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gas door on the driver side :icon14:

best get out there and get a pic of your nismo for your sig :tup:

lol yeah, the effin rain is back, so it'll have to wait :crying:

but it will happen. maybe I'll make a few different ones iono.

yeah...we got flash flood watches till tomorrow night...:shakes head:

i just washed and detailed the z yesterday :icon14:

damnit that means it's YOUR fault that it's raining early :P

:roflpuke2:

yup...guilty of the rain dance...:ugh2:

Yeah! I somehow missed this thread. I've got the same thing and already took it to the dealership once. They tightened the hatch and the issue still occured. Thanks for the heads-up :tup:

yep 2 hits... kinda annoying when u go to open it hit it hear it and cant lift it up... gotta hit it 2 times well will be going to nissan today >.> also my key key chain broke.. my Z one >.> o well new car new issues... like the paint >.>

Hey kdo, did you have your springs replaced already? I know I should have read the whole thread but if you did was it a local dealer in or around Austin? I'm having some difficulty with Round Rock Nissan and Soutpoint was a hassle this past week. I'm runnin out of dealers here in Austin!!

He got them replaced, and it looks like it was at Bates Nissan. I'd recommend going to my galleries and printing out my service invoice. It seems to have helped some people get this pushed through.

your best bet is to call nissan hq 1-800-647-7261 or 1-866-799-1690 and do a file of concern...hq got the ball rollin for me and the rest was smooth sailing...

I looked up parts at below link. It list parts as 2003 to 2008 350Z.

http://www.partswebsite.com/nissanca...partnum=accept

Lift gate, Spring

LIFT GATE »Gate & hardware
Nissan › 350z coupe › 2003-2008
List Price : $32.00
Your Price : $25.60

Hey thanks bro! As always you kicketh the ***! Hey did you end up going to a dealer here in this area?:tup:

no i went to bates nissan here in killeen...

however if you start with nissan hq, your local dealer will have a change of heart...;)

i have never had this problem i walk up to the car all the time and i dont unlock it i just hold the release for a second and it always opens no problem. i hope it stays that way

The problem may "disappear" on newer Zs as the part(s) we're getting replaced have been officially supersceded by the new parts (eg. 71A.) Basically the newer mfg date, the more likely it will have the new part already.

Mine has started acting up occasionally now, it pops up halfway and then you have to press the button again to get it to open the rest of the way.

Thanks for the info, I will follow up with my dealer.

Oh, and I need to change my vote!

Just starting happening to me too. I thought maybe I needed to grease the trunk shocks but seems to be a know issue for other Z owners after reading this tread.

No use in getting new struts, Vipor; they all turned out bad (at least the OEMs). I was just saying that my hatch door doesn't stick, rather it's easy to open, but it won't stay up. Thanks anyway!

Not staying up is a strut problem. Not clearing the latch when "popping" the hatch is the spring issue.

Just took me 7 tries to open mine...

To the dealer I go...oh huhh..oh hoh!

lol...thats a record :eek:

I haven't been this ticked off in a while. Took my Z into the dealership (the parts guy had ordered and received the longer lift springs). The service dept wouldn't do anything until they contacted Nissan North America (I had already opened a case with them) but the North America rep said they would not pay the dealer until a Bulletin is issued. It could be several years before a TSB is sent out...caught in the middle. huh? Here is my assessment...the Sport Pkg adds the read spoiler which adds about 9 or 10 lbs to the hatch. Nissan's engineers did not change the lift springs to a stronger spring. I'm no engineer but know that if you add that much weight to the end of the lever (the hatch) you are going to have more pressure to lift. Maybe their engineers have never considered this...? My guess is the hatch lifts will show increased wear too, due to the increased weight causing premature failure. I'm no genius but apparently the Nissan engineers aren't either. The 370 is a brand new vehicle. Why won't Nissan listen? Your guess is as good as mine.

odd :icon14: i called the 1 800 number in the first post and did a file of concern and roughly two weeks later had the longer springlifts on the z...

from reading your post you say you did a file of concern correct?

if not i would call the number in the first post and start that way...

I have a Nismo. Largest, heaviest "stock" spoiler around. You need to BBB that dealership and find a new one. Check my previous posts, get the part numbers, print out the invoice that I took a photo of, go in and raise some hell.

all the images are in my galleries down there \/

Nissan NA had info on file on my case...the dealer said they added the info from my contact with them to the file with Nissan NA. Oh, I had the print outs of the pictures and the work order in Texas. I offered them to the service department and the Mgr didn't seem interested and didn't even look at them. The service advisor brought out a technican...he looked at the hatch and, honest to God, asked me if I installed the wing. No kidding...he had no idea it was part of the Sport Pkg...scary, huh? Actually I've been to three dealers in the area including the one I bought the Z from. I'm pretty pissed. I'm pretty much ready to wash my hands of all of them. I have a friend that is a tech at one of the dealers who has been working on my Z's for the last 10 years...I might recruit him to do what work I need done and just leave the dealerships alone.

you dont have to give up...

call nissan na back they should have gave you an ext number for the person handling your file...let that person know that anyone or all of those dealers were unwilling to help...things should shift in your favor shortly there after...

I have called Nissan back and left a message for the rep assigned to my case. She did follow up within 24 hours of my initial call. Seemed truly interested but when she asked "what can I do to help resolve this for you?". I said just send me the springs and I'll install them (it's about a 3 sec fix). She said we don't have parts...I said have them mailed from a local dealer. She just said they can't do that. I'm not giving up just a little frustrated at the moment.

theres the issue...

ask them to tell one of the dealers to order the parts...it took my service manager less than 30 seconds to swap them out and i didnt even have to pull it in a bay...

I tried the 2 penny trick (putting two pennies in the pastic housing of each spring) and so far it works fine. I read somewhere that the 350z springs are longer and stronger than ours and also fit in place of the stock springs. If that's true, then an easy fix would be just pulling the springs from a wrecked 350 in some junkyard and putting it on, until that tsb comes out.

Just got my new springs installed yesterday...problem is definitely fixed...hatch is now, um, anxious to open. ;)

i...um, know wat you mean!!!

its badazz the longer springs have been flawless!!!

ditto

Right, dude. Different but related issues, 'cause they involve the hatch door. Nissan's bugs are at it again!

If I buy the part myself, is it hard to install?

all you have to do is rotate it while pushing in. think pill jar

I'm still Having Issues with mine!!

user error :stirthepot:

Not a problem to install at all. Simple quarter turn and it's out. I took one out and showed the service mgr how simple it was. If they charge Nissan anything to change them out they are robbing them.

half hour minimum i'm sure, but like you said, it's retarded easy