Stevebetts

Assembly all fitted back in place. Fans work fine. Can't wait to speak to the service manager at Nissan derby on Wednesday. Hope I can get some of the rip off charge back.

The strip and clean of the motors worked! Just got to put the assembly back in now.

Just done this procedure on my car. Top man Beau! 3 brushes stuck on one motor and 4 on the other. Freed them off and tested on the car using the AA test. All spins up good! Bit better than the £1050 Nissan wanted to charge me.

Thanks for the heads up on CS. I'm going to strip and clean the motors and hopefully they will work. If not, I will get the Mishimotos from Alex.

Have you tested them yet octet?

Ebized. I know I may have been optimistic, but it really cheeses me off when there is a known issue and the manufacturers bury their head in the sand and tell dealers to say "no, we've never heard of that before". The techs at Nissan Derby that worked on my car are in my opinion poor to say the least. They told me complete rubbish until I pushed them. I am an engineer and when they tell me it's not possible to test the cooling motors directly, I know I am being bullshitted. As soon as they realised I know a bit about engines and test procedures they started changing their story about the results of their diagnostics. On that note, does anyone have a good garage to take my car to in future in the Alfreton/Derbyshire area?

Octet, I'm sure you could repair yours and sell them on eBay. At least you will get some cash back.

I will try this before parting with cash for the Mishimoto unit! Nice one.

CS have been back to me. They are backing the dealer (supprise supprise). They also deny any known issue with the fan motors. I have to pay £225 to get my car back in the same state as i left it. What a bunch of robbing B*****ds!

unbelievable!!!!! Nissan phone me back today to say its the fans that have failed. We can fix that for you for £1050 sir! I obviously told them no way. She then says, well you still have to pay the £225. What the hell for i say. For the diagnosis of the problem. Yesterday i was told the following: 1. £80 for diagnosis. 2. wiring problem found, cost £225 to fix wiring fault. Today they deny this and say the £225 was to continue the diagnosis! they spent 5 hours diagnosing!!! I diagnosed the fan issue with the AA test in a couple of minutes. I have now logged complaint with Nissan customer services. I have also pointed out fan failure is a known issue and i expect Nissan to replace them FOC (I can wish cant I). This is my first dealing with Nissan and i cant say im impressed. I will keep you posted.

Car went to Nissan today. They phoned me late this afternoon to say it is a wiring problem. They need the car tomorrow too and assuming they don't find anything else, the cost is £225. Lets see what tomorrow brings......

Scroll down. DOH! Thanks.

that appears to be the owners manual and not a service/repair manual.

i am sure this has been asked a number of times, but i am finding the search function lacking to say the least. Whenever i search it brings up totally non related items for some reason. Anyway, is there anywhere on here to download the service/repair manual for a 2006 350Z? cheers

Thanks for that.

I can't find a definitive answer to this. I have the Bluetooth adapter and the bose cd/radio/cassette HU in my 56 plate Z. My question is, does the Bluetooth adapter connect directly to the HU? If it does, what sort of connection is it so if I upgrade the HU I can get one withe the appropriate fitting. I see many of the new HU now have Bluetooth inbuilt anyway. If they do, does that make the fitted one redundant? Is the fitted nissan one better than others in some way?

Nice one.

Nice one. Mine is a 2006 with 35000 miles!

Got stuck in slow moving traffic today for around 20 mins. Next thing I knew steam was pouring from under the bonnet. Looked down at my temp gauge and it was in the red. I hurriedly pulled up and popped the bonnet to see the expansion tank looking like a boiling kettle. It seems the fans are not coming on. Spoke to the previous owner today to see if had similar issues. It seems it went back to nissan under his warrantee for the same reason in January of this year. They replaced the thermostat sensor and said all was good. Got it booked in at nissan next Tuesday and the work should still be guaranteed. Will not be happy if its not!

Thanks for all the welcoms chaps. Drove around 200 miles today, mainly motorway. Very smooth and comfy and also got 30mpg!

Hello to all. My first post here as a new 350Z owner. Picked up my 2006 grey GT yesterday. Looking forward to getting to know her.