YearsTell

all vehicles · every 370Z year · method

Nissan 370Z 2009

Safety complaints filed by owners in the first three years, per 1,000 sold.

0.53 per 1,000

1.0 times this nameplate’s own median · from 7 complaints filed in the first three years, of 153 ever. 95% lower bound 0.14.

Against its own model years

The model year carries far more information than the badge, so this is the comparison that matters.

Model yearPer 1,000Complaints
20090.537
20100.516
20110.232

What owners describe

Phrases over-represented in these complaints compared with the same component on every other vehicle. Counts are complaints containing the phrase.

Steering 88 complaints

lock7686%
intelligent1315%
intelligent key1214%

Electrical System 67 complaints

steering lock2740%
wheel lock2030%
key light1117%

When it breaks

27% of reported failures happened before 30,000 miles (median 40,000 miles, from 146 complaints that recorded one).

Failures arrive late and spread out, which looks like wear. Service history matters more than model year here.

What NHTSA did

1 investigation covering this model year, 0 of which list a recall campaign.

Desiccated Air Bag Inflator Rupture

What owners and forums say

Not built yet. This panel is meant to carry community sentiment beside the filed-complaint data, so the two can be compared. Showing something weaker here would defeat its purpose.

Check this yourself

Example records behind this page:

10327087 · 10349706 · 10356227 · 10378827 · 10422747 · 10430857

Limits of this figure. It counts safety complaints filed with the federal government, which is a floor on failures and not a census: problems that only cost money are under-reported. Complaint rates also reflect how likely a brand’s owners are to file, which cannot be separated from how often the car fails. Sales are calendar-year and the denominator for this nameplate is automated checks only, not verified against an external source.