2003 NISSAN 350Z Complaints

NISSAN 350Z 2003 FRONT SUSPENSION ISSUE - TIRES ARE FEATHERING BECAUSE OF BAD SETUP IN FRONT SUSPENSION. THIS PROBLEM SURFACED AFTER ABOUT 5000 MILES ON THE CAR IN THE FORM OF A LOW RUMBLING NOISE WHEN SLOWING DOWN. THIS NOISE SLOWLY GOT WORSE UNTIL I TOOK THE CAR IN AND NIACIN SAID THE TIRES WERE DEFECTIVE. I WAS GIVEN A NEW SET OF TIRES THAT WERE NOT FEATHERED AND THE PROBLEM WENT AWAY UNTIL I REACHED ANOTHER 5000 MILES, AT WHICH POINT, THE NOISE RESURFACED. I ONCE AGAIN, TOOK IT INTO NIACIN, WHO WAS VERY GOOD ABOUT RECOGNIZING THAT THERE WAS A PROBLEM, AND BROUGHT UP THE FACT THAT THE ORIGINAL ISSUE WAS MOST LIKELY NOT DEFECTIVE TIRES BUT A POOR SETUP OF SOME KIND THAT WAS CAUSING THE FEATHERING. THEY AGREED AND SAID A BULLETIN HAD BEEN SENT OUT ABOUT THIS ISSUE. THE SOLUTION, THEY SAID, WAS TO SWITCH THE TIRES, RE-CALIBRATE SOMETHING WITH THE SUSPENSION, AND THE TIRES WOULD EVENTUALLY EVEN OUT. I HAVE ONLY DRIVEN 3000 MILES SINCE THIS FIX, BUT THE NOISE IS STILL APPARENT, AND I BELIEVE THERE IS STILL AN ISSUE IN THE FRONT SUSPENSION. I FEEL THAT NIACIN HAS BEEN VERY GOOD TO ME ABOUT ADDRESSING ISSUES AS THEY COME UP, BUT IF THIS IS A BIGGER PROBLEM, I REALLY FEEL THAT NIACIN SHOULD RECALL RHE FRONT SUSPENSION AND ADDRESS THE DEEPER PROBLEM. I CAN'T KEEP REPLACING MY TIRES EVERY 5000 MILES. *LA

FRONT SUSPENSION PROBLEM CAUSING FRONT INNER EDGE OF TIRES TO WEAR UNEVENLY. POSSIBLE BLOW OUT OF FRONT TIRES, DUE TO ACCELERATED WEAR ON INSIDE EDGE OF FRONT TIRES. *LA

PURCHASED 2003 NISSAN 350Z IN AUG 02 AND IT HAD A SUSPENSION PROBLEM FROM DAY ONE, IT WOULD PULL HARD TO THE RIGHT. AT 2500 MILES NISSAN REALIGNED THE FRONT END TO GET IT TO RUN STRAIGHT, BUT NOW AT 11,000 MILES THE EDGES OF THE FRONT TIRES ARE CUPPING. MY NISSAN DEALER HAS NOTED THE TIRE WEAR ISSUE, BUT DID NOT OR COULD NOT DO ANY THING TO CORRECT OR SUGGEST NEW TIRES OR A SUSPENSION FIX. I AM VERY CONCERNED. *LA

MY FRONT TIRES ON MY 2003 NISSAN 350Z ARE FEATHERING AFTER ONLY 6,000 MILES CAUSING A VERY LOAD ROAR IN THE VEHICLE CABINET BELOW 30 MPH. NISSAN IS ONLY OFFERING TO ROTATE FRONT TIRES WHICH RESULTS IN THE TIRES ROTATING IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION AS THE TIRE MANUFACTURER SPECIFIES. MANY OTHERS WITH THIS SAME PROBLEM HAVE HAD NO SUCCESS WITH NISSAN PROVIDING A SOLUTION TO THIS. I CONSIDER THE VEHICLE SAFETY TO BE SERIOUSLY COMPROMISED AS THE TIRES ARE NOT PERFORMING PROPERLY. *LA

A KNOW PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT ALIGNMENT OF THE 2003 350Z CAUSES FRONT TIRE FEATHERING. *LA

I HAVE A NISSAN 2003 350Z. AT 7000 MILES BOTH FRONT TIRES WERE FEATHERED. AT 8000 MILES I TOOK THE CAR TO THE DEALERSHIP. THEY ALIGNED THE TIRES AND CENTERED THE STEERING. AFTER THE REPAIR THE HANDLING WAS TERRIBLE. I WAS SCARED TO DRIVE OVER 60 MPH FEARING LOSS OF CONTROL OF THE VEHICLE. AT 12,500 MILES NISSAN REPLACED THE BOTH FRONT TIRES. I HAD PUT 8,000 MILES ON THE REPLACEMENT TIRES WHEN I HAD A RECURENCE OF THE TIRE FEATHERING. NISSAN AGAIN REPLACED THE FRONT TIRES AND CENTERED THE STEERING. I BELIEVE DRIVING ON THE FEATHERED TIRES IS A SAFTEY ISSUE. THE CAR HANDLES TERRIBLE WHEN DRIVING ON THE FEATHERED TIRES. THE BACK TIRES NEVER FEATHERED. I HAD 28,000 ON THE BACK TIRES WHEN I REPLACED THEM AND THE WEAR WAS PERFECT. THE SUSPENSION IS CAUSING THIS PROBLEM WITH THE FRONT TIRES. I STILL HAVE THIS ISSUE WITH MY VEHICLE. MY FRONT TIRES HAVE BEEN REPLACED 3 TIMES TOTAL. TWICE BY NISSAN AND ONCE BY ME. I WOULD REALLY LIKE THIS ISSUE FIXED. *LA

TIRES HAVE STARTED FEATHERING AT 4000 MILES. RIGHT SUSPENSION REPAIRED ONCE AND VEHICLE IS PULLING TO THE RIGHT AGAIN AND TIRE FEATHERING IS GETTING WORSE. *LA

MY FRONT TIRES HAVE BEEN CUPPED AND OR FEATHERED ON THE INSIDE. IT MAKES A VERY LOAD ROARING NOISE WHEN COMING TO A STOP. I DON'T FEEL SAFE ABOUT MY CAR DUE TO ITS HANDLING. THE TIRE WEAR IS VERY UNEVEN. *LA

03 NISSAN 350Z TRACK EDITION. FRONT SUSPENSION ISSUE CAUSING VERY BAD TIRE WEAR AND VERY LOUD TIRE NOISE IN FRONT OF CAR. CAR HAS BEEN ALIGNED AND STILL CONTINUES TO WEAR TIRES UNEVENLY. THE CAR ONLY HAS 3100 MILES ON IT.

SUSPENSION ON THE 2003 NISSAN 350Z IS VERY HARSH AND MAKES RIDE NOTICABLY BOUNCY. NEWER MODELS OF THE CAR HAVE THE SUSPENSION FIXED, BUT NISSAN REFUSES TO CHANGE OUT SUSPENSION ON MY VEHICLE