2003 NISSAN 350Z Complaints

EXCESS ABNORMAL WEAR TO THE INSIDE EDGE OF FRONT TIRE TREAD CAUSING ALIGNMENT, HANDLING, AND EXCESS ROAD NOISE PROBLEMS. FIRST SIGN OF WEAR APPEARED AT AROUND 3,500 MILES ON THE NEW VEHICLE. FOUR-WHEEL ALIGNMENT WAS PERFORMED AT 4,000 MILES. ABNORMAL WEAR CONTINUED AFTER ALIGNMENT. A "SIDE-TO-SIDE" FRONT TIRE SWAP WAS PERFORMED AT 6,000. WITH LESS THAN 9,000 MILES ON THE CAR, ABNORMAL WEAR HAS AGAIN APPEARED ON THE INSIDE TREAD ALONG WITH EXCESSIVE ROAD NOISE AND ERRACTIC HANDLING ON CROWNED ROADS.*AK

SUSPENSION DESIGN FLAW CREATES UNEVEN TIRE WEAR IN THE FRONT TIRES. TIRES WILL 'CUP' OR 'FEATHER' WITHIN THE FIRST 10,000 MILES OF DRIVING. MY CAR IN PARTICLAR RAN OUT OF TREAD ON THE INSIDE PATCH AT 13000 MILES. CHANGING TIRES IS NOT A CURE FOR THIS ISSUE AS IT REOCCURS DUE TO THE SUSPENSION. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS FLAW AS IT MIGHT CAUSE VEHICLES TO LOSE TRACTION IN WET/SLIPPERY CONDITIONS.*AK

SUSPENSION IN CAR MAKES VEHICLE RIDE ROUGHER THAN USUAL, MAKING TIRES WEAR UNEVEN. *AK

NISSAN 350Z-2003 WITH 7,500 MILES. EXPERIENCING TIRE FEATHERING/CUPPING ON FRONT TIRES DUE TO VEHICLE ALIGNMENT BEING IMPROPERLY SET AT FACTORY. EXCESSIVE TIRE ROAR AND SHAKE.*AK

SUSPENSION PROBLEM ON MY 2003 NISSAN 350Z PURCHASED 5/15/03. CAUSING TIRE FEATHERING ON FRONT TIRES, WHICH CAUSES LOUD TIRE ROAR FROM 22 MPH DOWN TO 0.*AK

SUSPENSION ON MY 2003 NISSAN 350Z. THERE APPEARS TO BE A DESIGN FLAW THAT IS CAUSING CUPPING ON THE FRONT TIRES. THE DEALER HAS REMOUNTED THE TIRES ON OPPOSITE WHEELS, REBALANCED, AND REALIGNED THE FRONT END AT APROXIMATELY 6700 MILES (AS PER MANUFACTURER) THE CUPPING HAS REOCURRED AT 8700 MILES. *AK

NISSAN 2003 Z FRONT END MISALIGNMENT OR PRODUCTION FLAW CAUSING EXTREME WEAR ON FRONT 2 TIRES. CAUSES TIRES TO WEAR IN 4K-5K MILES. DEALER WILL ONLY ROTATE TIRES AND REALIGN WHICH IS KNOWN NOT TO FIX THE PROBLEM.*AK

NISSAN 350 Z OWNERS HAVE A SEVERE PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION OF THERE NEW CAR. NISSAN IS NOT REPAIRING THIS PROBLEM. THEY HAVE ADDRESSED THE ISSUE WITH A TSB. THIS REPAIR IS JUST ENOUGH TO GET THE OWNERS PASSED THERE 12,500 MILE WARRANTY. THE PROBLEM IS THAT THERE IS NO ADJUSTMENT FOR CASTER OR CAMBER ON THE 350Z. THE CARS LEFT THE FACTORY WITH AN ALIGNMENT PROBLEM, AND THERE IS REALLY NO REPAIR AVAILABLE. THIS HAS LEFT ALL 350Z OWNERS, REPLACING TIRES ALMOST EVERY 6 MONTHS. *AK

NISSAN 350Z TIRE FEATHERING PROBLEM BELIEVE TO BE RELATED TO A PROBLEM WITH THE SUSPENSION.*AK

NISSAN'S 350Z'S SUSPENSION CAUSES FRONT TIRES CUPPING ON THE INNER EDGES OF THE TIRES. THIS IS THE SOURCE OF THAT LOUD ROAR YOU HEAR WHEN YOU BRAKE FROM ABOUT 30 MPH TO A COMPLETE STOP.*AK NISSAN ONLY OFFER TO REALIGN THE SUSPENSION AND REPLACE THE CUPPED TIRES BUT NOT ADDRESSING THE SUSPENSION ISSUE. THE PROBLEM IS CAUSED BY A DESGIN FLAW IN THE SUSPENSION OF THE Z. IT IS NOT A PROBLEM WITH THE TIRES AS ANY TIRE YOU PUT ON THE Z WILL EVENTUALLY START TO CUP AGAIN.