Issue ID | 1112318 |
Internal NHTSA # | 10637540 |
Manufacurer | Nissan North America, Inc. |
Brand | NISSAN |
Model | 370Z |
Model Year | 2010 |
File date | 03/09/14 |
Component | ELECTRICAL SYSTEM |
Product type code | VEHICLE |
Description of the problem | Tried to start car in the morning and it did start moved up 5 feet to wash car washed car then tried to start again nothing would not start at all found out it was the steering lock assembly this is a know part to fail and theirs no way it should on a car so new it happens to a lot of nissans 2009 2010 370z its a known part to fail and when it does theirs nothing you can do to start the car it cost 1600 dollars to fix and nissan knows theirs a problem but no recall the gtr had the same problem but they fixed that because its a very costly car but the 370 z nothing yet the dealer just laugh and i also called nissan and they did the same thing when they no this happens alot with this part i think its very bad for nissan to treat their people like that i will never deal with nissan again and i showed nissan over a thousand emails and problems with this part and they just don't care i can understand if it was not a problem that much but this steering box on the 370 z is a big problem 40 thousand dollar car and nissan has or don't care i would just give it back too them but once they have your money nissan can care less it seems like its sad. |
Vehicle Mileage at Failure | 105000 |
Number of Occurences | 1 |
Source of the issue | NHTSA WEB SITE |
City and State | FORESTVILLE, CA |
VIN pattern | JN1AZ4EH3AMXXXXXX |
Was vehicle invloved in a crash? | N |
Was vehicle involved in a fire? | N |
Was incedent reported to police? | N |
Was medical attention required? | N |
Was part original equipment? | |
No. of injured persons | 0 |
No. of fatalities | 0 |
Date of purchase | 12/02/25 |
Was original owner? | N |
Anti-lock brakes | N |
Cruise control | N |
Number of cylinders | 6 |
Drive train type | RWD |
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Vehicle speed | 0 |
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