TOP Tearing issue

Lee123

I've only had mine about three and a half months. The top was down almost all the time for the first couple months, but now it's up and down a lot. There are no signs for damage at all yet. It's disgusting that people are having problems like this with their tops already. I've had four previous roadsters of various kinds, a couple for around 100,000 miles, and none wore holes through their tops. Maybe I was just lucky.

vifferman

You may recall my earlier posts to this thread. Haven't heard anything of late, and wondered how Z-U-Later and others who reported early signs of his issue are faring. Z-U...did they ever fully resolve your new top installation issues (i.e. the loose front)? Others with indentations/creases/discoloration in the area of Z-U-Later's perforation...any further deterioration, etc.?

I still have a 3/8-inch crease and a small (1/8") indentation (pinch?) on the driver's side. More wrinkles, but no crease or indentation on the passenger side. The driver's side canvas is a bit more taut which may explain both the crease/indentation and the fewer wrinkles.

I will likely visit my dealer for the "free" first service (biting my nails), audio system recall/upgrade, and to discuss the top issue sometime in late September or early October. Because I drive my ZR only recreationally (just 1100 miles in less than 3 months), I fear that the top issue may progress slowly only to leave me with the cost of replacement after expiration of the warranty. Anone know...is the top covered under the general 3-year warranty, or is it subject to the 1-year "exterior trim" exclusion? I've read that warranty twice, and it's still not clear to me.

Sorry for the long-winded post, but it's my new love we're talking about here. Hee!

Z_U_later

Vifferman, yes they did resolve all my installation issues but guess what not more than 2 months after the new top was installed I started seeing wear marks in the same location again and it had gotten worse. I'm certain that a whole will apear shortly. I took it back to the dealer and my service rep agreed. After a few calls to Nissan Corp. my service rep got Nissan to fly out a top specialist to take a look at my car, they may have to replace the whole top assembly. They needed to find out the underline cause of what is causing the holes or else it will just keep happening. So the specialist is flying in next Thursday and I will be dropping my car off on Wednesday so he can have all day to look at it. The dealership is providing a loner car. Does anyone know if the lemon law applies here? I think is states if the same problems occurs 3 times and they cant resolve it they have to replace the vehicles or something, I could be wrong.