350Z 'Recalls' and Faults...not a rotary!
10-24-2006 | 05:54 PM
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OH and just to add....I will repeat....
A mate who had an 05 350Z told me of "faults' with his car and he said there are many owners who have 'problems' in the States....
He gave me the Forum address and I had a look.....then posted a thread here.
Please don't "try" and imply anything else.
A mate who had an 05 350Z told me of "faults' with his car and he said there are many owners who have 'problems' in the States....
He gave me the Forum address and I had a look.....then posted a thread here.
Please don't "try" and imply anything else.
10-24-2006 | 06:28 PM
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Originally Posted by ASH8
"anecdotal evidence"?? there are many units with these issues....so I am not using an 'anecdotal' theory...it is fact....there are still issues with 05 (Zs) and their transmissions...
And common complaints about their oil use on 2006 models..
Actually Ike did not believe the numbers, and the issues and complaints are common and norm and many and real...whatever....
Gee mate ..you must be a fun bloke to live with..
And common complaints about their oil use on 2006 models..
Actually Ike did not believe the numbers, and the issues and complaints are common and norm and many and real...whatever....
Gee mate ..you must be a fun bloke to live with..
The things you list are issues with the Z, but calling them common or the norm is nonsense. Over 100k 350Zs have been sold in the US which is why you using your thread with at least 70 people that have had to replace the tranny as evidence of it being "the norm" is laughable.
Since we know a lot more than 70 engines have been replaced in the RX-8 and that there have been a lot less 8s sold than Zs can we call it the norm to have to replace your engine in the RX-8 within the first couple years of ownership?
10-24-2006 | 06:47 PM
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I would say that just about every 03 350Z MT has tranny problems...and it is 'norm' for that model year..
Don't try and backpedal IKE you did not believe the numbers...did you, and you can tailor you comments/reply to suit whatever comparison you want to post.
Yeah, and I am have a great laugh too....
Don't try and backpedal IKE you did not believe the numbers...did you, and you can tailor you comments/reply to suit whatever comparison you want to post.
Yeah, and I am have a great laugh too....
10-24-2006 | 07:15 PM
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Originally Posted by ASH8
I would say that just about every 03 350Z MT has tranny problems...and it is 'norm' for that model year..
Don't try and backpedal IKE you did not believe the numbers...did you, and you can tailor you comments/reply to suit whatever comparison you want to post.
Yeah, and I am have a great laugh too....
Don't try and backpedal IKE you did not believe the numbers...did you, and you can tailor you comments/reply to suit whatever comparison you want to post.
Yeah, and I am have a great laugh too....
10-24-2006 | 07:44 PM
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Originally Posted by saturn
I said that you were using anecdotal evidence to in an effort to make a blanket statement about a car. I almost bought a 350Z and I've read plenty about the problems people have had with them. But posting a thread like this is like me saying "my friend has an RX-8 and here are all the problems that people have with them" after having a cursory look at some forum.
We just differ on what we deem acceptable behavior on the forum. I think I'm being realistic and you think I'm negative. I think you're ragging on a car without presenting the whole story (i.e. - many of these issues have been resolved in later models similar to the flooding issues that have been resolved with the RX-8) and you think you're being informative and fair. Whoopdedoo we disagree -- and the world continues on.
In the end, I shouldn't have said anything because Ike's first post was right on the money: "You calling those things common and the norm is like saying it's the norm to have to have your engine replaced, tranny replaced, and to get 12mpg in the RX-8".
We just differ on what we deem acceptable behavior on the forum. I think I'm being realistic and you think I'm negative. I think you're ragging on a car without presenting the whole story (i.e. - many of these issues have been resolved in later models similar to the flooding issues that have been resolved with the RX-8) and you think you're being informative and fair. Whoopdedoo we disagree -- and the world continues on.
In the end, I shouldn't have said anything because Ike's first post was right on the money: "You calling those things common and the norm is like saying it's the norm to have to have your engine replaced, tranny replaced, and to get 12mpg in the RX-8".
10-24-2006 | 10:41 PM
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Originally Posted by ASH8
I would say that just about every 03 350Z MT has tranny problems...and it is 'norm' for that model year..
Don't try and backpedal IKE you did not believe the numbers...did you, and you can tailor you comments/reply to suit whatever comparison you want to post.
Yeah, and I am have a great laugh too....
Don't try and backpedal IKE you did not believe the numbers...did you, and you can tailor you comments/reply to suit whatever comparison you want to post.
Yeah, and I am have a great laugh too....
10-25-2006 | 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Ike
70 whole members that have had trannys replaced huh? C'mom man, you're really reaching with this thread.
Perhaps someone else can explain it...
I take this post as you don't believe the numbers or what I have posted......
From where I sit if it's 70,200,or 300 renewals in 100,000 cars, I see it as pretty common, particularly when some owners are on their 3rd tranny in THREE years...it's common enough for Nissan to offer an extended warranty...
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10-25-2006 | 08:29 AM
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Originally Posted by ASH8
Well as I read this post in my Australian interpretation to me, whatever your "reaching with this thread means "...enlighten Oh silly one..
Perhaps someone else can explain it...
I take this post as you don't believe the numbers or what I have posted......
From where I sit if it's 70,200,or 300 renewals in 100,000 cars, I see it as pretty common, particularly when some owners are on their 3rd tranny in THREE years...it's common enough for Nissan to offer an extended warranty...
Perhaps someone else can explain it...
I take this post as you don't believe the numbers or what I have posted......
From where I sit if it's 70,200,or 300 renewals in 100,000 cars, I see it as pretty common, particularly when some owners are on their 3rd tranny in THREE years...it's common enough for Nissan to offer an extended warranty...
I'll expain,
If you had as many 8's sold as 350's Mazda wouldn't be able to keep up with the Floods, Engines, Starters, Coils, Cats, Plugs, etc. etc..... People post it here so it must be "common" right?
If the 350 had 220hp and 170tq you wouldn't see many tranny problems over there either.
10-25-2006 | 09:29 AM
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Originally Posted by ASH8
Well as I read this post in my Australian interpretation to me, whatever your "reaching with this thread means "...enlighten Oh silly one..
Perhaps someone else can explain it...
I take this post as you don't believe the numbers or what I have posted......
From where I sit if it's 70,200,or 300 renewals in 100,000 cars, I see it as pretty common, particularly when some owners are on their 3rd tranny in THREE years...it's common enough for Nissan to offer an extended warranty...
Perhaps someone else can explain it...
I take this post as you don't believe the numbers or what I have posted......
From where I sit if it's 70,200,or 300 renewals in 100,000 cars, I see it as pretty common, particularly when some owners are on their 3rd tranny in THREE years...it's common enough for Nissan to offer an extended warranty...
10-25-2006 | 12:53 PM
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so the 350z has problems, fact.
however, the problems shouldnt be considered "normal" since the percentage of 350z's with problems appears to be low (although the only numbers we have are from a forum that not every owner participates in).
the original poster heard from a friend that the 350z has problems, and he decided to create a thread to possibly alleviate the pain of THIS forum, or just to bring light to a "general automotive" topic.
no one here is saying 350z's suck, or that "YES! rx-8's ARE better AFTERALL!" (at least i dont think so). i think it was an observation, and the locals whose job it seems to be to make sure the rx-8 owners dont get a big head went and pissed themselves. the rx-8 and mazda appear to have major problems, the 350z appears to have minor problems.
i, for one, think the intentions of this thread were much more innocent. but who cares? when i get to the end of a post i always think about how ridiculous it is that im posting at all.
however, the problems shouldnt be considered "normal" since the percentage of 350z's with problems appears to be low (although the only numbers we have are from a forum that not every owner participates in).
the original poster heard from a friend that the 350z has problems, and he decided to create a thread to possibly alleviate the pain of THIS forum, or just to bring light to a "general automotive" topic.
no one here is saying 350z's suck, or that "YES! rx-8's ARE better AFTERALL!" (at least i dont think so). i think it was an observation, and the locals whose job it seems to be to make sure the rx-8 owners dont get a big head went and pissed themselves. the rx-8 and mazda appear to have major problems, the 350z appears to have minor problems.
i, for one, think the intentions of this thread were much more innocent. but who cares? when i get to the end of a post i always think about how ridiculous it is that im posting at all.
10-25-2006 | 02:41 PM
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do you think nissan would have shange the trans desing if it was not so? do you belive that they would have extended the cars guarranty if it was not a common problem?
im not saying that it is, but the evidence sujest it is
im not saying that it is, but the evidence sujest it is
10-25-2006 | 02:53 PM
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theres a big difference between a problem where a manufacturer feel the need to extend the warranty vs "just about every 03 350z has tranny problems". If it was even remotely serious, there would have been a total recall. There wasnt even a recall for the tire feathering problem, which was much more widespread. if you goto any car forum you will see issues with threads just as long if not much longer. The rx8 engine recall thread is 130+ pages long compared to the 350Z transmission thread, does that mean every rx8 have a bad engine?
its constructive to bring forth problems that the 350Z is having, but its retarded to exagerate it to that extent. 70 transmission going bad in 100,000 cars is a low 0.3%, or 3 bad trannies in 1,000 cars. even if you double or even if its 10 times as many, its still nothing close to just about every 350z.
its constructive to bring forth problems that the 350Z is having, but its retarded to exagerate it to that extent. 70 transmission going bad in 100,000 cars is a low 0.3%, or 3 bad trannies in 1,000 cars. even if you double or even if its 10 times as many, its still nothing close to just about every 350z.
10-25-2006 | 03:14 PM
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on top of that, its a sports car! and its affordable, young people are going to buy it and do stupid things to the tranny. just about every sporty car forum has transmission problem threads...
how about this?
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-trouble-shooting-95/transmission-issues-questions-48737/ it sure sounds like everyone in this thread is having transmission problems too! and its stickied...
what if some retard reads the thread and comes and start saying, just about every rx8 have transmission problems? some are on their 3rd transmission! its the same dumb logic
conclusion, its sort of comforting for rx8 owners to know that other cars have problems too, they arnt alone. its a good thread in that regard, until you mix in the fanboy wishful logic
how about this?
https://www.rx8club.com/series-i-trouble-shooting-95/transmission-issues-questions-48737/ it sure sounds like everyone in this thread is having transmission problems too! and its stickied...
what if some retard reads the thread and comes and start saying, just about every rx8 have transmission problems? some are on their 3rd transmission! its the same dumb logic
conclusion, its sort of comforting for rx8 owners to know that other cars have problems too, they arnt alone. its a good thread in that regard, until you mix in the fanboy wishful logic
10-25-2006 | 03:17 PM
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Originally Posted by playdoh43
theres a big difference between a problem where a manufacturer feel the need to extend the warranty vs "just about every 03 350z has tranny problems". If it was even remotely serious, there would have been a total recall. There wasnt even a recall for the tire feathering problem, which was much more widespread. if you goto any car forum you will see issues with threads just as long if not much longer. The rx8 engine recall thread is 130+ pages long compared to the 350Z transmission thread, does that mean every rx8 have a bad engine?
its constructive to bring forth problems that the 350Z is having, but its retarded to exagerate it to that extent. 70 transmission going bad in 100,000 cars is a low 0.3%, or 3 bad trannies in 1,000 cars. even if you double or even if its 10 times as many, its still nothing close to just about every 350z.
its constructive to bring forth problems that the 350Z is having, but its retarded to exagerate it to that extent. 70 transmission going bad in 100,000 cars is a low 0.3%, or 3 bad trannies in 1,000 cars. even if you double or even if its 10 times as many, its still nothing close to just about every 350z.
the problem is that you are in an rx-8 club, most people here are rx-8 enthusiast, execp some that now im begining to think are pay employes of nissan
whats the ratio betwen manuals and auto 350z sales?
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10-25-2006 | 03:44 PM
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I want to know what "REACHING WITH THIS THREAD" means I am nearly 50 and Australian, so I am a bit lost with IKE's post......
BTW....If I owned ANY CAR and had the transmission replaced 2 times, thats 3 transmissions, I would say that it's pretty common and the fault (3rd gear failure) is pretty norm for this car on that model year.
Just like the RX-8's starter and battery was a common issue for certain MY.
BTW....If I owned ANY CAR and had the transmission replaced 2 times, thats 3 transmissions, I would say that it's pretty common and the fault (3rd gear failure) is pretty norm for this car on that model year.
Just like the RX-8's starter and battery was a common issue for certain MY.