Check this before your powertrain warranty is up!

[G35fromTO]

If 6 years have passed from the day the car went into service (delivery date) then you are SOL.

[gimi-g cpe]

I love these cars to death but im reading up on all the problem they have and I'm thinking about geting somthing else. My other choice wase a 05 maxima.
It suks I might not get the g, just because of all these problems. I'm still reading, hoping to find info that would convince me to go ahead with the purchase(realy love these cars).

This my first post, sorry its so long. Thanks for all the info, now I know what I might be getting into.

Originally Posted by bocatrip

Between the brakes, tires, compression rods, window motors , actuators, and now valve cover gaskets, this car is falling into the category of "high maintenance". Thank god for the elite extended warranty.

[SteveZ]

Originally Posted by G35fromTO

If 6 years have passed from the day the car went into service (delivery date) then you are SOL.

Worse, it's not necessarily always the delivery date. I took delivery 12/29/2003, the dealer has the service date as 11/30/2003 in the system. It had 14 miles on the odo when I picked it up, I think it was prepped for a lease vehicle then sold instead when I showed up on the doorstep wanting to trade in my Z, but somehow there's another discrepancy they have on their records and what my CT State registration says, another month later.

If the dealer was looking at an $800 repair with car sales down 50% right now over same period last year and I came in late, you can bet they'd see that as income.

Point is don't assume when you picked the car up was its delivery date. I have found they recorded another date for service date.

[seymore4]

Wow I love this thread.
Decided to check it out just for the heck of it before I completely void my warranty (I'm scheduled to get twins put in next week as soon as my back-ordered clutch shows up )
and what do you know? cylinders #2 and #6 are leaking. Just a little, but I'm driving an 06 with 25K miles on it so it's still kind of early.
Called up the dealer and I'm getting all new valve covers under warranty

And they didn't say a word about all my mods

[G35pm]

Originally Posted by gimi-g cpe

I love these cars to death but im reading up on all the problem they have and I'm thinking about geting somthing else. My other choice wase a 05 maxima.
It suks I might not get the g, just because of all these problems. I'm still reading, hoping to find info that would convince me to go ahead with the purchase(realy love these cars).

This my first post, sorry its so long. Thanks for all the info, now I know what I might be getting into.

Doesn't the maxima have the VQ as well?

[gimi-g cpe]

Oh s*it! Yes it do have a vq, just looked it up n saw that it do. I'm going to search and see if it have any similar problem, if it do ill rather deal with the G.

[2006tt guy]

will they even bother touching a heavily modified car?

[JoeMac]

Has anyone replaced the valve cover themselves?

[SteveZ]

Most are trying to get warranty as the covers are not inexpensive, but it would be pretty easy job, just takes some time to get all the junk out of the way. If you've changed plugs before you're easily halfway there or more.

[SteveZ]

Originally Posted by 2006tt guy

will they even bother touching a heavily modified car?

Mods should not matter unless they are directly related to the problem at hand, and I cannot think of any mod that impacts this problem.

[seymore4]

I'm pretty sure they'll deny warranty work once I boost...

EDIT: But I'm sure as hell gonna try

[FrozenInferno]

Originally Posted by 2006tt guy

will they even bother touching a heavily modified car?

I am going to assume your tt from your name and i would highly doubt they would cover most things under warranty anymore. Thats a risk you take.

[FrozenInferno]

Originally Posted by SteveZ

Mods should not matter unless they are directly related to the problem at hand, and I cannot think of any mod that impacts this problem.

Your correct, but with boost its a different story especially since oil is at play. They might cover it since its a known problem, but the guy needs to be tactful when speaking to them. I had mine done and i had the high flows on the z tube and popcharger and also the ses exhuast. Nothing to influence blow by on the spark plug.

[OCG35]

Originally Posted by FrozenInferno

I am going to assume your tt from your name and i would highly doubt they would cover most things under warranty anymore. Thats a risk you take.

It is highly doubtful that they would warranty anything engine related if it was FI.

[seymore4]

It'd have to be a REALLY cool service manager to hook you up under warranty...

Main reason why I got mine fixed before I get the twins in