Official 370z problems

chris410

A lot of people have a paint chip on the side fender, I believe this was caused by installation. Aside from that, no problems with paint or anything else. Temp has not been an issue either however, from what others said, if you are running it at the track you may want an oil cooler.

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awesomez

No problems here so far.

StLRedrider

nothing here to report

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Blown32

Outside of the paint issues the wife and I love the car and are very satisfied.

import111

Oil temps when pushing the Z is a known problem. The hatch release button is becoming a known problem. Clutch rattle when the car is warm is a known problem. Feul starvation on high G corners is pretty much a track only known problem.

Robert Z

This is my 5th Z and this is the worst paint ever!!!! I have a peral white....

JungleB

For those with bad paint, do you know when your car was manufactured? Wonder if it was a bad run?

Steven

i have pearle white and love the paint. its gorgeous.

Gr8Ovechkin

Huge problem. For some reason the car was jumping time. They couldn't diagnose what part of the engine was causing the problem so they replaced the camshaft and a few other parts. 2 months later the problem is back and Nissan has no idea what is causing it. The warranty is still good but it's a huge pain in the ***.

Jose Aliling

mine has no fuel

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nightfury

my damn power steering pump fail on a 2010 . only 80.000 km

One_Quick_Z

I havnt had any issues yet, other than having to replace a tire, I ran over some bolts/screws on the interstate go figure. And a few rock chips thats about it


DAN

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ImportConvert

Just reading the forums and stating how I would correct the issues at hand:

-Transmission has weak synchro's.
---Don't skip gears.

-Some drivers find that the car does actually overheat on their daily commute. How they actually drive is anyone's guess, but on the street I can't imagine being able to drive any of the cars I have owned to the point of overheating if everything was in working order.
----Get a cooler with a thermostat. Too cool is just as bad and maybe worse than too hot.

-Early models had a whining sound come from the PCM.
----Swap it out.

-Some 2009's used oil.
----Fixed via Nissan.

-The paint is 3mm thick. This is some of the thinnest in the industry. It allows for truly awesome "depth" of color.
----A clear-bra is mandatory.

-Some people complain about "cabin noise". I have driven 370's and don't think it's an issue.
----If you must, there are many products on the market like "Blockit", and others.

Armonster

Interesting. Can someone elaborate on this?

spearfish25

When you change gears, a synchro must match input and output shaft speeds to get the gears to align. A synchro is a chamfered ring that helps the two shafts match speeds as one slowly engages the chamfer. If you skip gears, you have a larger disparity in input and output shaft speeds, and that burden is put on the synchro to overcome (additional wear). So by sequentially rather than skip shifting, you make the synchro's work easier.

You can safely skip shift if you double clutch. By double clutching, you manually match input and output shaft speeds and negate the need for a synchro. This is how guys who killed their synchros continued driving and how EVERYONE drove before a synchromesh gearbox.

The beauty of SRM is that it allows a perfect 6-4 double clutch downshift and even does the blip for you.

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