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| NHTSA Complaint Number: 006087366 | Incident Date: Apr, 02 2006 |
| Consumer's City: SARATOGA | Consumer's State: CA |
| Vehicle Transmission Type: MAN | Manufacturers Name: Nissan North America, Inc. |
| Model Name: 350Z | Model Year: 2005 |
| Vehicle Involved in a Crash: No | Component's Description: Engine and engine cooling |
| Vehicle Involved in a Fire: No | Persons Injured: 0 |
| Vehicle's VIN#: JN1AZ34E95M | Date added to File: May, 23 2021 |
| Date Complaint Received: Dec, 03 2006 | Complaint Type: IVOQ |
| Incident Reported To Police: No | Purchase Date: Dec, 28 2004 |
| Was Original Owner: Yes | Anti-lock Brakes: No |
| Number of Cylinders: 6 | Date of Manufacturer: - |
| Was Vehicle Towed: - | Description of the Complaints: Engine quite on highway, causing loss of power steering and power brakes, nearly causing a crash on a dangerous mountain road (highway 17 in california). the check engine light came on and stayed on. the dealer, santa cruz nissan dodge (state reg. # aj-35673-n) traced the problem to a faulty crank position sensor which was replaced on 4/3/06 (repair order no. 157547). a problem with failed crankshaft position sensors caused a recall for 2003 350z with vin's in the range jn1az*4**3t 000001-100167. the engine problem recurred two days later on 4/5/06 at an odometer mileage of 8,513, again causing the loss of power steering and power breaks, again nearly leading to a crash on a freeway. this time the problem was described as engine code po420, po430 -low catalyst efficiency. the dealer replaced the catalytic converter (repair order no. 157686). since then i have had four additional engine failures during freeway driving with similar symptoms but the check engine light did not stay on and there was no code indicating a failure when i took the car into the dealer at 12,679 miles on 11/22/06. the dealer did not service the car at this time (repair order no. 165910). *jb |
