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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 003244761 | Incident Date: Nov, 06 2003 |
| Consumer's City: MOUNTAIN VIEW | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: 350Z | Model Year: 2003 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Suspension |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JN1AZ34E53T | Date added to File: May, 25 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Nov, 08 2003 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: May, 05 2003 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: Yes |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: I own a 2003 nissan 350z, enthusiast model. it is only 6 months old with 7500 miles, and the front tires (and to a lesser degree, the rears as well) have begun to feather. feathering is a type of uneven tire wear that causes very unpleasant road noise when driving and also sacrifices the life, performance, and reliability of the tire. feathering is caused by defective suspension design -- it is not a problem with tire design. experts note that feathering will happen when the suspension exhibits excessive toe-in.nissan has received multiple complaints regarding this issue from fellow members of a 350z forum of which i am a part, but it will not issue a permanent fix for it. (they have issued an immediate short-term fix, but the problem recurs in 2,000-3,000 miles after this fix. no permanent fix is available and nissan is just delaying the permanent repairs until warranty runs out with this temporary fix.) if you will, please look at my350z.com and search for "feathering" and you will see that a good majority of 2003 model owners are experiencing feathering problems. my car is completely to factory specification, and at this rate of tire wear, i am afraid the tires will have to replaced in less than 1,000 more miles. i am worried that fellow 350z owners that are unaware of this serious problem will be risking their lives, if they expect the tires to last 20,000 miles (the average), but they realize that at 20,000 miles they've been running on nothing but a bald set of tires. nhtsa, this is a very serious safety problem that needs immediate action. tires are the only things holding the cars to the road, and the tires on the 350z are wearing out at unbelievably fast rates. unsuspecting people will be injured because of this problem that nissan is aware of, but will not bother to fix. nissan must be forced to fix this issue, as they have simply been ignoring this.*ak |
