If your car breaks at the track, how likely do you think it is that Nissan will fix it under warranty, assuming you are within the warranty period and they know it happened at a track event?

This is something I am very curious about.

 

first you explain what happened....

then,

YOU: So since its the track model are you guys gonna fix it under warranty?

DEALER: Hahahahaha.....NO!

I dont think it'll happen buddy, but hey, maybe your dealer will be REALLY nice.

 

I don't own one nor do I plan on owning one, I'm just curious. I have an s2000...the honda advertised 0-60 times can only be touched by doing high-RPM clutch drops which turns the drivetrain to soup, and of course AHM denies 90% of what should be covered under warranty. I'm personally blacklisted from any warranty work...but no worries since I'm over warranty mileage anyway The Z is advertised and marketed as a track car, so I'm wondering if it the warranty will honor it as such. They honestly can't expect the track model to be babied in someone's garage!!! Oh yeah, American car corporations aren't honest

 

why the fluck would tell them you broke it at the track?


huh...of course, theyll say "you OBVIOUSLY arent very good at track drving so its your fault. YOU fix it."

I dont know, maybe NIssan isnt crooked

 

car manufacturers read the message boards...many accidents get posted with pics by a friend and then removed quickly by the driver to hide from the ins. co. or car corp. The internet is NOT immune from lawyers

 

Well, since Nissan calls it a "TRACK" model I think that implies it is for TRACK use. Nissan would have a hard time turning down a warranty claim on a Track Model even if they knew for a fact it broke at the track. But it does depend on what breaks. If you miss a shift and zing the engine to 10K, I don't think Nissan should be responsible for that. I think general failures would be covered though.

 

As long as you have the GOLD PLUS bumper-to-bumper coverage then you're good, they'll fix anything that goes wrong. That's what the GM at the dealer told me when I bought my '02 Pathfinder and he said it applies to any car so I guess it applies to the Z also. I don't know about the standard 5year/60,000 mile drive terrain warranty though.

 

I'd guess you should be OK as long as it's a non-competitive, non-timed event.

 

I just hope Nissan won't be like Subaru. I hear WRX owner have difficult times getting warranty fixes if the dealership hears that the car has been tracked.

 

that's b/c some wrx owners have been doing 5k clutch dumps with 400hp and wonder why their differentials break.

 

This is purely based on reading the posts on WRX forums, but some WRX owners are having problems getting their warranties honored when their tranny break down just because they have aftermarket rims and tires. I'd agree if they modified their cars to over 400 HP, it would affect the tranny, but different tires and rims?

What is Nissan's stance on modifications?

 

dealer: "well you see...the new tire size is not OEM, and thus changing the ratios between your tranny and the ground and this voids the warranty." bwahahahahhah

 

This is a clear violation of the Magnuson Moss Warranty Act, which specifies the mods cannot be used to invalidate a warranty unless the mod can be directly attributed as a cause or contributing cause to the specific failure.

 

i think what he was saying is that the dealer will make up some bogus reason of how the mods caused the damage.

 

Understand that the dealer doesn't control what's covered by the warranty company. They submit the claims to the company, the company then decides if it's a covered repair or not. If there is evidence that the vehicle's mods contributed to a problem, the warranty company will probably not cover it.

The dealer gets paid whether it's a warranty claim or a customer pay repair.

 

Therefore the dealer is on your side in any warranty claim, as they want to get paid, and they will probably fudge whatever data is required to convince the manufacturer that it should be covered.

 

except that the warranty company rarly pays full price like you and i do. the warranty company negotiats the lobor rates and parts prices. consumers generally cannot do this. So in the end the dealer would prefer you pay rather then the warranty company pay because you will pay full price and the warranty company pays a reduced rate.

 

it depends on if the mechanics are union or not how they get paid.