Issues
 

I have a 40th Anniversary Z that typically is a garage queen (it has less than 3,000 miles on it). I normally start the car every few months if I don't drive it for an extended period of time. A couple days ago I tried to start the car and nothing. I decided to purchase a battery tender to keep the battery charged in the future, but now I can not get the car to jump start when hooking it up to another vehicle (2010 Mazda 3 and 2008 VW R32). The car just won't turn over and the driver side window will not respond at all. I have attempted jumping the car back to back days and no luck. Any thoughts? Is there some safety override that maybe I am missing...?

Does anything happen at all when you push the ignition button? Are there any warnindg lights (like the "key") on?

It barely acts like it wants to turn. The red key was on at one point on the dash. The little screen also shows that the clutch needs pushed (which I am doing).

So you are getting some kind of reaction from the engine when you push the start button, right?

This is correct.

This is starting to sound like a bad battery.

Any chance at charging a bad battery or is it hopeless?

I assume batteries are a non-warranty item as well.

Batteries are absolutely warranty items.

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What is confusing? Failed batteries in the warranty period are covered.

When you say "absolutely"... I believe that the battery falls under a different warranty term like the tires, unless is made by Nissan.

Remember the car is 2 yrs old so the warranty of the battery might not be 3 yrs like the car.

I see where you are going with this, but I have never heard of a battery not being replaced, if bad, during the warranty period.

Looks like under 24 months is 0% owner cost.

https://owners.nissanusa.com/content...ty-booklet.pdf - page 43

There you go.