Everyone with oil temp issues

FlashBazbo · 04-27-2009, 06:55 AM

It will take more than hiring a lawyer and threatening legal action. More than alerting the NHTSA or the EPA. Anyone remember the tire-eating early 350Zs? Even the mainstream car magazines talked about it, but they never fixed it for those first- and second-year owners. And it tanked the resale value of those cars.

I was a 240SX customer nineteen years ago. 240SXs wouldn't pass emissions tests in non-attainment areas (read: major cities). Nissan acknowledged a product defect, but wouldn't fix it and wouldn't make it right. They said they couldn't! (They did offer to cheat the inspection system, though.) I had a lawyer and contacted the EPA and spent three years trying to get Nissan to make things right. They never did. I moved to an attainment area where no emissions inspections were needed.

All that to say . . . don't expect a fix. If it's a problem, buy and install an oil cooler. That's cheaper than a lawyer. Or -- buy a different car. Or -- move to a colder climate.

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04-27-2009, 06:55 AM	#11 (permalink)
FlashBazbo Base Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Middle Tennessee Posts: 97 Drives: '09 370Z T-SP-7AT Rep Power: 0	It will take more than hiring a lawyer and threatening legal action. More than alerting the NHTSA or the EPA. Anyone remember the tire-eating early 350Zs? Even the mainstream car magazines talked about it, but they never fixed it for those first- and second-year owners. And it tanked the resale value of those cars. I was a 240SX customer nineteen years ago. 240SXs wouldn't pass emissions tests in non-attainment areas (read: major cities). Nissan acknowledged a product defect, but wouldn't fix it and wouldn't make it right. They said they couldn't! (They did offer to cheat the inspection system, though.) I had a lawyer and contacted the EPA and spent three years trying to get Nissan to make things right. They never did. I moved to an attainment area where no emissions inspections were needed. All that to say . . . don't expect a fix. If it's a problem, buy and install an oil cooler. That's cheaper than a lawyer. Or -- buy a different car. Or -- move to a colder climate.