2006 Nissan 350Z Wheels Problems

“On may 11,2010 I had my car towed to the local Nissan dealer on maui. The wheels on our car started to disintegrate and break up causing us to swerve and stop on the road. I was told by the dealer that because the car was out of warranty I would have to purchase new wheels for $5550. The factory rep john hookano, my wife and I met after two weeks of the car sitting at jim faulk Nissan with no follow up call. …”

“Heard some squeaking from front left tire. I inspected the chrome wheel and found all 5 spokes had cracks in them all the way through. I had the vehicle inspected and found all 4 chrome wheels had cracks and was advised to park vehicle as it was not safe to drive. I contacted the service manager at my dealership and he advised that the rims on my vehicle were sent out to be chromed by someone else other than Nissan causing Nissan not to be responsible for these cracked rims. …”

“While driving to visit my grandsons on christmas eve, the rear drive wheel broke. The wheel broke from the car and travel down the highway at a high rate of speed. Luckily I was able to slow the car down and get it to the side of the road. I could only sit helpless as I watch the broken wheel bounce down the highway. The wheel came to a stop more than 400 yards. A quote from the chp officer, it never happens this way. Usually the wheel lands on someone else's car causing a accident. This is the second wheel that has broke on my car. …”

“Sometimes driving, I hear light crackling noise comes and goes. For 9 months checkup, I mentioned it to dealer. He said they test drove it and everything was fine. On sat evening, 8-25, the front rt side of rim cracked & came out bouncing off freeway! Scary & dangerous! We just let the car slide and scrape on three wheels off the next exit. I had spare tire put on & slowly got the car back home, in shock! Monday I had car towed to nearest dealer & they weren't able to fix my car because of the wheels. …”

“I have a 2006 Nissan 350Z convertible. I had the 06 wheels aftermarket powercoated in may 2007. Roughly a month later, I found that one of the wheels had cracked. I bought a replacement wheel, had the wheel powercoated to match the other three. Roughly 4 months later, I discovered two more wheels had cracked. Researching the cause of the cracks LED me to the complaints filed earlier on the same wheel being affected by the chroming process. My biggest fear is as we alter the wheels, we are in essence aging the wheel and discovering it to be of substandard quality to begin with. …”