Nissan Navara, anyone else got one and had problems?

UKRobT309 · Nitrous Nuisance Joined: 08 Dec 2005 Karma :

We bought a new one last year (late 55 plate) and to be honest, its shit.. Its been in and out of the dealers more times than ive been in and out of pubs. Everything from broken brake lines to radius arms (twice, same side) to faulty 4wd switches blah blah blah. Our old Navara wasnt as good as in design if you like but it was sure as hell made better. Bloody hell, the 27 year old kawasaki trailie sat in my garage is more reliable.
All i can say is thank god we've got a nice boring Picasso aswell because we'd be up shit creak otherwise.
Anyone else had the same problems?
Anyones else sick to death of the fact that nowadays there seems to be no quality control and us people who give over our hard earned money seem to be guinnea pigs for the bike and car manufacturers?
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Johnny GSX-R · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Karma :

Not got a NAVARA but i do have a Mondeo estate of similar year which has been off the road since June 2006. I'm taking 'FORD MOTOR COMPANY to court over it.

Contact your local 'Trading Standards' office and give them a run down of whats going on.

cqueen · World Chat Champion Joined: 13 Apr 2005 Karma :

My mum has had 2 Vauxhall 4x4's. First one was a Monterae?(sp) which bust the cylinder head. Then she got a Frontera, which has just done exactly the same thing (water pump bust, engine overheated and cracked).
Makes me angry because she can't afford another one Thumbs Down

EDIT: these wernt new cars though, 5-6 years old

McGee · O RLY? Joined: 24 Jun 2005 Karma :

All new cars are a pile of wank Laughing

When I worked in a ford garage we had more new cars coming in than old cars.

New mondeo's seem to eat alot of bushings and the steering rack gives up very very quickly Laughing

Focus's are just as crap.
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feef · Energiser Bunny Joined: 11 Feb 2002 Karma :

My dad got a Navarro to replace his hi-lux. Not had any problems with it, and he uses it hard. mainly commercial use that involves lots of heavy equipment, tools and offroading.

Like any car, there are friday afternoon models..

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Johnny GSX-R · World Chat Champion Joined: 14 Feb 2005 Karma :

Phil G,
Yeh you hit the on the head.
The car was only 12k miles old and 14 months when it was served with a Prohibition Order by VOSA banning it off the public road.
I use my car for my job going from nick to nick, I have insured it for work use and therefor it is technically a Police vehicle.
The Police Federation are backing the case and it is due in court for September 2007.
I rejected the car under the Sale of Goods act but FORD ('Evans Halshaw') to be precise, refused to accept the car so its not turned a wheel since June 2006......thats £12500 stood rotting on a farm yard at the moment.
NOT a happy bunny. Evil or Very Mad

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sickpup · Old Timer Joined: 21 Apr 2004 Karma :

At motorway speeds the flow of air is huge so cooling should never be a problem even without fans unless the rad is blocked.

Cooling is often so high that you wouldn't notice a blown headgasket until you slowed down.

I'm not saying this is the cause in this case BUT it is a VERY common problem.

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Ste · Not Work Safe Joined: 01 Sep 2002 Karma :

It was a week and a couple of hundred miles since I'd been offroad when it went bang, it had been slightly cleaned, but was still quite muddy. If it had blown up on the way home from getting it muddy then that would be caused by the mud, or the same if it went bang the next day. But it was a week later so I'm very confident that it was nothing to do with the mud as the temperature had been completely normal up until the Sunday morning.

8am on a Sunday morning (no, really Razz

) within a couple of miles of joining the motorway the temperature gauge started rising. Pulled off at the first junction, checked coolant and everything, all seemed fine. Continued on my way keeping speed down as it was only when going about above 60 that the temperature started rising. Had it recovered to the stealer on the Monday, Mitsubishi recovery guy commented about how he wasn't suprised to see another L200 that was over heating at motorway speeds as it's a known problem; the head gasket is replaced with a suitable one and everything's fine.

Lots of other people have had problems from reading around online, no pattern between trucks used on road and trucks used off road, it's just ones who've got Mitsubishi's shit batch of head gaskets.

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10 pence Short · Crazy Courier Joined: 23 Apr 2006 Karma :

Oh dear.
I have an '04 Mitsubishi Shogun sport, it went in for service, £360 worth If I remember rightly, Brincars Mitsubishi Cannock.
I collected it 17.30 on a Friday night with "No problems to report" advised the service adviser.

I left the dealers and headed toward home, crossing the motorway island I noticed the motorway was slow, so decided against it.
Just before the next Island I hear several clunks and then it goes quiet. Bright sunshine, Sunnies on, eventually see little red light on, picture of an oil can. I look at the pressure gauge, 0.
Pull into a conveniently placed layby, the Mrs who had taken me to the garage to collect the car, pulls in behind and comes running up to the car saying it's dropping fluid and starting to smoke.
I get out and look at the ground, a Bonnet size puddle of oil appears on the ground..

How inconvenient, I think, So I ring the garage I've just left, 5 minutes earlier, explain the situation, " Oh, can you ring Mitsubishi breakdown?"
I can, I say but it will be going to another garage for investigation.
Ah, hang on a minute, someone will be straight out.

An hour later two guys turn up in a Nissan towing a trailer and a Colt courtesy car, then have to leave in the courtesy car to get fuel for the Nissan.
Eventually return with fuel and start to load my car (largish 4x4)
This Nissan front end starts coming up as my cars on this trailer ramp, it drops as it's on fully but looked far too high to be right.

So they say just sign this and we'll be off, "OK What for" it's to say you have adequate Insurance for this courtesy car.

How would I have Insurance for your Courtesy car at 18.30 on a Friday evening?

So I decline to sign it and they leave.

Following day I get a call to say my car is ready, There had been a "problem with the Sump plug thread"
Like you left it Loose?
" No sir"

So I send the Mrs to collect the car the following day as I'm working.
"Here's the keys"
Is the Service Manager about to answer some questions we have?
"No he's not in Saturdays"

Can he give us a ring on Monday then?

"I'll leave him a message"

So Monday Comes, no phone call, So I ring Him, Eventually get through.

Can I have a written confirmation of whats happened? I don't want to blame anyone or want you to incriminate yourselves, but if in the future and have a warranty Claim and it turns out there is a fault due to lack of oil ,I'm not to blame.
"We'll put a letter in the post"

And in all this communication no-one has even apologized?

" Oh Sorry"

Cheers.

Suffice to say no letter, So no further contact with them.

I E-mailed Mitsubishi UK with an account of the above and didn't even get an acknowledgment.

Won't have another, Cars are great, service is Shite Thumbs Down

Sorry for the length of post but even if the fault is definitely not your fault, it is still shite service.
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