Nissan 370Z Complaints

361 consumer complaints on file.

#10457572May 5, 2012
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE
FUEL SENDING UNIT FAILURE, NOT READING THE CORRECT FUEL AMOUNT FOR MORE THAN 7 MONTHS. THE LED LIGHTS ON THE FUEL GAUGE DIDN'T INDICATE THE CORRECT FUEL AMOUNT GIVING DIFFERENT READING ALL THE TIME. FOR THAT REASON I ALWAYS KEEP THE CAR WITH MORE THAN 1/4 TANK IN ADDITION TO BEING AFRAID OF FUEL STARVATION WHEN BELOW 1/4 TANK. FUEL SENDING UNIT REPLACED BY THE DEALER AFTER 3 VISITS. *TR
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0
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#10456835April 30, 2012
STEERING
I OWN A 2009 NISSAN 370Z. THERE HAVE BEEN ISSUES PREVIOUSLY MENTIONED BY MEMBERS IN THE 370Z.COM FORUM AND I HAVE FALLEN VICTIM TO IT. THE STEERING LOCK SYSTEM IN THE 370Z IS FAULTY AND UNRELIABLE. THE PART THAT NEEDS REPLACEMENT IS A REVB STEERING LOCK 48700-JF00B. THE SAME ISSUE HAPPENED TO THE NISSAN GTR AND WAS RECALLED FOR THAT ISSUE. DUE TO THE AMOUNT OF CONCERN I SEE IN THE FORUMS OF OTHER OWNERS, THIS ISSUE SHOULD BE RECALLED AND FIXED. SAFETY WISE, FOR OWNERS OVERSEAS LIKE MYSELF, COULD HAVE ENDED UP STUCK IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME. *JS *TR
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#10454765April 10, 2012
POWER TRAIN
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2012 NISSAN 370Z. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE EMITTED A RATTLING SOUND WHENEVER IT WAS SHIFTED INTO FIRST GEAR. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO THE DEALER, WHERE THE DRIVE SHAFT WAS REPLACED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGES WERE 1,000.
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#10449311February 25, 2012
STEERING
STEERING LOCK MECHANISM FAILS, CAR WILL NOT START. IMPOSSIBLE TO TOW OUT OR PUSH OUT IF INSIDE NARROW GARAGE, OR GARAGE THAT REQUIRES MANEUVERING BECAUSE STEERING COLUMN IS LOCKED. THE SAME UNIT HAS BEEN RECALLED FOR NISSAN GTR - MUST BE RECALLED FOR 370Z, AS WELL. HAS VERY DANGEROUS POTENTIAL TO LEAVE SOMEONE STRANDED. *TR
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0
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#10449206February 24, 2012
STEERING
NISSAN LISTEN UP ------------------------------ THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE WITH THE NISSAN STEERING LOCK MECHANISM AS OTHERS HAVE REPORTED. MY CAR WAS STRANDED IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE. COULD NOT START THE CAR, THE MANUAL KEY WAS NOT HELP. CAR WOULD NOT START. I TRIED TO ORDER THE PART, STEERING LOCK VERSION 'D', BUT IT'S BACKORDERED AND NISSAN USA IS NOT SELLING THIS PART TO CONSUMERS ACCORDING TO NORTHERN VIRGINIA NISSAN DEALERS. MY ONLY RESOURCE WAS IT GET IT TOWED AND PAY $1450.00 FOR PART + LABOR FROM THE DEALER DIRECTLY. THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT RIGHT. MY CAR HAS 5000 MILES ON IT. AND THE STEERING LOCK FAILURE (VERSION A,B,C) HAS HAPPENED TO MANY OWNERS WHO HAVE KEYLESS IGNITION ON NISSAN ON THE GTR MODEL, AND THE PART WAS RECALLED. YET FOR 370Z OWNERS, NO ACTION. DEFINITELY MY LAST NISSAN... *TR
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0
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#10445710January 28, 2012
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL LOCK MECHANISM FAILURE. PREVENTS CAR FROM READING KEY FOBS AND THUS FROM STARTING. PART IS BACKORDERED A MONTH. SIDE NOTE: NISSAN USA IS NOT BEING RESPONSIVE TO COMPLAINTS. *TR
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0
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0
#10445538January 27, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
THE STORY GOES LIKE THIS HTTP://WWW.THE370Z.COM/NISSAN-370Z-GENERAL-DISCUSSIONS/48434-Z-LOOKED-AWESOME-TOW-TRUCK-SARCASTIC.HTML. HTTP://WWW.THE370Z.COM/NISSAN-370Z-GENERAL-DISCUSSIONS/48442-THOSE-YOU-WHO-HAVE-HAD-STEERING-LOCK-FAILURE.HTML MY STORY WITH MY CAR IS I HAD THE KEY LIGHT COME ON ABOUT A MONTH AGO STARTED RESEARCHING FOUND THE FORUM AND SAW IT WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH MY YEAR SO I SENT A EMAIL TO NISSAN WHO BASICALLY GAVE ME THE RUN AROUND SAYING WE NEVER HAVE HEARD OF IT ... SO I WENT TO THE DEALER HAD MY REMOTE KEY BATTERIES REPLACED AFTER THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD HAVE TO KEEP IT FOR 3 DAYS TO DO TEST ... WELL I NEED MY CAR TO GET TO WORK SO I LEFT AND WOULD COME BACK WHEN I HAD TIME WELL ABOUT 1 WEEK LATER I WAS AT A HOME DEPOT PARKING LOT AND IT FAILED I COULD NOT START THE CAR I WAS STUCK LONG STORY SHOT AFTER GOOD HELP FROM NISSAN I GOT IT TOWED TO A DEALER AND ITS GOING TO SIT THERE FOR ABOUT A WEEK TO A MONTH BECAUSE THEIR SYSTEMS WERE DOWN AND THEY COULD NOT TELL HOW LONG THE PART THAT I MENTIONED (THE STEERING LOCK ) WAS GONNA TAKE ACCORDING TO THE FORUM ITS TAKEN SOME PEOPLE A MONTH TO GET IT PLEASE GET THIS RECALLED ... MY DAD HASN'T YET BUT HE HAS THE YEAR AFTER MINE SO I WANT TO GET HIS FIXED AS WELL. *TR
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#10445610January 27, 2012
STEERING
STEERING LOCK FAILS AND WONT LET ME RESTART, LOCK OR UNLOCK THE CAR (KEYLESS SYSTEM). *TR
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0
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#10445498January 26, 2012
POWER TRAIN, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING, SERVICE BRAKES, HYDRAULIC
REAR DIFF SEIZED TWICE, AT 12K AND 15K. DEALER IDENTIFIED ISSUE AS OVERHEATING DUE TO IMPROPER BACKLASH SETTING FROM FACTORY. *TR
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#10445523January 26, 2012
POWER TRAIN
REAR DIFF FAILED DUE TO OVERHEATING, REPLACEMENT UNIT FAILED 6 MONTHS LATER. *TR
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#10445047January 24, 2012
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING
I WAS ROUTINELY DRIVING TO WORK ON A FRIDAY. I STOPPED TO GET GAS. THE CAR WOULDN'T START ONCE I WAS DONE AND A YELLOW/AMBER INTELLIGENT KEY LIGHT WAS ON. I GET A TOW TO THE NEARBY NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND THEY TOLD ME IT'S A STEERING WHEEL LOCK. THEY SAID IT'S HAPPENING ON QUITE A FEW CARS AND THAT AN ALTIMA AND ANOTHER 370Z HAVE BEEN HAVING THE SAME ISSUE AND ARE WAITING FOR THE SAME PART. I'M STILL WAITING ON THE PART AND IT HAPPENED OVER A MONTH AGO. THIS FAULTY PART FROM THE FACTORY HAS BEEN GOING OUT ROUTINELY FOR EVERYONE WHO OWNS A 09-10 370Z, ALTIMAS AND OTHER NISSAN VEHICLES THAT USE THE SAME STEERING WHEEL LOCK TECHNOLOGY. IT'S ABSOLUTELY ENRAGING THAT NISSAN IS RELEASING THESE PARTS (KNOWING THEY'RE BAD AS THEY'VE MADE REVISIONS ON THE NEWER 370Z) AND FORCING CUSTOMERS TO PAY FOR THIS OUT OF POCKET AND WAIT A MONTH TO GET THE PART. CHECK THIS FORUM FOR FURTHER CONFIRMATION: HTTP://WWW.THE370Z.COM/NISSAN-370Z-WARRANTY-SCHEDULED-MAINTENANCE-SERVICING-REPAIRS/12294-INTELLIGENT-KEY-SYSTEM-WARNING-LIGHT.HTML. *TR
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0
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#10444962January 23, 2012
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, STEERING
STEERING LOCK SOLENOID FAILURE AT 38.5K 1,500MILES AFTER 36K WARRANTY. AFTER DEALERSHIP PLAYED PARTS CHANGER FOR 3 WEEKS THEY FINALLY WORKED UP TO THE STEERING LOCK SOLENOID. STEERING LOCK ASSM. $542 - $622 - #48700-JF00B PRODUCTION DATE: 2008.10-2009.08 - #48700-JF00C PRODUCTION DATE: 2009.08-2009.10 - #48700-JF00C PRODUCTION DATE: 2009.10-2010.09 - #48700-JF00D PRODUCTION DATE: 2010.09- CURRENT (YOU WANT THIS ONE "D") OBVIOUSLY THIS PART HAS GONE THROUGH REVISIONS. TOTAL REPAIR $837.00 - 3 WEEKS IN THE SHOP. HAD TO HAVE CAR TOWED TO DEALER AFTER THE "YELLOW" KEY LIGHT SHOWED UP. THIS PART HAS FAILED ON MANY NISSAN MODELS WITH THIS TYPE OF ELECTRONIC STEERING WHEEL LOCK. THIS NEEDS TO BE A RECALL AND ANYONE WHO PAID TO HAVE IT FIXED NEEDS TO BE REIMBURSED. A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT NEED TO BE FILED. *TR
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#10444806January 22, 2012
STEERING
I AM WRITING TO INQUIRE ABOUT THE STATUS OF A KNOWN ISSUE WITH NISSAN 370Z MODELS ASSEMBLED FROM 2009 UNTIL EARLY 2010 THAT INVOLVES A FAULTY STEERING WHEEL LOCK THAT CAUSES THE INTELLIGENT KEY WARNING TO ENGAGE AND EFFECTIVELY STRANDING VEHICLE OWNERS WITHOUT THE ABILITY TO OPERATE THEIR CAR. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE THAT IN FACT WAS RECALLED ALREADY ON THE EXACT SAME PART ON THE NISSAN GTR MODELS. I FEEL THAT IT IS UNACCEPTABLE THAT SO MANY PEOPLE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS PROBLEM AND THAT THOSE OF US DRIVING WITH THIS PART NUMBER HAVE TO WAITTO BE INCONVENIENCED TREMENDOUSLY BY THE PART FAILING UNTIL IT GETS RECALLED. PLEASE CONTACT ME WITH ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MY CONCERNS WITH THIS ISSUE. I AM A 15 YEAR DRIVER OF NISSAN VEHICLES AND CONTINUE TO PURCHASE AND DRIVE THEM AFTER MY 1996 SENTRA, 2001 SENTRA AND 2007 MURANO WERE ALL RELIABLE VEHICLES I EXPECTED MY 2009 370Z (MY DREAM CAR) TO FOLLOW WITH THAT SAME LEVEL OF RELIABILITY AND EASE OF MIND, BUT AS IT STANDSI DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE RECOMMENDING NISSAN TO MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY UNTIL THIS ISSUE IS RESOLVED SATISFACTORILY. *TR
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#10444820January 22, 2012
STEERING
CAR WOULD NOT START DUE TO STEERING LOCK FAILURE. PART WAS BACK-ORDERED AND TOOK OVER 4 WEEKS TO RECEIVE PART AND REPLACE. SERIOUS ISSUE AS THERE IS NO WAY TO START THE CAR WHEN THIS HAPPENS. WAS WITHOUT THE CAR FOR OVER 4 WEEKS. *TR
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#10439675December 12, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
YELLOW KEY LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN CAR WAS STARTED, EVEN THOUGH HAD KEY FOB IN POCKET. WENT TO DINNER AND UPON RETURNING TO CAR, IT WOULD NOT START. WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING, NO RESPONSE TO DEPRESSING START BUTTON. STRANDED WITH WIFE IN 22 DEGREE COLD. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER THE NEXT DAY. IPDM HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. IF YOU GOOGLE THE PROBLEM, THERE ARE TONS OF FOLKS OUT THERE THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS COMMON IN MANY OF THE NISSAN MODELS THAT USE THE INTELLIKEY SYSTEM. MY TAKE ON IT IS THE STEERING PIN IS NOT DISENGAGING RELEASING IT FROM THE LOCKED POSITION CAUSING A BURN OUT OF THE IPDM. PROBABLY DUE TO STRESS PLACED ON THE STEERING WHEEL WHEN ENTERING AND EXITING THE CAR. *TR
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0
#10430857October 19, 2011
POWER TRAIN, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
GOT THE CAR IN 09 NISSAN 370Z. FIRST MONTH AC WENT OUT. IT BEEN FIX ABOUT 10X. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT FIXED FOR SURE THIS TIME. (BEEN OVER TWO YEARS FOR IT TO BE FIX. NOT SURE IT FIX OR NOT BC IT STILL AT THE DEALER) TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITHIN 4 MONTHS OF OWNING THE CAR AND THROW OUT BEARING. TRANSMISSION BEEN LOOK AT ABOUT 4X. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO MY CAR TURNED OFF WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT AND 3 WEEKS AGO I WAS GOING 55 MPH AND THE CAR SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO STOP. I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALER SHIP AND HAVE THEM LOOK AT IT. IT TOOK THEM OVER TWO WEEKS AND COULDN'T FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG WITH IT. THEN THEY CALLED A MASTER TECH TO LOOK AT MY CAR. HE SAID THE CAUSE OF THE CAR TO TURN OFF BC OF MY AFTERMARKET INTAKE BUT I TOLD HIM IT TURN OFF BEFORE I HAD THAT INSTALL ONTO MY CAR. SO I CONTACTED NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS. THE TECH AND NISSAN CONSUMER AFFAIRS BOTH TOLD ME TO DRIVE THE CAR WITH MY STOCK INTAKE BACK ON. BOTH DID NOT CARE FOR MY SAFETY OF DRIVING THE CAR. *TR
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0
Deaths:
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#10422747August 31, 2011
AIR BAGS, SEATS
PASSENGER AIRBAGS FAIL TO RECOGNIZE ME (5'6" 118LBS) THE SENSORS HAVE BEEN UNRELIABLE SINCE PURCHASE BUT NOW NEVER SEE ME. NISSAN CLAIMS 120LB CUT OFF IS GOVERNMENT STANDARD. REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE ISSUE. *TR
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0
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#10378827January 26, 2011
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
IGNITION FAILURE . UNABLE TO START CAR, OR PERFORM ANY ACTION, RESULTS IN ONLY SOLUTION. TOW VEHICLE TO DEALERSHIP. ROOT CAUSE: DEFECTIVE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE (IPDM) MUST BE REPLACED. THIS IS OCCURRING ON NEW 2009+ NISSAN 370Z MODELS. *TR
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0
Deaths:
0
#10356227September 18, 2010
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
I HAVE A 2009 370Z. IT IS DAILY DRIVEN (NO CLUTCH DUMPING, BURN OUT, TRACK, RACING, ETC.). THE CLUTCH IS OEM. AT 16,158 MILES I WAS LEAVING WORK. I WAS GETTING READY TO PULL OUT OF THE PARKING LOT WHEN THE CLUTCH PEDAL SUNK TO THE FLOOR. THE MORE I PRESS DOWN, THE MORE PRESSURE WAS LOST. THE DEALERSHIP DIAGNOSED THE PROBLEM AS A FAILED CONCENTRIC SLAVE CYLINDER. THIS IS PROBABLY THE SAME PART THAT IS USED IN THE '07+ 350Z WITH SIMILAR ISSUES. THANKFULLY THIS PROBLEM OCCURRED IN THE PARKING LOT. THE PEDAL SINKING TO THE FLOOR WAS SUDDEN AND WITHOUT WARNING. *TR
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0
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#10349706August 16, 2010
POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION
NISSAN 370Z GRINDING NOISE WHEN CLUTCH IS RELEASED. NO MATTER IN WHICH GEAR YOU RELEASE THE CLUTCH, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE. THE MECHANICS AT THE DEALERSHIP HAVE TESTED OTHER NEW 370Z, AND THEY ARE ALL THE SAME. MY Z IS ONLY AT 3600 MILES. *TR
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