Nissan Z: Years to Avoid and Best Years to Buy

Year-by-year data table

Running cost is fuel or energy plus the maintenance band midpoint for that car at its age today, re-priced to your country. Purchase price, insurance and depreciation are not included.

Photographs and every generation of the Z, through the years →

Z sub-models & family

Variants & trims on record

Body, powertrain and trim variants of the Z on the federal record. Variants folded into this nameplate are counted in this page's data; the rest have too thin a record for a page of their own yet.

What goes wrong on the Nissan Z

Across every Z model year in our index, owners report these component groups most often. The cost beside each one is the representative repair for that group at a US independent shop, re-priced to your country.

• Structure2 complaints across all Z years · typical job: Body, subframe or corrosion repair$1,070–$2,920
• Unknown Or Other1 complaints across all Z years · typical job: Diagnosis and mixed repair$360–$940
• Seat Belts1 complaints across all Z years · typical job: Pretensioner or retractor replacement$360–$800
• Fuel/Propulsion System1 complaints across all Z years · typical job: Fuel pump or injector replacement$680–$1,620
• Electrical System1 complaints across all Z years · typical job: Alternator, battery-drain or body-module diagnosis and replacement$540–$1,310
• Air Bags1 complaints across all Z years · typical job: Airbag module, clockspring or sensor replacement$600–$1,700

Flat-rate labour hours x local shop rate plus a parts band. An estimate of what this class of failure costs, not a quote. Formula.

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