Ouch. It wasn't the dealer who did the work, Steve. In fact, I expect
the dealer would feel bitter at how little I've had to do with him
(I don't like him!) Here I'd be bothering him to help me out- and with
no foreseeable benefit to him for this outlay of effort to get
reimbursement for me!
I can't imagine he'd feel very...motivated.

Isn't there a direct path between Nissan and its customers?
Kind of reminds me how the Protestants broke away from the Church!

THanks yet again,
 Pham

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"It was a recall, but I doubt they will pay for other peoples work."
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Dear Peter,
Well, that's a crummy thing for me to hear- why am I not shocked?
Thanks for those links, the experience I had must've been typical:
sudden and total loss of power after a minute of a few warning lurches
at highway speeds on a really hot summer day.

It felt for the world like the engine was being fuel-starved. After
pulling over onto a narrow shoulder, I stupidly cranked her enough that
the DC power faded way down. Towed to my friendly garage. I waited 2-3
days as the guys tracked down a rebuilt alternator. The labor and
alternator were about $350.

BUt the painful part was having the car execute the identical death
scene on the identical highway as I tried to drive my freshly-repaired Z
home at 8pm. Still light then in summer, but no tow help from my
mechanic. He'd gone home by then, of course.

The additional bill for the electronic repair really hurt. I was in no
position to argue that the initial alternator "diagnosis" had been an
error on their part.

I remember so much detail- I'm sure you can see I've been emotionally
scarred. Ouch!
-Pham

They paid for injectors that were done by other people during that recall.
It's worth looking into. All they can say is no!  :-)