Subject	Nissan of Fairfield, CA
Posted by	nonbien on August 23, 2010 at 4:51 PM
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Message	I dropped my Z off to get a new water pump and timing belt on mid last week. It was running good when I dropped it off, just time for new water pump. I took it to the Nissan dealer in Fairfield, CA because I'm up here doing some military duty and they are Nissan. They SHOULD know what they are doing. Friday, I pick it up and drive it home. It starts bogging down and backfiring when I gave it gas. So I took it back the next morning expecting it to be a minor timing issue, maybe a few hours tops. Four PM comes around and they don't know what is wrong. The tech keeps saying its because the wrong pully is on the p/s pump. I asked him how it because of a pully that has been on the engine for 5yrs and just now causes the problem. He then says it's because there was a second pully that was wrong also, but he changed that one, so now the two pullys are different. One has 2 grooves and one has 3. Again I ask if has been that way for 5yrs and tens of thousands of miles, why now is it doing this and don't you think if the two pullies were the same and now you change them that something is maybe wrong The tech doesn't know what to do so I have to leave it there Saturday and Sunday. I was hoping they would be done with it mid today. Noon comes and I call to see what the problem is and they try to feed me some BS that the turbos are bad and that is why its backfiring. I explain to the techs and service manager that when I dropped the car off last week it was running strong, and when I got it back it was all jacked up. The service manager didn't even know who or why I was calling the service department and tried to feed me the same story as the techs, that the turbos are bad. I told him "If you guys don't know what you are doing just tell me. Don't try to give me some story of something that is wrong but isn't". They really didn't have anything to say after that. So I am waiting by my phone to see what the next story is.
Follow Ups	Nissan of Fairfield, CA - nonbien 16:51:02 08/23/10 For the sake of your Z, its probably best to get it out - Polish 17:14:02 08/23/10 call a tow truck...save the Z (n/m) - ZonaZ 18:28:53 08/23/10 Any car that's been out of production for 10 years - Barry (NJ) 18:33:54 08/23/10 Speaking with a lot repair shop experience.. - Drk93TT 18:38:07 08/23/10 Maybe they left a vacuum hose off.. or something simple - Drk93TT 18:42:40 08/23/10 I did the timing belt too, they were - nonbien 18:47:35 08/23/10 yes they said p/s pully. (n/m) - nonbien 18:45:23 08/23/10 UPDATE Nissan of Fairfield, CA - nonbien 18:43:18 08/23/10 Ummm... Why did they mess with the timing when changing - Barry (NJ) 18:46:04 08/23/10 Probably removed the CAS - rookie mistake. (n/m) - Dave N 18:50:25 08/23/10 I was just about to post that. (n/m) - Drk93TT 18:57:46 08/23/10 post what? (n/m) - inf 21:01:12 08/23/10 to have them check timing (n/m) - Drk93TT 22:05:22 08/23/10 Not good........ - whip (Philly) 19:15:33 08/23/10 What's the position of the CAS now? (n/m) - spicyZ 16:11:59 08/24/10 had the same thing happen once... - gump 21:23:33 08/23/10 Very simple if you ask me. (n/m) - MixManMash 08:41:42 08/24/10 You've been on this site since 2002, and - zellamay 02:35:30 08/24/10 the only other time it's been a problem was when - nonbien 09:42:02 08/24/10 you drove far for that (n/m) - inf 02:41:01 08/24/10 House of pain,...good luck (n/m) - ttz'in (NorCal) 03:37:21 08/24/10
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