Nissan 350z has a problem that leads to premature wear on tires. I have a 2004 350z and it is exhibiting same failure as 2003. Tires are making a noise that has to lead to ultimately a compromise of the tire intergrity. Nissan answer so far , spend $700 every 6 months, by changing tires and realign all wheels....at my expense!!! This is a consumer product failure , potentialy a safety problem, and nissan is not appropriately addressing the issue. They had the same problem in 2003 350z and all I can say , same problem in the 2004 model year car. Need help ..nissan is not providing a solution>
2004 Nissan 350Z tires complaints
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2004 350z has 11600 miles and tire roar has become very loud. Roar began near 10,000 miles and has gotten progressively worse. I have had the tires balanced at 10,000 miles in hopes of easing the situation - no relief. Notified by discount tire mechanic that the inside edges of the front tires were showing considerable wear. Called local nissan dealership and talked with maintenance & service dept. Was told that I would need to pay $90 + tax for an alignment and $28 + tax to flip the front tires. Also notified that I would probably need to repeat this every 10,000 miles and buy new tires every 20,000 miles. This seems to be a major flaw with the 2004 350z and has not been corrected from the 2003 model.
I was driving on the express way a motorcycle ahead of me applied his brakes I followed suit. The 350z roadster began to swerve and spin uncontrollably and stopped after I hit the sid rail resulting in motorcyclist and myself going to hospital the issues with the tires on the 350z are well known by consumers, nissan, and their dealerships. I have taken the car on at least three occasions to the dealership for examination and possible repairs but the tire defect and handling remain. This is unfortunate since they have tried to unsuccesfully fix the issue on other model years of this vehicle
Oem tires (bridgestone potenza re040) on my nissan 350z started feathering on the inside of both front tires around 6000 miles. Noticed the sound had gotten more noticable around 11000 miles. Took vehicle into nissan at 12548 miles and was told that nissan had a problem with the front end on the 2003 model, but that it had been corrected. Heard from another source that there were several 2004 350z cars that had the same problem.
Front tires are freathering and has a rowling noise
At the 15k service the service associate noted some front tire wear, and said that at the next service 18k, that I would need a front end alignement. At the 18k service the service associated sait that the tires were no longer servicable and that I would need $600 of tires and an alignment. After researching the problem, I found that nissan has admitted to a similar problem on the 2003 models, and that they are replacing tires and extending the warrenty to three years. Nissan has not officially done this for the 2004 models. I told this to the service manager and they tried to make it right and offered to pay for the alignment and one tire. I settled for this, but I hope nissan resognizes this defect and makes it right by issuing a recall or extended warrenty on the 2004 models as well as the current extensions on the 2003's.
I purchased a 2004 nissan 350z in august of 2003. After about 24000 miles I complained of excessive road noise comming for the tires. I was informed by the dealer that the front tire were cupping and had to be replaced. This seems to be a known problem with this car and nissan acknowledged it on their 2003 model but continues to ignore it on their 2004 model claining that it has been addressed although they are not clear on how they addressed it. I fear that this problem if not addressed by nissan will result in an unfortunate accident for someone unaware of the problem. It is suprising to me that auto manufacturers are not obligated to disclose these kind of known issues with their products. It seems that the dealers are notified but not the consumers who have bought their products.
Front tire wear: consumer states the front tires wore out at 6500 the first time. Currently, the vehicle has 8000 miles on it, and the tires have worn out again. Also, consumer stated that she heard a searing noise coming from the front end of the vehicle. Consumer contacted the dealer. However, they refused to do anything to assist the consumer. Brand name tires bridgestone.
The two front tires wore out unevenly, the tires have been replaced twice, and the front end aligned twice. Dealer did not know why the vehicle performed as such. However, the tires continued to wear out unevenly.
Car has progressively gotten worse, first starting having tire noise at 10,000 miles finally was able to take to dealer around 14,000 mile and dealer stated that it was just needing an alignment and tire rotation, dealer performed repair and the noise was a little better, after 1000 more miles noise got louder than before and dealer says there is nothing else they can do. There are reports of this problem everywhere yet nissan chooses to ignore it, what am I able to do to get this fixed, it is not right that I buy a 30,000 dollar car and have to live with a problem like this. The vibrations from the tires are causing the dash and door to rattle now.
I have a 2004 350z and I have notice load noise from my drivers side tire. I took to the nissan dealer and they check the alignment and the results was the toe where way off align. The corect it but the noise came back. I told them that I heard that the 2003 had problems with feathering and they said that it was corrected with the 2004 model. So, what is the true answer. I think they still have problem. I love my z, but they need to be trueful with the z customer and admit there is still a problem and fix it. I think they need to offer a tire replacement for the damaged its causing tires. I'm sure I will have to replace my tires.
- my car was fully serviced on 11/29/04. - on 12/11/04 - our passenger side rear tire blew out damaging my car and wheel rim. The tires is a bridgestone potenza re040. - I filed it wih my insurance company. I am still negotiating with my insurance company to have my car fixed and have the incident properly catalogued.
I purchased a 2004 nissan 350z in septmeber of 2003. After about 12000 miles I complained of excessive road noise comming for the tires. I was informed by the dealer that the front tire were cupping and had to be replaced. This seems to be a known problem with this car and nissan acknowledged it on their 2003 model but continues to ignore it on their 2004 model claining that it has been addressed although they are not clear on how they addressed it. I fear that this problem if not addressed by nissan will result in an unfortunate accident for someone unaware of the problem. It is suprising to me that auto manufacturers are not obligated to disclose these kind of known issues with their products. It seems that the dealers are notified but not the consumers who have bought their products.
I have nissan 350z 2004 model and the tires are featuring and I only have 15000 miles on the car. There are many incidents like this and nissan fixed some of them but not others. They have bad alignments and poor quality tires on the car. I hope it is not defective design. My new car sound like a truck with off road tires. I am not sure if the tires will blow up on me. I would like to see nissan do a recall and fix this problem.
With less that 1" inch of snow on the ground, my car completed a 360 degree spin on route 48 by taylorville, il while going 45 miles an hour. I was the slowest car on the road. My car is a 2004 nissan 350z with bridgestone potenza re040 tires. This is the second "spin" on those tires. The other spin was 180 degrees while going less than 25 MPH. It has taken me 3 minutes to get my car in the garage when there is any snow on the driveway. Please note that the distance from the street to my garage is probably less than 60 feet.
Tire noise that started within 6 months of purchase and at less than 12000 on my new 2004 350z. Dealer kept blaming nissan. Nissan kept telling me they could not replace them because it was out of their warranty period which was 12 months and 12000 miles.
Consumer complained about front end noise. Consumer took the vehicle to the dealer, and was told that it was a tire defect. Front tires feathered from the inside relating to irregular tire wear. Dealer stated that they were replacing so many tires that the ones needed were back ordered. This started on september 18, 2004.*ak the consumer stated that the problem lies with the suspension not the tire. The back tire of the vehicle is starting to feather.
2004 nissan 350z, front tires roar while driving down road. Took vehicle in for service and the service manager says we need new tires and it will cost $650. I stated, this is a new car and we didn't do anything to wear the front tires out. He says to call nissan. Now I am finding out that this is an on-going problem with these cars and nissan has not addressed it (yet). We cannot afford to by new tires every year.
I own a 2004 nissan 350z. It currently has 5800 miles on it and I am having problems with the tires. They are feathing and are very loud.
I currently own a 2004 nissan 350z and I'm experiencing a problem with severe front tire feathering. I have made nissan aware of this problem which cause a loud roaring noise and vibration during braking. I originally thought the problem was my brakes but after just 10k000 miles replaced the front brakes and realized this did not fix the problem. After my second time to the dealership I was informed that my front tires were no longer good and need to be replaced at just under 14000 miles. I was told that this was a design flaw with the tires and possibly a toeing problem with the nissan 350z's. I registered a complaint to nissan at 1800-nissan-1 and it doesn't seem as though they will resolve this problem. This problem also occured with 2003 350z's.
First noticed by vehicle owner at approximately 10000 miles, dealer confirmed at 12000 miles, my 2004 nissan 350z touring model has developed abnormal wear of inner edges of front tires--front tires forming a cupping shape. The result of this abnormal wear has created unstable handling and ride, but most importantly a safety concern with regard to tire performance and handling. Nissan has issued a service advisory bulletin acknowledging this very problem for the 2003 350z mode, but not for the 2004 model. Nissan has indicated that the suspension is the primary problem for causing the abnormal tire wear and has authorized a partial fix to the problem. Nissan refuses to acknowledge this problem with the 2004 model--request investigation for safety concerns and consumer protection.
Front tires emit a loud "roar" type noise, inside tread of tires have unusual wear.
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