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Old 04-27-2009, 07:55 AM   #299 (permalink)
FlashBazbo
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It will take more than hiring a lawyer and threatening legal action. More than alerting the NHTSA or the EPA. Anyone remember the tire-eating early 350Zs? Even the mainstream car magazines talked about it, but they never fixed it for those first- and second-year owners. And it tanked the resale value of those cars.

I was a 240SX customer nineteen years ago. 240SXs wouldn't pass emissions tests in non-attainment areas (read: major cities). Nissan acknowledged a product defect, but wouldn't fix it and wouldn't make it right. They said they couldn't! (They did offer to cheat the inspection system, though.) I had a lawyer and contacted the EPA and spent three years trying to get Nissan to make things right. They never did. I moved to an attainment area where no emissions inspections were needed.

All that to say . . . don't expect a fix. If it's a problem, buy and install an oil cooler. That's cheaper than a lawyer. Or -- buy a different car. Or -- move to a colder climate.
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