2 Motor Vehicle Issues- Advice would be highly appreciated!

[flaker]

you have the RMI to turn to , but they more often rule in favour of the dealer, after all they're reliant on the dealers for their existence. Then as pointed by Spark there is the CPA but given the fact that the warranty is over there is a just the slim chance. The best is to negotiate some sort of goodwill discount by going straight to the Dealer Principal and failing that directly to the manufacturer. my 2cents worth

[Hannes Botha]

No this might be a bit late.

I had a similar problem, on a re-call that Nissan did. They told me sorry the vehicle 1) Is out of warranty and 2) According to the vin no was not affected by this defect. I wrote a friendly email to Nissan SA telling them that I'd rather contact them directly instead of going the "Hello Peter" route. They repaired the vehicle at no charge even though the car was six years old and I bought it secondhand.

As to the first issue. The guy obviously doesn't need your business. I agree, go to the RMI. I've had to repair quite a few such issues. Frustrating, but part of the business...