2003 NISSAN 350Z Complaints

VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER FOR THE FIRST 3000 MILES REGULAR INSPECTION. TECHNICIAN STATED THAT FRONTS TIRES NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AND FRONT ALIGNMENT DONE. *AK

350Z TRACK EDITION. DRIVER SEAT SHIFTS WHILE CORNERING. PROBLEMS SEEMS TO BE WITH THE MANUAL ADJUSTMENT IN THE LOWER SEAT PORTION. THE LOWER PART OF THE SEAT SEEMS TO BE SEPARATE FROM THE SEAT TRACK AND IS NOT SOLID. WHEN MAKING LEFT OR RIGHT TURNS THE SEAT KNOCKS. THIS FEELS VERY UNSAFE, NOT TO MENTION ANNOYING. DEALER HAS CHECKED, BUT SINCE THERE IS NO SERVICE BULLETIN ON IT, THEY ARE NOT SURE WHAT TO DO. I REQUESTED A REPLACEMENT SEAT. WE'LL SEE. I WONDER IF THIS PROBLEM EXISTS ON POWER SEATS AS WELL.*AK

I WAS REARENDED AT APROXIMATLY 45 MPH. THE DRIVER'S SIDE AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY. ALSO THE DRIVER'S SIDE SEATBELT DID NOT LOCK. THE PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED AND THE SEATBELT LOCKED. I OBTAINED SERIOUS INJURIES TO MY BACK FOR WHICH I AM SEEKING PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR RIGHT NOW.*AK

I HIT ANOTHER CAR ON THE HIGHWAY(REAR ENDED) MY PASSENGER SIDE AIRBAG DEPLOYED ,BUT MY SIDE (DRIVER) DID NOT DEPLOY .*AK

THERE IS A HESITATION WHEN SHIFTING INTO THIRD GEAR, AND WHEN IT GOES INTO GEAR, THERE IS A GRINDING NOISE. DEALERSHIP REPLACED THE MANUAL TRANSMISSION, BUT THE PROBLEM RECURRED 5000 MILES LATER,AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED AGAIN.*AK

CONSUMER STATED THAT WHILE DRIVING AND WITHOUT WARNING THERE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH THE ALIGNMENT WEARING. DEALER NOTIFIED. *AK

3RD GEAR GRINDS AND TRANSMISSION NOISES. I HAVE SPOKEN WITH OVER 200 PEOPLE WITH THE SAME PROBLEM. DEALER REFUSES TO WARRANTY PROBLEM DUE TO AFTERMARKET PARTS.*AK

PURCHASED 2003 NISSAN 350Z JANUARY 2003. VEHICLE SUFFERS FROM A CHRONIC TIRE CUPPING PROBLEM. TIRES WERE REPLACED BY NISSAN AT ~5,000 MILES. THIS WAS ONLY DONE AT MY INSISTENCE. NISSAN'S PUBLISHED (SEE THEIR TSB) APPROACH IS TO DISMOUNT TIRES AND ROTATE SIDE TO SIDE. NOW AT ~6,000 MILES AND NEW TIRES ARE CUPPING. VEHICLE ALSO SUFFERS FROM A SEVERE PURPOSING (BOUNCE) PROBLEM THAT PARTICULARLY MANIFESTS ITSELF ON CONCRETE ROADWAYS. AT HIGHWAY SPEED IT IS SO SEVERE THAT THE CAR FEELS AS THOUGH IT IS BECOMING AIRBORNE. NISSAN HAS NOT, OF YET, ADDRESSED EITHER OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH A PERMANENT FIX. *JB

FRONT TIRE "FEATHERING." THERE IS A COMMON FRONT END SUSPENSION PROBLEM WITH MANY OF THE FIRST YEAR NISSAN 350Z'S RELEASED THAT CAUSES THE FRONT TIRES TO WEAR UNEVENLY AND PREMATURELY FAIL. IT CAN FIRST BECOME NOTICEABLE AT SEVERAL THOUSAND MILES. THE FRONT TIRES MAKE EXCESSIVE NOISE UNDER BRAKING AT SPEEDS BELOW 40 MPH. I HAVE CONTACTED NISSAN NORTH AMERICA ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS AND HAD MY VEHICLE IN FOR SERVICE AT THE DEALERSHIP, BUT TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, A FIX IS NOT CURRENTLY AVAILABLE. I REPLACED THE ORIGINAL TIRES AT 4000 MILES BECAUSE OF THE NOISE, THEN DISCOVERED AT A CHAT ROOM THAT MANY OTHER 350Z OWNERS WERE HAVING SIMILAR PROBLEMS. ONCE REMOVED, AN INSPECTION SHOWED UNEVEN WEAR ON THE INSIDE EDGE OF THE TIRE THAT I WAS PREVIOUSLY UNAWARE OF. NISSAN HAS AGREED TO REIMBURSE THE COST OF ONE REPLACEMENT SET OF TIRES, BUT MY CONCERN IS THAT THE VEHICLE WILL CONTINUE TO CAUSE PREMATURE TIRE WEAR PROBLEMS UNLESS FIXED. I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A SAFETY ISSUE, BUT AM CONVINCED THAT A MECHANICAL DEFECT EXISTS, NISSAN IS AWARE OF IT AND A MAJORITY OF EARLY ISSUE CARS ARE EFFECTED. *JB

GAS DOOR INOPERABLE, STUCK WON'T OPEN FROM THE INSIDE REMOTE BROKEN PART. *JB