2011 Nissan 370Z problems
NHTSA has received 59 complaints about the 2011 Nissan 370Z, and 37% of them involve steering. Next are drivetrain & axles (24%) and electrical system (20%).
At a glance
- Complaints
- 59 filed with NHTSA
- Most reported
- Steering 37% of complaints
- Crashes and fires
- 0 and 0
- Injuries and deaths
- 0 and 0
- Typical mileage
- 39,000 miles 55 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 | 5 |
| 20k to 40k miles | 23 |
| 40k to 60k miles | 22 |
| 60k to 80k miles | 3 |
| 80k to 100k miles | 2 |
| 100k to 120k miles | 0 |
| 120k to 140k miles | 0 |
| 140k to 160k miles | 0 |
| 160k to 180k miles | 0 |
| 180k to 200k miles | 0 |
| 200k+ miles | 0 |
What the data shows
Of the 55 complaints that include odometer readings, half describe a problem before roughly 39,000 miles. For steering specifically, the median reported mileage is about 39,000 miles (19 complaints with mileage).
None of these complaints report a crash, fire, injury or death. Its complaints are less severe on average than those of 100% of model years in our database.
It is also covered by 1 safety recall campaign.
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.
The fuel gauge indicator or the fuel level sender malfunctioned. After filling up the tank clearly almost to the top, the fuel gauge showed misinformation which the tank was not full.
On october 19, 2012, while driving and beginning to stop, my brake light and my ABS light came on. My brake light would go off; however, the abs/traction light remained on. I took it to the dealership to have it looked at on october 20, 2012 and was told that the brake master cylinder was leaking and that there had been a recall on the part and they would fix it, but did not know when they would get the part and as of october 29, 2012, I have not been contacted by the dealership about the part.
Key indicator light came on about a week prior to the incident. Made 2 phone calls to local nissan dealerships (one in portland or and one in vancouver, wa) both dealerships claimed they had no idea what was going on but I should bring it in for a diagnostic test which ran around $118 just to look at. Since nothing appeared wrong with my car I waited because the "key" light would go off. It came back on the day I had the incident and left me stranded on my lunch hour with no power to start my car.
Had to go get emergency cough medication for spouse at 2:30am. After leaving walgreen, was unable to start my car. The key fob has enough battery power but the engine ignition stayed on "lock" and could not detect key fob. After trying to an hour to "google" and "youtube" and tried everything I could find to fix the issue but with no luck. Had to contact spouse to pick me up at 3:00am.