1993 Nissan 300Zx

Routine

Owners filed 12 complaints about this vehicle with federal regulators, most often about the electrical system. No safety recall has been issued.

What fails
ComponentReportsCrashesFiresInjuries
Electrical System3
000
Unknown or Other1
000
Structure › Body1
000
Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip1
000
Power Train › Automatic Transmission1
000
Parking Brake › Conventional › Mechanical1
100
Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System1
000
Equipment › Electrical › Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.1
000
Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine1
000
Air Bags1
101

What owners reported

Newest filings
Structure › Body
Filed Sep 22, 2020144,257 milesVA

THIS IS A STATEMENT PERTAINING TO A MEDICAL DEGREE THAT NEVER SETTLED, A DAY BEFORE I PURCHASED A CAR. THE EVENT STARTED WITH INDIVIDUALS THAT PURPOSELY REMOVED THE CORRECT MEDICAL STATE THROUGH THEMSELVES TO CONJOIN AND INTERRUPT MY OWN MENTAL STATE TO OTHERS PUBLICALLY. THE TYPE OF CHARACTERISTICS IT IS SHOWING TO ME, IS THAT PEOPLE WHERE STALKING ME IN REAL LIFE, AND USING THE EFFORT WITH OTHERS AND DO UNDERSTAND THE MANIFESTATION OF USING MY ENTIRE TOWN AND BEYOND TO INCORPORATE THE WRONG MENTAL RESTITUTION SEPARATION FROM MYSELF. THE END RESULT WAS THAT THE DIAGNOSIS CONTRADICTED MY PROGRESSION THROUGH LATENT ABNORMAL AUDITORY HALLUCINATIONS. AND CAUSED A ONGOING PRO CURE PROBLEM ONCE THE CAR WAS OWNED BY ME. A FEW DAYS AFTER THE CAR WAS OWNED, I AM ASSUMING THE OBVIOUS, THAT THE INDIVIDUALS STOPPED MY OWN GOVERNMENT DEGREE IN MY SLEEP, WHICH INTERRUPTED THE CARS RECREATION TO MY OWN PROFESSIONAL DEGREE. THIS TOOK PLACE AT HOME, UNDER ANOTHER PROFESSIONAL DEGREE OF MY GRANDFATHER. I AM TWO GENERATIONS AFTER THEM, AND BI-RACIAL. THE END RESULT WAS THE STILL MEDICALLY ILL, OR DEBT HAS INTERRUPTED THE PRO-CURE OF MY MENTAL DEGREE. THE CAR HAS THE SIGNS OF A MENTAL STATE THAT IS A MADE OUT INTERPRETATION THAT IS NOT THE CORRECT CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPLETION DUE TO THE LATENT EFFECTS MEDICALLY, OR CRIMINALLY. I NEVER FOUND OUT WHO STATED THE ACTS ABOUT ME, OR MY FAMILY THROUGH ALL THE WORK. I HOPE YOU CAN TRY TO INVESTIGATE THE REASONINGS, AND DEDUCT THE UNFINISHED PROFESSION

Electrical System
Filed Feb 15, 2011208,000 milesSC

TL*THE CONTACT OWNS A 1993 NISSAN 300ZX. WHILE INSIDE THE PARKED VEHICLE, THE SECURITY SYSTEM SHUT DOWN CAUSING THE CONTACT TO BE LOCKED INSIDE FOR FIVE TO EIGHT MINUTES. HE STATED THAT A SECURITY LIGHT ILLUMINATED ON THE DASHBOARD, AND THE WINDOWS, DOORS, STEERING, IGNITION, GLASS T-TOP AND TRANSMISSION WERE LOCKED. THE VEHICLE HAD NO POWER. TWO PEOPLE ATTEMPTED TO OPEN THE VEHICLE FROM THE OUTSIDE, BUT THE DOORS REMAINED LOCKED. AFTER THE EIGHT MINUTES LAPSED, THE DRIVER'S SIDE LATCH RELEASED ALLOWING HIM TO EXIT THE VEHICLE. THE CONTACT CALLED THE DEALER AND THE MANUFACTURER WHO ADVISED HIM TO TAKE THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER FOR THE FAILURE. THE VEHICLE HAD NOT BEEN TAKEN TO THE DEALER. THE CONTACT FILED A COMPLAINT WITH THE MANUFACTURER. THE APPROXIMATE FAILURE AND CURRENT MILEAGE WAS 208,000. UPDATED 03/24/11*LJ UPDATED 1/4/11 *CN

Engine and Engine Cooling › Engine
Filed Jun 3, 200580,000 milesSC

BOUGHT THE CAR 3 YEARS AGO AND HAVE SINCE REPLACED THE ENGINE & TRANSMISSION WITH APPROX 80,000 MILES ON IT. ENGINE JUST LOCKED DOWN FOR UNKNOWN REASONS WHILE DRIVING AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. TRANMISSION WENT COMPLETLY OUT WHILE DRIVING AT 55MPH AND HAD TO BE REPLACED. CAR WILL STILL SOMETIMES JUST CUT OFF WHILE DRIVING. THIS IS A VERY UNSAFE VEHILE AND IS A MONEY TRAP. SPENT APPROX. $9,000 IN 1 YEAR IN REPAIRS!

Electrical System
Filed Dec 19, 200335,528 milesPA

THE POWER TRANSISTOR ON THIS CAR IS PRONE TO FAILURE. THIS RESULTS IN THE ENGINE SHUTTING OFF COMPLETELY, LEAVING THE DRIVER WITH NO POWER, GREATLY REDUCED STEERING AND BRAKING, MAKING THE CAR HARD TO CONTROL. A REAL HAZARD DURING MERGING INTO HIGH SPEED TRAFFIC AND IN CORNERING. THE COMPANY HAD A "VOLUNTARY PROGRAM" TO REPLACE THESE, BUT THE REDESIGNED PART ALSO FAILS. IN MY CASE IT ONLY LASTED 15,000 MILES!*AK

Equipment › Electrical › Radio/Tape Deck/Cd Etc.
Filed Jul 7, 2000OK

SPEAKERS CUT OUT AND ANY POINT, FOR SUCH A HIGH DOLLAR CAR THIS SHOULD BE RECALLED. *AK

Power Train › Automatic Transmission
Filed Jun 26, 2000CA

TRANSMISSION BURNED UP DUE TO A DESIGN ISSUE WITH THE TRANSMISSION COOLING FILTER. THE FILTER IS LOCATED IN THE RADIATOR AND IF IT GETS CLOGGED THERE IS NO WAY OF KNOWING UNTIL THE TRANSMISSION BURNS UP. MOST CARS SHOULD HAVE COOLING FILTER EXTERNAL TO RADIATOR WHERE IT CAN BE SERVICED. THIS PROBLEM IS OF DESIGN AND NISSAN HAD NO RECALLS CONCERNING THIS PROBLEM. TOTAL COST WAS $3000 WITH AN EXTERNAL COOLER ADDED. THERE ARE TWO OTHER PEOPLE WHO HAD THE SAME PROBLEM THAT I KNOW. ALL AT ROUGHLY THE SAME MILAGE. *AK

Parking Brake › Conventional › MechanicalCrash
Filed May 4, 2000CA

CONSUMER WAS TRAVELING ABOUT 70MPH AND VEHICLE ROLLED DOWN A HILL AND HIT A TREE BECAUSE EMERGENCY BRAKE DIDN'T HOLD. *AK

Fuel System, Gasoline › Fuel Injection System
Filed Mar 2, 2000OH

THREE FUEL INJECTORS FAILED ON TWO SEPARATE OCCASIONS. TRANSMISSION FAILED FOR NO KNOW REASON AT 72000 MILES, PURCHASES CAR W/56000 MILES. IT IS AN AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION AND I TAKE GREAT CARE OF THIS CAR. I PURCHASED CAR AT THIS DEALERSHIP AND MY CONFIDENCE IS LOW WITH THEM. *AK

Service Brakes, Hydraulic › Antilock/Traction Control/Electronic Limited Slip
Filed Sep 14, 1999WA

BRAKING SYSTEM MALFUNCTIONED, CAUSING EXTENDED STOPPING DISTANCE WHICH MAY RESULT IN A CRASH. PLEASE PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION. *AK

Air BagsCrash1 injured
Filed Jan 15, 1999CA

CAR STRUCK HEAD ON (40MPH). AIRBAG DID NOT DEPLOY.

Electrical System
Filed Oct 23, 1998CA

VEHICLE HAD CUT OFF, LOSS ALL OF ITS POWER, ELECTRICAL. JUST WOULD NOT START, AND I DID NOT KNOW WHAT HAD HAPPENED. I HAD CONTACTED THE DEALER, AND THEY STATED THAT I HAD TO BRING THE VEHICLE IN FOR A (RECALL)? THE VEHICLE HAD TO BE BROUGHT IN WHEN IT HAD REACHED A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF MILEAGE. THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT IN THE MANUAL, AND IS THIS PROBLEM GOING TO HAPPEN AGAIN?

Unknown or Other
Filed Aug 17, 1998MD

OWNER REQUESTING ANY RECALL INFORMATION.

12 of 12 complaints, reproduced as filed.

Across model years

Worst on record: 1990
YearComplaintsRecallsFiresDeathsAssessment
19962000Routine
19954010Routine
19944010Routine
1993 — this page12000Routine
19923000Routine
199112000Routine
199019010Routine

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Reading this record

No unusual pattern of severe incidents in the complaint record.

Complaint counts track how many cars were sold and how long they have been on the road as much as they track quality. A common model from 2013 has had a decade to accumulate reports; a rare one from last year has not. The signal worth weighing is in the severity columns, in whether the same component keeps appearing, and in whether the manufacturer eventually opened a recall for it.

Most recent recall on file: none. Source: NHTSA Office of Defects Investigation.