britishtrident
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 12:59 PM |
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Nissan quality (not)
Daughters Nissan Note 1.4 petrol suffered another unexpected suspension failure a broken front spring at 33,000 miles --
So far the score is
3 front wishbones replaced (2 underwarranty at 18,000 miles )
1 front spring
2 front disks found worn down to minimum thickness when front brake pads were changed at 60% wear at 28,000 miles.
Inspite of careful checking of tracking it eats front tyres at twice the rate of her of any of her previous cars.
Engine sump rusted through at 30,000 miles.
A few other minor irritating failures were fixed under warranty
The fact that Nissan is owned by Renault explains a lot.
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Mr Whippy
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 01:09 PM |
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broken springs are just as common on Vauxhalls too
same with disks, apparently the metal in modern disks is a lot softer than it use to be and bare in mind that Nissan use the same brake manufactures
as most of the other makes anyway
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r1_pete
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 01:13 PM |
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The condition of the roads has a lot to answer for wrt suspension breakages, I had a rear leaf break on my L200 actually felt/heard it go on a speed
bump.
Other problems I'd guess as a result of using thinner, cheaper materials to keeps costs and weight down.
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Madinventions
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 01:13 PM |
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I can agree with the Vauxhall springs... Now on my 3rd pair in 3 years of ownership. 
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mcerd1
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 01:43 PM |
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and yet my old focus only just had the front arms and dampers done at 105k / 9 years old and that was only because the dampers were a bit soft and the
rear bush had gone on the arms - although the sump did go at 85k which I though was bad enough...
touch wood - all the springs, the rear arms and dampers are all the original factory ones and the brembo discs seem to last as well as ever (i.e. 3 -
4 sets of pads worth)
hearing about all these isuses with modern cars has totaly put me off ever getting anything newer than I've got now!
and thats despite needing to change the steering rack 3 times (it has a hard life and I'm too cheap to buy the good replacement ones  )
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DRC INDY 7
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 03:01 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by britishtrident
Daughters Nissan Note 1.4 petrol suffered another unexpected suspension failure a broken front spring at 33,000 miles --
So far the score is
3 front wishbones replaced (2 underwarranty at 18,000 miles )
1 front spring
2 front disks found worn down to minimum thickness when front brake pads were changed at 60% wear at 28,000 miles.
Inspite of careful checking of tracking it eats front tyres at twice the rate of her of any of her previous cars.
Engine sump rusted through at 30,000 miles.
A few other minor irritating failures were fixed under warranty
The fact that Nissan is owned by Renault explains a lot.
Well i work for a nissan dealers and the above faults that you mention are not common place, not once have we had to do any of the above work on a
nissan note under warranty
by the way the nissan note is built on the renault clio platform
for the tyres to be wearing then the geometry of the vehicle must be out either that or its not getting tracked up correctly
Does the vehicle travel over many speed bumps ?
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Bare
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 04:24 PM |
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Strange failures. My Sister has a Nissan Franchise.. She claims that the bottom tier Datsuns are (shades of British Leyland) "built to a price
sir"
However broken springs, rusted out oil pan are beyond her experiences.
How is that even possible? unless one had to mountaineer up a goat path to and from home and parked the car on the beach overnight..
Brakes? well not that extraordinary.. There is a woman I know, who uses the brake pedal constantly, then complains as to her continuing costs of
brake maintenance :-).
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jase380
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 04:27 PM |
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Dont get me started on Nissan's, the wife took delivery of a brand new Juke on 30th of sept, it broke down 6 days later and was transported to
our local dealer who diagnosed a gearbox fault requiring a new gearbox...... 5 weeks later it's still there waiting for the box to be delivered
by carrier pigeon or whatever method they use. The car had covered a grand total of 249 miles. the customer service from both the supplying dealer and
Nissan uk has been shocking at best, they seem to find it perfectly acceptable for a customer to spend 16k on a car that only lasts 6 days before
dropping to bits. We are now taking legal action to reject the car and recover our money, hell will freeze over before i buy another Nissan.
Rant over, thank you.
[Edited on 8/11/11 by jase380]
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coozer
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 04:47 PM |
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Its not just Nissan, got sick and tired of telling wor lass not to 'flop' down on the coach.. then TWANG! the spring went and now guess
who has to fix it!
1972 V8 Jago
1980 Z750
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kipper
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 05:17 PM |
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Great Nissans
I have run a Nissan Primera ,2003, from 60,000 miles to now when it clicked over to 180,000 on Monday.
Still uses no oil between changes , has cost me one new starter motor,and a welded exhaust back box.
Am i just lucky ? no they are just good cars.
Regards Denis.
Where did that go?
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Mark Allanson
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 06:49 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by kipper
I have run a Nissan Primera ,2003, from 60,000 miles to now when it clicked over to 180,000 on Monday.
Still uses no oil between changes , has cost me one new starter motor,and a welded exhaust back box.
Am i just lucky ? no they are just good cars.
Regards Denis.
It is when you add the Renault element you get the problems, when Nissans were Japanese they were a reliable if a little dull car.
If you can keep you head, whilst all others around you are losing theirs, you are not fully aware of the situation
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Ninehigh
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 07:09 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Its not just Nissan, got sick and tired of telling wor lass not to 'flop' down on the coach.. then TWANG! the spring went and now guess
who has to fix it!
That's one of a long list of things I've been saying for years. 3 year old son can park his bum on the couch and put his feet on the floor
(at 1M tall) the front has dropped that much.
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JoelP
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 07:58 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Ninehigh
quote:
Originally posted by coozer
Its not just Nissan, got sick and tired of telling wor lass not to 'flop' down on the coach.. then TWANG! the spring went and now guess
who has to fix it!
That's one of a long list of things I've been saying for years. 3 year old son can park his bum on the couch and put his feet on the floor
(at 1M tall) the front has dropped that much.
But would you tell us if he weighed 15 stones?!
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jase380
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| posted on 8/11/11 at 08:51 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
quote:
Originally posted by kipper
I have run a Nissan Primera ,2003, from 60,000 miles to now when it clicked over to 180,000 on Monday.
Still uses no oil between changes , has cost me one new starter motor,and a welded exhaust back box.
Am i just lucky ? no they are just good cars.
Regards Denis.
It is when you add the Renault element you get the problems, when Nissans were Japanese they were a reliable if a little dull car.
In defence of Renault, the wifes previous car was a megane 1.9dci which she's had from new in 2007, in four years all i've done to it is
replaced the front and rear discs and pads and put a pair of headlight bulbs in it. The biggest problem i'm having with Nissan is the attitude
of the dealer and Nissan uk customer care, that said we have never had cause to contact renault customer care, I suppose they could be just as bad !!.
Will be glad when the money is refunded and we can go and buy a Skoda...... never thought i would hear myself saying that !
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