Serpentine Belt Ripped into Shreds!

kenbains12 · 05-19-2010, 10:54 AM

Was tracking the 370z Base + Sports Package at the Sebring Interantional Raceway on the first warm up lap and suddenly the power stearing failed and the engine light came on! I felt the 1st loss of power after a hard turn #7 on the track, but we were all still at slow speeds. I was very lucky that it was only at a warm up lap. Mind you I only had 1500miles on the car. No turbos were installed yet or any mods at all. The dealership ended up taking all the cost....New belt, the tensioner was loose and all wiring for the oil sensors ect were ripped off due to the serpentine belt coming off?

Any thoughts or anyone else have any problems with the Sepentine Belt???

Jeffblue · 05-19-2010, 10:56 AM

you told them you were were at the track and they still fixed it?

kenbains12 · 05-19-2010, 11:05 AM

Hell NO......Took off all the Numbers....Got it towed to a far location from the track and then had the dealer come pick it up!!! It actually worked!! They asked a few times about if I ever had tracked the car? I just acted stupid and said "Huh...What's that mean?"

Total cost of repair. Almost 3K.....seriously!!!

RCZ · 05-19-2010, 02:51 PM

their fault for leaving the tensioner lose, wouldve happened eventually anyway.

Jeffblue · 05-19-2010, 03:34 PM

haha nice, i'm sure the tow to the 'far away place' was less than 3k, so you did pretty good!

05-19-2010, 10:54 AM	#1 (permalink)
kenbains12 Banned Join Date: May 2010 Location: Orlando Posts: 36 Drives: Ferrari360 Nis370 M3 Rep Power: 0	Serpentine Belt Ripped into Shreds! Was tracking the 370z Base + Sports Package at the Sebring Interantional Raceway on the first warm up lap and suddenly the power stearing failed and the engine light came on! I felt the 1st loss of power after a hard turn #7 on the track, but we were all still at slow speeds. I was very lucky that it was only at a warm up lap. Mind you I only had 1500miles on the car. No turbos were installed yet or any mods at all. The dealership ended up taking all the cost....New belt, the tensioner was loose and all wiring for the oil sensors ect were ripped off due to the serpentine belt coming off? Any thoughts or anyone else have any problems with the Sepentine Belt???

05-19-2010, 11:05 AM	#3 (permalink)
kenbains12 Banned Join Date: May 2010 Location: Orlando Posts: 36 Drives: Ferrari360 Nis370 M3 Rep Power: 0	Hell No Hell NO......Took off all the Numbers....Got it towed to a far location from the track and then had the dealer come pick it up!!! It actually worked!! They asked a few times about if I ever had tracked the car? I just acted stupid and said "Huh...What's that mean?" Total cost of repair. Almost 3K.....seriously!!!

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05-19-2010, 10:56 AM	#2 (permalink)
Jeffblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Age: 36 Posts: 9,192 Drives: Z32TT & 335xi Coupe Rep Power: 37	you told them you were were at the track and they still fixed it?

05-19-2010, 02:51 PM	#4 (permalink)
RCZ A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Miami Posts: 6,403 Drives: '09 370Z Rep Power: 1119	their fault for leaving the tensioner lose, wouldve happened eventually anyway.

05-19-2010, 03:34 PM	#5 (permalink)
Jeffblue A True Z Fanatic Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: NY Age: 36 Posts: 9,192 Drives: Z32TT & 335xi Coupe Rep Power: 37	haha nice, i'm sure the tow to the 'far away place' was less than 3k, so you did pretty good!