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Nissan 370Z Engine problems by year

27 complaints filed with NHTSA about the Nissan 370Z's engine & cooling. Stalling, loss of power, oil consumption, overheating, head gaskets, timing chains and engine failure.

Engine complaints by model year

YearEngine complaintsCrashesInjuriesRecalls
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Latest 370Z engine complaints

2013 Nissan 370ZEngine & cooling

In motion, car would not accelerate above 2500rpm suddenly. Sprocket was defective. Dealer/ manufacturer knows this is a problem, wont fix or cover under warranty.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11308908
2011 Nissan 370ZSteeringElectrical systemEngine & cooling

For years, there have been widespread defects in the electronic steering column lock (escl) that disabled the push-button ignition in a wide range of nissan and infiniti vehicles. The escl's primary job is to keep the steering wheel locked until you bring your key fob in range of the vehicle. It's meant to prevent theft. However, when the escl malfunctions (even with the fob present and working) the escl won't detect it and, therefore, won't release the wheel. When you press the start/stop button to start...

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the car, nothing happens. However, the "intelligent key warning light" symbol comes on, indicating you have a problem. Nissan has been aware of this issue fo years and has issued a voluntary service campaign for various models. However, they have not done so for the 370z, even though this model is experiencing the exact problem as the models included in the voluntary service campaign. This malfunction has nothing to do with general "wear & tear". This malfunction is due to a defective part and poor engineering. I am asking nhtsa to encourage nissan to conduct a voluntary or mandatory recall to address and correct this issue at no cost to vehicle owners.

Filed Incident Steering · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 11205346
2014 Nissan 370ZTransmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2014 nissan 370z. While driving 20 mph, the check engine indicator illuminated and the vehicle stalled. The contact turned off and restarted the vehicle; however, when the accelerator pedal was depressed, the vehicle failed to accelerate over 5 mph. The dealer (nissan of burlingame, 101 california drive, burlingame ca 94010) diagnosed that the engine harness needed replacement. The vehicle was not repaired. The manufacturer was not notified of the failure. The failure mileage was approximately 55,000.

Filed Incident Power train · EngineNHTSA 11092575
2012 Nissan 370ZEngine & cooling

I was driving home from work and my clutch peddle slowly kept getting going down and not coming up. Then I was a couple of blocks away from my house and it was completely stuck and I could not drive my car.

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 11016105
2011 Nissan 370ZElectrical systemEngine & cooling

Steering wheel lock sensor broke, failed in lock position, happens to most every nissan fob key system at 1 time or another. The dealer charged me $1100.00 To fix and it took them less than 2 hours. This is a scam by nissan and the internet is full of people compalining about this issue. It left me stranded and I had to be towed. Please make nissan start a recall for this problem. When the steering lock fails it will not allow the car to start.

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10970940
2013 Nissan 370ZElectrical systemEngine & cooling

Tl* the contact owns a 2013 nissan 370z. The contact experienced issues starting the vehicle while depressing the engine start button. A warning indicator illuminated on the key, which meant an intelligent key system or electrical steering lock system malfunction per the owner's manual. The failure occurred on more than one occasion. The vehicle was not diagnosed or repaired. The manufacturer was not made aware of the issue. The failure mileage and vin were unknown. *Tr

Filed Incident Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10947591
2010 Nissan 370ZSteeringElectrical systemEngine & cooling

I have a nissan 370 z and up to this point I really enjoyed the car that was until an known issue of the steering lock went out on my car and left me stranded for 16 hours. I called nissan after I spent $1162.00 To try to get reimbursed. I was initially told I would not reimbursed which after reading online how some people were refused reimbursement initially I kept pursuing a reimbursement. Stephanie from a regional office called and basically tried to low ball me by offering $500 reimbursement. Below is a forum...

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link for the known issue of the steering lock. Other customers were offered a full reimbursement but for some reason I am not. This is after I bought the car brand new and have been a loyal customer ever since. I therefore would like a full reimbursement. I feel that this is only fair. What if I had been stranded on the way to visit an airforce buddy in alamogordo nm in the middle of the desert with spotty cell phone service. 16 Hours stranded could have easily turned into something much worse. My case file is 24957255. Http://www.The370z.Com/new-roadster-370z-owner/65272-attention-2009-2010-owners-steering-lock-wont-start-issues.Html this is a serious safety concern and must be addressed.

Filed Incident Steering · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10938396
2013 Nissan 370ZEngine & cooling

Last saturday, took the cover off and was going to the car wash to shine her up real good. On the way after stopping at a light I pulled off then went to 2nd gear, then to third and that when it happened. The clutch went to the floor and did not come back up. I'm going down the street not knowing what to do next because there is a stop sign but I'm afraid to stop because I don't know what will happen, a very dangerous situation. Fortunately there were no other cars at the stop sign so I turned on my emergency...

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flashers and continued through, I'm sure the people behind me thought I was crazy and I'm very happy there were no police around. I made a left on the emptiest street I could find and pulled over and called my son to pick me up and help me push the car out of the street. Now mind you I never raced or drove the car hard at all and within the 10 or so months I've owed it only put 5000 miles on it. It's hard for me to believe that nissan would put such a dangerous car, let alone a sports car on the road, I just kept thinking what if I was on the highway, and I could have been killed! I had to have the car towed to nissan of mckinney were they add insult to injury telling me my z with only 18000 miles on it was out of warranty and it would cost me over $1000 to repair. Of course I did some research on www.The370z.Com and other websites, found out this is a common issue with the manual transmission which aftermarket parts can fix but nissan refuses to, are you guys waiting on someone to be killed before you take action, this is a very serious issue and customers should be made aware and certainly shouldn't have to pay over $1000 to repair it with only 18000 miles!

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10860843
2010 Nissan 370ZSteeringBrakesEngine & cooling

Vehicle has keyless system, the only key slot available is in the drivers side door. When I enter the vehicle, normally a light comes on to acknowledge the system recognizes you. On entering this time, a small symbol with the word key on it illuminated and the car would not start or go into the accessory position, nor would the steering column unlock. Also, the brake pedal was very hard. The owner's manual states the key symbol indicates a malfunction in the intellikey system. The vehicle was towed to a nissan...

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dealership where it was determined the electric steering lock had failed. The cost of repair was near $1200.00 And I was informed that, even though the car was still within warranty for 40,000 miles or for over a year, nissan was refusing to make these repairs under warranty coverage. It seems this is an almost inevitable failure on any nissan or infiniti equipped with this system. I was lucky that it failed in a super market parking lot near home.

Filed Incident Steering · Service brakes · EngineNHTSA 10818033
2012 Nissan 370ZTransmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

Hi it is a 370z clutch pressure (csc) failures. People are complaining all over the place talking about how this is leaving people stranded especially on new vehicles. There's a post here about a brand new 2016 370z had a csc failure and had to be towed into the nearest dealership to get it fixed. Https://www.Reddit.Com/r/370z/comments/3cfv0s/bad_slave_clutch_cylinder_on_2016_370z/ there is also 70 pages full of the problem here....

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Http://www.The370z.Com/nissan-370z-general-discussions/25007-sticky-official-370z-clutch-pressure-csc-failures.Html it needs to be acknowledge, recall, and then a fix. This was an issue in 350z and now they decided to do the same with the newer models. I am buying a 2012 370z soon (signing papers today) with only 12k miles on it. If this were to happen to me, I would be very sad and depressed especially knowing that nissan knows this and is doing nothing about it to save some money.

Filed Incident Power train · Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 10735076
2009 Nissan 370ZTransmission & drivetrainEngine & cooling

I was driving to work one morning when my clutch pedal became limp. I was on the freeway getting ready to shift into 6th gear when I had no clutch resistance! I nearly crashed due to the lack of engagement. I took it to the dealership and they said I was out of warranty. This very same issue was fixed under warranty at 30,000 miles. The dealership either never replaced the parts they claimed to have replaced at 30k miles or they have failed again, just 35k miles later. These parts are the master cylinder and...

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slave cylinder in the transmission. The issue has been going on with 2009-2015 models. Actually, it has been going on as far back as 2003 with the 350z, which was never addressed. I'm selling the car and hopefully the buyer doesn't crash and die from it. If he/she does, you should be held responsible for not addressing the issue. Many of the members on the370z.Com forum have this issue cited here: http://www.The370z.Com/nissan-370z-general-discussions/25007-sticky-official-370z-clutch-pressure-csc-failures.Html

Filed Incident Power train · Unknown or other · EngineNHTSA 10730152
2011 Nissan 370ZSteeringElectrical systemEngine & cooling

First incident happened at around 37,000 miles, the car would not start and the push button lights up the lock light but seconds later started working. On june 3rd 2015, after driving to my job to pick up tools to head to the airport I park the car, came back to a car that would not start, the car recognizes the key but locks me out from starting the car. The car had random won't start, I brought this up to the nissan dealers about ongoing issues with other owners of the same car. Now my car does not start and I...

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am hearing that this is a going issue with the steering wheel lock/intelligent key. I am unable to move the car and will have to tow it to the dealer that denied issues with the inelligent key system locking owners from starting their cars. I want to bring this up so that way we speak out since there are so many people having issues but not enough post it so that a recall can be made for nissan to fix this for owners affected.

Filed Incident Steering · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10723714
2011 Nissan 370ZSteeringElectrical systemEngine & cooling

Yesterday afternoon, after leaving work to my car within the parking lot, my vehicle did not start. I assumed it was due to a low battery within the intelligent key for the push to start ignition, so I replaced the battery at a local wal-mart. Upon returning to the car, I had the same problem. The key was able to lock and unlock the doors to the car, however when I pushed in the clutch and brake per usual followed by the start button, nothing took place. The indicator remained on the 'lock' position and failed to...

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move over to the 'on' position to start the car. No sounds took place at all as if it was even trying to start. As a result, I left the car overnight and had it towed to the local dealership. They informed me a few hours later that my steering lock unit had 'failed'. I mentioned that I had seen this problem reported on numerous car blogs (nhtsa #10051829), however they mentioned since I was beyond my extended warranty, that I would have to pay roughly $1,250.00 For the part and labor. It is currently being serviced, however I wanted this incident logged as I have seen a number of 370z owners recommend this route. Extremely disappointed with nissan's coverage and handling of this situation. *Tr

Filed Incident Steering · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10704295
2011 Nissan 370ZSteeringElectrical systemEngine & cooling

Key indicator light came on about a week prior to the incident. Made 2 phone calls to local nissan dealerships (one in portland or and one in vancouver, wa) both dealerships claimed they had no idea what was going on but I should bring it in for a diagnostic test which ran around $118 just to look at. Since nothing appeared wrong with my car I waited because the "key" light would go off. It came back on the day I had the incident and left me stranded on my lunch hour with no power to start my car. I again called...

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nissan and they were not sure what the problem was. I had to have my car towed to the nearest nissan dealership which ran a diagnostic test. I then received a phone call that afternoon to say it was my steering lock assembly and the part was expensive to replace. I was told the labor would not be much since it was an easy fix. So this problem turned out to the a $1,200 fix. I decided to go online to see if I can find this part any cheaper. I then ran across many websites and blogs with nissan owners having the exact same problem with car from 2009 to 2011. Apparently this is not something nissan was unaware of. The service rep at the dealership said she has seen other 370z's with this same problem and just had one towed to the service center 2 weeks ago. I find it hard to believe that with this may cases being reported and blogged about online why nissan is not doing something about this. This can be a very dangerous situation if left stranded in a car that will not start. When you try to be proactive nissan service centers claim they are unaware of the issue. Something needs to be done and quickly. This will be the last nissan ever purchased if not resolved and reimbursed for expense. *Tr

Filed Incident Steering · Electrical system · EngineNHTSA 10663497
2009 Nissan 370ZEngine & cooling

Engine used approximately 3/4 quart of oil in first 700 miles. Continues to consume in excess of 1 quart of oil per 1,000 miles. Nissan has done numerous (4) consumption tests. Vehicle failed all tests. Vehicle now has 8,700 miles after 5 years and I am in a protracted battle with nissan. They have been aware of this problem since 2008 and issued tsbs in 2010 but continued to try and hide behind the problem. There are numerous posting on the web for like problems with the 370 engine, including the nissan 370z and the infiniti g37. *Tr

Filed Incident EngineNHTSA 10586288

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