2004 Nissan 350Z

IN APRIL 2005 I PURCHASED A NISSAN 350ZX FROM DAVID MCDAVID NISSAN IN HOUSTON TEXAS. I'M EXTREMELY DISAPPOINTED THE FACT THAT THE PRE OWNED VEHICLE I PURCHASE HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN A WRECK. I WOULDN'T OF KNOWN OF THIS SITUATION. I NOT TAKEN THE CAR IN FOR SERVICE DURING MEMORIAL WEEKEND, REASON BEING THE FRONT SUSPENSION IS MAKING POP NOISE IT SEEMS IT COMES FROM MOTOR MOUNTS OR JOINTS, CRACKING NOISE IN THE REAR RIGHT TIRE AND THE BACK RIGHT BRAKE ALSO SQUEAKS. HAD DAN ALDRICH OF THE YOUR SERVICE DEPARTMENT NOT MENTION THE CAR WAS IN A WRECK I WOULD OF NEVER KNOWN. I TOLD HIM HOW COULD THAT BE IF I JUST PURCHASE THE CAR BACK IN APRIL. I COULD NOT BELIEVE DAVID MCDAVID COULD SELL PRE OWNED VEHICLE UNDER THESE CONDITIONS. I HAVE SENT THE DEALER CUSTOMER SERVICE EMAIL WITH NO REPLY

NISSAN 350Z HAS A PROBLEM THAT LEADS TO PREMATURE WEAR ON TIRES. I HAVE A 2004 350Z AND IT IS EXHIBITING SAME FAILURE AS 2003. TIRES ARE MAKING A NOISE THAT HAS TO LEAD TO ULTIMATELY A COMPROMISE OF THE TIRE INTERGRITY. NISSAN ANSWER SO FAR , SPEND $700 EVERY 6 MONTHS, BY CHANGING TIRES AND REALIGN ALL WHEELS....AT MY EXPENSE!!! THIS IS A CONSUMER PRODUCT FAILURE , POTENTIALY A SAFETY PROBLEM, AND NISSAN IS NOT APPROPRIATELY ADDRESSING THE ISSUE. THEY HAD THE SAME PROBLEM IN 2003 350Z AND ALL I CAN SAY , SAME PROBLEM IN THE 2004 MODEL YEAR CAR. NEED HELP ..NISSAN IS NOT PROVIDING A SOLUTION>

2004 350Z HAS 11600 MILES AND TIRE ROAR HAS BECOME VERY LOUD. ROAR BEGAN NEAR 10,000 MILES AND HAS GOTTEN PROGRESSIVELY WORSE. I HAVE HAD THE TIRES BALANCED AT 10,000 MILES IN HOPES OF EASING THE SITUATION - NO RELIEF. NOTIFIED BY DISCOUNT TIRE MECHANIC THAT THE INSIDE EDGES OF THE FRONT TIRES WERE SHOWING CONSIDERABLE WEAR. CALLED LOCAL NISSAN DEALERSHIP AND TALKED WITH MAINTENANCE & SERVICE DEPT. WAS TOLD THAT I WOULD NEED TO PAY $90 + TAX FOR AN ALIGNMENT AND $28 + TAX TO FLIP THE FRONT TIRES. ALSO NOTIFIED THAT I WOULD PROBABLY NEED TO REPEAT THIS EVERY 10,000 MILES AND BUY NEW TIRES EVERY 20,000 MILES. THIS SEEMS TO BE A MAJOR FLAW WITH THE 2004 350Z AND HAS NOT BEEN CORRECTED FROM THE 2003 MODEL.

I WAS DRIVING ON THE EXPRESS WAY A MOTORCYCLE AHEAD OF ME APPLIED HIS BRAKES I FOLLOWED SUIT. THE 350Z ROADSTER BEGAN TO SWERVE AND SPIN UNCONTROLLABLY AND STOPPED AFTER I HIT THE SID RAIL RESULTING IN MOTORCYCLIST AND MYSELF GOING TO HOSPITAL THE ISSUES WITH THE TIRES ON THE 350Z ARE WELL KNOWN BY CONSUMERS, NISSAN, AND THEIR DEALERSHIPS. I HAVE TAKEN THE CAR ON AT LEAST THREE OCCASIONS TO THE DEALERSHIP FOR EXAMINATION AND POSSIBLE REPAIRS BUT THE TIRE DEFECT AND HANDLING REMAIN. THIS IS UNFORTUNATE SINCE THEY HAVE TRIED TO UNSUCCESFULLY FIX THE ISSUE ON OTHER MODEL YEARS OF THIS VEHICLE

OEM TIRES (BRIDGESTONE POTENZA RE040) ON MY NISSAN 350Z STARTED FEATHERING ON THE INSIDE OF BOTH FRONT TIRES AROUND 6000 MILES. NOTICED THE SOUND HAD GOTTEN MORE NOTICABLE AROUND 11000 MILES. TOOK VEHICLE INTO NISSAN AT 12548 MILES AND WAS TOLD THAT NISSAN HAD A PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT END ON THE 2003 MODEL, BUT THAT IT HAD BEEN CORRECTED. HEARD FROM ANOTHER SOURCE THAT THERE WERE SEVERAL 2004 350Z CARS THAT HAD THE SAME PROBLEM.

I HAVE A 2004 350Z ROADSTER WITH THE FEATHERING PROBLEM. AT FIRST, IT APPEARS TO BE A BREAK PROBLEM. THE NISSAN DEALER DID NOT COVER THIS UNDER WARRENTY EVEN THOUGH IT IS COVERED UNTIL 12,000 MILES. THE STATED THAT. " THE RIGHT FRONT MAY BE DAMAGED AND THAT I NEEDED TO TAKE IT TO A BODY SHOP AND HAVE THE FRAME BENT". I TOOK IT TO A TIRE DEALER AND THEY TOLD ME IT WAS OUT OF ALIGNMENT. MY FRONT TIRES WERE REPLACED AND A FRONT END ALIGNMENT DONE AT 11,000 MILES. ONLY SIX MONTHS LATER AT 16,500 THE NOISE IS STILL THERE. I TOOK IT TO A DIFFERERENT NISSAN DEALER AND THEY STATED THE ALIGNMENT WAS WAYYYY OFF. THEY DID A 4 WHEEL ALIGNMENT. I WAS AGAIN CHARGED $70.00. I CALLED NISSAN NORTHAMERICA AND ALTHOUGHT THEY WERE RESPONSIVE AND TALKED TO THE DEALER...... THEY ( NISSAN ) CALM THIS IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE 2004. I TOOK THE CAR BACK A WEEK LATER STATING THAT IT PULLED TO THE RIGHT A LITTLE ( THERE IS A TSB ON THIS ). THE DEALER SAID IT WAS DO THE LOW TIRE PRESSURE. HMM THEY JUST HAD IT IN LAST WEEK AND THIS WEEK THE TIRES ARE ALREADY LOW? THE CHECKED THE ALIGNMENT AND STATED IT WAS OK. THE CAR DRIVES OK... BUT THE NOISE IS STILL THERE ESPECIALLY AT 20 TO 30 WHEN BREAKING. ONLY TIME WILL TELL BUT I AM NOT SATISFIED NISSAN IS DOING WHAT IS NEEDED TO FIX THIS PROBLEM. TIRES DON'T WEAR OUT WITH 11,000 MILES.

AT APPROXIMATELY 8,000 MILES, THE CAR STARTED GROWLING AND VIBRATING DURING BREAKING. THE NISSAN SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THE ALIGNMENT HAD NOT BEEN SET CORRECTLY AT THE FACTORY. THE ALIGNMENT WAS SET CORRECTLY AND I WAS GIVEN 4 NEW TIRES SINCE THE CAR WAS UNDER WARRANTY. THE NISSAN SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THIS HAD BEEN AS ISSUE WITH THE 2003 350Z AS WELL. NISSAN HAD EXTENDED THE WARRANTY TO 3 YEARS OR 36,000 MILES FOR THE 2003 MODELS. AT APPROXIMATELY 15,000 MILES THE CAR ONCE AGAIN STARTED TO GROWL AND VIBRATE DURING BREAKING. THE CAR WAS TAKEN INTO NISSAN FOR SERVICE. THE NISSAN SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THE TIRES ARE STARTING TO CUP. THE NISSAN SERVICE MANAGER HAD THE ALIGNMENT CHECKED AND IT IS STILL SET CORRECTLY. THE NISSAN SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT THIS IS A DESIGN FLAW AND NOTHING COULD BE DONE TO SOLVE THE PROBLEM. THE SERVICE MANAGER STATED THAT SHE HAD CALLED NISSAN AND THERE IS NOTHING THEY WOULD DO SINCE THE CAR WAS PAST THE 12,000 WARRANTY RESTRICTION - EVEN THOUGH THEY HAD REALIGNED THE CAR AND REPLACED ALL THE TIRES AT 8,000 MILES. THE ONLY ACTION THAT COULD BE TAKEN TO SLOW DOWN THE DESTRUCTION OF THE TIRES, SINCE THE FRONT TIRES ARE A DIFFERENT SIZE THAN THE BACK TIRES, IS TO SWITCH POSITION OF THE TWO FRONT TIRES AS WELL AS THE TWO BACK TIRES. PLEASE NOTE THAT DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM - IT ONLY DELAYS THE PROBLEM.

NISSAN 350Z VIN [XXX] AT APPROX. 7700 MILES CAR DISPLAYED ROARING NOISE WHEN BRAKED. NOISE BECAME LOUDER AND CONSISTENT AT LOW SPEED AS MILEAGE INCREASED. DEALER (TROY NISSAN IN TROT, AL.) SHOWED ME CUPPING/UNEVEN WEAR ON INSIDE OF FRONT TIRES. AS PREVIOUS OWNER OF 2003 NISSAN 350Z, I RECOGNIZED THE PROBLEM. REPEATED CALLS TO NISSAN CORPORATE MET WITH RESPONSE THAT NISSAN DOES NOT ADMIT PROBLEM EXISTS IN 2004 MODEL AND REFUSES TO REPLACE TIRES AS THE WAS THE PRACTICE WITH 2003 MODEL. BELIEVE THIS WILL CONSTITUTE SAFETY HAZARD AS THESE CARS GET OLDER AND THAT NISSAN MUST STEP UP TO THE PROBLEM. *JS INFORMATION REDACTED PURSUANT TO THE FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT (FOIA), 5 U.S.C. 552(B)(6)

I HAVE TAKEN MY 2004 350Z INTO THE IRVINE NISSAN DEALERSHIP TWICE ABOUT THE FRONT TIRE NOISE MAKING GROWLING SOUNDS. THE WORK REPORT ONLY LISTS THAT THERE IS TIRE WARE, BUT NO MENTION OF MY COMPLAINT ABOUT THE TIRES. DOCUMENTED OIL CHANGE, TIRE WEAR, AND SUGGEST ALLIGNMENT (BUT WOULD CHARGE ME FOR IT). TOOK THE CAR IN A SECOND TIME, AND DESCRIBBED THE ISSUE AGAIN. THEY REFUSED TO ACKNOWLEDGE THE TIRES AS AN ISSUE ON 2004 VEHICLES, AND STATED ON THE VEHICLE WORK ORDER ORDER THAT THEY ADVISED ME ABOUT THE TSB FOR 2003, AND THE CONDITION DOES NOT EXIST ON 2004. ARGUED WITH THE MANAGER WHO SAYS THEY TOOK THE CAR FOR A DRIVE TO TEST THE NOISE, BUT WOULD STILL NOT DO ANYTHING. MANAGER HUNG UP ON ME. THE VEHICLE STILL HAS THE NOISE.