Noisy Boost Gauge Needle

[Mud]

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Is anyone having an issue with a noisy boost gauge needle.
Makes a plastic cogs whining/rubbing/grinding noise whenever the needle moves, which is obviously all the time.
Took me a while to track it down, as with normal road noise, radio, exhaust etc you cannot hear it.
95% of the time I don't hear it on start up either.

Just switching the car to on, without starting makes the needle sweep and demonstrates the noise, see video.
I the remember 370Z tacho and dials making similar sounds when turning the car on.

Anyway, I just raised it at my 3yr 30,000km dealer service and they've ordered a warranty replacement and quoted an hour to replace it (I really though this was a dash out job, but maybe they made the triple gauges easier to access than in the 370Z)

 

[ZillaZ]

Well at least you got it figured out and got a replacement on the way. Good thing to look out for in case any of us have similar issues.

 

[bpeckham]

Forgive the obvious comment: You wore it out! Good on ya!

Wild. I haven't had that issue. Nice that it'll be fixed under warranty. How long is the warranty in AU? If you're after the three-year mark in the US, you'd be paying for that yourself.

 

[EarlsFat]

Yep... sounds like a Geiger counter. Had that gauge replaced at 24,500.... and the idiots messed up the clock. I have to take it to a different dealership to get that fixed.

 

[FSUZ33]

 

[Mud]

How long is the warranty in AU?

5 years unlimited kms
Increased to 10 years / 300,000kms if serviced at Nissan dealerships.

 

[Mud]

Yep... sounds like a Geiger counter. Had that gauge replaced at 24,500.... and the idiots messed up the clock. I have to take it to a different dealership to get that fixed.

What clock?

 

[EarlsFat]

What clock?

The digital clock in the gauge pod... AND the main display if my phone isn't connected. ALWAYS starts at 6:18 every time I get in the car. If I adjust it to the correct time, it's 6:18 next time I start it up.

NOT happy with the dealership at all. They had adhesive all over the window when they fixed that gauge, fingerprints all over the place... "couldn't duplicate" a very clearly blown speaker, driver-side in the dash... do NOT go to Hertrich Nissan in Exton PA.

 

[FSUZ33]

The resetting is odd, but not as odd to me as the fact that it starts at 6:18 every time.
Does it do it even when you quickly turn it off and back on, or does it have to be off for a little bit?
Typically a clock circuit resets to zero (midnight). Speculation, and no one cares anyway, but it's possible that 6:18PM, and maybe a specific date, was significant to whoever wrote that code and that's what they programmed in as the reset point.

Does the Z have a GPS time option? I'd scroll through the clock settings to make sure everything's set correctly.