Does anyone know if the problem is completely cured with the 05'?

 

I agree with you 100%! I tell everyone I can about how horrible this car is. I don't want to see them get screwed like we are!

 

Hey Ya'll,

 

I just took my 2004 to the local dealer, not the one I purchased from, he made one phone call and 3 hours later I left there with 2 new front tires and a fresh alignment........

 

Great Grumpy! What are you going to do when your car reaches 24,000 miles and you need tires every 6k to 10k miles.

 

2004 Z (manufactured 5/04). At 10.5k recieved I received new set of front tires from dealer due to feathering, no questions asked. Add me to the list.

 

I have a 2004 Enthusiast (auto). I'm having the same feathering problem everyone else is having, including the brickwall at Nissan. My dealer says that something is on the way, but can't say when. I have 13,000 on the back tires and only 7,000 on the front. The car had new tires on the front when I bought (used) it from my local Nissan dealer. I've been looking at the posts on this website at the suggestion of my dealer's Service Manager. I read a post that after buying a different tire the problem did not come back. However, the post did not identify the brand. Anyone out there know the answer to this question?

 

No one knows the final answer to your question. However, the RE040 is definitely a contributory cause to the feathering. Depending on the tread design, other tires have been found to help (but not cure) feathering. Feathering is resulting from the suspension alignment. The final terminating fix is still TBD. Personally, the F1 Eagle design has staved off feathering on my beast, but I am due for another realignment to fix feathering at 51K.

 

Thanks! - How many miles before the feathering re-appeared on your F 1s?

 

I need new tires and I'm thinking about the F1s as well. Nice tread pattern that doesn’t look like it will be prone to feathering and generally the reviews are very good on this tire. The RE040s suck. Just look at the reviews on www.tirerack.com . Its not just Z owners complaining about them, owners fo other types of vehicles are complaining as well. Particularly tire wear and noise. Although, the pronounced feathering is exclusive to the Z.

 

I had the feathering for 36k miles. That's when I got my last free set of RE040s on the front, aligned by my OEM. The OEM alignment revealed very little adjustment was needed. I immediately took to an independent shop for an alignment check. The OEM alignment was way off. The independent re-aligned. At 15k miles later, no feathering, no noise. While there are much better choices for tires, I believe the RE040s have a very small role in this feathering problem.

 

28K

 

im thinking of purchasing a 350z really soon, but do u guys think just because of the feathering problem its not worth getting, and does anyone know when a fix will be announced for it or if they are fixing the problems on new 2005's?
thanks

 

thats a while. Did you ever have an alignment done during the 28k miles?

 

whoops

 

Question: How did you guys find out about the bulletin that nissian had on the feathering problem? I did not receive anything at all I found out from a buddy of mine.

 

Came in the mail to '03 owners only last spring.

 

Looky here

http://www.freshalloy.com/site/cars/...tsb/home.shtml

 

Yes, I closely monitored the condition of the tread and aligned the car every 6-9 months as required.

 

I have 12000 miles on my '04 Enthusiast 6MT and I am also experiencing front tire noise and non-uniform wear. I took the car to the local dealership this morning and they checked the tires and confirmed that my vehicle is exhibiting the symptoms described in the TSB. Unfortunately, the TSB only covers 2003 vehicles. The Service Advisor said the tires are worn enough that they should be replaced, and that he was waiting to hear back from Nissan regarding how to proceed. He said he thought that the tires would be replaced and a realignment to the new specs in the TSB would be performed under warranty. I did not hear back from him this afternoon. I'm going to give them every opportunity to do the right thing.