Bye 370Z...Hello Jeep!

Originally Posted by ImportConvert

It happens, but Nissan NA was a PITA to deal with and soured everything.

-Brakes at 10K, 17K, 20K, 23K, and 27K miles. 3 sets of rotors and pads. $500 out of pocket at Dealer urging to upgrade to slotted rotors. Dealer then denied this when they warped and I wanted Nissan NA to cover them as Dealer told me to buy them. During this, I went through 1 set of tires, and never had hot-spots on the rotors or abnormal pad-wear. Rotor issues
NNA had them datalog my driving, blaming ME for the problem. When they saw that I rarely used the brakes, they then shifted tactics and tried stupid stuff like "we think there is a hole in the brake line" and other BS. I sat there and listened to NNA Tech Hotline on speaker phone in the managers office. They are a bunch of Jiffylube Techs that try to blame the consumer any way they can, from what I heard them saying.

-Power steering moaned and whined. Started at around 7K miles and got worse and worse until it attracted attention every time I pulled into a parking-spot. Dealer said it was abnormal but could find nothing wrong with the system. NNA claimed "Normal for the 370Z".

-Alignment. It was always wearing tires un-evenly. Bad. As in, not even on the wear-bar on one side, but down to the cords on the inside. I had no clue how bad they really were until I traded it in and saw them while driving away. Wow! Aligned twice in 20K miles. Couldn't hold alignment I guess. NEVER had a car do that before, but maybe it's normal?

-NAV: It was glitchy, but not bad. It only "went black" twice while I owned the car, and restarting the car fixed it each time. Meh. No big.

^Those were the issues I had with it until I dumped it at 35.5K miles. Oh, and the Berk CBE I bought for it fit for ****. BERK's CS was non-existent, as well. Call and talk to them and they BS you and never follow through. The CBE was like it wasn't even made for my 370Z, and always fell off the grommets as the hangers had no swell on the end and were sharply angled up. A few bumps and they slipped out of course.

All-in-all, I can deal with "Oh, crap, that broke? Let's fix it!" but the incessant "Mr. *******, we don't know what's wrong with your car, but we can keep it another few days..." and "Well, I know we said it sounds bad and we will fix it, but NNA say's that groaning sound is normal when you turn at low speeds in a 370Z, bring it back if it gets worse". just got OLD!!!

I respect that things can break, but just like with my G20 that was a pile (and people told me not to judge the 370 by my G20...it was a PERFECT! mirror of what owning the 370 was like!), even the dealership didn't know how to fix the vehicle. So, I digress. It had issues that money and the manufacturer couldn't or wouldn't fix.