2003 NISSAN 350Z Complaints

DRIVER'S SEAT COVERED IN LEATHER STARTED SHOWING FATIGUE VERY EARLY ON AFTER PURCHASING THE CAR. MATTER WAS TAKEN UP WITH NISSAN DEALER, CAR WAS BOUGHT FROM. EVENTUALLY A HOLE WORE THROUGH THE LEATHER ON THE BOLSTER OF THE DRIVERS SEAT. NISSAN TO DATE HAS NOT MADE ANY ATTEMPT TO COVER DEFECTIVE UPHOLSTERY.*AK

SEVERE TIRE FEATHERING. TWO SETS OF FRONT TIRES IN UNDER 12,000 MILES. SERVICE BY DEALER DID NOT SOLVE PROBLEM.*AK

THE CONSUMER REQUEST THAT AN AIR BAGS ON/OFF SWITCH BE INSTALLED IN HER 2003 NISSAN 350Z. *NM *JB

FRONT TIRE FEATHERING EVERY 10-12K MILES. THE FRONT TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 4 TIMES, THIS LAST TIME THE TIRES ONLY LASTED 8K MILES. SOMETHING HAS TO BE WRONG WITH THE SUSPENSION.*AK

ONGOING ALIGNMENT / TIRE FEATHERING ISSUES WITH NISSAN 350Z I HAVE HAD MY TIRES SWAPPED SIDE TO SIDE SEVERAL TIME + REPLACEMENT TIRES AND MANY ALIGNMENTS. THE 350Z WILL NOT STAY IN ALIGNMENT AND EATS FRONT TIRES EVERY 7000-12000 MILES. IT WEARS THE INSIDES OF THE TIRES TO THE POINT OF REPLACEMENT WITH OVER 80% TREAD ON THE REST OF THE TIRE. THEY ARE NOW NOT PERFORMING ALIGNMENTS ON MY CAR EVEN THOUGH THEIR TSBS STATE THAT THEY WILL AND WILL REPLACE TIRES UP TO 30,000 MILES. THEY STOPPED DOING ALIGNMENTS AND TIRE ROTATIONS/REPLACEMENT BEFORE 20K MILES IN MY SITUATION. THE STOCK TIRES ARE UP TO $400 A PIECE, SO THIS IS UNACCEPTABLE. THE DEALERS WANT $80 FOR AN ALIGNMENT EVERY 4-6 MONTHS + TIRE PURCHASE. THIS IS A KNOWN ISSUE AND NISSAN REFUSES TO ISSUE A REAL RECALL, EVEN THOUGH EVERY 03 350Z HAS THIS ISSUE. IT WAS BLAMED ORIGINALLY ON THE SUSPENSION BEING STRESSED DURING SHIPMENT FROM JAPAN. I HAVE ALSO HAD DUAL REAR AXLE REPLACEMENT, TRANSMISSION REPLACEMENT, CLUTCH ASSMBLY REPLACEMENT, JUST TO NAME A FEW. THE VEHICLE BECOME VERY UNSTABLE WITH THE FRONT ALIGNMENT ISSUE. THERE ARE ALSO ISSUES WITH THE REAR ALIGNMENT. IT IS OUT OF SPEC EVERYTIME IT WAS CHECKED.*AK

I OWN A 2003 350Z. I GOT A FLAT TIRE ON MY CAR YESTERDAY. I TOOK IT IN TO BE REPAIRED. WHEN THEY JACKED IT UP THEY NOTICED THAT ALL FOUR OF MY TIRES ARE BALD ON THE INSIDE. THEY TOLD ME THAT MY CAR HAS BEEN RECALLED. THEY SAID THEY HAVE HAD MANY 350Z'S COME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM I AM HAVING. THEY ALSO STATED THAT THEY ARE ABLE TO FIX THE PROBLEM. SO THAT'S WHEN I LOOKED IT UP ON YOUR WEBSITE BUT DIDN'T SEE IT ANYWHERE. I HAVE TALKED TO MANY OTHER TIRES PLACES AS WELL AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE HAD MANY PEOPLE COME IN WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. HAVE YOU HEARD THIS COMPLAINT FROM ANYONE ELSE? *NM

MY 2003 NISSAN 350Z SPORTS CAR HAS A FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEM THAT CAUSES EXTREME INNER TREAD TIRE WEAR IN VERY SHORT PERIODS OF TIME, IE, LESS THAN 5000 MILES. THE PROBLEM IS PERVASIVE IN ALL 03 MODELS AS INDICATED ON THE VARIOUS INTERNET CHAT ROOMS. NISSAN IS AWARE OF THE PROBLEM AND HAS PROVIDED A FRONT END ALIGNMENT AND LEFT TO RIGHT/RIGHT TO LEFT TIRE ROTATION AND/OR TIRE REPLACEMENT - NEITHER OF WHICH CURE THE PROBLEM (INDICATIVE OF AN ENGINEERING DESIGN PROBLEM). THE EXTREME TIRE WEAR IS EVIDENT AT APPROXIMATELY 4-5000 MILES. NISSAN APPEARS TO NOT HAVE FOUND A SOLUTION TO THIS PROBLEM. REPLACING THE FRONT TIRES AT UNREASONABLE 5000 MILE INTERVALS IS REQUIRED TO PREVENT AN EXTREME ROAD HAZARD. *AK

I LEASED MY 350Z IN AUG 2003 AND ON 7/22/2004 WITH 9128 MILES ON THE VEHICLE I TOOK IT IN FOR SERVICE DUE TO LOUD ROARING WHEN BRAKING IN THE FRONT END.THE DEALER REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES AND ALIGNED THE FRONT AT NO COST TO ME.ON 2/15/2005 WITH 13782 MILES I HAVE NOW BROUGHT THE CAR IN ONCE AGAIN WITH THE SAME GROWING NOISE AND THE DEALER ONCE AGAIN HAS STATED I NEED NEW FRONT TIRES AND ANOTHER FRONT END ALIGNMENT.HE STATED THAT THEY WOULD INSTALL AT NO COST TO ME BUT THE WARRANTY ON THIS WOULD BE UP AFTER 8/23/2005.IT APPEARS THAT NISSAN HAS ONLY A TEMPORARY FIX ON FOR THIS PROBLEM AND I GUESS I WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE TIRES AND ALIGNMENT AFTER THE 2 YEARS.*AK

MY 2003 NISSAN 350Z HAS A PROBLEM KEEPING ALIGNMENT. THIS CAUSES PREMATURE WEAR ON THE TIRES AND THE ADDITIONAL COST OF ALIGNMENT. THIS BEGAN IMMEDIATELY (2003 AT 6,000 MILES). BOTH TIRES AND THE ALIGNMENT WERE REPLACED AND REPAIRED. HOWEVER THE CAR CONTINUES TO LOSE ALIGNMENT. A BIGGER ISSUE IS CAUSED IN THE WINTER ON SLICK ROADS. THE CAR WILL SWERVE UNEXPECTEDLY - TOTALLY LOSE CONTROL AND CROSS OVER INTO ON COMING LANES. I FEEL THESE CARS REPRESENT A HAZARD NOT ONLY TO THE DRIVER BUT OTHER INNOCENT PEOPLE ON THE ROAD. THE ONLY SAFE REMEDIAL ACTION WOULD BE A RECALL AND PERMANENT REPAIR OF THIS DEFECT. *JB

BOTH FRONT TIRES CUPPING AND FEATHERING WITH SEVERE RUMBLING NOISE IN FRONT END. DEALER REPLACED BOTH FRONT TIRES 3/31/04 AND PERFORMED FRONT-END ALIGNMENT. RETURNED 1/12/05 WITH SAME PROBLEM AND DEALER INDICATED THAT THEY HAD SEVERAL IDENTICAL COMPLAINTS FROM OTHER CONSUMERS ON THE 350Z. DEALER HAS NOTIFIED NISSAN AND ARE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM ON RESOLUTION. DEALER STATED THAT NISSAN IS TRYING TO CLAIM THAT THE TIRES ARE ONLY 15,000 MILE TIRES AND THAT THEY ARE THE PROBLEM. DEALER WILL CONTACT ME AGAIN WITHIN ONE WEEK WITH NISSAN'S RESOLUTION. DEALER DID NOT EVEN EXAMINE MY VECHICLE 1/12/05.*AK