why are 240's so unreliable?

[skizm180sx]

Hey maybe your cars were made on Fridays? Or Mondays? You know, Fridays when everyone wants to go home for the weekend, and don't care about the quality? And Mondays when everyone hates work and might still be hungover...
LOL j/k guys... for the most part, I'd say that Nissans are reliable, but there's just some out there that are just have a lot of demons...
Like my 97 4Runner, started having problems with the tranny at 50k miles or so, and it's auto... the leather is ripping and cracking, despite consumate care, etc. etc... it's a Friday SUV i think

[RalphCare]

every car has a margin of reliability as dayna said (gen2 rx7's more so than gen3)

but ever so often, a car steps outside the margin, and this is not uncommon.. especially for mechanical parts and electronic parts..

take this into consideration...

there was a dude with a 95 integra gsr.. and his 1.8 always bogged.. it was a lemon.. no two ways about it..

it was stock.. and it still bogged. he finally gave up and bought a new civic... a couple of months down the road.. someone with the same problem, on the EXACT same TYPE of integra went into the same shop... same options and all.. and amazingly.. the vin numbers were only 60 cars apart... so.. they called some places.. called honda.. and actually found out that about 120 of these cars were pure lemon juicers..

this could have happened for hundreds of reasons.. but most likely this:

during the manufacturing of the engine, everything was put together perfectly and to spec.. but the manufacturer of .. say... the camshafts.. made the cut on their cam shafts wrong... 120... on 120 different cam shafts.. this in turn, would make 120 cars bog if they were assembled to spec.

and something that is true with all 80's + jap cars is that they have a WIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIDE Reliability margin.. there is no doubt in my mind that one car can perform way better than someones expectations in the long run.. and some wont make it at all....

just something to consider before u get the notion that all the cars of the same model are alike.

[dayna240sx]

Get this crap about my crazy car:

Ok I go to change my breaks, just got my new beautiful Hawk HPS pads in. Take the front tire off, caliper, etc., go to put the pad in and its the wrong freaking pad! So I think they sent me the wrong parts, I have absolutly no brakes so I have to go down to advanced auto and buy their POS wearevers to get me by for another week before Hawk can ship the right ones.

I go to put the wearevers in and they are the same ones as the Hawks!!

So I go back to advanced auto, bring my stock pads and you know which ones work? Pads to a '96 240 withOUT ABS!!! I have ABS!

At least the rear ones were right.

[ghostchild316]

Wow Ive never heard of anything like that before.

[AssassinSR]

No speed limit huh? hmm. That's not an accurate statement. The normal highway speed limit is around 60kph. Only thing above that out here is expressways (toll roads) that enable you to go an amazingly fast 80kph. . so please before you comment on stuff you are completely uneducated about, take the time to research.

[ThaLegend]

Originally posted by dayna240sx
I know exactly what you mean. I love my car, its fun to drive, looks beautiful, etc. But almost everything I've done to my car aftermarket wise was because something stock broke on it.

Example

Needed new tires so I got new tires and wheels
Exhaust was rusted so I bought a new exhaust and header
Cat was rattling so I got a test pipe
Clutch was slipping so I got a new clutch and flywheel
Brakes grinded so I just put new brakes on
Now I need shocks bad so I'm going to have to buy new shocks and while I'm at it I might as well buy coilovers too.

realize that my car only has 63,000 miles on it.

I have a for sale sign on my car right now, if I sell it, I'm going to buy something reliable...

ANOTHER RX-7!!!!!

(or a miata and throw a 13B in it)

What are you talking about... Those things that you replaced were bound to break down... its was just time for the "Maintenence" 240 is a VERY reliable car

[dayna240sx]

I know all that stuff is maintance, but my exhaust should have not looked like it did when I took it off. My tie rods should not have just broke like they did. And my fan clutch should not have stopped working at 50,000 miles.

[Suislide]

let's stop the shit-throwing in here, hmm? thanks.

as for the reliability, i've just come to expect it. that's what you'll get when you buy an older car, no matter how many miles it has on it. it's just something you have to expect! some cars will need more repairs in a smaller frame of time, for instance if the previous owner replaced everything all at once then naturally it'll all wear out around the same time too, and some will just need a new part every once in a while, and you won't be able to go a month without replacing something. it's the same with new cars too, although on an obviousley smaller scale.

nothing compares to my damn Pontiac. i've had the fucking thing for 5 months now, and i've had 4 flats, new muffler, new exhaust pipe, new windshield, replaced the trunk latch twice, replaced the heater blower motor, had the TCC Solenoid in the transmission repaired (car stalled every time it came to a stop), plus i have to replace the power steering fluid every week because there's a leak in the system somewhere. oh yeah, and there's a new hole already in my fairly-new exhaust pipe leading up to the muffler, making my car sound like a Camaro. i'm not fixing anything more though. the car is going to my friend for $150 when i buy my 240SX.

[mynismo]

dayna's is a 95.... that isnt much of an older car. 7 years? it should have still held up better.

at least they are making cars better nowadays, too bad we'll have to wait 20 years to see how long they will last.

speak of the devil, i just checked my crankshaft pulley, and it's leaking oil. that's why there was oil that was spitting up onto my roof and all over the engine bay. so my underdrive pulley that's in the mail will now be classified under "maintenance" instead of "upgrade". that's good i got it.

240s suck WHY DO WE LOVE THEM SO MUCH?? im just addicted to how they look and run when everything is working right. they are just too cool.

[stealthj]

my tranny and engine are leaking, other than that, everything is fine...

[ghostchild316]

Mine is prolly the ugliest(till this weekend) and oldest 240sx on here and all it leaks is PS fluid because the lines are old and starting to crack and a torn exhaust.Other than that no problem

[dboi1107]

whoever said that 300zx tt is going to be more reliable is not very smart either..... it takes around 3000 to maintain it a year, and its a good maintaince, not just adding oil and flush out systems.. i mite be a noob but i know 240's are nicer... its just if u tihnk about it tis been 10+ years and you do need to replace some of that stuff..not to mention all the crap going through your engine..and you do know to add premium rite?

[J SPEC SilEighty]

Originally Posted by dboi1107

whoever said that 300zx tt is going to be more reliable is not very smart either.....

you take the next place on the list of people not being very smart. this thread is 9 months old. what is the point of bringing something this old back?

[G_@_SpeedAlliance]

I'm callin the waambulance for all of you guys.

[Soyo]

this thread was dumb the first time, and now you bring it back... noobs...