And Nissan gives me crap about my headers???

[EZcheese15]

Yeah...most people know my horrible story of my car. But anyway, long story short, nissan voids warrenties with headers. (Nobody who knows the story, please don't comment on this....there is more to the story than you know).

Anyway, on that note, Nissan just recently said this:

"Subject: 2002-2003 Altima/2002 Sentra 2.5 liter exhaust recall campaign. Nissan is announcing a voluntary safety recall campaign ralated to model year 2002-2003 Altima and model year 2002 Sentra vehicles equipped with the 2.5 liter engine to correct conditions that could lead to a fire. *****Condition / Nissan Action***** For 2002 and 2003 model year Altima vehicles equipped with the 2.5 liter engine, the exhaust pipe hanger pin may catch debris from the road which could be ignited by contact with the main catalyst.

To correct this condition, the protrudeing portion of the exhaust pipe hanger pin will be removed.

In addition, for 2002 model year Altima and Sentra vehicles equipped with the 2.5 liter engine. certain engine operating conditions may cause the pre-catalyst to overheat and damage the catalyst substrate. if substrate particles enter the combustion chamber, they may score the cylinder walls, resulting in increased oil consumption. If the engine oil level is not checked on a periodic basis as specified in the owner's manual and drops below the low level, and the driver continues to operate the vehicle ignoring noticeable engine noise, engine damage may occure which could result in a fire.

Nissan is now developing plan to address the pre-catalyst on model year 2002 Altimas and Sentra vehicles equipped with 2.5 liter engine. In addition to the corrective action, in order to reduce the risk of fire in the event of improper maintenance that could result in oil spillage, heat shield(s) will be installed on the pre-catalyst and exhaust tube.

This campaign affects approximately 268,000 Nissan Altima and Sentra vehicles equipped with the 2.5 liter engine in the United States. *****Owner notification*****

Nissan expects to start to notify owners in late May. The parts required to complete the repair on retailed vehicles are expected to be available at that time.

If customers have any further questions, call 1-800-NISSAN-1."

And they give me crap for removing my cat and replacing it with a header. Pshhh.

[skydragoness]

whoa. so in other words what you just did was better than keeping the stock header and cat anyway

go figure

[theTony]

Voiding warranty... :rolleyez

[UncleBen]

heh, thats retarted. by moddin your car with the header and stuff, you may coulda saved your life. and thank God your car didn't ignite into a huge flaming ball on the 8th cause of that fuel line coming off. alota close calls.

[slw240sx]

did they ever fix the coolant in the cylinders problemn ?

[WDRacing]

People like us don't really care about warranties anyway Torry...or gas mileage for that matter.

WD

[EZcheese15]

did they ever fix the coolant in the cylinders problemn ?

No, I found a used head and replaced it myself.

[EZcheese15]

People like us don't really care about warranties anyway Torry...or gas mileage for that matter.

WD

The only reason I cared is because the head warped due to something that was completely Nissan's fault, and they denied me warrenty. I could care less about the labor, I just didn't want to spend money on a new head. It was bad enough that a used one cost me $400. I don't even want to know what a new one would have costed, with all new valves and valvesprings. Because that's what I *SHOULD* have gotten from them.

Ofcourse, if I had things my way, I would tell them to give me a new head and let me do the work, because I don't want the retards there working on my car. My luck, I'd get the new guy who just got done learning to change oil. Oh well, it's over now. I just find it funny that the mods I did were "preventative safety" and a month after I fix my car, Nissan admits to it.

The balance shafts are also known to cause problems on the QR motor as well. I'm waiting for Nissan to make an announcement admitting that one too. Apparently they like to come apart. Go figure.

[slw240sx]

sounds like nissan has some explaining to do down the road when cars start blowing up n flying a part

[NISTECH]

I wrote that huge news post only to be told by another member it was not new news. How did you get this info or where did you come up with it. As a regular tech school attendie I had never heard of this till about a month before its release but here you have it posted in march with all the same basic info I posted. who is your inside man???? lol