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Originally Posted by Jsolo Regarding the drivability issues, I'm guessing your car is a 2009 model? 13K on a 3 year old car means *MANY* short trips. In fact, you
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If you have an opportunity, pull off one of the maf sensors from the intake (don't disconnect any wires). I'm sure the backside will not be so clean. Review page 9 of this pdf http://www.nissanusa.com/pdf/techpub...2010_N_SMG.pdf If you haven't already, try a bottle or two of chevron. |
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Meguiars is good but doesnt hold a candle to the Leatherique, try it out bud! I actually bought some white lithium grease spray and lubed up the insides of the seatbelt assembly because mine clicked too, havent heard a peep since. Just be careful not to spray it all over the place!
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The unused fob still uses the battery - if you haven't tested it, replacing it is the best test.
As for the hesitation, mine hesitates every morning in my neighorhood at a right hand corner - I'm pretty sure there's a programming issue (search for other threads), but I'm not holding my breath for Nissan to fix it. (PS No, it isn't VDC - turning it off doesn't change anything.) I'm just glad it happens rarely, and all the technology is why I got an extended warranty. Oh, and if it isn't a daily driver 13k miles means the leather shouldn't be wearing in my mind either.
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After a nice healthy day ride on the motorcycle, anything below 4500-5K rpm feels like a slug. The bike (09 fz1) simply has no low end torque after you've been terrorizing the neighborhood at 7-10K rpm (at legal speeds of course)
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A big thanks to everyone who took the time to give me thoughtful answers to my questions. The bogging down doesn't happen all the time, just when I make right-hand turns at a good clip. It's not driver error. I've been driving stick for 30 years. The revs are plenty high enough. The horsepower just drops out. It also doesn't matter whether it's warmed up or not. It does the same thing.
If the key fob battery is dead that's pretty disappointing to be honest. Same with the mats. Both should last longer than they have. I actually took the car into the dealer before the warranty expired to get the gas gauge and mats looked at. They said they'd need to take the dash apart to fix the gas gauge and would need to order a part. I said OK, and they never got back to me. Big surprise there. They also said that they would not replace the mat under warranty. I complained and then they said that their service manager would have to call me. Of course he never did. A month later, Santa Monica Nissan went out of business. I had also just given them $100 for three oil changes and I've only redeemed one. Have no idea if another dealer will honor that special. The clicking seatbelt drives me crazy. I've tried lubricating it, but it seems to be the mechanism that attaches to the body of the car. If you move it by hand you'll hear the clicking I'm talking about. For some reason my car has developed the problem over time. It didn't click when I first got the car. Again, I still love the car, but as the first vehicle I've bought that cost (a lot) more than $25,000 I expected better build/endurance for some things. I think maybe I should have listened to the old addage of you get what you pay for. |
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Seriously, your tone makes it seem like the engine blew up, the gearbox seized, the wheel fell off on the highway, the brakes failed, the diff self destructed, the frame cracked, and the body rusted right through itself. Yet all your problems are a dead keyfob battery, a worn out floor mat, a slightly inaccurate fuel gauge, and possibly a squeaking seatbelt arm. Hardly anything to lose sleep over it.
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![]() Speaking of the key fob battery... The Z is the first car I've owned that has keyless ignition. Would it be expected that the keyfobs will chew through batteries faster than a keyed system? Isn't the keyfob always using some small amount of power trying to connect to the car? Or is that not how it works? Could be the reason why the OP is upset about the battery life. Last edited by Augustus; 01-31-2012 at 08:23 PM. |
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It's true. Nissan does not make the fob battery. I am glad to help.
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