Sad times for the Z :'(
 

So there i was on the pennyrile parkway in kentucky, driving my second 370z that i purchased earlier this year. Around 3700 miles when my steering wheel started shaking abruptly. I immediately hit the brakes and pulled over. Got out and saw my driver side rear tire nearly completely disintegrated off the rim. Hanging on by just a thread. On top of that i have a black tar/rubber ring going along the paint of the quarter panel an rear bumper going around the wheel well. Along with wanting to cry, i was quite furious over the fact that this happened to my baby woth just 3700 miles. Not doing anything crazy judt merely driving. How embarrassing it was to drive the remainding 40 miles home on a donut. Now i await to see what yokohama is going to do.

Note: mine is without the sports package. So it ha the factory stock yokohama tires.

Will add pic shortly

Bummer. I'd talk to the dealership and see what they do. They may replace the entire wheel if your rim is bent. If not, I would talk to Nissan about it and see what they say.

Look on the bright side though, it could be worse. You could say.... have a nismo with 1750 miles on it and be broadsided by a deer, then be forced to drive a brown Cube for 3 weeks.

My mother had a set of Yokohama tires fall apart on her Camry. They replaced them. Bad tires do happen

Yeah the dealer is being a pain right now. But im gonna assume the nismo part is from experience. Sorry to hear lol

Im hoping they replace it. If not then ill be forced to pull a will ferrell n punch a baby in the face

Omg dm! :ughdance::ugh2: here too!?

That darn Cube is making us ALL miserable ;)

I would be mad that the TPMS didn't alert you to the flat before it went catastrophic. Could have been a nasty accident if you had swerved while the tire was deflated.

:shakes head: that sux... Sorry :ugh2:

Damn, that sucks. It sure seems like the warranty should cover something like this. New tires shouldn't just fall apart no matter what you're doing.

I'm telling you, the 2012s are cursed o_O

I'll stop whining by the end of this week. Headed to the beach and the dragondeerslayer will be ready to roll by the time I get back.

Ok-im starting a new thread...."who has a crashed-crunched-animal killing 2012?"

Not just animals. So far iirc we have:
-1 deer kamikaze broadside crash
-1 raccoon front spoiler demolition
-1 inexplicable random tire blowout
-1 guy whose parked Z was hit by a dumb drunk teenager and totalled

There are probably more.

I would have just gone with '12 Zs are Mayan cursed ooOOoooOoOOoO.

That's powerfully un-cool that is...

Now I am paranoid about my tires... great...