NHTSA Complaint #10452249 — 2007 NISSAN 350Z

MY WIFE HAS TAKEN HER 350Z INTO THE DEALERSHIP MULTIPLE TIMES FOR A LOW TIRE PRESSURE INDICATOR LIGHT. EVERYTIME, THEY HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO DETERMINE THE CAUSE. THIS MOST RECENT TIME, HOWEVER, SHE TOOK THE CAR IN ON 3/16/2012. WHILE SHE WAITED, THE MECHANIC AND SERVICE TECH INSPECTED THE VEHICLE. UPON COMPLETION OF INSPECTION, THEY INFORMED HER THAT THREE OF THE FOUR RIMS HAD NOTICEABLE CRACKS IN THEM. SHE WAS INSTRUCTED TO RETURN WITH THE VEHICLE ON 3/19/2012 AND THE DEALERSHIP WOULD DETERMINE WHETHER OR NOT NISSAN WOULD PAY FOR THE REPLACEMENT AS, ACCORDING TO THE SERVICE TECHNICIAN, IS A KNOWN ISSUE ON THESE RIMS. I HAVE CALLED NISSAN TO LEARN THAT THEY DO NOT HAVE A RECALL ON THESE RIMS BUT THROUGH INTERNET SEARCHES HAVE FOUND OUT THAT THIS IS A COMMON ISSUE. I FIND IT DISTURBING THAT NISSAN KNOWS ABOUT THIS ISSUE, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY COMPLAINTS AND/OR ACCIDENTS CAUSED BY THESE RIMS AND YET NOTHING IS BEING DONE TO RECTIFY THE PROBLEM. *JS