Nissan 370Z Complaints

361 consumer complaints on file.

#10811921December 23, 2015
POWER TRAIN
AT ONLY 10,000 MI. THE CLUTCH PEDAL SUDDENLY WOULD NOT RETURN TO REST. IT CAUSED A DANGEROUS LOSS OF CONTROL IN FREEWAY TRAFFIC WHILE IN MOTION. I WAS ABLE TO TOE THE PEDAL UP, PUMP WILDLY TO GET SOME DEGREE OF ACTUATION BACK, AND THEN EXIT THE FREEWAY. NISSAN USA WOULD ONLY AUTHORIZE NEW FLUID IN THE CLUTCH LINES AS THE FIX. WITHIN A COUPLE OF DAYS OF THE INADEQUATE "REPAIR" AND ONLY 50 MI. THE SAME PROBLEM OCCURRED AGAIN RESULTING IN ANOTHER DANGEROUS LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE CAR, AGAIN IN MOTION ON THE FREEWAY. NISSAN REPLACED THE CONCENTRIC SLAVE CYLINDER (CSC) BUT THE PART HASN'T BEEN IMPROVED SO I AM CONCERNED IT WILL LIKELY HAPPEN AGAIN AND POTENTIALLY LEAD TO INJURY, PROPERTY DAMAGE, OR DEATH. MANY OTHERS WITH THE EXACT PROBLEM HAVE ALSO NEEDED THE CLUTCH MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED, AND YET NISSAN ONLY ALLOWS DEALERS TO DRAIN THE CLUTCH FLUID AND REPLACE IT WITH FLUID WITH A HIGHER TEMP RATING (FROM THE NISSAN GTR). THIS INADEQUATE AND UNSAFE "FIX" NEARLY LED TO AN ACCIDENT IN MY CASE. THIS INITIAL REPAIR WAS DONE AFTER I EXPLICITLY REQUESTED THE CSC BE REPLACED, BUT THE DEALER SAID NISSANUSA REFUSED TO ALLOW THE NECESSARY REPAIR. NISSAN'S FAILURE TO REDESIGN/IMPROVE THE CSC WILL LEAD TO MORE INCIDENTS OF STRANDING OR LOSS OF VEHICLE CONTROL.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10810510December 15, 2015
POWER TRAIN
EARLY IN 2015 MY CLUTCH STARTED STICKING WHEN THE WEATHER GOT COLDER AND AFTER DOING RESEARCH I FOUND THAT THIS WAS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE CSC SEAL GONG BAD. I EVEN TOLD NISSAN THAT IT WAS BAD TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE AND THE ONLY THING THEY DID WAS PUT IN THE SAME TYPE OF CLUTCH FLUID USED IN THE GTR, AFTER GETTING THE CAR BACK AND DRIVING FOR A WEEK THE CLUTCH STARTED TO STICK AGAIN AND I ONCE AGAIN TOLD THEM IT WAS THE CSC SEAL THAT WAS GOING BAD AND THEY FINALLY TOOK THE CLUTCH APART TO SEE WHAT I WAS SAYING WAS CORRECT AND THEY REPLACED IT WITH THE STOCK CSC THAT NISSAN USES KNOWING THAT FAILURE AGAIN WAS POSSIBLE. WELL HERE IT IS LESS THAN A YEAR LATER AND I AM HAVING THE SAME ISSUES WITH THE CLUTCH EITHER STICKING OR GOING ALL THE WAY TO THE FLOOR NOW THAT THE TEMPERATURE IS DROPPING. I HAVE A CALL INTO THE DEALERSHIP TO FIND OUT IF ITS STILL UNDER WARRANTY! NISSAN KNOWS THERE IS AN ISSUE WITH ITS STOCK CSC SEAL BUT CONTINUES TO USED THEM IN THEIR VEHICLES.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808839December 7, 2015
STEERING
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WOULDN'T START. TOLD BY DEALERSHIP IT'S THE ELECTRONIC STEERING LOCK. READ ONLINE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF OTHERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I CALLED NISSAN USA. I WAS TOLD THERE ISN'T OR HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE FOR THIS ISSUE AND THEY WOULD NOT MAKE GOOD ON THIS FAULTY PART. THE REPAIR COST $1,200.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10808560December 5, 2015
STEERING
STEERING WHEEL LOCK FAILURE: CAR WAS PARKED AND WILL NOT START $1100 TO REPLACE FAULTY PART.
Crash:
No
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No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807872December 1, 2015
STEERING
VEHICLE WAS PARKED AND WOULDN'T START. TOLD BY DEALERSHIP IT'S THE STEERING LOCK. READ ONLINE SEVERAL COMPLAINTS OF OTHERS HAVING THE SAME ISSUE. I CALLED NISSAN USA. I WAS TOLD THERE ISN'T OR HASN'T BEEN A RECALL ON MY VEHICLE FOR THIS ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10807231November 27, 2015
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING DOWN THE HIGHWAY IN 6TH GEAR FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO AN HOUR, THE CLUTCH PEDAL BEGINS FEELING VERY SOFT AND BEGINS STICKING TO THE FLOOR TO THE POINT WHERE IT IS NECESSARY TO PULL IT BACK UP WITH MY FOOT. ON TEXAS HIGHWAYS, THIS IS EXTREMELY DANGEROUS IF I AM UNABLE TO ENGAGE A GEAR WHILE DRIVING IN HEAVY TRAFFIC, ESPECIALLY SINCE A LOT OF HIGHWAYS ARE UNDER CONSTRUCTION WITH NO SHOULDER TO SAFELY PULL OVER TO. THE PART AT FAULT IS A POORLY CONSTRUCTED CONCENTRIC SLAVE CYLINDER. THIS IS A PIECE OF PLASTIC THAT IS EXTREMELY PRONE TO FAILURE. IT SHOULD HAVE NEVER BEEN CONSTRUCTED FROM PLASTIC. NISSAN ALSO REFUSES TO OBEY THEIR 5 YEAR, 60,000 MILE POWERTRAIN WARRANTY TO FIX THIS ISSUE. (THE ONLY CLUTCH PART LISTED AS "NOT COVERED" IS THE WEARABLE CLUTCH DISC ITSELF). THEY ALSO REFUSE TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. I'M ATTACHING A SCREENSHOT OF OVER 100 370Z FORUM MEMBERS WHO HAVE REPORTED THIS ISSUE AS WELL. THIS IS CLEARLY A PROBLEM THAT NEEDS ADDRESSED, BUT NISSAN REFUSES TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE SAFETY OF THEIR LOYAL CUSTOMERS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10806788November 25, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, POWER TRAIN, STEERING
TAKATA RECALL. I FIRST OCCURRED A PROBLEM WITH THE Z ON MY WEDDING DAY. MY CLUTCH DROPPED TO THE FLOOR AND WE COULDN'T GET THE CAR IN GEAR. WE WERE PUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE MOUNTAINS WITH NO WAY TO CALL A TOW TRUCK SO WE DID OUR BEST TO MAKE IT TO THE CLOSEST NISSAN DEALER. ON THE WAY WE CAME TO A FOUR WAY RED LIGHT AND COULDN'T SHIFT TO A LOW ENOUGH GEAR TO GET TO CAR TO SLOW DOWN, A SEMI WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 60 MPH RIGHT AT US, WE SWERVED INTO THE EMERGENCY ON AND THE TRUCK TO BARELY MISSED US. AFTER THAT MY HUSBAND FOUND OUT FROM A MECHANIC THAT HE SHOULD BLEED THE CLUTCH SO HE DID AND THE CLUTCH WAS NORMAL AGAIN. BESIDES THAT THE CAR HAS HAD ONLY ONE OTHER OCCURRENCE WITH THE CLUTCH. I AM PETRIFIED TO DRIVE MY CAR AFTER THAT SITUATION BUT I HAVE NO CHOICE CONSIDERING I SPEND MOST OF MY PAYCHECK JUST TO PAY FOR THE ONE THING THAT WILL PROBABLY SEND ME TO MY GRAVE. THIS IS A VERY SERIOUS PROBLEM AND SHOULD BE FIXED! NOW TO MENTION THIS MORNING... I WOKE UP TO GO TO WORK AND WENT TO START MY CAR WHEN MY CAR WOULDN'T START DUE TO A STEERING LOCK MALFUNCTION AND WILL PROBABLY END UP HAVING TO TAKE IT TO A DEALERSHIP IF MY RESEARCH DOESN'T WORK OUT AS PLANNED. THE BRAKE LIGHT COMES ON WHEN I PUSH THE CLUTCH... THE TRACTION CONTROL LIGHT COMES ON AND STAYS ON FOR LONG PERIODS. THIS CAR IS GOING TO HURT SOMEONE BAD! WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE DRINKING AND DRIVING? YOU SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT THE PEOPLE DRIVING A NISSAN 370Z !!!! SO FRUSTRATED!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10794777November 18, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
KEY LIGHT WENT ON AT 34000 MILES AND CAR WILL NOT DO ANYTHING. NO RADIO NO WINDOW CONTROL DEAD IN PARK POSITION HAD TO HAVE TOWED TO DEALER.IN PARKED CONDITION
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790783November 16, 2015
POWER TRAIN
THE CAR WILL NOT MOVE THE CLUTCH PEDAL WENT TO THE FLOOR AND WOULD NOT COME UP OR ENGAGE. I WAS STUCK IN CITY TRAFFIC. I CHECKED THE FLUID LEVEL AND IT WAS LOW BUT NOT BEFORE THE MINIMUM LINE. I BELIEVE I HAVE A LEAK IN THE INTERNAL SLAVE CYLINDER WHICH IS LOCATED INSIDE THE BELL HOUSING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10790334November 13, 2015
POWER TRAIN
CSC (CONCENTRIC SLAVE CYLINDER) - FAILED, CLUTCH PEDAL GOES TO THE FLOOR, CAN'T SHIFT GEAR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10789156November 9, 2015
STEERING, ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2010 NISSAN 370Z. THE CONTACT STATED THAT THE VEHICLE WOULD NOT START WITHOUT WARNING. THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE TOWED TO THE DEALER WHERE IT WAS DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCKOUT UNIT MALFUNCTIONED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE VEHICLE WAS REPAIRED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS NOTIFIED OF THE FAILURE. THE CONTACT WAS INFORMED OF A VOLUNTARY SERVICE CAMPAIGN FOR THE FAILURE; HOWEVER, THE VIN WAS NOT INCLUDED. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 67,879......UPDATED 02/11/16 *BF *TR
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788223November 4, 2015
UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WENT TO GO TO WORK THIS MORNING AND MY CLUTCH IS STUCK TO THE FLOOR...THOUGHT MAYBE IT NEEDED SOME GREASE OR SOMETHING SO I GAVE IT A FEW PUMPS BUT NOTHING. THE CAR IS NOT DRIVABLE AT ALL!!! THIS IS DANGEROUS IF I WERE ACTUALLY DRIVING DOWN THE ROAD AND THIS HAPPEN. SHAME ON YOU NISSAN FOR NOT DOING ANYTHING TO CORRECT THIS ISSUE FOR A $70 PART. PEOPLE PAYING OUT OF POCKET $1,200 TO FIX!!! MANY PEOPLE IN THE FORUMS HAVE ALSO HAD THIS PROBLEM, PLEASE ATTEND TO THIS ISSUE IMMEDIATELY. THIS NEEDS TO BE RECALLED!!! IM SURPRISED NO ONE HAS DIED FROM THIS ISSUE YET.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10788355November 4, 2015
STEERING
THE STEERING LOCK SELENOID WENT OUT LEAVING THE CAR COMPLETELY INOPERABLE. I WAS TOLD BY OTHER Z CAR OWNERS THAT I WAS LUCKY THAT THIS HAPPENED WHEN THE CAR WAS PARKED AND NOT WHILE I WAS DRIVING IT. GOOD GOD - I DRIVE ON I 75 TO WORK AND CANNOT IMAGINE LOSING STEERING WITHOUT WARNING. I CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA AND THEY COULD NOT HAVE BEEN LESS HELP IF THEY TRIED. I WAS ACTUALLY TOLD BY THE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TO CONTACT NISSAN NORTH AMERICA TO FILE A COMPLAINT. APPARENTLY THIS IS A KNOWN PROBLEM ON THE 2010 NISSAN 370Z AND THEY WILL NOT RECALL IT OR FIX IT WHEN IT OCCURS INDIVIDUALLY. VERY FRIGHTENING. I AM FURIOUS THAT THEY CAN GET AWAY WITH THIS.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10785397October 22, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM
ELECTRONIC STEERING COLUMN LOCK FAILED AND DISABLED THE VEHICLE. VEHICLE WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE INTELLIGENT KEY EVEN WHEN INSERTED. VEHICLE WAS PARKED HOWEVER IT LEFT CAR STRANDED WITHOUT BEING ABLE TO START THE ENGINE. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP WHERE THEY DIAGNOSED IT AS THIS ISSUE. THERE WAS A RECALL FOR MY YEAR, MAKE AND MODEL BUT THEY TOLD ME MY VIN DIDN'T QUALIFY FOR REPLACEMENT. HAD TO PAY $1,237 OUT OF POCKET FOR REPAIR.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783550October 20, 2015
POWER TRAIN
WHILE PULLING OUT OR AT STOP RED LIGHT THE CLUTCH PEDAL SUNK TO THE FLOOR , SOMETIMES IT STAYS ON THE FLOOR, THE CLUTCH SLAVE CYLINDER CSC FAILURE IS A HAZARD .. I HAVE HAD THE MASTER CYLINDER REPLACED BUT DID NOT FIX THE ISSUE
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10783011October 16, 2015
ELECTRICAL SYSTEM, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
SO I HAVE A 2010 370Z (31K MILES) AND IT HAS BEEN RUNNING GREAT UP UNTIL YESTERDAY. I GOT IN TO START IT AND IT WOULDN'T START. THE ONLY THING I NOTICED WAS THE INTELLIGENT KEY SYSTEM WARNING LIGHT WAS ON. JUST TO BE SURE, I CHECKED THE BATTERY IN MY REMOTE AND, OF COURSE, ALSO PUT THE REMOTE IN THE OVERRIDE SLOT AND NOTHING. THE BATTERY IN THE CAR IS ALSO FINE. EVERYTHING ELSE SEAMED TO WORK, LIGHTS, HORN, DOORS UNLOCK/LOCK. THE START BUTTON SAID LOCK AND IT WOULD NOT EVEN TURN TO ACCESSORY MODE. STEERING WHEEL WAS IN THE UN-LOCKED POSITION. DOING A LITTLE RESEARCH ONLINE I'VE FOUND THAT IT IS MORE THAN LIKELY A STEERING WHEEL LOCK PROBLEM THAT LEADS TO THE INTELLIGENT POWER DISTRIBUTION MODULE. APPARENTLY THIS IS A FAIRLY COMMON PROBLEM AND IT SEEMS TO HAPPEN AROUND 30-40K MILES. SO NOW I HAVE THE PLEASURE OF HAVING MY CAR TOWED TO THE DEALERSHIP SO THEY CAN CHARGE ME (THEIR ESTIMATE) $1500! I LOVE MY CAR BUT THIS IS A PROBLEM THAT NISSAN SHOULD DEAL WITH. THERE NEEDS TO BE A RECALL ON THIS!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10782516October 15, 2015
POWER TRAIN
AS SOON AS I PICKED THIS CAR UP WITH ONLY 56,000 MILES ON IT AND I WAS DRIVING IT BACK HOME ON THE HIGHWAY MY CLUTCH PEDAL WENT STRAIGHT TO THE FLOOR, NOT ONCE, NOT TWICE. THREE TIMES AS I WAS DOWN SHIFTING ON EXIT RAMPS! THEN THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO ME LAST WEEK! I WAS FURIOUS, I LIMPED IT TO THE DEALERSHIP AND THEY CLAIMED THAT IT WAS MY CLUTCH GOING OUT ON ME AND WOULDN'T EVEN LOOK AT MY CAR! WITH 56K MILES ON THE CLOCK AND MY CLUTCH WAS GOING OUT?! THEN THAT'S ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT NISSAN NEEDS TO FIX! I DID SOME RESEARCH AND IT SEEMS LIKE THE 350Z AND THE 370Z HAVE BEEN HAVING THIS CONCENTRIC SLAVE CYLINDER PROBLEM FOR YEARS AND NISSAN IS JUST IGNORING IT ON THEIR MOST POPULAR SPORTS CAR!
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10763771September 15, 2015
POWER TRAIN, UNKNOWN OR OTHER
WAS DRIVING ON THE SERVICE ROAD AS I EXITED OFF THE HIGHWAY AND I LOST CLUTCH PRESSURE. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM IN THE 370Z AND NISSAN NEEDS TO FIX THIS. THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF OWNERS WHO HAVE HAD THIS ISSUE. I WAS LEFT STRANDED ON THE SERVICE ROAD WITH NO CLUTCH PRESSURE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10763980September 15, 2015
STEERING
GOT OUT OF CAR AND TURNED IT OFF TO PUMPED GAS...WHEN I GOT BACK INTO THE CAR TO START, IT SAID NO KEY!! KEY WAS IN MY PURSE ON PASSENGER SEAT AS ALWAYS. COULD NOT GET IT STARTED FOR 5 MINUTES, JUST KEPT PUSHING START BUTTON, WIGGLING STEERING WHEEL, FINALLY STARTED. HAS HAPPENED ABOUT 4 MORE TIMES AGAIN. OBVIOUSLY THERE'S A PROBLEM WITH THESE Z'S BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED TO OTHERS AS WELL IF YOU READ THE BLOGS. NISSAN NEEDS TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS.....LESS THAT 45,000 MILES. COME ON NISSAN DO THE RIGHT THING.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0
#10763424September 13, 2015
POWER TRAIN
WHILE DRIVING HOME FROM TEXAS MY CLUTCH STARTED TO WEAKEN AND EVENTUALLY STUCK TO THE FLOOR WHILE I WAS TRAVELING APPROXIMATELY 70 MPH. UNDERSTANDING THAT MY CAR HAD A PROBLEM THAT WAS LIKELY TO LEAVE ME STRANDED, I CONTINUED TO TRAVEL AT 70 TO 75 MPH FROM JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI TO BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA WITHOUT STOPPING. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE END OF THE OFF RAMP, I COULD NOT GET THE CAR INTO 1ST GEAR SO I COULD CONTINUE ON HOME. AFTER BEING STRANDED FOR ABOUT 30 MINUTES, I EVENTUALLY GOT THE CAR INTO FIRST GEAR. I HAD TO DRIVE FROM THE EXIT TO MY HOME IN FIRST GEAR. WHEN I GOT TO MY HOUSE I HAD TO USE THE STARTER TO GET MY CAR INTO THE GARAGE. THE TRIP FROM JACKSON TO BIRMINGHAM WAS EXCEPTIONALLY DANGEROUS AND THERE WAS MANY OPPORTUNITIES FOR A TRAGEDY FOR EXAMPLE: (1) NOT BEING ABLE TO REACT PROPERLY IN TRAFFIC, (2) NOT BEING ABLE TO REACT PROPERLY TO CONSTRUCTION ZONES, (3) NOT BEING ABLE TO REACT PROPERLY TO CITY SPEED ZONES, ET CETERA. GIVEN THAT THIS ISSUE CAME ON QUICKLY, A DANGEROUS SITUATION PRESENTED ITSELF IN HEAVY FAST MOVING TRAFFIC WHEN I COULD NOT PROPERLY CHANGE GEARS WHEN DOWN-SHIFTING. DUE TO MY DELAYED RESPONSE TRYING TO GET MY CAR INTO GEAR, I WAS ALMOST HIT FROM BEHIND WHICH CAUSED OTHER NEARBY CARS TO HAVE TO REACT TO THE SITUATION AS WELL. FORTUNATELY EVERYONE AROUND ME AT THE TIME OF FINAL FAILURE WAS PAYING ATTENTION. TAKING A LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF THIS ISSUE, IT SEEMS TO HAVE CARRIED FROM THE 350Z TO THE 370Z WHICH STARTS IN 2002 AND CONTINUES YEAR TO DATE. BASED ON RESEARCH IN FORUMS, THIS FAILURE TAKES PLACE AT AN AVERAGE OF 25,000 MILES AND CONTINUES TO REOCCUR AFTER REPLACEMENT AT THE SAME INTERVAL. IT IS A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THIS FAILURE CAUSES A DEATH, BUT THEN AGAIN, IF SOMEONE DIES THEY WILL HARDLY BE ABLE TO REPORT THE PROBLEM. PLEASE LOOK INTO THIS ISSUE AND CONSIDER BOTH THE 350Z AND THE 370Z--WHICH HAS INHERITED THE ISSUE.
Crash:
No
Fire:
No
Injuries:
0
Deaths:
0

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