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Hi everybody. I'm a new member on the forum and am developing a issue with my newly purchased -Used- 2016 Base 307Z. I LOVE the car so I in No

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Old 11-24-2016, 01:44 AM   #1 (permalink)
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Default Love my Z but bought a crashed one from a dealer with full factory warranty

Hi everybody. I'm a new member on the forum and am developing a issue with my newly purchased -Used- 2016 Base 307Z. I LOVE the car so I in No way want to have it bought back. I got the car with only 6800 miles on it. It was sold as Used but the Dealer sticker on the window had a check mark in the Full Factory Warranty box with approximately 2 years remaining or 29,200 miles left of coverage.. The unchecked box was As Is. During the sale I was assured the car did have the full warranty in effect. The window sticker also advertised a Clean Car Fax record could be verified. This turned out to NOT be true and found that out one day after signing all docs. The Car Fax did indicate the car had been in a minor collision only with cosmetic damage on the front end of the vehicle so I didn't panic over this to much since the car seemed to drive OK. I did notice the Low a Tire Low Pressure Warning Light On and was concerned as to why during the sale and prior to delivery. I was told not to worry. The car was taken and cleaned/prepped/ and the tire pressure issue was supposed to be addressed as well while I finished up with the Finance Dept. loan Docs. I was also supposed to get the Car Fax report for the Z as promised by the finance loan person. He also assured me verbally that the car was "Car Fax Clean". He forgot to get it for me and it got late & I was tired as well. I really believe that he did not purposely lie to me since the car sticker on the window did state the clean car fax in writing.

OK to try and make a long story shorter. The tire issue including new wheel locks with a key since the key was totally missing with the locks that came with the car (that's another story) finally got corrected several days later but not before delivery and much aggravation. All now seemed OK except missing vin tags & tire pressure tags in the drivers pillar due to a now known left side pillar replacement. The Body work & Paint look just fine at this time. I have noticed a slight rattle in the left door panel arm rest area when going over bumps only so it needs to be corrected but no big deal. The Engine/Transmission/Rear End perform flawless.

Now for the problem... After three weeks and a few hundred miles of use, I started to hear a clicking sound when coming to a stop coming from the left front wheel. I thought it was brake related. I dropped the car off at a different Dealer near by my area for a checkup. Bad news. I'm told that my spindle or the part that it mounts to is totally damaged and had obvious signs of a collision which caused a wheel to drag and carve into the suspension part. That part now could NOT be covered under factory warranty replacement since the part was physically damaged and had not failed which is the provision of the Nissan warranty. I had to pay out of pocket within the first month of ownership $885 for this repair including a 4 wheel alignment. The clicking sound turned out to be micro fracturing in the material in several places on the back side of the part that ultimately could have caused the entire spindle to break off and do really bad things. OK so I got past all of this and paid the $ to replace the bad part. The car was then inspected underneath by this Dealer and no further damage was seen. The warranty was verified to now be fully in effect by this Dealer and all should be well. BUT... After a few more weeks, the left front brake is making noise upon stopping but only sometimes. It also has a very loud tire noise when turning right if going fast enough like a curved freeway off-ramp for instance. I believe this may be a wheel bearing going out but this was supposed to have been checked out as OK during the left front spindle repair. That was only a few hundred miles ago when checked last. Now for my question..... What do you guys think I should do if the Dealer will not fix this issue under warranty? By the way, I am going to go back to the Dealership where I bought the car for the next evaluation. I am hoping they may be more flexible since they sold me the car in the first place. I was for warned that if something else related to the accident turned up, that may also NOT be covered. I not going back there for the next evaluation because of this.

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