Consumer Complaints
| Fail date | miles | occurences | Purchase date |
|---|---|---|---|
| WHEELS | |||
| 01/20/2009 | 35500 | 1 | |
| I own a 2003 nissan 350z with stock 7 spoke wheels and have found that my right front wheel(rim) has a crack in one spoke that goes all the way through. the left front wheel has 2 spokes that have cracks that are all the way through the spokes. *tr | |||
| 07/20/2005 | 16232 | 2 | 04/10/2003 |
| I received a notice in the mail from nissan in the spring of 2004 concerning a toe out condition that could cause irregular tire wear on the inner edge of the front tires. i took my car in on 7/29/04 to the nissan dealer & asked if this was going to be an ongoing problem with the z & was told,no, once it is adjusted, it will repair the problem. supposedly fixed, with new front tires and 1 year later, i returned to nissan with the same issue. i questioned them about the previous year service & was told i probably hit a pot hole and that i needed an alignment,which i was charged for, but my concerns about the tire feathering were ignored. after some research i found that the 03 z was manufactured with this factory defect which the newer models don't have. this tells me that this is fixable. being a severe safety issue, the factory setting of the toe adjustmentwhich causes feathering on the inside front tires & their yearly needed replacement is clearly the liability of the manufacturer, not the consumer! what can be done about this? *jb | |||
| WHEELS - MULTI PIECE | |||
| 11/10/2004 | 13000 | 1 | |
| Driver side wheel chassis broke while backing out of the drive at 3 mph. there was no steering, and the vehicle proceeded to strike a fence. vehicle is still not drivable, and the manufacturer offers no assistance.*ak | |||
| WHEELS - RIM | |||
| 08/07/2004 | 11010 | 1 | 10/26/2003 |
| Vehicle experienced a defective material reaction to an altered road surface in front driver's side rim. a set of raised subway tracks ran parallel with the road i was traveling on. as the road forked, i was forced to traverse the tracks in order to follow the appropriate road. as soon as the inside edge of front driver's side rim came in contact with the subway rail, the vehicle immediately bottomed out. after bringing the vehicle to the side of the road i investigated the tire and rim and found no apparent damage. after completely removing the rim from the vehicle it was immediately apparent that the inside edge of the rim had caved in. the outer edge of the rim was undamaged, as was the tire itself, but the outer edge of the rim seemed to have collapsed in on itself. the impact of the vehicle bottoming out must have damaged the rotor and wheel studs because within 500 feet of installing the spare tire the studs themselves broke forcing me to have the vehicle flatbedded to the dealership. dealership refused to repair vehicle as under warrantee claiming driver error. the lack of tire damage and signs of direct impact damage to outer rim, seems to indicate a weakened inner edge to the rim stemming from material defect failure/ | |||