Ok,
So I got my 7500 mile service done yesterday...payed my 100 bucks (yikes), got in my car right at 6pm (service door slammed behind me)... drove off and my car felt like it was falling apart. After a few miles it got worse... I was stranded so I was forced to drive it home (about 10 miles). Called nissan complaining and they said it had to be that I needed new tires, couldn't be that my wide rear tires are now on the front! This makes me so mad, I could take my car to jiffy lube and get better service!
So can I even drive my car now back to the dealer? are my wheels going to fall off or will I ruin my tires? I'm pissed!

 

Swapping the wheels shouldn't make that big a difference in the handeling of the car in normal driving conditions. Was it wobbly? pulling, what were the symptoms?

Without more details, I can only suggest checking the lugs to be sure they're torqued properly. Did they do an alignment?

 

shaking uncontrolably...

 

Thats definatly more than just having the wheels at the wrong corners. Maybe if only one side was swapped so you had wider wheels on opposite corners, but still, I can't imagine that would cause uncontrolable shaking. Something is loose. If I had to guess I would say in the steering linkage, but who knows.

Again, move your wheels to the proper corners, and re-torque your lugs, and crawl under there to see if anything is dangling/not connected. If all looks OK, try a SLOW test drive to see if it helped. If not, call the dealer and get them to send a flat-bed to your house at their expense to get the car and fix the problem.

Its agravating, and shouldn't happen, but try to be calm and give the dealership a chance to make it right. If you fly off the handle from the get go, it won't be productive. I wouldn't give them more than one chance though. Hopefully you have more than on dealership around you.

 

What all was done to your car for the 7500 mile service

 

link to nissan service...

http://www.nissanusa.com/owning/Vehi...,9423,,00.html

 

I live in Atlanta , what Dealers service dept. was that bad??

 

I had the Nissan service dept replace my stock tires with some S-03 Pole Positions. Did they scratch each and every one of my rims? You bet they did. Even though I asked them countless times before the job if they knew what they were doing. Service Manager is now ordering a new set for me.

 

They're supposed to "road test vehicle" for that hugely expensive service! There's no way in hell they did that with the problems you're describing. I'd raise hell, man...

 

I have a 350z touring w/ auto trans and 17" wheels and the owner's manual says the tires should not be rotated because they are directional.

 

That's exactly right. All 350Zs cannot have their tires rotated.

But their itemized list of what they perform at the 7500 mile service has "road test vehicle" as the last item. Any idiot would see such a drastic problem as is being described and wouldn't let the customer out the door until that problem was fixed! That is, any idiot that performs the work that was signed for by the customer...

 

The service manual states "Rotate tires (except 350Z)"

Your service guys must be idiots.

I looked at the 7,500 service list of things they do... and just decided to get ONLY the oil change ($19.95 at Connell Nissan) and do the inspections either by myself or my mechanic friend.

 

Not to mention they have to remove a bolt from the front caliper in order to put the rear wheels on the front! Its there to keep this from happening. Which dealer????

 

Yeah, no kidding. Either they tried damn hard to screw this guy, or he's lying about the whole incident... lol

 

How on earth did they get it mounted with that PIN sticking out on the fronts??

That must be why it is shaking, they are totally mis-aligned.

 

They did remove the bolt, didn't they? I don't know how long this bolt is. If it's not very long, maybe they bolted the wheel on over it anyway and that's why there's so much wobble. I know it's a long shot, but thought I'd ask.

WayneTN

 

OK, drake3 had the same thought I did. I can't believe anyone in their right mind would do that, though!!!!!!!!!!

 

What dealer in Atlanta, I'm in Atlanta as well, and just had my 6,500 mile or 6 month service and had no problems at Regal Nissan off of Holcomb Bridge road. The service was even free. You should take your car there, some of the service guys are charter members in the Atlanta Z club, and know their stuff.

 

The bolt that's on the front calipers does nothing other than line up the stock wheels. They got in the way of my volks and had to be removed. Tire size: I have 245s on the front and I have noticed little or no difference in the way the car handles. Sounds like you have something majorly F-ed up.

 

sounds to me they cross rotated your tires. look at the arrows on the side walls to see if they are pointed correctly. If not DO NOT DRIVE THE CAR! call the dealership, get them to flat bed it back and get new tires. The belts can seperate when run backwards and cause them to become unsafe. As to the dealership they usally have a helper/high school student to do the simple stuff. Just be glad they put the oil back in and attached a oil filter.