Nissan 350Z engine failure problems

Filed Sep 15, 2024 · Brakes, Suspension · NJ

Brembo aluminum calipers were used with steel bolts causing the breaks to get himot & seize the steel bolt in the calipers. 1 out of 2 brake jobs end up costing thousands & hours of work to get the seized bolts out, I have had a caliper fall off going 65 & got caught in between my tire & rear wheel arc.

Filed Aug 14, 2012 · Engine · 54,963 miles · CA

My 2005 350z has been having oil consumption issues. This all started after several thousand miles after I had the original engine replaced for the same issue. While driving, after only 3000 miles after a oil change the engine began to knock very loudly. The noise so bad I had to pull over and stop the car and have it towed to my mechanic. Not a nissan dealer. Es technical sports looked into it and notified me that there was no oil in the engine. They place two quarts of oil into the engine and I was able to drive over to gardena nissan in southern ca. From that day I have been dealing with them on this issue. This started in 2010 and I have been doing oil consumption tests since. The variation of the amount of oil used is normal to the point that the engine needs to use the nissan synthetic oil to the point of I have to use tradition motor oil. All the same the car would not last over 3000 mile without the engine knocking because of the lack of oil. The synthetic oil change I was told that I needed to return the car at 7,500 miles for the next oil change. Well I was back at 3,500 without any oil in the engine. The last set of consumption test reveled that after 1000 miles the oils was down 19 mm. The next consumption test after 1000 miles showed the oil was down 29mm. The engine after another 35,000 miles is consuming so much oil that I can not drive it. This is exactly what happened in the first 36,000 miles before I had to have nissan replace the engine. Now I have been waiting for 3 weeks without a car for nissan to inform gardena nissan on what to do with my car. I can't sit and sit with a engine that will blow up if I drive it. I have been searching on the web and this is a issue with the nissan vehicles. The infinity g35 has the same oil consumption issue.

Filed May 8, 2012 · Electrical, Engine · 132,000 miles · NY

Camshaft position sensor failure causing the engine to stall during operation. Vehicle is hard to restart after failure. This may cause a potentially serious accident because of sudden engine failure.

Filed May 7, 2010 · Engine · 115,000 miles · FL

Engine failure at high speed on highway almost causing a severe accident.

Filed Jan 7, 2010 · Engine · 8,000 miles · FL · fire

Oil consumption, 350z engine blown, in less then a year. While going to work on a complete stop at a red light, engine blows and car gets on fire underneath, lucky there was a gas-station next to me to borrow an extinguisher... Police came to help a little later, and said I couldn't file a report. Called insurance, and said they would not cover it, called nissan and they didn't even cover my rental while they inspected the car for over 3 months... They wanted 6k for new engine, after blaming me, telling me "this car was not build to be pushed, you drive it slow"... This forced me to let the car into voluntary repossesion and damage my credit, until this day they are still charging me for the leftover fees... Later I found out that this was a really common problem and there is a lot of people that still have not gotten this resolved...beware. My 3rd nissan, and what a disappointment, we've had about 10 nissans in the family, but no more nissans for us.

Filed Oct 30, 2009 · Engine, Transmission · 49,440 miles · CA

2007 350z coupe v6 6sp mn trans, at the point of 20,000 + clutch slave cylinder fail and was replace 15<00 miles or so due to this previous problem a new cluth and transmisions job was done luckly under warranty but a sorprise for a new car now at 49,000 miles engine jump timming and engine need to be replace luckly I purchase extra warranty but it was not use since nissan replace engine free of charge this tells me they know something about this failures on their cars now my new engine does not match my odometer reading is like a purchase a second car since all mayor components have been replace.

Filed Jun 11, 2008 · Engine · 30,991 miles · AZ

Severe oil consumption 1qt ever 3 to 5 hundred miles. I took the vehicle to the dealer I bought it from in early 2007 with an engine noise. They could not hear it. They took my vehicle on 2 different times and put over 500 miles on it. With no repair. This vehicle has 76,000 miles on it now and is out of warranty. At the time I was told there where no tsb's and if the engine failed they would cover it. I have just found the tsb ntb07-088b regarding this issue. This vehicle was purchased new from brown and brown nissan in mesa az by me. It is a 2006 nissan 350z enthusiast with a 6 spd manual trans.

Filed Jan 11, 2008 · Engine · 30,000 miles · FL

I bought a 2006 nissan 350z. One morning after about 4,000 miles of mostly highway driving, I heard a strange sound coming from under the hood that sounded like valve tapping. It got louder and louder as the engine got warmer. I recognized the sound from an old work van that I used to have before the engine blew due to it having no oil. Sure enough, the crankcase was empty. There was no oil and the engine took a full 5 quarts of oil. There are no external oil leaks on the engine. I found out that the nissan "revup" engines in the 2006 350z have an oil consumption problem. I took the car to a nissan dealership, where, after an oil consumption test, informed me that burning 1 quart of oil per 1,000 miles is normal. Nissan is aware of the problem and has issued a tsb. They need to do a recall, an engine seizing can lead to an accident and kill people. Thanks for listening.

Filed Jan 11, 2008 · Engine · 25,000 miles · CA

My 2006 nissan 350z was purchased with 21,000 miles in aug of 2007 and I noticed the engine was consuming alot of oil. I took it into nissan of downtown la and they advised me that my year and model has this issue and ordered a new engine. In nov of 2007 I called nissan to complain that I had not got a new engine as yet and they advised me that a rep would contact me. After speaking with the rep (rikki) I got my new engine within a week and it was installed. But the car was not running properly and was very sluggish. After 3 visits to the dealership they looked into the matter and advised me that they made an error when they installed it. The nissan rep rikki promised that I would get 2000 for my troubles. Now I get no return calls or anything. This is not safe! Nissan should not be selling cars with engine issues and when they do repair it, it should be done properly!

Filed Jan 6, 2008 · Engine · 7,000 miles · CA

I currently own a 2006 nissan 350z w/ manual transmission, that has a major oil consumption issue. The original engine was losing oil at a rate of 1 quart per 1,000 miles. Nissan corp. Agreed to replace the engine, with what they said was the counter measure fix to the issue. Now, the new replacement engine is experiencing the same issue. I have less than 4k miles on the new engine, and the dealership (john elway nissan in riverside), confirmed the engine is experiencing the same oil loss problem. Nissan corp. Has released a tsb on this issue, however the resolution they provide (replace with counter measure engine), is not a fix. Thousands have been affected by this matter, and nissan corp. Should be held responsible for their deceit. This issue also affects other years and models (I.e. Infinity g35 coupe), with the same engine.