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1986 Nissan 300zx

Safety Score
85
Safe
Recalls
1
Complaints
50
NCAP Stars

Recalls (1)

Date NHTSA ID Component Units Completion
1987-07-06 87V098000 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION:LEVER AND LINKAGE:FLOOR SHIFT 183,519 Details

Owner Complaints (showing up to 50)

Date Component Crash Injuries Summary
2013-04-18 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE No 0 NISSAN IS DECLINING TO HONOR A RECALL FOR FUEL INJECTORS THAT WAS ISSUED ON ALL 1986 NISSANS. *TR
2013-02-28 TIRES No 0 TL* THE CONTACT OWNS A 1986 NISSAN 300ZX (NA) EQUIPPED WITH LANDSAIL TIRES (NA), SIZE 205/65/R15. THE CONTACT STATED TH…
2010-05-10 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 I RECEIVED A RECALL NOTIFICATION ON APRIL 9,2010. NHTSA CAMPAIGN # 95I006000. THIS WAS AND IS THE ONLY RECALL THAT I HA…
2007-10-03 FUEL SYSTEM, OTHER:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 TALKED TO NISSAN USA ABOUT 1986 NISSAN 300ZX, FUEL INJECTOR AND RELATED HOSES LEAKING. THEY TOLD ME TO TAKE THE CAR TO…
2005-07-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 CAR RUNS HOT EVEN THOUGH I HAVE REPLACED FAN CLUTCH, WATER PUMP,THERMOSTAT, CHANGED HOSES, GASKETS. STILL CAR GET HOT …
2004-09-23 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:INTERIOR/UNDER DASH No 0 WHILE DRIVING, THE CHECK ENGINE LIGHT FLASHED ON THE DASHBOARD AND ALL THE ELECTRICAL LIGHTS FAILED TO COME ON. THE DR…
2004-04-21 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS No 0 CALL NISSAN NUMBER LISTED ON THE RECALL AND WAS INFORMED THAT THERE WAS NO RECALL FOR LEAKING FUEL INJECTOR REPLACEMEN…
2002-10-15 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY No 1 THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT BURST INTO FLAMES AFTER I PULLED INTO A STORE RECALL CAMPAIGN #95I006000 WAS COMPLIED WITH THOUG…
2001-07-30 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE No 0 CYLINDER HEAD BOLT BROKE. HEAD OF BOLT GOT CAUGHT BETWEEN CAMSHAFT AND CYLINDER HEAD WHICH CAUSED THE CAMSHAFT TO STOP…
2000-03-01 STEERING:RACK AND PINION:RACK No 0 THER'S A LITTLE PLAY IN STEERING, CONSUMER SAYS ITS THE STEERING RACK. *AK
1999-10-08 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM No 0 WHILE DRIVING TEMPERATURE GAUGE GOES TO THE RED SIDE WHICH MEANS THAT CAR IS TOO HOT. TOOK CAR TO DEALER, AND DLR FIX…
1998-08-08 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 WHILE THE VEHICLE WAS PARKED IN THE DRIVEWAY, THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM LEAKED, RESULTING IN VEHICLE CATCHING ON FIR…
1998-07-23 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 FUEL INJECTOR WAS SERVICED PER RECALL. SINCE SERVICE VEHICLE STALLS AND WILL NOT CRANK. STALLED IN THE MIDDLE OF INTE…
1997-03-14 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:ACCELERATOR PEDAL No 0 WHEN THE BRAKES WERE APPLIED THE VEHICLE ACCELERATED UP TO 70MPH BECAUSE THE THROTTLE CABLE WAS NOT PROPERLY SECURED AN…
1997-02-13 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 #95I006000 RECEIVE RECALL LETTER CLL TO MAKE APPT. DEALER SAID BRANG IN THE ON MONDAY FEB 17, 1997 ON FEB 13, 1997 TH…
1997-02-02 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:LINKAGES No 0 WHEN SETTING THE CRUISE CONTROL AND DRIVING ABOUT 2 OR 3 MILES AFTER SETTING, THE CRUISE CONTROL WILL AUTOMATICALLY ACC…
1997-02-01 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY No 0 FRONT SEAT BELT BUCKLE HAS BROKEN IN THE SAME MANNER DESCRIBED IN THE TAKATA RECALL (95V103002).
1996-12-22 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL No 0 VEHICLE FIRE CAUSED BY A LEAKING FUEL INJECTION HOSE. *AK
1996-10-07 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL No 0 FUEL INJECTION HOSE LEAKED, RESULTING IN A FIRE PRIOR TO SERVICE RECALL. NISSAN FAILED TO NOTIFY CONSUMER OF RECALL PRI…
1996-10-07 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 CAR CAUGHT FIRE DUE TO FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM FAILURE. THE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM WAS RECALLED, HOWEVER OWNER HAD NO PRIO…
1996-07-22 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:ENGINE:GASOLINE No 0 ENGINE FIRE.
1996-06-01 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS No 0 VEHICLE HAD BEEN DRIVEN AND PARKED, SAW SMOKE, LOOKED UNDER THE HOOD, ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE, FUEL INJECTOR LEAK, CA…
1996-04-30 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS No 0 FUEL INJECTORS LEAKED FUEL, CAUSING FIRE. *SD
1996-04-27 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY:HOSES, LINES/PIPING, AND FITTINGS No 0 LEAKY FULE LINE CAUSED FIRE. *DH
1996-03-27 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE No 0 FUEL LEAK CAUSED ENGINE FIRE. *DSH
1996-02-27 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:EXHAUST SYSTEM No 0 RECALL; THE CONSUMER TOOK THE VEHICLE TO THE DEALER TO GET RECALL WORK REPAIRED, PARTS NOT IN, DEALER HAD THE VEHICLE S…
1996-02-13 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS No 0 FUEL INJECTOR LEAK, CAUSING FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT. *DSH
1996-02-12 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:IGNITION No 0 FIRE IGNITED TOWARD DRIVERS SIDE FRONT SPARK PLUG AREA BY THE DISTRIBUTOR. TT
1996-02-04 SEAT BELTS:FRONT:BUCKLE ASSEMBLY No 0 SEAT BELT BUCKLES: PLASTIC HOUSING FOR SEAT BELT BROKE, RELEASE BUTTONS FELL OUT, CAUSING SEAT BELT NOT TO RELEASE. *…
1996-01-22 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:DELIVERY No 0 ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE CAUSED BY FUEL LINE FAILURE. TT
1995-12-30 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 0 WHEN YOU PUT THE CAR IN GEAR IT GOES FULL THROTTLE. WILL NOT STOP UNLESS YOU TURN OFF THE IGNITION. BRAKES WILL NOT STO…
1995-12-30 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 0 WHEN VEHICLE IS PUT IN GEAR SUDDEN ACCELERATION OCCURS, CAUSING LOSS OF CONTROL/ACCIDENT. *SD
1995-09-08 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 CAUGHT ON FIRE DUE TO DEFECTIVE FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM. TT
1995-09-02 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS No 0 ENGINE COMPARTMENT FIRE DUE TO FUEL INJECTORS LEAKING FUEL ONTO ENGINE. TT
1995-09-02 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:INJECTORS No 0 FUEL INJECTOR LEAK, CAUSING FIRE.
1995-06-19 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 314-530-0585: ATTEMPTED TO START VEHICLE, THERE WAS AN IMMEDIATELY FUEL IGNITION FIRE; AT THAT POINT, WHOLE ENGINE COMP…
1995-06-12 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL No 0 FUEL SYSTEM FAILURE AT FUEL LINE RESULTED IN FIRE. *SD
1995-06-01 ELECTRICAL SYSTEM:WIRING:FRONT UNDERHOOD No 0 THE VEHICLE CAUGHT FIRE IN THE ENGINE COMPARTMENT. TT
1995-05-31 POWER TRAIN:AUTOMATIC TRANSMISSION No 0 VEHICLES TRANSMISSION FLUID BLEW UP FROM DIPSTICK AND HIT THE HOT EXHAUST SYSTEM AND ACCORDINGLY CAR CAUGHT ON FIRE. …
1995-05-18 STEERING: STEERING WHEEL/HANDLE BAR Yes 0 AFTER MAKING A TURN THE STEERING WHEEL LOCKED, CAUSING CONSUMER TO HAVE AN ACCIDENT. PLEASE DESCRIBE. *AK
1995-03-01 ENGINE AND ENGINE COOLING:COOLING SYSTEM:FAN No 0 SITTING AT LIGHT VEHICLE STALLED SMOKE CAME OUT OF FAN. RESULTING IN UNDERHOOD FIRE. TT
1995-02-23 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM:FUEL RAIL No 0 FUEL INJECTION LINE RUPTURED, RESULTING IN A FIRE. TT
1995-02-20 FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 NOTICE SMOKE, FIRE IN ENGINE COMPARTMENT, DUE TO FUEL INJECTOR FIRE. TT
1995-01-15 EQUIPMENT:ELECTRICAL No 0 VOICE CONTROLLED WARNING SYSTEM FOR FUEL LEVEL GOES ON/OFF. *SKD
1992-10-30 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL No 1 ATTORNEY IS WRITING ON BEHALF OF MR. ARMSTRONG WHO WAS PERMANENTLY INJURED IN AN ACCIDENT AS A RESULT OF A STUCK THROTT…
1992-10-30 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL Yes 1 VEHICLE EXPERIENCED STUCK THROTTLE, RESULTING IN PERMANENT INJURY TO CONSUMER. *MJS
1992-10-10 VEHICLE SPEED CONTROL:CABLES No 1 WHILE DRIVING, THROTTLE STUCK, CAUSING AN ACCIDENT AND CONSUMER TO BE INJURED, A SHOP MANAGER STATED THE CAUSE WAS DUE …
1990-11-01 POWER TRAIN:MANUAL TRANSMISSION No 0 MANUAL TRANSMISSION HAS FAILED 6 TIMES. *DSH
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 WAS DRIVING THE CAR, PARKED IT AND IT CAUGHT ON FIRE . *AK
FUEL SYSTEM, GASOLINE:FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM No 0 A FUEL SMELL COMING ON IN SIDE OF VEHICLE. VEHICLE WAS SERVICED, TECHNICIAN NOTICED FUEL INJECTION SYSTEM NEEDED TO B…