I bought a 2009 with 12K on it a year and a half ago. Now has 38K with no issues although I did pull the SL fuse just after I got it.

I bought a used 2009 w/11,233 miles. Real garage queen, the clutch fluid, brake fluid, were clear. We went over it with a fine tooth comb in our shop and couldn't find a single nut or bolt that had ever been turned. Carfax was clean (I know doesn't ALWAYS mean clean).
So far only had to pull the Steering lock fuse, other than that I'm happy. Normally I don't buy used but getting Touring / Sport new was WAAAYYY out of my budget. Plus I got a standard to boot. Original tires, the plastic was still on the pedals... Happy!
Of course I had to wait forever to find the right one. Actually I found it by accident at the Honda stealership when I picked up my daughter after she dropped her car off for oil change. I've been a Honda guy for 10 years now.
After we scoped out the car, another couple older than me were looking/test driving the car, the guy was way tall with a huge beer gut, totally out of shape, don't know how long he could get in and out of it without serious difficulty. I told my daughter, I'll see you later, haha. She laughed and left, she knew how long I'd been looking for just that car.

If you look at my previous posts, I've told this story at least 100 times, haha!

I have a 2009 and bought an extended warranty as first year models have unknown problems. I still have not used it.
I had the short block replaced and soon will get the steering lock replaced under warranty even though it never failed (pulled fuse). I think the bugs were worked out in later years and wouldn't be too concerned about the '09.

I track my car and I've considered another as a dedicated track 370Z. It is reliable compared to other track cars out there.

how is your csc holding up, mr. tam?

I traded my BMW for my Z. Extremely disappointed with BMW quality. Loved the car, but couldn't afford to keep replacing parts. 3 of the 4 window regulators broke at around $600 a piece. Both rear springs broke. I know Chicago has crappy streets, but all my Hondas never broke a spring driving the same streets. Engine was great on the BMW but the rest reminded me of why I quit buying American cars. I'll stick with the Japanese. The Z has been great so far. Bought used with 10K and now have 28K.

I bought used 09 at 37,2xx I had short block replaced under warranty at 37,6xx. I didn't notice any sounds on the test drive but after owning it for a couple of days, I knew there shouldn't be slight tapping sounds from engine when i went over 2500 rpm.

No other issues since, now at 47,xxx.

Fine. Replaced the burnt fluid once.

sounds good.

FYI used does not always mean it was consumer owned. There is a dealer here that shops for "factory cars" These are cars used by Nissan or Nissan related people like factory exec. I got my 2013 with 1600mi for much less then new and it was the same as new except the od says 1600 miles.

Another thing I have been reading all over about the clutch failure also.
One of the things I saw was there was a recommendation to swap out the
dot 3 fluid for the GTR dot4?? fluid. For the heck of it I called service to ask they confirmed there is a service bulletin on this and this action is meant to be a prevention to the problem. I am not sure how much this problem exists between 2009 models to 2013 etc. I assume it can occur on 2013's also.

My local dealer Z service guy also said he has not had any Z's come in for this, only one did he have to change the slave csc and that was due to a leak. So the percentage of occurrences may not be as bad as it seems from what is seen in the forum. At least I hope that is the case..

thats not true. i traded mine in only because i needed a 4 door sedan at the time. i had 0 problems with it. whoever bought it will have 0 problems unless they F it up

Bought an '09 with the 100k warranty. It looked to be a commuter car with absolutely zero mods, not even the cabin air filter. Sometimes it's better to get a car that's regularly driven. Cars aren't meant to just sit around.


First thing I did was pull the fuse for the steering lock, forget the recall. I do all the maintenance myself which really helps keep the car running great. I had dealership replace the head gaskets as I saw green coolant was leaking through. It seemingly passed the compression test before it was sold, and it never affected drive-ability. That's why you need to be on top of things. No one will care about your car more than you.

Also had an issue with my idle dropping and cleaning the throttle bodies solved that completely (easy DIY). Think it's a reliable car for me....though that damn fuel starvation issue got me once. lol

What happened with your fuel starvation? I also have an 09 7AT. Steering lock replaced under warranty.

Right Hand turn, low on gas, and too much throttle left me stranded needing gas. All Z's can get this.

Look into pulling the fuse for the steering wheel lock and never worry about it again.

Fuel starvation is not a little matter, it's been happening to people with more than a few dots left. What a joke