That is how I am, I would love for the dealership to pay for it but I have little time to drive to any dealership most of the time. Though paying the money is not high on my list of things to pay for.

Finally got the call that my springs were in, went there on Saturday morning to get them changed, fully expecting it to be a 2 minute job, but no, was told I had to leave the car there as it would be about 3 hours before they could do anything.
I offered to do it myself, "NO WAY" was the reply, "this is warranty work and has to be done by us". I showed them how easy the spings came out and they could do it very quickly, but stil NO!!!
So I left. :shakes head:

in order for the dealer to get paid by nissan for the warranty repair they HAVE to do the work. they told me the same thing, but i already knew how all that worked.

i wish it were as easy for you guys as it was for me...
when i first approached the service manager i asked him to come out side and take a look at them, i took one off to show him the simplicity of it...

a few days later service manager called me and told me to stop by when i had time, so i went by after work that day, and he installed them himself right there on the spot in the parking area where the cars line up to go in the bays :tup::tup: to this dealership...

it litterally took him less than a minute to do the swap...

Some cars are built in December 2008 (mine, has problem)....some cars are built in March 2009, eh? Does Nissan have just one plant where these are produced? I have no idea...anyone know?

I respectfully disagree. It only does it on mine when the temps drop below 40

:stirthepot:

I installed my new springs and they are awesome! The trunk literally jumps at you lol!

Same here! It only gets stuck when it's cold!

Could have but don't think so. If only dealers were that good! I live in OKC ..... the car came from a dealer in Lubbock, TX with 20 miles on the odometer. Also, I've never seen a dealer be that good about replacing defective parts on new cars. I also just bought a new SUV for the wife. It had deep scratches in 2 of the bright chrome finished wheels. They acted like they did not know about the damage although the car had been detailed before delivery. However, they did replace the wheels....I had not filled out the dealer evaluation survey so this helped.

BTW.........temp today is 13 degrees. My hatch opens perfectly.

Mine does it. have to press button twice to get latch to release.

When I get more time I'll read back through this thread to fix

just print out the invoice that i uploaded and take that to the dealer. the fact that it does not release properly and the proof that mine was taken care of under warranty for free should be enough. should..

yeah starting happening to me yesterday. it seems it only happens when it's cold as hell outside. im in nyc, yesterday it was like 30 degrees outside, i had to press the button two or three times to get it to open.

It just got cold here for the first time (30's at night) and now it is happening to me as well....... push once and it pops a little but doesn't unlatch, push again and it unlocks but doesn't lift up.

just lift on the hatch (not spoiler) a little on the 2nd button-press and you can lift it through the latch. even if it is an intermittant problem or temperature dependant, it is STILL a problem. call Nissan and visit your dealer. new cars should NOT have quirks. :shakes head:

:iagree: I'm with ya. There is actually one advantage in this rainy weather..... the hatch doesn't fly open and allow rain in the back of the car :roflpuke2: