Car is really fun so far but I haven't driven it very much yet. Drove it to Costco with the family yesterday and filled the trunk up with crap. Got a couple amused looks from some guys in the parking lot.
One issue did come up so far. Drove the car in to work the day after delivery. Things were fine until I drove out of the work parking lot to go home and the tire pressure check light went off on the dashboard.
Mildly annoyed, I stopped in to the nearest gas station to check on that. We checked the pressure in all the tires with a gage and found the front driver's side was low. They initially didn't want to top up the tire with regular compressed air because it was a nitrogen filled tire. It was only down to about 180 kPa from the 220 recommended so I just told them to fill it and then drove it home.
After getting home I looked the tires over more closely and found this.
I called my dealer and they sent out the service manager and an interpreter to my house the following morning.
After showing them the issue, I asked them if they thought the car already had the screw in the tire when they delivered it and they said it wouldn't be possible to know. When I asked about how to proceed they said that the GTR policy is that they don't repair tires because Nissan does not want a tire that has been dismounted to be put back on the car... Needless to say I was fairly pissed at that point but they were there and prepared to take the car away and fix it so I told them to go ahead. I had to leave the next day for a business trip and it was either them take it and fix it then or deal with it myself later when I got back.
I got an eye watering estimate for tire replacement from them by email. Considering the car was nearly less than 24 hours sold I proposed that we split the costs 50/50. They said they didn't have the ability to negotiate that then and would get back to me. After some back and forth we ended up settling on about a 70/30 split on the costs. They gave the tire back to me so I'll probably have it repaired at a tire shop and keep it for a spare. Either that or make it into a piece of furniture.
The screw was barely long enough to go fully through the tire...
Looking at the photos for this thread reminded me that they had significant construction going on at their dealership (see the first photo of the thread) so I have asked them if their contractors are using this type of screw. Maybe the contractor will be honest with us if they are using small stainless self tappers... No reply back yet.
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