Nissan 370Z problems and owner complaints

GOT THE CAR IN 09 NISSAN 370Z. FIRST MONTH AC WENT OUT. IT BEEN FIX ABOUT 10X. THEY TOLD ME THAT IT FIXED FOR SURE THIS TIME. (BEEN OVER TWO YEARS FOR IT TO BE FIX. NOT SURE IT FIX OR NOT BC IT STILL AT THE DEALER) TRANSMISSION REPLACED WITHIN 4 MONTHS OF OWNING THE CAR AND THROW OUT BEARING. TRANSMISSION BEEN LOOK AT ABOUT 4X. ABOUT TWO MONTHS AGO MY CAR TURNED OFF WHILE AT A STOP LIGHT AND 3 WEEKS AGO I WAS GOING 55 MPH AND THE CAR SHUT OFF ON ME WHILE DRIVING. I DIDN'T HAVE ANY POWER STEERING OR BRAKES. THANK GOD I WAS ABLE TO STOP. I TOOK …

Owner-reported narrative. 14,890 miles reported. Look up ODI 10430857 at NHTSA ↗

YELLOW KEY LIGHT ILLUMINATED WHEN CAR WAS STARTED, EVEN THOUGH HAD KEY FOB IN POCKET. WENT TO DINNER AND UPON RETURNING TO CAR, IT WOULD NOT START. WOULD NOT DO ANYTHING, NO RESPONSE TO DEPRESSING START BUTTON. STRANDED WITH WIFE IN 22 DEGREE COLD. HAD TO HAVE IT TOWED TO DEALER THE NEXT DAY. IPDM HAD TO BE REPLACED. THIS IS A VERY COMMON PROBLEM WITH THIS CAR. IF YOU GOOGLE THE PROBLEM, THERE ARE TONS OF FOLKS OUT THERE THAT HAVE HAD THE SAME PROBLEM. THIS IS COMMON IN MANY OF THE NISSAN MODELS THAT USE THE INTELLIKEY SYSTEM. MY TAKE O…

Owner-reported narrative. 28,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10439675 at NHTSA ↗

TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 2009 NISSAN 370Z. THE CONTACT STATED THAT HE WAS UNABLE TO START THE VEHICLE. ALSO, THE CONTACT MENTIONED THAT WHENEVER HE DEPRESSED THE CLUTCH, IT FAILED TO RELEASE PREVENTING HIM FROM PROPERLY SHIFTING GEARS. THE VEHICLE WAS TAKEN TO DEALER. THE TECHNICIAN DIAGNOSED THAT THE STEERING LOCK FAILED AND NEEDED TO BE REPLACED. THE MANUFACTURER WAS MADE AWARE OF THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE WAS NOT REPAIRED. THE VIN WAS NOT AVAILABLE. THE FAILURE MILEAGE WAS 59,000 AND THE CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 60,000. ...UPDATED 04-03-13 *BF TH…

Owner-reported narrative. 59,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10497796 at NHTSA ↗

ON THE MORNING OF WEDS, OCT. 10TH, I WAS LEAVING WORK WHEN I COULD NOT START THE CAR. KNOWING THAT IT SEEMED NOT A BATTERY ISSUE, I FIRST THOUGHT IT WAS AN INTELLIGENT KEY ISSUE. AFTER REPLACING THE BATTERY IN THE IK WITH STILL NO LUCK, I TRIED AGAIN WITH MY SPARE IK. AGAIN, NO START. I HAD CAR TOWED TO LOCAL NISSAN WHERE THE STATED THEY HADN'T HEARD OF ANY ISSUE WITH THE 370Z. AFTER 5 HOURS OF WAITING, THE GENERAL DIAGNOSTICS RESULTS CAME BACK WITH MULTIPLE CODE POINTS INDICATING A "STEERING LOCK FAILURE". NISSAN REPS THERE STATED THEY HAD NEV…

Owner-reported narrative. 28,580 miles reported. Look up ODI 10480154 at NHTSA ↗

I ARRIVED TO WORK AROUND 7 AM. WHEN I LEFT WORK TO GO HOME AROUND 4:30 PM, I UNLOCKED MY CAR. I PUSHED THE BUTTON TO START THE CAR LIKE NORMAL (THOUGH I DID NOTICE A LIGHT ON THE DASH THAT SAID "KEY") AND THE CAR WOULDN'T START. I THOUGHT MAYBE MY KEY FOB BATTERY WAS DEAD SO I PUT IT IN THE SLOT THAT ENABLES ONE TO START THE CAR WITH A DEAD FOB. THE CAR STILL DIDN'T START AFTER PUSHING THE BUTTON. I HAD MY WIFE BRING ME THE SPARE FOB TO FIND THAT IT TOO WOULD NOT START THE CAR EITHER WAY. I CALLED NISSAN AND THEY TOLD ME IT WOULD HAVE TO …

Owner-reported narrative. 53,800 miles reported. Look up ODI 10482122 at NHTSA ↗

DROVE MY CAR TO WORK. UPON TRYING TO LEAVE WORK, THE FOB KEY UNLOCKED THE CAR, BUT THE CAR DISPLAYED A KEY WARNING LIGHT INDICATED NO FOB DETECTED. I INSERTED THE FOB INTO THE INTELLIGENT KEY SLOT TO THE LEFT OF THE STEERING WHEEL, NO LUCK. I TRIED A BACKUP FOB (WITH GOOD BATTERIES), AND EVEN JUMP STARTING THE CAR...STILL NO LUCK. HEADLIGHTS AND BRAKE LIGHTS WORK INDICATING POWER TO THE VEHICLE. APPARENTLY A DEFECTIVE STEERING LOCK SOLENOID FAILED AND CAUSED CAR TO CEASE TO START OR OPERATE AND WAS LEFT STRANDED. UPON RESEARCH ONLINE THIS IS A …

Owner-reported narrative. 38,560 miles reported. Look up ODI 10494603 at NHTSA ↗

1. CAR NISSAN 370Z, 2009 (11,000 MILES)WAS STALLING AND KNOCKING 2. I TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE NISSAN DEALER AND THEIR ASSESSMENT WAS THAT THE OIL WAS BEING BURNED UP, FOR NO APPARENT AND DAMAGE HAS OCCURRED TO THE SHORT BLOCK. 3. DEALER IS GOING TO REPLACE THE SHORT BLOCK AT NO COST UNDER WARRANTY. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 11,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10327087 at NHTSA ↗

THE FUEL GAUGE IS INACCURATE AND/OR DEFECTIVE FUEL SENDER UNIT CAUSING THE GAUGE TO NOT SHOW A FULL TANK AFTER FILLING UP. IT RENDERS THE GAUGE UNRELIABLE IN DETERMINING THE AMOUNT OF FUEL LEFT. ALSO, THE CAR HAS A FUEL STARVATION ISSUE WHEN MAKING SHARP RIGHT TURNS WITH LESS THAN A QUARTER TANK. IT CAUSES THE ENGINE TO STALL AND WON'T START UNTIL YOU EITHER LET IT SIT OR FILL WITH MORE GAS. *TR

Owner-reported narrative. 35,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10471913 at NHTSA ↗

DEAR NHTSA, I WOULD LIKE TO REPORT A SERIOUS ISSUE WITH THE NISSAN 370Z. TODAY AS I WAS COMING OUT OF A SHARP RIGHT HAND OFF RAMP (FROM I-91N INTO 15N IN HARTFORD, CT). THE CAR EXPERIENCED FUEL STARVATION IN WHICH ALL GAS SLOSH TO THE LEFT SIDE OF THE VEHICLE. EVEN THOUGH THE CAR WAS STRAIGHTENED OUT AFTER THE TURN, THE FUEL NEVER RETURNED TO THE RIGHT SIDE WHERE THE FUEL PUMP IS. SO DESPITE HAVING 4.5 GALLONS LEFT IN THE GAS TANK, MY CAR COMPLETELY SHUT DOWN DUE TO THE FUEL PUMP NOT BEING ABLE TO GET ANY FUEL. I SAT THERE DESPERATELY T…

Owner-reported narrative. Look up ODI 10457548 at NHTSA ↗

AS I WAS MERGING ONTO 101 FROM 880 IN SAN JOSE, THE CAR LOST ALL DRIVE AT THE EXIT OF THE MERGE AS THE CAR EXPERIENCED FUEL STARVATION WHEN THE FUEL ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE GAS TANK SLOSH OVER TO THE LEFT SIDE DURING THE TIGHT TURN FROM 101 AND 880. MY SPEED WAS LESS THAN 30MPH AT THE TURN AND THE STARVATION HAPPENED AS I EXITED THE CLOVER LEAF. THE EXPERIENCE WAS SCARY AS I LOST ALL DRIVE WHILE CARS WERE COMING UP BEHIND ME AT 65MPH. THIS HAS HAPPENED BEFORE, IT IS A COMMON ISSUE WITH THE 370. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK NHTSA TO STEP IN AND ASK …

Owner-reported narrative. 30,000 miles reported. Look up ODI 10649292 at NHTSA ↗