#Nissan? Never Again! Part II
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few owners saying they are not a nice car.
Don't all the magazines say they are great?
lots of advertising perhaps ?, or what I've always thought that someone driving a new car checked over by manufacturer before being given to a journalist is a waste of time.
perhaps the best thing to do is let the model be out a couple of years and see what owners think. very easy to do nowadays with the internet. better yet buy the last before new model comes out, all the issues will have popped up with others and you may get a discount.
Don't all the magazines say they are great?
lots of advertising perhaps ?, or what I've always thought that someone driving a new car checked over by manufacturer before being given to a journalist is a waste of time.
perhaps the best thing to do is let the model be out a couple of years and see what owners think. very easy to do nowadays with the internet. better yet buy the last before new model comes out, all the issues will have popped up with others and you may get a discount.
Noddycar said:
Just had a very similar experience with my 2 year old, Qashqai which has only 10,000 miles on the clock and still within the 3 year warranty period. .
What is the standard warranty on the vehicle - 3 years, or 60k? What is the warranty on friction linings? I suspect it will have a 12 month or X miles limitation.. ??
mccarthm said:
I did take photos and took it as far as I could but financial risk of legal action was too great...which I guess the manufacturers are well aware of.
Use MoneyClaimOnLine (online version of small claims court) against the supplying dealer, and maybe jointly name Nissan UK. Cost is about £100.OK, you may not win, but the outcome of small claims cases is pretty random. Many are won by default. I think I mentioned at the beginning of the thread that when Cosa owners had an issue with breaking camshafts they took action directly against Vauxhall, which is the wrong thing to do. However Vauxhall settled cases before they got to court.
Nissan have sold Quashquai's by the boatload, mainly because they are cheap and look good value. A lot of the mechanicals are Renault sourced. They are a cheap car, so they are by nature not going to be that reliable. They may be well screwed together, the Sunderland plant is one of the best anywhere, but if the basic components are of poor quality, then the rest of the car will suffer. Buy a Toyota.
OP, sounds like a pretty lousy situation.
Common sense, to me at least would indicate that you'd have to do some really heavy duty clutch riding to wear a clutch to the point of failure in 25k! I'm sure it can be done but considering my nan, who's 84 used to do just this, even her Corsa's clutch lasted double that.
I'm not saying it's entirely impossible but if I had a car under warranty and it had only done 25k, I'd expect that to be covered. Yes it's a wear and tear item but surely there's an expectations for items to last a what would be a reasonable amount of time.
Common sense, to me at least would indicate that you'd have to do some really heavy duty clutch riding to wear a clutch to the point of failure in 25k! I'm sure it can be done but considering my nan, who's 84 used to do just this, even her Corsa's clutch lasted double that.
I'm not saying it's entirely impossible but if I had a car under warranty and it had only done 25k, I'd expect that to be covered. Yes it's a wear and tear item but surely there's an expectations for items to last a what would be a reasonable amount of time.
Croutons said:
cptsideways said:
Pray you haven't got a Nissan with the 1.2 engine (though they are warrantying them if serviced on schedule)
Why, what happens? Apart from taking an age to get anywhere of course. Apparently there are many with the same problem as you.
As this could be a safety related issue you may well want to let them know you will be writing to Trading Standards and the DVSA stating that you believe there is a widespread problem with the clutch on this car and that they are hiding the fact.
Alternatively you may want to stop using the clutch pedal as a foot rest.
As this could be a safety related issue you may well want to let them know you will be writing to Trading Standards and the DVSA stating that you believe there is a widespread problem with the clutch on this car and that they are hiding the fact.
Alternatively you may want to stop using the clutch pedal as a foot rest.
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