2003 NISSAN 350Z Complaints

FRONT END SUSPENSION PROBLEMS IS CAUSING FRONT TIRES TO WEAR IMPROPERLY(FEATHERING) ONLY AFTER 4000 MILES!*AK

MY FROUNT TIRES HAVE FEATHERING AND THE CAR ONLY HAS 9,000 MILES, NOTICED IT AT 3000, TOLD DEALER THEY ALIGHNTED CAR, FEATHERING HAS GOTTEN WORSE. CAR IS A NISSAN 2003 350Z.*AK

EXCESSIVE TIRE WEAR AND FEATHERING ON FRONT TIRES RESULTING IN EXCESSIVE NOISE, REDUCED TRACTION, AND REQUIRING PREMATURE REPLACEMENT. *CB

THE SUSPENSION PROBLEM IS REOCCURRING, AND MIS-DIAGNOSED A. ROAR FROM FRONT SUSPENSION UNDER 40 MPH. FIRST ATTEMPTED REPAIR @ 7,279 MILES. CHANGED BRAKE PADS AND TURNED ROTORS. ATTEMPT FAILED, ROAR REMAINED. B. ROAR & PULLS TO THE RIGHT AT HIGHWAY SPEED. SECOND ATTEMPTED REPAIR @ 7,720 MILES. CHANGED RIGHT SIDE COMPRESSION ROD. PULL TO RIGHT CORRECTED, ROAR REMAINED. C. ROAR SEVERE,VISUAL DAMAGE{FEATHERING} ON INSIDE EDGE OF FRONT TIRES. THIRD ATTEMPTED REPAIR @ 11,077 MILES. ROTATED FRONT TIRES SIDE TO SIDE, OFF RIMS {DIRECTIONAL TIRES} ALSO DID FOUR WHEEL ALIGNMENT. ROARS LESS, BUT STILL VERY NOISY. AT 12,000 MILES NOISE INCREASING, NEW FEATHERING NOW APPEARING ON INSIDE OF FRONT TIRES. THIS SUSPENSION PROBLEM NOT CORRECTED

TIRE FEATHERING, ON FRONT END SEEMS TO BE NON-CORRECTABLE RESULTING IN REPETITIVE PREMATURE REPLACEMENT OF TIRES. I WAS TOLD BY SERVICE MGN. THAT CASTER ADJUSTMENT IS AT FULL, AND CAN NOT CORRECT FOR THE TOWIN CAUSING THE TIRE WEAR.

NOICED GROWL AND RUMBLING NOISE AROUND FRONT END OF 2003 NISSAN 350Z. DEALER PERFORMED NO DIAGNOSTICS, NOR CHECKED SERVICE BULLETINS. CLAIMED COULD NOT DUPLICATE THE PROBLEM. THIRD TRIP IN, DEALER ADMITTED TO HEARING THE NOW LOUD NOISE. MILLAGE AT 7500 - 10,200. DIAGNOSED FEATHERING (CUPPING) FRONT TIRES. *AK

WHILE DRIVING TREAD SEPARATED ON THE FRONT INSIDE TIRES. CONSUMER HEARD A LOUD BUMPING NOISE COMING FROM THE FRONT OF THE VEHICLE. DEALERSHIPS WAS NOTIFIED, BUT WAS UNABLE TO RESOLVE THE PROBLEM. SIZE 2255518 PLEASE PROVIDE THE DOT NUMBER. *AK

I RECENTLY (9-13-03) PURCHASE A 2003 NISSAN 350Z TRACK EDITION WITH 2500 MILES. I PURCHASED IT AT DOBBS NISSAN IN MEMPHIS, TN 38115. IN PURCHASING THE VEHICLE I NOTICE A LITTLE ROAD NOISE THAT I THOUGH WAS NORMAL COMING FROM A CAR WITH 18" WHEELS. IT DID NOT APPEAR TO BE A PROBLEM AT FIRST. AFTER MY FIRST SERVICE VISIT AT DOBBS NISSAN I NOTICE THE NOISE GETTING LOUDER, I ADDRESS THIS PROBLEM WITH TJ (SERVICE ADVISOR AT JIM KERAS NISSAN 2110 COVINGTON PIKE, MEMPHIS, TN 38128) ALONG WITH A LIST OF OTHER PROBLEMS. TJ DIAGNOSE THE NOISE AND SUGGESTED THAT I ROTATE THE TIRES, HE ALSO INDICATED THAT THE TIRES ARE SCHEDULED TO BE ROTATED AT OR AROUND 5,000 MILES. MY RESPONSE WAS THAT THE CAR WAS MAKING THE NOISE WHEN I FIRST PURCHASE THE VEHICLE AND THAT IT PROGRESSIVLY GOT WORSE. AFTER COMING TO A DEAD END AT JIM KERAS NISSAN ABOUT REPLACING THE TIRES UNDER WARRANTY I PURSUED TO CONTACTING NISSAN USA REFERING TO THE ENTIRE SERVICE TICKET, BUT SPECIFICALLY THE TIRES. I WAS REFERED TO FIRESTONE IN WHICH REFERED ME TO A LOCAL DEALER (FIRESTONE 4035 AUSTIN-PEAY HWY, MEMPHIS, TN 38128). I WAS SCHEDULED TO BRING MY CAR IN THAT EVENING. I MEET WITH JESSE ( STORE MANAGER), HE EVALUATED ALL FOUR TIRES AND INFORM ME THAT THE FRONT TIRES WERE NOT DEFECTIVE BUT HAD UNEVEN WEAR, POSSIBLY DUE TO MISALINGMENT OR WORN SUSPENSION COMPONENTS. JESSE ALSO INFORM ME THAT HE DIDN'T THINK IT WAS THE TIRES BUT, HE WAS WILLING TO ABSORD 50% OF THE COST OF REPLACING THE TIRES PER FIRESTONE'S APPROVAL. HE MADE A CALL TO NISSAN USA (REP. ALEX MORGAN) TO GET THEM TO OK THE OTHER 50%. NISSAN DECLINED THAT RESOLUTION. THEY (NISSAN USA & FIRESTONE) ARE USING THE CONSUMER TO SLOVE ISSUES THAT SHOULD BE HANDLED BY THEIR COMPANIES. I WAS GIVEN THE RUN-AROUND FROM BOTH NISSAN AND FIRESTONE. GIVING THE NATURE OF ALL COMPLAINTS, I WONDER WHEN WILL NISSAN ACCEPT THE RESPONSIBILITY OF REPAIRING OR REPLACING WHATS WRONG? I HOPE NOT WHEN SOMEONE IS HURT OR KILLED!*AK

PREMATURE, EXCESSIVE, ASYMMETRICAL FRONT TIRE WEAR ON 2003 NISSAN 350Z. TIRE WEAR IS CONFINED TO THE INSIDE TREAD BLOCK RING ONLY, CIRCUMFERENTIALLY AROUND THE TIRE. INDICATIONS ARE A RAISED HEEL AND LOWERED TOE PATTERN IN THE DIRECTION OF THE TREAD. THIS OCCURS ON ALL NISSAN 350Z'S, AND IT'S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE TIRE FAILURE RESULTS IN SERIOUS INJURY OR LOSS OF LIFE. SEE ZCAR.COM FOR MORE COMPLAINTS AND DETAILS. NISSAN'S TSB SOLUTION IS TO REALIGN THE FRONT END, AND SIMPLY ROTATE THE TIRE, TRANSFERRING THE ABNMORMAL WEAR PATTERN AND RESULTANT HAZARD TO THE OPPOSITE TREAD BLOCK. REALIGNMENT DOES NOT CORRECT THE PROBLEM. NISSAN HAS PUT A DANGEROUS NEW MODEL ON THE ROAD WITH A DESIGN FLAW THAT EATS TIRES AT AN EXTRAORDINARY RATE (5,000-8,000 MILES!!!). UNLESS FIXED, THE CAR IS LIKELY TO BECOME KNOWN AS THE CORVAIR OF THE 21ST CENTURY "UNSAFE AT ANY SPEED". *AK

TIRES ARE FEATHERING AFTER ABOUT 4000 MILES, ROAD NOISE IS EXTREMELY LOUD, NISSAN HAS DONE NOTHING TO CORRECT THE PROBLEM, TIRES SHOULD NOT BE RUINED AFTER ONLY 4000 MILES. *AK