Modern Nissans are so unreliable (rant incoming)
Posted: Sun Feb 02, 2014 11:30 am
In the last yearI have owned three modern Nissans ( > 2000 ).
2003 Nissan Stagea with a VQ25DD
Timing chain was stretched and caused the VVT clutch cover to fail. the VVT cover was $1000+ just for the part.
According to the local Nissan wreckers (and the inter webs) this is a common fault for these engines. Sold this bitch at a loss and moved on.
2003 Nissan Cube with a CR14DE
Fan fuse died causing the car to overheat in traffic on the highway. Being that there are no temp gauges in the car, all my wife knew was a light on the dash came on indicating it was hot when basically, it is already too bloody late. Head gasket went on it
I am just finishing putting the engine back in after giving it an overhaul. Expensive episode that was (and a complete suck up of any potential Datsun 1600 money). Who would have thought fluid for the CVT transmission would cost so bloody much! (needs 8.3litres of that super expensive oil too!)
y33 Cedric with VQ30DET
This lovely car has not had an engine issue, but the AV system which also controls the air con etc died and the bonnet hinges died. Apparently very common on these models. Got hinge ex japan from Nissan, and the AV system ex Japan via a Yahoo auctions broker.
Never had so many issues with any of my older Nissans. I thought I was just unlucky until I found out that Nissan is now considered the most unreliable Japanese brand in Britain.
A quote from the Dog and Lemon guide:
"Modern Nissans share bits with Renaults. Renault quality has therefore improved from ‘appalling’ to merely ‘dreadful’, while Nissan quality has often dropped from ‘reasonable’ to ‘poor.’
For example, according to a recent British reliability survey, 40% of all diesel Nissan X-Trails had a serious engine problem.
A couple of decades ago, Nissan was one of the most reliable Japanese makes, according to most British reliability surveys. Now Nissan is the least reliable Japanese make sold in Britain, according to the consumer magazine Which."
Obviously, I don't know how entirely reliable the figures they based their conclusions on are.
Here is another where Nissan leads the Japanese list:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/car ... s/3304413/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Fingers crossed that new Nissans how found their way back to reliability.
Ps. Did you know in the 90s, Nissan bought back every C20 van in America for cash and crushed them after four recalls didn't fix their catching on fire problems?
2003 Nissan Stagea with a VQ25DD
Timing chain was stretched and caused the VVT clutch cover to fail. the VVT cover was $1000+ just for the part.
According to the local Nissan wreckers (and the inter webs) this is a common fault for these engines. Sold this bitch at a loss and moved on.
2003 Nissan Cube with a CR14DE
Fan fuse died causing the car to overheat in traffic on the highway. Being that there are no temp gauges in the car, all my wife knew was a light on the dash came on indicating it was hot when basically, it is already too bloody late. Head gasket went on it
I am just finishing putting the engine back in after giving it an overhaul. Expensive episode that was (and a complete suck up of any potential Datsun 1600 money). Who would have thought fluid for the CVT transmission would cost so bloody much! (needs 8.3litres of that super expensive oil too!)
y33 Cedric with VQ30DET
This lovely car has not had an engine issue, but the AV system which also controls the air con etc died and the bonnet hinges died. Apparently very common on these models. Got hinge ex japan from Nissan, and the AV system ex Japan via a Yahoo auctions broker.
Never had so many issues with any of my older Nissans. I thought I was just unlucky until I found out that Nissan is now considered the most unreliable Japanese brand in Britain.
A quote from the Dog and Lemon guide:
"Modern Nissans share bits with Renaults. Renault quality has therefore improved from ‘appalling’ to merely ‘dreadful’, while Nissan quality has often dropped from ‘reasonable’ to ‘poor.’
For example, according to a recent British reliability survey, 40% of all diesel Nissan X-Trails had a serious engine problem.
A couple of decades ago, Nissan was one of the most reliable Japanese makes, according to most British reliability surveys. Now Nissan is the least reliable Japanese make sold in Britain, according to the consumer magazine Which."
Obviously, I don't know how entirely reliable the figures they based their conclusions on are.
Here is another where Nissan leads the Japanese list:
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/car ... s/3304413/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Fingers crossed that new Nissans how found their way back to reliability.
Ps. Did you know in the 90s, Nissan bought back every C20 van in America for cash and crushed them after four recalls didn't fix their catching on fire problems?