Dealer tech sheared off coil bolt
Posted: Thu Aug 15, 2019 12:41 pm
Short version of the story: I'm on vacation 750 miles from home, engine develops a misfire on cylinder 1. I Take the car to the local Nissan dealership and have the #1, 3, & 5 coils replaced (since they are under the intake manifold - with the 2 OEM Nissan coils they had in stock and 1 Napa coil). I get the car back home, and notice the bolt is sheared off flush with the threaded boss in the valve cover on #5.
The car has 224,000 miles on it and was mine since day 1.
I called the dealer, talked to the service advisor and the shop foreman who did the work himself. He tells me, basically there's no chance the coil will come out. I've checked and every few hundred miles or so, it does wiggle out a bit. I didn't press the service advisor for anything, but they offered nothing at all.
My questions are:
Will the coil realistically back itself out?
Do I call Nissan USA - will they care *at all*?
Do I leave negative reviews for the dealer on Google and Yelp?
Do I forget it? What are the chances that the coil does back out while driving?
Do I pay some exorbitant charge to remove the intake manifold, and drill it out (or replace the valve cover if the boss spins)?
Do I epoxy it down? The plugs won't need to be changed for about another 80k or so...
TIA


The car has 224,000 miles on it and was mine since day 1.
I called the dealer, talked to the service advisor and the shop foreman who did the work himself. He tells me, basically there's no chance the coil will come out. I've checked and every few hundred miles or so, it does wiggle out a bit. I didn't press the service advisor for anything, but they offered nothing at all.
My questions are:
Will the coil realistically back itself out?
Do I call Nissan USA - will they care *at all*?
Do I leave negative reviews for the dealer on Google and Yelp?
Do I forget it? What are the chances that the coil does back out while driving?
Do I pay some exorbitant charge to remove the intake manifold, and drill it out (or replace the valve cover if the boss spins)?
Do I epoxy it down? The plugs won't need to be changed for about another 80k or so...

TIA

