Nissan 370Z Forum - Cracked Head Gasket

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Originally Posted by 1slow370 (Post 2818624)

until nissan says otherwise, there is nothing you can do short of a lawsuit.

which should of happened about 8 months ago

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Originally Posted by IDZRVIT (Post 2818935)

Doing a half-assed rad test like you did doesn't produce any valid results. Take your car to a radiator specialty shop and have a pressure test done the proper way. If it doesn't check out OK, get their diagnosis and repair estimate and take it back to your dealer and call NNA if they won't do anything about it. At least you will have an independent diagnosis of your problem in your hand.

It gets super complicated fo sho lol. yeah i passed the combustion gas test and I dont have coolant/oil contamination nor am i burning any. In my case I know that the gasket is blown because once the engine reaches 190degrees it pushes ridiculous amounts of coolant into the over flow and then begins leaking gas into the cooling system so I probably have a head that is warping at temp and a minor leak that is one way from one of the cylindersinto the coolant jacket. Your head gasket is fuxed if after you shut your car off the hoses are still rock hard and it geysers coolant and gas out the cap after day 3 of sitting lol

Also often threating to sue is enough, get a lawyer to draft up the documents but instead of filing them take them to the dealership. once they know you arent F'ing around they will work with you. Especially if you talk just loud enough that a good portion of the front lobby can hear you, friday afternoons work great as it is a high sales time and should be full of people that they don't want to know that they suck.

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Originally Posted by 1slow370 (Post 2818713)

It's not gonna help? All the manufacturers are dicks now, technology has come far enough that the average auto tech at the dealership has no idea what to do anymore if it's anything other than a simple issue, not to mention added features at ever reduced costs, and everything has to be more complex to meet emmisions and be competitive, we have the technology to build awesome cars now but they just become more complex. You want a car your mechanic can fix? buy something from the 90's

I WOULD TOTALLY AGREE WITH STAYING AWAY FROM ANYTHING WITH A CVT THOUGH

Edit: I know a guy with an FR-S and BOY does he bitch 12 trips to the dealer, lemon'd the car, got another one and it has the EXACT same issue the first one did.

Also know a mustang owner and hes fairly satisfied, they can fix his car when he brings it in, it's just to bad something else breaks in the next couple months.

Yea maybe one off I dunno. I don't think so though.. I think it is a brand issue. I've been in the erricksen nissan shuttle numerous times picking up and dropping off my car and every time there is another pissed of customer with a similar string of never ending issues that is swearing off the brand.. Anyways, I've owned numerous Honda and Toyota and they have always been rocksolid 100%. I mean if you really want to see how much of a POS company nissan truly is just go to Nissan Computer Corporation. That story makes my blood boil just reading it!

Oh and thanks for sharin about your cracked head gasket.. I guess I gotta take it to an independent shop to actually get it fixed or even just have proof its f-ed even though the coolant is magically disappearing, although I am certain if I do that Nissan will use it as grounds to void my warranty. ROFL

Oh well, at the end of the day its just a car.. Hard lesson learned I suppose

Before contacting a lawyer or whatever, you should follow the complaint procedure in the OM i.e. the independent arbitration. Long story short, Ford dealer refused to replace catalytic converter after ~90 months (96 month warranty on emiisions systems). Contacted the arbitration folks but Ford relented and replaced the converter shortly after they found out I was filing a complaint. Suggest you do the same and it doesn't cost anything.

So funny story, took them over a week to locate the leak in teh AC unit. They had to order a new compressor because the 'old' one has a leak. Went to pick u the car cause its gonna be a while longer with out AC.. goin on a year now. Went to get my car out of the car park and I **** you not there were 20 370Z all covered in dust just waiting on parts to be fixed.. Kinda crazy