2006 Nissan 350Z problems
Owners have filed 67 complaints with NHTSA about the 2006 Nissan 350Z. Engine is the most reported problem area, at 27% of complaints. Next are air bags (22%) and wheels (22%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 67 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Engine 27% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 9 and 2
- Injuries and deaths
- 8 and 1
- Typical mileage
- 26,000 miles 54 complaints with mileage
Source: NHTSA owner complaints
Where the complaints are
Share of this model year's complaints by the part of the car involved. One complaint can name more than one part, so the shares can add up to more than 100%.
When problems show up
View the numbers
| Mileage | Complaints |
|---|---|
| 0k to 20k miles | 22 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 13 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 10 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 3 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 1 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 2 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 54 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 26,000 miles. For engine specifically, the median reported mileage is about 24,000 miles (16 complaints with mileage).
Safety-related details: 9 complaints mention a crash; 2 complaints mention a fire; 8 injuries reported; 1 death reported. Its complaints are more severe on average than those of 89% of model years in our database.
Looking only at complaints filed within five years of the model year (so older and newer years are comparable), the 2006 ranks 5th most-complained-about out of 6 model years of the Nissan 350Z with enough data (45 complaints in that window).
What owners wrote
A few complaints as filed, shortened and with personal details removed. The first ones are among the most serious reports for this model year; the rest are typical.
My son was driving home he had a accident, he hit a tree and was killed. He was only 20yrs old. Patrick's air bags never opened which maybe he would be alive today if they did.
My wife was involved in an accident where she t-boned another driver after he made an illegal turn in front of her. The airbags in her car did not deploy. She hit this guy at approximately 35 miles per hour.
This complaint is being filed as part of an official california highway patrol investigation into a major injury traffic collision involving a law enforcement officer. The chp mait investigation # is sl-45-06. The traffic collision occurred on october 11, 2006, within los angeles county and involved a 2006 nissan 350zx.
I purchased a 2006 nissan 350z manual 6 speed. After several thousand miles, the car started to burn an excessive amount of oil. I was told that this was normal. I stated that this was a new car and new cars do not burn oil. Nissan consumer relations was contacted and after almost a year and with many threats to hire an attorney and sue for consumer fraud, nissan finally agreed to replace the engine.
Oil consumption. I have a 2006 350z with 22k miles on and at my last oil change I noticed about 1.5 quart oil consumption in less than 3000 miles. I tried regular and synthetic oil and seems to be the same issue. Engine is making a funny noise always. Noise is like lifter -type sound. It goes off after 4000 rpms and get worst when driving up hill.