION, & HANDLING. PER OWNER FORUMS, DUE TO SUSPENSION ISSUES WHICH EFFECT ALLIGNMENT. OTHERS HAVE HAD PROBLEMS RECOGNIZED AND FIXED. MY DEALER AND NISSAN SAY THERE IS NO PROBLEM.*AK
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#10048846November 29, 2003
STRUCTURE
PAINT ON BRAND NEW 2003 350Z WAS FAILING DUE TO IMPROPER APPLICATION.*AK
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#10047469November 24, 2003
SUSPENSION
THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION OF MY 2003 NISSAN 350Z, NISSAN IS NOT ADDRESSING OR ACKNOWLEDGING THE PROBLEM. *LA
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#10047478November 24, 2003
TIRES
350Z TIRE FEATHERING AND CUPPING. SEVERE FEATHERING DUE TO IMPROPER FACTORY ALIGNMENT SPECS ON EARLY MODEL 350ZS. NOTICED AT 8,000 MILES AND GOT PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. THEY SAY THERE IS A TSB TO CROSS SWAP TIRES, BUT THIS LEAVES THE ORIGINAL TIRES WITH FEATHERING ON THE CAR. A SAFETY ISSUE TO ME WHETHER NISSAN WILL OWN UP TO IT OR NOT. AFTER THIS IS SOLVED CUPPING WILL OCCUR DUE TO THE CAMBER AND CASTER BEING UNADJUSTABLE. THE ONLY KNOW 100% FIX TO THIS IS A NISMO S-TUNE SUSPENSION OR POSSIBLE TO REPLACE FRONT SUSPENSION WITH LATER MODEL SUSPENSION SYSTEMS. WHY WOULD NISSAN NOT FIX THIS PROBLEM? THEY SAY IT ISN'T BIG ENOUGH OR ITS NOT A SAFETY ISSUE. IS IT GOING TO TAKE DEATH TO FIX THIS PROBLEM LIKE ADDING STOP LIGHTS TO AN INTERSECTION. "WE WILL ONLY RECALL IF 3 PEOPLE DIE FIRST" IS WHAT NISSAN SHOULD BE SAYING! VERY UNHAPPY CONSUMER AND WILL NEVER BY A NISSAN AGAIN! -VIN *LA
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#10047311November 21, 2003
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
350Z MANUAL TRANSMISSION HOWLS WHEN THE CAR IS FIRST STARTED. THE CAR DISPLAYS THE CONDITION WHEN IT HAS SAT OVERNIGHT AND WHEN IT IDLES OUT OF GEAR WITHOUT THE CLUTCH DEPRESSED. *LA
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#10047161November 19, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
NISSAN 350Z 2003 FRONT SUSPENSION ISSUE - TIRES ARE FEATHERING BECAUSE OF BAD SETUP IN FRONT SUSPENSION. THIS PROBLEM SURFACED AFTER ABOUT 5000 MILES ON THE CAR IN THE FORM OF A LOW RUMBLING NOISE WHEN SLOWING DOWN. THIS NOISE SLOWLY GOT WORSE UNTIL I TOOK THE CAR IN AND NIACIN SAID THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. I WAS GIVEN A NEW SET OF TIRES THAT WERE NOT FEATHERED AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY UNTIL I REACHED ANOTHER 5000 MILES, AT WHICH POINT, THE NOISE RESURFACED. I ONCE AGAIN, TOOK IT INTO NIACIN, WHO WAS VERY GOOD ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM, AND BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THE ORIGINAL ISSUE WAS MOST LIKELY NOT DEFECTIVE TIRES BUT A POOR SETUP OF SOME KIND THAT WAS CAUSING THE FEATHERING. THEY AGREED AND SAID A BULLETIN HAD BEEN SENT OUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THE SOLUTION, THEY SAID, WAS TO SWITCH THE TIRES, RE-CALIBRATE SOMETHING WITH THE SUSPENSION, AND THE TIRES WOULD EVENTUALLY EVEN OUT. I HAVE ONLY DRIVEN 3000 MILES SINCE THIS FIX, BUT THE NOISE IS STILL APPARENT, AND I BELIEVE THERE IS STILL AN ISSUE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. I FEEL THAT NIACIN HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO ME ABOUT ADDRESSING ISSUES AS THEY COME UP, BUT IF THIS IS A BIGGER PROBLEM, I REALLY FEEL THAT NIACIN SHOULD RECALL RHE FRONT SUSPENSION AND ADDRESS THE DEEPER PROBLEM. I CAN'T KEEP REPLACING MY TIRES EVERY 5000 MILES. *LA
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#10047109November 18, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEM CAUSING FRONT INNER EDGE OF TIRES TO WEAR UNEVENLY. POSSIBLE BLOW OUT OF FRONT TIRES, DUE TO ACCELERATED WEAR ON INSIDE EDGE OF FRONT TIRES. *LA
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#10047142November 18, 2003
SUSPENSION
NISSAN 350Z '03 SUSPENSION. *LA
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#10046982November 15, 2003
TIRES
2003 NISSAN 350 Z TIRES ARE WEARING OUT BAD, CUPPING AND GOING BALD. *LA
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#10046915November 14, 2003
TIRES
MY FRONT TIRES ON MY 2003 NISSAN 350Z ARE FEATHERING AFTER ONLY 6,000 MILES CAUSING A VERY LOAD ROAR IN THE VEHICLE CABINET BELOW 30 MPH. NISSAN IS ONLY OFFERING TO ROTATE FRONT TIRES WHICH RESULTS IN THE TIRES ROTATING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS THE TIRE MANUFACTURER SPECIFIES. MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM HAVE HAD NO SUCCESS WITH NISSAN PROVIDING A SOLUTION TO THIS. I CONSIDER THE VEHICLE SAFETY TO BE SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED AS THE TIRES ARE NOT PERFORMING PROPERLY. *LA
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#10046930November 14, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
PURCHASED 2003 NISSAN 350Z IN AUG 02 AND IT HAD A SUSPENSION PROBLEM FROM DAY ONE, IT WOULD PULL HARD TO THE RIGHT. AT 2500 MILES NISSAN REALIGNED THE FRONT END TO GET IT TO RUN STRAIGHT, BUT NOW AT 11,000 MILES THE EDGES OF THE FRONT TIRES ARE CUPPING. MY NISSAN DEALER HAS NOTED THE TIRE WEAR ISSUE, BUT DID NOT OR COULD NOT DO ANY THING TO CORRECT OR SUGGEST NEW TIRES OR A SUSPENSION FIX. I AM VERY CONCERNED. *LA
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#10046851November 13, 2003
TIRES
TIRES HAVE STARTED FEATHERING AT 4000 MILES. RIGHT SUSPENSION REPAIRED ONCE AND VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE RIGHT AGAIN AND TIRE FEATHERING IS GETTING WORSE. *LA
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#10046863November 13, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
I HAVE A NISSAN 2003 350Z. AT 7000 MILES BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE FEATHERED. AT 8000 MILES I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ALIGNED THE TIRES AND CENTERED THE STEERING. AFTER THE REPAIR THE HANDLING WAS TERRIBLE. I WAS SCARED TO DRIVE OVER 60 MPH FEARING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AT 12,500 MILES NISSAN REPLACED THE BOTH FRONT TIRES. I HAD PUT 8,000 MILES ON THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WHEN I HAD A RECURENCE OF THE TIRE FEATHERING. NISSAN AGAIN REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES AND CENTERED THE STEERING. I BELIEVE DRIVING ON THE FEATHERED TIRES IS A SAFTEY ISSUE. THE CAR HANDLES TERRIBLE WHEN DRIVING ON THE FEATHERED TIRES. THE BACK TIRES NEVER FEATHERED. I HAD 28,000 ON THE BACK TIRES WHEN I REPLACED THEM AND THE WEAR WAS PERFECT. THE SUSPENSION IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT TIRES. I STILL HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE. MY FRONT TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES TOTAL. TWICE BY NISSAN AND ONCE BY ME. I WOULD REALLY LIKE THIS ISSUE FIXED. *LA
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#10046879November 13, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
A KNOW PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT ALIGNMENT OF THE 2003 350Z CAUSES FRONT TIRE FEATHERING. *LA
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#10046033November 12, 2003
SUSPENSION:FRONT
FRONT TIRES ARE CUPPING ON THE INSIDE DUE TO ISSUE WITH CAR. I HAD THE CAR WITH 7,000 MILES ON IT WHEN I NOTICE PROBLEMS WITH NOISE AND HANDLING. AT 11,000 THE DEAL SAID IT NEED TO BE RE-ALIGNED WHICH THEY DID AND FLIPPED THE TIRES. NOW AT 16,000 MILES I HAVE CUPPING ON THE INSIDE AND OUTSIDE, WHICH CAUSES NOISE ISSUES AND HANDLING PROBLEMS. I'M TAKING IT BACK TO THE DEALER I HAVE HAD ENOUGH. *LA
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#10046038November 12, 2003
STEERING:RACK AND PINION, POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION, TIRES, TIRES:TREAD/BELT
VARIOUS THINGS GONE WRONG WITH THIS CAR: -RACK AND PINION / STEERING PUMP FAILED AT 4000 MILES. CAR REFUSED TO STEER WHEN AT IDLE. VERY DANGEROUS. REPLACED UNDER WARRANTY AFTER 2 WEEKS. -TWO TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENTS. SECOND TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT REQUIRES NEW FLYWHEEL, CLUTCH DISC, AND PRESSURE PLATE. BOTH UNDER WARRANTY. -UNEVEN TIRE WEAR. DEALER TOLD ME THAT I'M A "YOUNG SPEED RACER" AND THAT I NEED TO "SLOW DOWN". DENIED MY APPEAL FOR NEW TIRES, I BOUGHT NEW, WIDER RIMS AND TIRES, ALIGNMENT, AND PROBLEM WENT AWAY. TIRE SIZES ARE 245/40/18 AND 275/40/18. BRIDGESTONE POTENZA S03. NO FEATHERING AFTER 11000 MILES. UNFORTUNATELY, THIS CAR IS NOT VERY SAFE... AND NISSAN SERVICE / CUSTOMER SERVICE IS VERY UNCOURTEOUS AND RUDE IN THEIR APPROACH TO THE SITUATION AT HAND. *LA
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#10046748November 12, 2003
SUSPENSION
SUSPENSION ON THE 2003 NISSAN 350Z IS VERY HARSH AND MAKES RIDE NOTICABLY BOUNCY. NEWER MODELS OF THE CAR HAVE THE SUSPENSION FIXED, BUT NISSAN REFUSES TO CHANGE OUT SUSPENSION ON MY VEHICLE
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