How is your top

OldGuyFla

That's not good, here is a link to close it manually.
Starts at the bottom of page Rf-24

http://www.nicoclub.com/FSM/370Z/Coupe/2010/RF.pdf

Good luck!

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blueranger

Took it to the dealer today for a master tech to look at it. They had to keep the car overnight and they said j would get a call in the morning.

Hoping it's not outrageous like some of the quotes I have read.




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blueranger

Well that "Master Tech" was only good to say my top is broken and I need to replace the "ENTIRE" top assembly at an incredible price of $18,000.00 and the brilliant service adviser tells me "I would do the repair sell the car and get your money back". I told him would you give this advice to your Mother, Sister or Brother? All I got was silence...

The sad part was I requested the dealer to manually close the top regardless of what was needed. So then the adviser tells me the "Master Tech" could not do this because of the broken pieces.

I found a shop that the Ford Dealership subs out all of their top issues to and this guy manually closed my top in two minutes for free! He said he will try to find the parts I need through one of the dealers he does work for (another Nissan dealer) or he will do a national hotline search with the salvage yards to find a reasonably priced replacement part(s).

I will post a picture of the broken part to reference this wonderful journey I have begun.

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blueranger

One concern I have regarding a manual close is the caution notice I read on the roof top manual:

Be careful not to leave the vehicle outside for a long period
of time or drive at high speeds.
The soft top is not locked completely, and this may allow
wind, rain and foreign matter to get into the vehicle.

Any feedback on this?

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OldGuyFla

The reason for that caution is that the rear of the top is more or less just sitting there & not locked down. Wind coming in the cockpit could cause the rear to raise up at high speeds.

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blueranger

Are you referencing this area in the rear?




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OldGuyFla

Yes, it is where it is usually locked electrical.

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michele's 370

thank you for this link, my wife's convertible top is now stuck in the down position and the trunk wont open. Our local dealer claims there is zero information from Nissan about diagnosing 370z convertible top issues.