FA57 BDY

ricey...i make you right and it was my intention to do so so today ive taken yet another unpaid day off to deal with this poxy car.as it stands the dealership failed to do as they promised or even bother to contact me (no suprise there) today has been my first opportunity to take the car to a specialist other than nissan due to the facts ive been back and forth to the dealer ,his garage that serviced it,dealer had the car for days on end. ive been to kaizer motorsport for a diagnosis and guess what.....I WAS 100% CORRECT ON EVEYTHING I SAID!!!! ALL THE ADVICE I WAS GIVEN BY THE PEOPLE I MENTIONED WAS SPOT ON!!! if i could work out how to post the two clips i have of the car running and sounding like @*!# i would kaizer is compiling a report for me and have quoted approximately 10-15 hours labour with costs between 1500-2000 and that is to deal with the timing chain and top end knocking alone,which is an expensive repair and not a cost i will be suffering at all

The initial knocking that started on the drive home was not there on the test drive (which was about 10 mins long,but engine was left running for a further 20 mins) In-between me paying deposit and collecting the car it had an oil change,before the oil change it run quietly and sounded like a healthy engine,after the oil change it sounded like a bag of spanners in a washing machine...... Whether the previous owner added an oil thickening additive to quieten it down is unknown I was told to run the car for an additional week to see if it changed,whether this caused further damage is unknown. Since the Nissan oil change the original knocking has quietened down but as a result you can now hear (what we believe to be)timing chain slapping intermittently In my earlier post I said I'd spoken to 2 350z specialists in regards to timing chain costs,they haven't seen the car was just a price enquiry I have had an ex stock car racer/engine builder a friend with a huge bhp skyline (engine built by himself) An ex 350z owner A Nissan gtr specialist look at the car All of which excluding gtr specialist think the same thing.... Timing chain issues and top end problems I.e.cam lobes,lifters,buckets etc None of which can be accurately diagnosed until stripping down occurs Gtr specialist advice was,he only works on gtr's but believes most 350s are noisy,would be a good idea to let new oil have time to get around engine and see how it goes

The knocking issue isn't solved

They've already had the car for 8 days to assess/repair it,in which time they did absolutely nothing and claimed it made no noise at all!! Even though it could be clearly heard knocking away like crazy from over 10 feet away and 3 staff members agreed on that. From what I've read I'm only obliged to give them one opportunity to assess and repair the car,so I think I'm being more than reasonable with them considering the running around I've done and costs I've incurred already As for being a 10 year old car with 70k,that does not mean they can sell something that is not fit for purpose,of satisfactory quality and ignore consumers rights.....sticking brakes,defective steering,damaged wheel,engine fault with potential to cause total engine failure isn't exactly fit for purpose I'm sure most people would agree!!!! The specialist never heard the Intermittent cam chain noise which is getting worse when it appears The car was bought outright with cash I have spoken to 2 350z specialists (both highly recommended on this forum) with regards to the cam chain issues alone and both estimated repair costs to be anywhere between £1000 and £2000 which I class as an expensive repair cost tbh...... Unless they're both taking liberties and someone can recommend a specialist to carry out the work for an inexpensive fee I have to take their pricing for what it is Wizza 2000 thanks for the offer mate I appreciate it and may take you up on it depending on the outcome,I do accept the will be acceptable noises,my clutch/gearbox does the same but I haven't mentioned it before as I deem it acceptable after reading up on them from other members cars

And so it continues...... Had a few extra issues appear with the car now.. intermittently sticking rear caliper. creaking from front passenger side when turning steering. noticed a buckle on the dish of the rear wheel (causing vibration at around 70mph which I thought was balancing). Exhaust rattling. Intermittent cam chain rattle. Clicking rear axle. Still getting the top end knocking but not as bad. Decided enough was enough and tried returning the car today,unsurprisingly the boss 'victor' wasn't there,I ended up waiting around for 3 hours for him to get back to me his solution was as follows....we want to take the car to another garage to carry out an assessment and price for work needed to see if warranty will cover the costs,if it's too expensive then a refund may be issued but minus an admin fee and cost of warranty!! I calmly explained this was the 4th time I'd been back to them,they had the car for 8 days without doing a single thing to it,I've already lost 3 days self employed work in total £600,paid out £100 for oil change, fuel for 4 80 mile round trips and can't be left without a vehicle again for however long.after getting a loads of lies excuses and attitude they've agreed to supply a courtesy car and come collect my vehicle but reckon all the other issues are part of buying an old car and will not be fixed,also tried proposing I've had the car too long so they have no obligation to honour anything,so I reminded him I phoned with the issue the very next day after purchase which pauses my '30' day period. Looks like this is gonna become very messy,long winded and expensive. Also very very hard to reign in my temper as I'm getting increasingly annoyed with their attitude and bullshitting. Does anyone have any good links for legal advice?

Oil change done with the 5w 30 at Nissan, Had a listen to it was still a slight tapping noise but after giving it a few revs and 20 mins run its quietened down a lot more than it was sounding. Had the gtr specialist listen to it and they were kind enough to park a 54 reg with only 34k next to mine and they sound very similar.he says it sounds like all other 350's he's worked on. So hopefully that's problem solved,gonna see how it goes for a couple of days One of the fuel dampers has vibration compared to the other so maybe that might need a change at some point but it seems an easy enough job to tackle myself and not expensive either. Gotta say the service I received from Glyn hopkin Romford was absolutely spot on and their man Adam on the service desk is a diamond

Thanks Randy baton,mine is the gunmetal colour,had a look at that link you posted and it looks like there's a zed (the one with the wiggly font number plate) that has my wheels or very similar but in a different colour combo that I think looks perfect 👌 Quick question....as mine is going into Nissan for an oil change in the morning what grade oil do you knowledgeable lot recommended..... I know it's supposed to be fully synthetic 5w 30 but I saw a post on Facebook earlier saying Nissan recommend 3 different oil grades? Also from the comments I read people were suggesting a part synthetic 10 w 30/40 with m6 kind of mileage (74-75k).....any suggestions?

Got her booked in for Wednesday at Nissan,fingers crossed it'll be ok with the oil change as I'm falling more in love with her every day and I'm itching to fit a nice exhaust and change the colour of my black wheels. Anyone else got the dark silver/grey colour with decent wheels,I'm looking for some inspiring pics to help me choose what colour to change them to

Got her booked in for Wednesday at Nissan,fingers crossed it'll be ok with the oil change as I'm falling more in love with her every day and I'm itching to fit a nice exhaust and change the colour of my black wheels. Anyone else got the dark silver/grey colour with decent wheels,I'm looking for some inspiring pics to help me choose what colour to change them to

So I just left my local Nissan dealership,they had a quick look and at first they said it is a bit of a characteristic noise of a 350z (this was a sales rep) mechanic had a listen and recommended an oil and filter change as first thing to do incase the wrong oil was used (prior to service it was quiet) and as it seems quieter when cold.they also pointed out a slight click coming from rear drive shafts that would need addressing at some point... On the plus side he let me have a sneaky peak at the brand new 2017 gtr,looking very tough indeed

Ekona that's exactly what I don't wanna do because the outcome will be what you say,unfortunately controlling my temper isn't easy... I'll have to take my Mrs with me to keep me in check 😂

It does seem like they try wriggling out of things judging from the reviews and the first phone call yesterday. Funnily enough the attitude completely changed when I turned up in a rage looking for him,probably as his staff member relayed what I had said 😀 Tt350...we think along the same lines mate,but for the moment I've gotta try the calm approach (for a change)

Payco.... I make you 100% right. So I went to collect the car and see 'victor' face to face,surprisingly he wasn't there! Started the car and it sounded exactly the same as before,a noise that all 3 of his staff couldn't deny! Coincidentally Nissan main dealer phoned me at the same time 'vincent' phoned his staff member I was with. Finally spoke to vincent and he's agreed to let me choose an independent mechanical check near to my home to resolve the issue or take car back depending on the outcome. Thought I might actually be getting somewhere until I clicked on the above link from coldel 😂 cheers mateðŸ‘😂 I'm gonna find someone for an opinion and see what to do from there,hoping it's nothing serious and gets sorted as I really don't want to return the car,but if I must, I will......very reluctantly as I'm loving the zed's

So I did as advised and returned the car to the dealership,1St time they pretended they couldn't hear anything,told me to leave it for another week and see how it goes. Returned it a week later,9 days after not hearing back from them I made the call,here's what they said.....there's nothing wrong with the car,it makes no noise at all,even through a stethoscope,no faults on diagnostic reader etc,been to 2 different garages the car is fault free. I told him his mechanic could probably do with a hearing test,to which he got very defensive and verbal When told they had been trying to contact me I replied "well I haven't changed my number in over 10 years" the reply I got was "don't get funny with me" So it seems that ESSEX PRESTIGE AUTOS OF ONGAR AND HARLOW are a lying bunch scammers and 'VICTOR' in peticular has no customer skills,manners or integrity I'll be collecting the car today/tomorrow and trying my best to not lose my short temper when being presented with a load of bullshit As for my next move,I'm a bit uncertain,have a Nissan dealership near me that I might have to pop into for some expensive diagnostics

Thanks for the feedback boys,especially ekona. I phoned garage today and am taking car back to them Saturday to show them,to be honest the person on the phone was clueless and didn't even know what tappets were. I've checked oil after being parked on my flat level drive for over 24hrs and it's fresh new oil just fractionally under the full mark. Started it and let it run for 5-10 mins and the noise is still there but quieter,felt the fuel dampers and the passenger side vibrates/knocks in time with the sound.also stuck my ear on top of engine (while cold) and it sounds like it's coming from inside the top of the engine. Just drove it about 2 miles (quite lively) and the noise is much louder. Checked my warranty it's a 6 month GEM warranty,seems to cover a lot of things to be fair.i'll upload a pic of it if I can work out how to